Announcing the release of “Google Cloud Security Foundations for Dummies”

We’re excited to announce the release of a comprehensive guide to mastering Google Cloud Security...

WordPress Media Cloud for Amazon S3, Imgix, Google Cloud Storage, DigitalOcean Spaces and more Plugin <= 4.5.24 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Software Media Cloud for Amazon S3, Imgix, Google Cloud Storage, DigitalOcean Spaces and more Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 4.5.24 Fixed in 4.5.25 OWASP Top 10 A3: Injection Classification Cross Site Scripting XSS CVE CVE-2024-29795 Patch priority Low CVSS severity Low 6.5 Developer Claim...

USN-6702-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the NVIDIA Tegra XUSB pad controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle return values in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-23000 It was discovered that the ARM Mali Display Processor...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Google Cloud 5 Patches

Requirements Please confirm that you are running version Veeam Backup for Google Cloud 5 build 5.0.0.1297 or later before upgrading. You can find the currently installed build number Server version in the About section under Configuration | Support Information | Updates. After installing Veeam...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support. 'Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

This Week in Spring - March 12th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! And what a week it's going to be! Do this first: we need your help! Please answer some questions in our State of Spring survey! Join me for a look at the latest-and-greatest, chronicling how I got started with Spring Boot in...

USN-6681-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing garbage collection. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system...

BIT-VAULT-2021-42135

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the /gcp/roleset/ path may be abl...

Banking Trojans Target Latin America and Europe Through Google Cloud Run

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a spike in email phishing campaigns that are weaponizing the Google Cloud Run service to deliver various banking trojans such as Astaroth aka Guildma, Mekotio, and Ousaban aka Javali to targets across Latin America LATAM and Europe. "The infection chain...

TikTok’s latest actions to combat misinformation shows it’s not just a U.S. problem

When we talk about the term "fake news," most people likely picture a certain person who made the term infamous. And when we talk about misinformation and disinformation, many will remember the "Russian troll farms" that popped up during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and were unmasked and...

Astaroth, Mekotio & Ousaban abusing Google Cloud Run in LATAM-focused malware campaigns

Google Cloud Run is currently being abused in high-volume malware distribution campaigns, spreading several banking trojans such as Astaroth aka Guildma, Mekotio and Ousaban to targets across Latin America and Europe. The volume of emails associated with these campaigns has significantly increase...

USN-6625-2: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

Marek Marczykowski-Górecki discovered that the Xen event channel infrastructure implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service paravirtualized device unavailability. CVE-2023-34324 Zheng Wang discovered...

Google Cloud Platform Detected

This is an informational notice that the scanner was able to detect that the target application is using an Google Cloud cloud service. No source data...

Google Extensible Service Proxy 2.20.0 < 2.43.0 Authentication Bypass

Google Extensible Service Proxy ESP is a scalable proxy provided by the Google Cloud Platform GCP used to provide API management features based on an OpenAPI or gRPC API backend. ESP versions starting 2.20.0 and before 2.43.0 suffer from an authentication bypass vulnerability. By crafting a...

Express.js Authentication Bypass

Express.js is a popular web framework for Node.js. Google Extensible Service Proxy ESP is a scalable proxy provided by the Google Cloud Platform GCP used to provide API management features based on an OpenAPI or gRPC API backend. When an Express.js API is deployed with case insensitive routing se...

Mandiant's Twitter Account Restored After Six-Hour Crypto Scam Hack

American cybersecurity firm and Google Cloud subsidiary Mandiant had its X formerly Twitter account compromised for more than six hours by an unknown attacker to propagate a cryptocurrency scam. As of writing, the account has been restored on the social media platform. It's currently not clear ho...

Google Cloud Resolves Privilege Escalation Flaw Impacting Kubernetes Service

Google Cloud has addressed a medium-severity security flaw in its platform that could be abused by an attacker who already has access to a Kubernetes cluster to escalate their privileges. "An attacker who has compromised the Fluent Bit logging container could combine that access with high...

Chinese Hackers Exploited New Zero-Day in Barracuda's ESG Appliances

Barracuda has revealed that Chinese threat actors exploited a new zero-day in its Email Security Gateway ESG appliances to deploy backdoors on a "limited number" of devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-7102, the issue relates to a case of arbitrary code execution that resides within a third-party and...

PT-2023-8145

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Barracuda ESG Appliance versions 5.1.3.001 through 9.2.1.001 Description The issue is related to a case of arbitrary code execution that resides within a third-party and open-source library named Spreadsheet::ParseExcel, used by the Amavis...

USN-6534-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition while handling device descriptors in certain situations, leading to a out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-37453 Lin Ma...