Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A vulnerability in the libcue library impacting GNOME Linux systems can be exploited to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on affected hosts. A threat actor can trigger a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43641 (CVSS score: 8.8), in the libcue library impacting GNOME Linux systems to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on affected hosts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Google released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-5217, in the Chrome browser. Google on Wednesday released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser which is tracked as CVE-2023-5217.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than five dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including three “zero day” vulnerabilities that Microsoft warns are already being exploited in active attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2024

Researchers published a proof-of-concept (PoC) code for the recently disclosed critical flaw CVE-2023-51467 in the Apache OfBiz. Researchers from cybersecurity firm VulnCheck have created a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for the recently disclosed critical flaw CVE-2023-51467 (CVSS score: 9.8) in the Apache OfBiz.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Threat actors started exploiting a critical ownCloud vulnerability (CVE-2023-49103) that can lead to sensitive information disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-49103 , resides in the Graphapi app, which relies on a third-party GetPhpInfo.php library that provides a URL. ” reported the company.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2024

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. In 2023, Google (TAG) and Mandiant discovered 29 out of 97 vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. ” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. The patch fixes CVE-2023-42724 , which attackers have been using in targeted attacks to elevate their access on a local device.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Patch Tuesday security updates for November 2023 fixed three vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. – CVE-2023-36036 – Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability An attacker can exploit this flaw to gain SYSTEM privileges. ” reads the post published by ZDI.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

Google rolled out emergency security patches to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser. Google rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136 , in its Chrome web browser.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2023

Google released security updates to address a high-severity zero-day flaw in the Chrome web browser that it actively exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-3079, in its Chrome web browser. ” reads the advisory published by the company.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

The development team behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox library addressed a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability. The developers behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox module have addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29017 (CVSS score 9.8), that could be exploited to execute arbitrary shellcode.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

Google released an emergency security update to address a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome which is actively exploited in the wild. Google released an emergency security update to address the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2033) in 2023, the company is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting the issue.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2023

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2023 fixed 97 flaws and an actively exploited zero-day. One of the flaws addressed this month, tracked as CVE-2023-21674 (CVSS score 8.8), is listed as being in the wild at the time of release. Another issue fixed by Microsoft is the CVE-2023-21549 (CVSS Score 8.8)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Security firm Barracuda addressed a new zero-day, affecting its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances, that is actively exploited by the China-linked UNC4841 group. “Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is an open source library used by the Amavis virus scanner within the ESG appliance.” ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2024

The two vulnerabilities are: CVE ID CVSS Score Vulnerability CVE-2023-2071 9.8 Remote code execution (RCE) CVE-2023-29464 8.2 DoS via out-of-bounds read CVE-2023-2071 (CVSS score: 9.8) The device has the functionality, through a CIP class, to execute exported functions from libraries. CVE-2023-29464 (CVSS score: 8.2)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Google has released emergency updates to address a new zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-7024, in its web browser Chrome. The flaw was reported by Clément Lecigne and Vlad Stolyarov of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-12-19 and fixed in just one day. TODAY, 1 day later, Chrome has a fix out to protect users!!!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Atlassian released security patches to address four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in its products. Below is the list of vulnerabilities addressed by the vendor: CVE-2022-1471 (CVSS score: 9.8) – SnakeYAML library RCE Vulnerability that impacts multiple products. and later.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ownCloud and Google Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Skia is an open-source 2D graphics library that provides common APIs that work across a variety of hardware and software platforms.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Researchers published PoC exploits for CVE-2023-4911 vulnerability (aka Looney Tunables) impacting most popular Linux distributions. The vulnerability CVE-2023-4911 (CVSS score 7.8) is a buffer overflow issue that resides in the GNU C Library’s dynamic loader ld.so 2023-10-03: Coordinated Release Date (17:00 UTC). .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A look back at the cybersecurity landscape in 2023 rings all-too familiar: cyber threats rapidly evolved and scaled up , just as they have, year-to-year, for the past 20 years. Eyal Benishti , CEO, IRONSCALES Benishti Generative AI (GenAI) reshaped cybersecurity in 2023. What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 415 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

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MAY 6, 2023

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2023

OpenSSH (Open Secure Shell) is a set of open-source tools and utilities that provide secure encrypted communication over a network. The now-patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-38408 , can be exploited by a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable OpenSSH’s forwarded ssh-agent.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2023

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JULY 30, 2024

These included relocating malicious functions to obfuscated native libraries, using certificate pinning to secure C2 communications, and determine if it was running on a rooted device or in an emulated environment. “In April 2024, we found a suspicious sample that turned out to be a new version of Mandrake. .”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

running on OLED55A23LA Below is the disclosure timeline: November 01, 2023: Vendor disclosure November 15, 2023: Vendor confirms the vulnerabilities. running on OLED55A23LA Below is the disclosure timeline: November 01, 2023: Vendor disclosure November 15, 2023: Vendor confirms the vulnerabilities. Sweden, and Finland.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Security experts at Deep Instinct Threat Lab have uncovered a targeted campaign against Ukraine, exploiting a Microsoft Office vulnerability dating back almost seven years to deploy Cobalt Strike on compromised systems. The researchers found a malicious PPSX (PowerPoint Slideshow signal-2023-12-20-160512.ppsx)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2024

In December 2023, the group claimed to have hacked Abdali Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital located in Jordan. The group also claimed the hack of the British Library and China Energy Engineering Corporation. The Rhysida ransomware group has been active since May 2023. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CVE-2023-27350 (CVSS score – 9.8) – PaperCut MF/NG Improper Access Control Vulnerability. CVE-2023-2136 – Google Chrome Skia Integer Overflow Vulnerability.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The research of zero-day exploits for popular applications such as WhatsApp is even more complex due to the security mechanisms implemented by the developers of the mobile OSs and the app. TechCrunch reported that a working zero-day exploit for the popular WhatsApp can be paid millions of dollars. and $8 million.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2023

An attacker can trigger the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-51467 , to bypass authentication to achieve a simple Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) The issue resides in the login functionality and results from an incomplete patch for the Pre-auth RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-49070 (CVSS score: 9.8).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

“Today we experienced an exploit on the Ledger Connect Kit, a Javascript library that implements a button allowing users to connect their Ledger device to third party DApps (wallet-connected Web sites). This is a good example of the industry working swiftly together to address security challenges.” and 1.1.7).”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The malware uses cmd.exe to read and execute a file stored on the infected external drive, it leverages msiexec.exe for external network communication to a rogue domain used as C2 to download and install a DLL library file. ” The vulnerability CVE-2023-36802 is a Type Confusion issue in Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy.

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