Microsoft's Latest Security Update Fixes 64 New Flaws, Including a Zero-Day

Tech giant Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to quash 64 new security flaws across its software lineup, including one zero-day flaw that has been actively exploited in real-world attacks. Of the 64 bugs, five are rated Critical, 57 are rated Important, one is rated Moderate, and one is rated Low...

Over 280,000 WordPress Sites Attacked Using WPGateway Plugin Zero-Day Vulnerability

A zero-day flaw in the latest version of a WordPress premium plugin known as WPGateway is being actively exploited in the wild, potentially allowing malicious actors to completely take over affected sites. Tracked as CVE-2022-3180 CVSS score: 9.8, the issue is being weaponized to add a malicious...

Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday

This months Patch Tuesday offers a little something for everyone, including security updates for a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Windows that is under active attack, and another Windows weakness experts say could be used to power a fast-spreading computer worm. Also, Apple has also quashed a pair of...

WordPress WPGateway 3.5 Privilege Escalation

Description: Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Affected Plugin: WPGateway Plugin Slug: wpgateway Plugin Developer: Jack Hopman/WPGateway Affected Versions: = 3.5 CVE ID: CVE-2022-3180 CVSS Score: 9.8 Critical CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Fully Patched Version: N/A...

September 2022 Patch Tuesday | Microsoft Releases 63 Vulnerabilities with 5 Critical, plus 16 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-Based); Adobe Releases 7 Advisories, 63 Vulnerabilities with 35 Critical.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary Microsoft has fixed 63 vulnerabilities aka flaws in the September 2022 update, including five 5 vulnerabilities classified as Critical as they allow Remote Code Execution RCE. This months Patch Tuesday fixes two 2 zero-day vulnerabilities, with one 1 actively...

PSA: Zero-Day Vulnerability in WPGateway Actively Exploited in the Wild

On September 8, 2022, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team became aware of an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability being used to add a malicious administrator user to sites running the WPGateway plugin. We released a firewall rule to Wordfence Premium, Wordfence Care, and Wordfence Respons...

[updated] Important update! iPhones, Macs, and more vulnerable to zero-day bug

On Monday, Apple released a long list of patched vulnerabilities to its software, including a new zero-day flaw affecting Macs and iPhones. The company revealed it's aware that threat actors may have been actively exploiting this vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2022-32917. As it's a...

Apple Releases iOS and macOS Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw

Apple has released another round of security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a new zero-day flaw that has been used in attacks in the wild. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-32917, is rooted in the Kernel component and could enable a malicious app...

Exploit for Improper Privilege Management in Enlightenment

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Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in WordPress BackupBuddy Plugin in ~5 Million Attempts

A zero-day flaw in a WordPress plugin called BackupBuddy is being actively exploited, WordPress security company Wordfence has disclosed. "This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated users to download arbitrary files from the affected site which can include sensitive information," it...

Let Smart Automation Reduce the Risk of Zero-Day Attacks on Third-Party Applications

Last week, Google released yet another zero-day patch for its Chrome browser to fix a high-severity flaw that was already being exploited. That vulnerability CVE-2022-3075 is the sixth actively exploited zero-day found in Chrome this year. While users are grateful for the urgent patch, it was...

Let Smart Automation Reduce the Risk of Zero-Day Attacks on Third-Party Applications

Last week, Google released yet another zero-day patch for its Chrome browser to fix a high-severity flaw that was already being exploited. That vulnerability CVE-2022-3075 is the sixth actively exploited zero-day found in Chrome this year. While users are grateful for the urgent patch, it was...

CVE-2022-36539

WeDayCare B.V Ouderapp before v1.1.22 allows attackers to alter the ID value within intercepted calls to gain access to data of other parents and children...

Google Chrome browser suffers from another zero-day vulnerability

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary There is a vulnerability in the Chrome browser, identified as CVE-2022-3075, that is actively exploited in the wild...

Zero-day puts a dent in Chrome's mojo

On Friday, Google announced the release of a new version of its Chrome browser that includes a security fix for a zero-day tracked as CVE-2022-3075. As with previous announcements, technical details about the vulnerability won't be released until a certain number of Chrome users have already...

Google Releases Urgent Chrome Update to Patch New Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google on Friday shipped emergency fixes to address a security vulnerability in the Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-3075, concerns a case of insufficient data validation in Mojo, which refers to a collection of...

Apple releases security update for iPhones and iPads to address vulnerability

Apple has released a security update for iOS 12.5.6 to patch a remotely exploitable WebKit vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on unpatched devices. The WebKit zero-day that is known as CVE-2022-32893 was fixed for iOS 15.6.1, iPadOS 15.6, and macOS Monterey 12.5.1 on...

Apple Fixed a Serious iOS Security Flaw—Have You Updated Yet?

Plus: Chrome patches another zero-day flaw, Microsoft closes up 100 vulnerabilities, Android gets a significant patch, and more...

Ukraine Independence Day: Talos update

On Independence Day for Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2022, Cisco Talos provided a live update on its continued support for the region. Six months since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Dmytro Korzhevin, a senior threat intelligence researcher, JJ Cummings, Talos' national intelligence principal, and Ashlee...

Mitigating the Risk of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities by using Compensating Controls

Zero-day vulnerability attacks have emerged as a major cybersecurity threat in the last few years. Organizations most often targeted include large enterprises and government/Federal agencies. However, any organization, regardless of its size, business, or industry, is a potential target for...