GitHub Launches AI-Powered Autofix Tool to Assist Devs in Patching Security Flaws

GitHub on Wednesday announced that it's making available a feature called code scanning autofix in public beta for all Advanced Security customers to provide targeted recommendations in an effort to avoid introducing new security issues. "Powered by GitHub Copilot and CodeQL, code scanning autofi...

APT28 Hacker Group Targeting Europe, Americas, Asia in Widespread Phishing Scheme

The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 has been linked to multiple ongoing phishing campaigns that employ lure documents imitating government and non-governmental organizations NGOs in Europe, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and North and South America. "The uncovered lures include a...

Third-Party ChatGPT Plugins Could Lead to Account Takeovers

Cybersecurity researchers have found that third-party plugins available for OpenAI ChatGPT could act as a new attack surface for threat actors looking to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. According to new research published by Salt Labs, security flaws found directly in ChatGPT and with...

Microsoft's March Updates Fix 61 Vulnerabilities, Including Critical Hyper-V Flaws

Microsoft on Tuesday released its monthly security update, addressing 61 different security flaws spanning its software, including two critical issues impacting Windows Hyper-V that could lead to denial-of-service DoS and remote code execution. Of the 61 vulnerabilities, two are rated Critical, 5...

Unsecured Video Doorbells Sold on Major Platforms: Millions at Risk of Hacking

By Deeba Ahmed Major Retailers Selling Video Doorbells with Serious Security Flaws, Consumer Reports Warns. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Unsecured Video Doorbells Sold on Major Platforms: Millions at Risk of Hacking...

Hackers Exploit Misconfigured YARN, Docker, Confluence, Redis Servers for Crypto Mining

Threat actors are targeting misconfigured and vulnerable servers running Apache Hadoop YARN, Docker, Atlassian Confluence, and Redis services as part of an emerging malware campaign designed to deliver a cryptocurrency miner and spawn a reverse shell for persistent remote access. "The attackers...

Important: dnsmasq

Issue Overview: Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol in RFC 4035 and related RFCs allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption via one or more DNSSEC responses when there is a zone with many DNSKEY and RRSIG records, aka the "KeyTrap" issue. The protocol specification...

FBI Warns U.S. Healthcare Sector of Targeted BlackCat Ransomware Attacks

The U.S. government is warning about the resurgence of BlackCat aka ALPHV ransomware attacks targeting the healthcare sector as recently as this month. "Since mid-December 2023, of the nearly 70 leaked victims, the healthcare sector has been the most commonly victimized," the government said in a...

Critical Flaws Found in ConnectWise ScreenConnect Software - Patch Now

ConnectWise has released software updates to address two security flaws in its ScreenConnect remote desktop and access software, including a critical bug that could enable remote code execution on affected systems. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2024-1708 CVSS score: 8.4 - Improper...

Ivanti Pulse Secure Found Using 11-Year-Old Linux Version and Outdated Libraries

A reverse engineering of the firmware running on Ivanti Pulse Secure appliances has revealed numerous weaknesses, once again underscoring the challenge of securing software supply chains. Eclypsiusm, which acquired firmware version 9.1.18.2-24467.1 as part of the process, said the base operating...

Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for 73 Flaws, Including 2 Windows Zero-Days

Microsoft has released patches to address 73 security flaws spanning its software lineup as part of its Patch Tuesday updates for February 2024, including two zero-days that have come under active exploitation. Of the 73 vulnerabilities, 5 are rated Critical, 65 are rated Important, and three and...

PT-2024-11954 · Undefined · Undefined

🚨Major Threat Alert: High Alert: AMD Processors Hit by Multiple Security Flaws - CVE-2023-20576 CVE-2023-20576 CVE-2023-20577 CVE-2023-20579 CVE-2023-20587 Chatter: 🔴 High Maturity: 💢 Emerging https://t.co/hiHfkLxSGd CyberSecurity ThreatIntel InfoSec...

Zyxel zysh Format String Proof Of Concept

!/usr/bin/expect -f raptorzyshfhtagn.exp - zysh format string PoC exploit Copyright c 2022 Marco Ivaldi "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." -- H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu "Multiple improper inpu...

Critical Boot Loader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros

The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could pave the way for remote code execution under specific circumstances. Tracked as CVE-2023-40547 CVSS score: 9.8, the vulnerability could be exploited to achieve a Secure Boot bypas...

USN-6610-2 firefox regressions

USN-6610-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potential...

Warning: New Malware Emerges in Attacks Exploiting Ivanti VPN Vulnerabilities

Google-owned Mandiant said it identified new malware employed by a China-nexus espionage threat actor known as UNC5221 and other threat groups during post-exploitation activity targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure devices. This includes custom web shells such as BUSHWALK,...

Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exposes Servers to RCE Attacks - Patch ASAP!

The maintainers of the open-source continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment CI/CD automation software Jenkins have resolved nine security flaws, including a critical bug that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution RCE. The issue, assigned the CVE...

Slackware Linux 15.0 / current mozilla-thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2024-023-02)

The version of mozilla-thunderbird installed on the remote host is prior to 115.7.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2024-023-02 advisory. - An out of bounds write in ANGLE could have allowed an attacker to corrupt memory leading to a potentially...

Chinese Hackers Silently Weaponized VMware Zero-Day Flaw for 2 Years

An advanced China-nexus cyber espionage group previously linked to the exploitation of security flaws in VMware and Fortinet appliances has been attributed to the abuse of a critical vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server as a zero-day since late 2021. "UNC3886 has a track record of utilizing...

Feds Warn of AndroxGh0st Botnet Targeting AWS, Azure, and Office 365 Credentials

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI warned that threat actors deploying the AndroxGh0st malware are creating a botnet for "victim identification and exploitation in target networks." A Python-based malware, AndroxGh0st was fir...