Abcbot — A New Evolving Wormable Botnet Malware Targeting Linux

Researchers from Qihoo 360's Netlab security team have released details of a new evolving botnet called "Abcbot" that has been observed in the wild with worm-like propagation features to infect Linux systems and launch distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against targets. While the earliest...

Hackers Exploit macOS Zero-Day to Hack Hong Kong Users with new Implant

Google researchers on Thursday disclosed that it found a watering hole attack in late August exploiting a now-patched zero-day in macOS operating system and targeting Hong Kong websites related to a media outlet and a prominent pro-democracy labor and political group to deliver a never-before-see...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3909

OctoRPKI does not limit the length of a connection, allowing for a slowloris DOS attack to take place which makes OctoRPKI wait forever. Specifically, the repository that OctoRPKI sends HTTP requests to will keep the connection open for a day before a response is returned, but does keep drip...

Palo Alto Warns of Zero-Day Bug in Firewalls Using GlobalProtect Portal VPN

A new zero-day vulnerability has been disclosed in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN that could be abused by an unauthenticated network-based attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected devices with root user privileges. Tracked as CVE-2021-3064 CVSS score: 9.8, the security weakness impact...

Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-72) - Linux

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox. Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; y...

Microsoft Issues Patches for Actively Exploited Excel, Exchange Server 0-Day Bugs

Microsoft has released security updates as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday release cycle to address 55 vulnerabilities across Windows, Azure, Visual Studio, Windows Hyper-V, and Office, including fixes for two actively exploited zero-day flaws in Excel and Exchange Server that could be abused t...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2021 Edition

Microsoft Corp. today released updates to quash at least 55 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and other software. Two of the patches address vulnerabilities that are already being used in active attacks online, and four of the flaws were disclosed publicly before today -- potentially...

12 New Flaws Used in Ransomware Attacks in Q3

A dozen new vulnerabilities were used in ransomware attacks this quarter, bringing the total number of bugs associated with ransomware to 278. That’s a 4.5 percent increase over Q2, according to researchers. Five of the newbies can be used to achieve remote code execution RCE, while two can be us...

Siemens NX JT Translator

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 3.3 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Equipment: NX Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Read, Access of Uninitialized Pointer 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to access violation and arbitrary code execution on...

Siemens NX OBJ Translator

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Equipment: NX Vulnerabilities: Use After Free, Access of Uninitialized Pointer 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to an access violation and arbitrary code execution on...

US Blacklists NSO Group

The Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer -- and human rights violator, and probably war criminal -- NSO Group has been added to the US Department of Commerces trade blacklist. US companies and individuals cannot sell to them. Aside from the obvious difficulties this causes, itll make it harder...

gg-systemhaus.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2230797

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...

Google Warns of New Android 0-Day Vulnerability Under Active Targeted Attacks

Google has rolled out its monthly security patches for Android with fixes for 39 flaws, including a zero-day vulnerability that it said is being actively exploited in the wild in limited, targeted attacks. Tracked as CVE-2021-1048, the zero-day bug is described as a use-after-free vulnerability i...

Android Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Kernel Bug

Among Google’s November Android security updates is a patch for a zero-day weakness that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation,” the company said. Out of this month’s batch of 39 patches, 18 of them plug flaws in the framework and system components and another 18 address vulnerabilities in...

Google patches zero-day vulnerability, and others, in Android

Google has issued security patches for the Android Operating System. In total, the patches address 39 vulnerabilities. There are indications that one of the patched vulnerabilities may be under limited, targeted exploitation. The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in...

Google to Pay Hackers $31,337 for Exploiting Patched Linux Kernel Flaws

Google on Monday announced that it will pay security researchers to find exploits using vulnerabilities, previously remediated or otherwise, over the next three months as part of a new bug bounty program to improve the security of the Linux kernel. To that end, the company is expected to issue...

Google Releases Urgent Chrome Update to Patch 2 Actively Exploited 0-Day Bugs

Google on Thursday rolled out an emergency update for its Chrome web browser, including fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities that it says are being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2021-38000 and CVE-2021-38003, the weaknesses relate to insufficient validation of untrusted input i...

Leverage Virtual Patching to Prevent Network Threats

Implementing an intrusion prevention system is only one step in your cybersecurity efforts. Learn how virtual patching helps keep your IPS up to date and protect against zero-day threats, keeping your systems safe from attack...

Leverage Virtual Patching to Prevent Network Threats

Implementing an intrusion prevention system is only one step in your cybersecurity efforts. Learn how virtual patching helps keep your IPS up to date and protect against zero-day threats, keeping your systems safe from attack...

BillQuick Billing App Rigged to Inflict Ransomware

Threat actors have been caught exploiting a now-patched zero-day critical vulnerability in a popular timeclock and billing system, to take over vulnerable servers and inflict companies’ networks with ransomware. Discovered by Huntress Labs earlier this month, the ongoing attacks focus on an...