Linux Devices Under Attack by New FreakOut Malware

Researchers are warning a novel malware variant is targeting Linux devices, in order to add endpoints to a botnet to then be utilized in distributed-denial-of-service DDoS attacks and cryptomining. The malware variant, called FreakOut, has a variety of capabilities. Those include port scanning,...

IBM HTTP Server 7.0.0.0 <= 7.0.0.41 / 8.0.0.0 < 8.0.0.13 / 8.5.0.0 < 8.5.5.11 / 9.0.0.0 < 9.0.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (548231)

The version of IBM HTTP Server running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities related to Apache HTTP Server, as follows: - Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service memory...

Acronis: Credentials leaked via Github

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RCE Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Defender

Microsoft has released a security advisory to address a remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2021-1647, in Microsoft Defender. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. This vulnerability was detected in exploits in the wild. CISA encourages users...

Sophisticated Hacks Against Android, Windows Reveal Zero-Day Trove

Google researchers have detailed a major hacking campaign that was detected in early 2020, which mounted a series of sophisticated attacks, some using zero-day flaws, against Windows and Android platforms. Working together, researchers from Google Project Zero and the Google Threat Analysis Group...

The vulnerability of Firefox browsers, Firefox ESR, and the Thunderbird email client, related to the use of after-freeing mechanisms, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerabilities of Firefox browsers, Firefox ESR, and the email client Thunderbird are related to the use of after-release components. Exploiting these vulnerabilities can allow a malicious actor to cause service interruptions using a specially created malware script...

KLA12043 PE vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server

An elevation of privilege vulnerability was found in Microsoft SQL Server. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges. Original advisories CVE-2021-1636 Exploitation Public exploits exist for this vulnerability. Related products Microsoft-SQL-Server CVE list CVE-2021-1636...

In-the-Wild Series: Chrome Exploits

This is part 3 of a 6-part series detailing a set of vulnerabilities found by Project Zero being exploited in the wild. To read the other parts of the series, see the introduction post. Posted by Sergei Glazunov, Project Zero Introduction As we continue the series on the watering hole attack...

In-the-Wild Series: Windows Exploits

This is part 6 of a 6-part series detailing a set of vulnerabilities found by Project Zero being exploited in the wild. To read the other parts of the series, see the introduction post. Posted by Mateusz Jurczyk and Sergei Glazunov, Project Zero In this post we'll discuss the exploits for...

mad-metasploit

This repository is an offensive tool for Metasploit framework. It is a collection of custom modules, plugins, and resource scripts for Metasploit. The primary purpose of this repository is to provide a comprehensive set of tools for exploiting vulnerabilities in various systems and applications...

exploitdb

The Exploit Database Git Repository This is an official repository of The Exploit Database, a project sponsored by Offensive Security. Our repositories are: - Exploits & Shellcodes: https://github.com/offensive-security/exploitdb - Binary Exploits:...

FBI Warns of Egregor Attacks on Businesses Worldwide

The FBI has alerted companies in the private sector to a spate of attacks using the Egregor ransomware. The malware currently is raging a warpath across businesses worldwide and has already compromised more than 150 organizations. The agency issued an advisory PDF that also shed new light and...

CVE-2020-8265

Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 are vulnerable to a use-after-free bug in its TLS implementation. When writing to a TLS enabled socket, node::StreamBase::Write calls node::TLSWrap::DoWrite with a freshly allocated WriteWrap object as first argument. If the DoWrite method...

Scientific Linux Security Update : ImageMagick on SL7.x i686/x86_64 (2021:0024)

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SLSA-2021:0024-1 advisory. - ImageMagick: Shell injection via PDF password could result in arbitrary code execution CVE-2020-29599 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but...

h1-ctf: Grinchs website takendown with various other exploits

The HackyHolidays This is my first HackerOne CTF challenge writeup. Contents: flag1: Day 1 Check the files, robots.txt flag2: Day 2 one more : jquery.min.js flag3: Day 3 People Rater flag4: Day 4 Brute Force, Swag Shop flag5: Day 5 Brute Force, Secure Login flag6: Day 6 Brute Force, My Diary flag...

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editors, Microsoft Office programs, Microsoft Office Web Apps, and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprises relates to the use of exploits after release. This allows attackers to gain access to protected information, execute arbitrary code, or cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editors, as well as Microsoft Office programs, Microsoft Office Web Apps, and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprises, is related to the use of after-release components. Exploitation of this vulnerability can allow attackers to access protected...

Fedora 33 : mingw-binutils (2020-18ec0bf4bb)

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2020-18ec0bf4bb advisory. Backport patches for CVE-2020-16592 and CVE-2020-16598 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security...

Fedora 32 : libmaxminddb (2020-1fb1785fa1)

New version 1.4.3. Security fix for CVE-2020-28241. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

GLSA-202012-10 : WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202012-10 WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebKitGTK+. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : An attacker, by enticing a user to visit...

Command Execution Vulnerability in Programming Cat PC Client

Programming Cat is a fun programming software developed for children and teenagers over 8 years old. Programming Cat computer client has a command execution vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to inject an executable DLL file into the client process to perform arbitrary functions...