The struggle to reduce bug-fixing time is real

There are many reasons why we want a bug fixed as soon as we can, but there are also plenty of reasons why doing it “right now” is not an option. This phenomenon starts at the side of the developers. The average time to fix a bug seems to vary depending on the platform the bug was found in. What ...

Critical Firefox Zero-Day Bugs Allow RCE, Sandbox Escape

Mozilla has released an emergency update for its Firefox browser that addresses two critical security vulnerabilities that cybercriminals have actively exploited in the wild as zero days. Both are use-after-free bugs, which are memory-corruption issues that occur when an application continues to...

2 New Mozilla Firefox 0-Day Bugs Under Active Attack — Patch Your Browser ASAP!

Mozilla has pushed out-of-band software updates to its Firefox web browser to contain two high-impact security vulnerabilities, both of which it says are being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-26485 and CVE-2022-26486, the zero-day flaws have been described as use-after-free...

The Top 5 Russian Cyber Threat Actors to Watch

This post was updated on March 10, 2022 to include a section on the Conti Ransomware Group. As we continue to monitor the situation between Russia and Ukraine – and the potential for global cybersecurity impacts – we realize that our customers and other business and industry stakeholders may be...

Zero-day vulnerability in Zimbra Servers being exploited-in-the-wild

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A zero-day cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability has been discovered in the Zimbra email software. A threat actor is taking advantage of this issue by launching a targeted spear-phishing attack named Operation EmailThief. Two...

New "SockDetour" Fileless, Socketless Backdoor Targets U.S. Defense Contractors

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a previously undocumented and stealthy custom malware called SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors with the goal of being used as a secondary implant on compromised Windows hosts. "SockDetour is a backdoor that is designed to...

Warning — Deadbolt Ransomware Targeting ASUSTOR NAS Devices

ASUSTOR network-attached storage NAS devices have become the latest victim of Deadbolt ransomware, less than a month after similar attacks singled out QNAP NAS appliances. In response to the infections, the company has released firmware updates ADM 4.0.4.RQO2 to "fix related security issues." The...

Entering a Higher State of Vigilance – Ukraine Under Attack

It appears that Russia has just commenced the invasion of Ukraine. Check your preferred international news outlet, but according to the Ukrainian foreign minister "Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine." Ukrainian airspace is closed with flights diverting. The Twitter Safety...

Chinese Experts Uncover Details of Equation Group's Bvp47 Covert Hacking Tool

Researchers from China's Pangu Lab have disclosed details of a "top-tier" backdoor put to use by the Equation Group, an advanced persistent threat APT with alleged ties to the cyber-warfare intelligence-gathering unit of the U.S. National Security Agency NSA. Dubbed "Bvp47" owing to numerous...

A week in security (February 14 – February 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Adobe patches actively exploited Magento/Adobe Commerce zero-day Ransomware gang hits 49ers’ network before Super Bowl kick off Don’t let scammers ruin your Valentine’s Day CISA Ransomware report warns “triple threat” attacks still on the prowl City: Skylines...

biondedivisegna.it Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2378493

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

VMconf 22: Blindspots in the Knowledge Bases of Vulnerability Scanners

Hello everyone! This video was recorded for the VMconf22 Vulnerability Management conference. I want to talk about the blind spots in the knowledge bases of Vulnerability Scanners and Vulnerability Management products. This report was presented in Russian at Tenable Security Day 2022. The video i...

Another Critical RCE Discovered in Adobe Commerce and Magento Platforms

Adobe on Thursday updated its advisory for an actively exploited zero-day affecting Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source to patch a newly discovered flaw that could be weaponized to achieve arbitrary code execution. Tracked as CVE-2022-24087, the issue – like CVE-2022-24086 – is rated 9.8 on th...

Chrome Zero-Day Under Active Attack: Patch ASAP

Google on Monday issued 11 security fixes for its Chrome browser, including a high-severity zero-day bug that’s actively being jumped on by attackers in the wild. In a brief update, Google described the weakness, tracked as CVE-2022-0609, as a use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome’s Animation...

First zero-day vulnerability of Google Chrome this year actively exploited in wild

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Google released a stable channel update for their Chrome browser that contains a zero-day vulnerability and is actively being exploited-in-wild. This is the first zero-day bug reported in Chrome browser this year. A...

Update now! Chrome patches actively exploited zero-day vulnerability

Google has released an update for its Chrome browser that includes eleven security fixes, one of which has been reportedly exploited in the wild. The vulnerability that is reported as being exploited in the wild has been assigned CVE-2022-0609. CVE-2022-0609 The vulnerability is described as a...

Critical Magento zero-day vulnerability actively exploiting multiple e-commerce websites

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Adobe issued an emergency advisory informing Adobe Commerce and Magento Open-Source product users of a critical zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. A zero-day vulnerability which has been...

New Chrome 0-Day Bug Under Active Attack – Update Your Browser ASAP!

Google on Monday rolled out fixes for eight security issues in the Chrome web browser, including a high-severity vulnerability that's being actively exploited in real-world attacks, marking the first zero-day patched by the internet giant in 2022. The shortcoming, tracked CVE-2022-0609, is...

Don’t let scammers ruin your Valentine’s Day

Today is Valentines Day, so we thought wed show you how cybercriminals use special times like this one for phishing attacks. Our Valentines story starts with a victim receiving an email message. The email urges them to open an attached file, and also contains well formatted content that tries to...

Adobe patches actively exploited Magento/Adobe Commerce zero-day

Adobe has released an emergency advisory for users of its Commerce and Magento platforms. It explains that a critical zero-day vulnerability is actively being exploited in attacks against sites that use these two content management system CMSs. Users should apply the patch as soon as possible. Th...