Unpatched Zero-Days in Microsoft Edge and IE Browsers Disclosed Publicly

Exclusive — A security researcher today publicly disclosed details and proof-of-concept exploits for two 'unpatched' zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft's web browsers after the company allegedly failed to respond to his responsible private disclosure. Both unpatched vulnerabilities—one of whic...

Zero-Day Bug Lays Open TP-Link Smart Home Router

A zero-day bug has been uncovered in the TP-Link SR20 smart hub and home router, which would allow a local adversary to execute arbitrary commands on the device without authentication and establish a persistent backdoor for remote access. The SR20 is an all-in-one router that can also work as an...

keystone/fuzz_asm_sparc64be: Crash in cfree

Project: https://github.com/keystone-engine/keystone.git Detailed report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=5741753304350720 Project: keystone Fuzzer: libFuzzerkeystonefuzzasmsparc64be Fuzz target binary: fuzzasmsparc64be Job Type: libfuzzermsankeystone Platform Id: linux Crash Type: UNKNOWN READ...

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In two months, hundreds of security professionals will gather in San Diego for two days of discussion around the future of endpoint security at CB Connect 2019. The event will take place at Hotel Del Coronado June 4-5 with sweeping views of Coronado beach where attendees will hear from robust...

Wordpress Plugin Patched After Zero Day Discovered

UPDATE A popular WordPress plugin is urging users to update as soon as possible after it patched a vulnerability that was being exploited in the wild. If users cannot update, developers recommended they disable the plugin. The plugin, Social Warfare, lets users add social media sharing buttons to...

CVE-2019-6728

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the...

NSS Netscape Certificate Sequences CERT_DecodeCertPackage() Crash

nss: CERTDecodeCertPackage crash with Netscape Certificate Sequences I noticed that the main entrypoint for decoding DER blobs in NSS, CERTDecodeCertPackage, actually handles multiple formats including PEM, PKCS7, and old Netscape Certificate Sequences. You can generate a Netscape Certificate...

sqlite3/ossfuzz: Use-of-uninitialized-value in accessPayload

Detailed report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=5649176925306880 Project: sqlite3 Fuzzer: libFuzzersqlite3ossfuzz Fuzz target binary: ossfuzz Job Type: libfuzzermsansqlite3 Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Use-of-uninitialized-value Crash Address: Crash State: accessPayload vdbeMemFromBtreeResiz...

Counter-Strike 1.6 game client 0-day exploited to spread Belonard trojan

By Waqas Dr. Web’s cybersecurity researchers have identified an attacker is trying to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in Counter-Strike 1.6 game specifically to distribute Belonard Trojan. Reportedly, about 39% of all the active servers of the game on Steam have been manipulated and compromised ...

Zero-Days in Counter-Strike Client Used to Build Major Botnet

A proprietor of a Counter-Strike gaming server promotion service has used multiple zero-days in the Counter-Strike client to create a large botnet. The network is made up of fake game servers for the popular online multiplayer game. The attacker has had quite a bit of success. In a recent analysi...

Get, Set, Election, Go: Preparing For The 2019 Elections - Chapter Two

Chapter 2: Election Day Challenges and Opportunities for Digital News Publishers It will be all about optimizing for Scale, Performance, and Efficiency while maintaining their security posture ... If 2014 was anything to go by for us at Akamai supporting digital publishers, 2019 is going to be an...

Zero-Day Flaws in Counter-Strike 1.6 Let Malicious Servers Hack Gamers' PCs

If you are a Counter-Strike gamer, then beware, because 39% of all existing Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers available online are malicious that have been set-up to remotely hack gamers' computers. A team of cybersecurity researchers at Dr. Web has disclosed that an attacker has been using malicio...

Zero-Day Flaws in Counter-Strike 1.6 Let Malicious Servers Hack Gamers' PCs

If you are a Counter-Strike gamer, then beware, because 39% of all existing Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers available online are malicious that have been set-up to remotely hack gamers' computers. A team of cybersecurity researchers at Dr. Web has disclosed that an attacker has been using malicio...

Threat Groups SandCat, FruityArmor Exploiting Microsoft Win32k Flaw

A newly-patched Microsoft Win32k vulnerability is being exploited in the wild by at least two threat actors, including a recently discovered advanced persistent threat APT group dubbed SandCat. The exploited vulnerability CVE-2019-0797, rated important, was patched on Tuesday as part of Microsoft...

The fourth horseman: CVE-2019-0797 vulnerability

In February 2019, our Automatic Exploit Prevention AEP systems detected an attempt to exploit a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system. Further analysis of this event led to us discovering a zero-day vulnerability in win32k.sys. We reported it to Microsoft on February 22, 2019. T...

Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Sharepoint. If you abuse Microsoft products, it's time once again to start thinking about getting your patches on. Malware or...

Microsoft Patches Two Win32k Bugs Under Active Attack

Microsoft released patches for two Win32k bugs actively under attack, along with fixes for four additional bugs that are publicly known, as part of its March Patch Tuesday security bulletin. The Win32k bugs are both elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, rated important, and tied to the way...

Microsoft Releases Patches for 64 Flaws — Two Under Active Attack

It's time for another batch of "Patch Tuesday" updates from Microsoft. Microsoft today released its March 2019 software updates to address a total of 64 CVE-listed security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other products, 17 of which are rated critical, 45 important, one...

How to get Ahead of Vulnerabilities and Protect your Enterprise Business

Security vulnerabilities are popping up all the time, and can put any business that uses technological assets at risk. In a nutshell, vulnerabilities represent the ideal opportunity for malicious actors to break into systems and wreak all types of havoc. From data theft to information compromise...

imagemagick/encoder_mat_fuzzer: Heap-use-after-free in ReadImage

Project: https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick.git Detailed report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=5721754591297536 Project: imagemagick Fuzzer: libFuzzerimagemagickencodermatfuzzer Fuzz target binary: encodermatfuzzer Job Type: libfuzzerasanimagemagick Platform Id: linux Crash Type:...