Roundcube Webmail Flaws Allow Hackers to Steal Emails and Passwords

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of security flaws in the Roundcube webmail software that could be exploited to execute malicious JavaScript in a victim's web browser and steal sensitive information from their account under specific circumstances. "When a victim views a malicious...

Android vulnerability used in targeted attacks patched by Google

Google has released patches for 46 vulnerabilities in Android, including a remote code execution RCE vulnerability that it says has been used in limited, targeted attacks. You can find your device’s Android version number, security update level, and Google Play system level in your Settings app...

New SideWinder Cyber Attacks Target Maritime Facilities in Multiple Countries

The nation-state threat actor known as SideWinder has been attributed to a new cyber espionage campaign targeting ports and maritime facilities in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team, which discovered the activity, said targets of the spear-phishi...

US senators ask FTC to investigate car makers’ privacy practices

An ongoing US Senate investigation indicated that connected car makers violate consumer privacy by sharing and selling drivers’ data, including their location, on a vast scale, and that the same car makers often obtain consumer consent through deception. Based on this investigation, senators have...

USN-6921-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Benedict Schlüter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious VC interrupts and compromise the security guarantees of AMD SEV-SNP. This flaw is known as WeSee. A local attacker in control of the hypervisor could use this to...

USN-6918-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel when modifying certain settings values through debugfs. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker...

USN-6893-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel when modifying certain settings values through debugfs. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2024-24857, CVE-2024-24858, CVE-2024-24859 Several security issues we...

USN-6895-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the HugeTLB file syst...

TAG-100: New Threat Actor Uses Open-Source Tools for Widespread Attacks

Unknown threat actors have been observed leveraging open-source tools as part of a suspected cyber espionage campaign targeting global government and private sector organizations. Recorded Future's Insikt Group is tracking the activity under the temporary moniker TAG-100, noting that the adversar...

USN-6896-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...

USN-6893-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel when modifying certain settings values through debugfs. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2024-24857, CVE-2024-24858, CVE-2024-24859 Several security issues we...

Microsoft's July Update Patches 143 Flaws, Including Two Actively Exploited

Microsoft has released patches to address a total of 143 security flaws as part of its monthly security updates, two of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. Five out of the 143 flaws are rated Critical, 136 are rated Important, and four are rated Moderate in severity. The fixes...

Cybersecurity Agencies Warn of China-linked APT40's Rapid Exploit Adaptation

Cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the U.K., and the U.S. have released a joint advisory about a China-linked cyber espionage group called APT40, warning about its ability to co-opt exploits for newly disclosed security flaws within hours or...

Microsoft Uncovers Critical Flaws in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus

Microsoft has revealed two security flaws in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus that could be weaponized by remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code and trigger a denial-of-service DoS condition. "The remote code execution vulnerability in PanelView Plus involves two custom...

New Open SSH Vulnerability

Its a serious one: The vulnerability, which is a signal handler race condition in OpenSSHs server sshd, allows unauthenticated remote code execution RCE as root on glibc-based Linux systems; that presents a significant security risk. This race condition affects sshd in its default configuration. ...

Researchers Warn of Flaws in Widely Used Industrial Gas Analysis Equipment

Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in Emerson Rosemount gas chromatographs that could be exploited by malicious actors to obtain sensitive information, induce a denial-of-service DoS condition, and even execute arbitrary commands. The flaws impact GC370XA, GC700XA, and GC1500XA and resid...

Chinese Cyber Espionage Targets Telecom Operators in Asia Since 2021

Cyber espionage groups associated with China have been linked to a long-running campaign that has infiltrated several telecom operators located in a single Asian country at least since 2021. "The attackers placed backdoors on the networks of targeted companies and also attempted to steal...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, libcurl, Apache Xerces C++ XML parser, and Newtonsoft.Json may affect IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V

Summary IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V can be affected by security flaws in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, libcurl, Apache Xerces C++ XML parser, and Newtonsoft.Json. The flaws can lead to server-side request forgery, bypass of security...

ZKTeco Biometric System Found Vulnerable to 24 Critical Security Flaws

An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors. "By adding random user data to the database or using a fake ...

USN-6820-2: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the Atheros 802.11ac...