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Qualys Patch Management: A Review of New Features in 2023 for Faster Elimination of Cyber Risk

The recent debut of Qualys’ Enterprise TruRisk Platform promises three key benefits: measuring, communicating, and eliminating cyber risk across the extended enterprise. Qualys Patch Management plays a pivotal role in this process towards the rapid elimination of cyber risk. Our focus during 2023.....

CVE-2022-47072

SQL injection vulnerability in Enterprise Architect 16.0.1605 32-bit allows attackers to run arbitrary SQL commands via the Find parameter in the Select Classifier dialog...

RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.48 (RHSA-2024:0489)

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0489 advisory. OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib is a collection of third-party packages for OpenTelemetry-Go. Prior to version 0.46.0, the grpc Unary Server...

Typora v1.7.4 - OS Command Injection Vulnerability

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7 Sticky Notes v1.9 - OS Command Injection Vulnerability

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Typora v1.7.4 - OS Command Injection

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7 Sticky Notes v1.9 - OS Command Injection

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Who is Alleged Medibank Hacker Aleksandr Ermakov?

Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. 33-year-old Aleksandr Ermakov allegedly stole and leaked the...

Why is the cost of cyber insurance rising?

I just bought an electric car last week, so I've been shopping for new car insurance policies that could offer me a discount for ditching gas. We're all familiar with the boring process of entering the same information 10 times over into 10 different companies' websites trying to see who comes out....

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 15, 2024 to January 21, 2024)

Did you know we're running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through February 29th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 84 vulnerabilities disclosed in 67...

Publitas: CVE-2018-6389 exploitation - using scripts loader

Hi Team ! Unauthenticated attackers can cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the large list of registered .js files (from wp-includes/script-loader.php) to construct a series of requests to load every file many times. The vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-6389....

Imperva customers are protected against the recent GoAnywhere MFT vulnerability CVE-2024-0204

Recently, Fortra released a security advisory for CVE-2024-0204, a GoAnywhere MFT authentication bypass vulnerability. This bug allows an unauthenticated attacker to create an administrative user by exploiting an InitialAccountSetup.xhtml endpoint–accessible via path traversal–to initiate the...

Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability on Avatar Upload

Introduction This write-up describes a vulnerability found in Label Studio, a popular open source data labeling tool. The vulnerability affects all versions of Label Studio prior to 1.9.2 and was tested on version 1.8.2. Overview Label Studio has a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that...

Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability on Avatar Upload

Introduction This write-up describes a vulnerability found in Label Studio, a popular open source data labeling tool. The vulnerability affects all versions of Label Studio prior to 1.9.2 and was tested on version 1.8.2. Overview Label Studio has a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that...

Security Testing: Types, Tools, and Best Practices

Opening Note: Understanding the Core Concepts of Security Analysis Continual developments in technology have elevated the significance of security analysis, a critical phase in software design. You can think of it as a vital diagram within the process of coding, engineered to identify and resolve.....

RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.9 (RHSA-2024:0207)

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0207 advisory. OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib is a collection of third-party packages for OpenTelemetry-Go. Prior to version 0.46.0, the grpc Unary...

Amazon Linux 2023 : containerd, containerd-stress (ALAS2023-2024-499)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-499 advisory. A malicious HTTP sender can use chunk extensions to cause a receiver reading from a request or response body to read many more bytes from the network than are in the body. A malicious HTTP...

Amazon Linux 2023 : amazon-cloudwatch-agent (ALAS2023-2024-498)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-498 advisory. A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause excessive server resource consumption. While the total number of requests is bounded by...

WolfNet IDX for WordPress <= 1.19.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup) PoC 1. In the settings of the...

WolfNet IDX for WordPress <= 1.19.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite...

Amazon Linux 2 : amazon-cloudwatch-agent (ALAS-2024-2424)

The version of amazon-cloudwatch-agent installed on the remote host is prior to 1.300032.3-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2424 advisory. A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause...

Popup Box Pro < 20.9.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed PoC Create/edit a new popup and add the following payload in the Custom Content: Save, and.....

Popup Box Pro < 7.9.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is...

Popup Box Pro < 20.9.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is...

Popup Box Pro < 7.9.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed PoC Create/edit a new popup and add the following payload in the Custom Content: Save, and.....

Author Box, Guest Author and Co-Authors for Your Posts – Molongui < 4.7.5 - Information Exposure via ma_debug

Description The plugin is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.4 via the 'ma_debu' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post author emails and names if...

Canadian Man Stuck in Triangle of E-Commerce Fraud

A Canadian man who says he's been falsely charged with orchestrating a complex e-commerce scam is seeking to clear his name. His case appears to involve "triangulation fraud," which occurs when a consumer purchases something online -- from a seller on Amazon or eBay, for example -- but the seller.....

Important: amazon-cloudwatch-agent

Issue Overview: 2024-02-29: CVE-2023-47108 was added to this advisory. The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-39325) A malicious...

Microsoft at Legalweek: Secure data and gain efficiencies with Microsoft Purview eDiscovery enhanced by generative AI

The legal profession is known for being cautious or hesitant to adopt new technologies. However, when it comes to AI, it seems like legal professionals are ready to be on the leading edge of AI implementation. A Thomson Reuters survey of legal professionals found that 82% agree that AI can be...

The evolution of the Kuiper ransomware

Kuiper Ransomware’s Evolution By Max Kersten · January 17, 2024 The Golang-based Kuiper ransomware is presented as an opportunity for other criminals to make money by ransoming one or more targets. Additionally, RobinHood, the actor behind Kuiper, states that help with operations can be provided...

The evolution of the Kuiper ransomware

Kuiper Ransomware’s Evolution By Max Kersten · January 17, 2024 The Golang-based Kuiper ransomware is presented as an opportunity for other criminals to make money by ransoming one or more targets. Additionally, RobinHood, the actor behind Kuiper, states that help with operations can be provided...

Unified security operations with Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR

Numerous cybersecurity tools exist to help organizations protect their data, people, and systems. There are different tools that check emails for phishing attempts, secure infrastructure and cloud, and provide generative AI to detect threats and uplevel response beyond human ability. While each of....

avo vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in key_value field

Summary A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in the key_value field of Avo v3.2.3. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim's browser. Details The value of the key_value is inserted directly into the HTML code. In the...

avo vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in key_value field

Summary A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in the key_value field of Avo v3.2.3. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim's browser. Details The value of the key_value is inserted directly into the HTML code. In the...

Case Study: The Cookie Privacy Monster in Big Global Retail

Explore how an advanced exposure management solution saved a major retail industry client from ending up on the naughty step due to a misconfiguration in its cookie management policy. This wasn't anything malicious, but with modern web environments being so complex, mistakes can happen, and...

K000138255 : Go OpenTelemetry Contrib vulnerability CVE-2023-47108

Security Advisory Description OpenTelemetry-Go Contrib is a collection of third-party packages for OpenTelemetry-Go. Prior to version 0.46.0, the grpc Unary Server Interceptor out of the box adds labels net.peer.sock.addr and net.peer.sock.port that have unbound cardinality. It leads to the...

Detect and Manage the Risk of Apache Struts (CVE-2023-50164) Comprehensively

Introduction In the vast landscape of cybersecurity, staying vigilant against potential threats is crucial. A critical vulnerability that surfaced recently is CVE-2023-50164, affecting Apache Struts 2, a widely used open-source framework for Java development. This path traversal vulnerability,...

Python’s Poisoned Package: Another ‘Blank Grabber’ Malware in PyPI

Python Package Index (PyPI) is a platform that offers an extensive range of packages to simplify and enhance the development process. Malicious actors regularly upload phishing packages in the platform’s repository aimed at delivering malware to steal the victim's information, or more frequently,.....

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (January 1, 2024 to January 7, 2024)

Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. For the first 6 months, all awarded bounties receive a 10% bonus. View the announcement to learn more now! Last week, there were 85 vulnerabilities disclosed in 74 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence...

CVE-2023-6883

The Easy Social Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple AJAX functions in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, January 2024 Security Update Review

The first edition of the Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2024 is now live! Microsoft has released fewer than usual security fixes in this month's update. We invite you to join us to review and discuss the details of these security updates and patches. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2024 Microsoft....

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition: January 9, 2024 (KB5002540)

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition: January 9, 2024 (KB5002540) Summary This security update resolves a Microsoft SharePoint Server remote code execution vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and...

January 9, 2024—KB5034127 (OS Build 17763.5329)

January 9, 2024—KB5034127 (OS Build 17763.5329) 11/17/20 For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. For an overview of Windows 10, version 1809, see its update history page. Highlights This update...

January 9, 2024—KB5034129 (OS Build 20348.2227)

January 9, 2024—KB5034129 (OS Build 20348.2227) For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. For an overview of Windows Server 2022, see its update history page. Note Follow @WindowsUpdate to find out...

NIST Warns of Security and Privacy Risks from Rapid AI System Deployment

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling attention to the privacy and security challenges that arise as a result of increased deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in recent years. "These security and privacy challenges include the potential for...

Gom Player 2.3.92.5362 Buffer Overflow Exploit

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Gom Player 2.3.92.5362 Buffer Overflow

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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (December 18, 2023 to December 31, 2023)

Wordfence just launched its bug bounty program. For the first 6 months, all awarded bounties receive a 10% bonus. View the announcement to learn more now! Over the last two weeks, there were 263 vulnerabilities disclosed in 217 WordPress Plugins and 3 WordPress themes that have been added to the...

How to Protect Your Privacy Online

Decoding the Complexities of Digital Personhood and Its Private Aspects: Elemental Groundwork As we stride through this tech-propelled age, concerns related to internet-bound privacy have risen as pressing hurdles for all cyber inhabitants around the planet. Considering the ever-broadening...

Genie Aladdin Connect Retrofit Garage Door Opener: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Rapid7, Inc. (Rapid7) discovered vulnerabilities in Aladdin Connect retrofit kit garage door opener and Android mobile application produced by Genie. The affected products are: Aladdin Garage door smart retrofit kit, Model ALDCM Android Mobile application ALADDIN Connect, Version 5.65 Build 2075 .....