RCE Spring Framework Zero-Day vulnerability “Spring4Shell”

THREAT LEVEL: Red For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the Spring framework, a Java framework that provides infrastructure support for web application development. This vulnerability came to light after a Chinese researcher made a...

Actively exploited vulnerability affects Trend Micro Apex Central

THREAT LEVEL: Amber For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Trend Micro Apex Central on-premise and as a Service has a zero-day vulnerability. This arbitrary file upload vulnerability if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload any file, resulti...

0day vulnerability discovered in Spring Core Framework

A vulnerability has been discovered in Spring Core Framework. Spring Core Framework is a set of Java libraries that can be used to develop applications in a structured way to develop applications that can can then run either standalone or in Web application environments such as Tomcat. A maliciou...

APT41 Spies Broke Into 6 US State Networks via a Livestock App

USAHerds – an app used PDF by farmers to speed their response to diseases and other threats to their livestock – has itself become an infection vector, used to pry open at least six U.S. state networks by one of China’s most prolific state-sponsored espionage groups. In a report published by...

Warning — Deadbolt Ransomware Targeting ASUSTOR NAS Devices

ASUSTOR network-attached storage NAS devices have become the latest victim of Deadbolt ransomware, less than a month after similar attacks singled out QNAP NAS appliances. In response to the infections, the company has released firmware updates ADM 4.0.4.RQO2 to "fix related security issues." The...

Entering a Higher State of Vigilance – Ukraine Under Attack

It appears that Russia has just commenced the invasion of Ukraine. Check your preferred international news outlet, but according to the Ukrainian foreign minister "Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine." Ukrainian airspace is closed with flights diverting. The Twitter Safety...

Another Critical RCE Discovered in Adobe Commerce and Magento Platforms

Adobe on Thursday updated its advisory for an actively exploited zero-day affecting Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source to patch a newly discovered flaw that could be weaponized to achieve arbitrary code execution. Tracked as CVE-2022-24087, the issue – like CVE-2022-24086 – is rated 9.8 on th...

First zero-day vulnerability of Google Chrome this year actively exploited in wild

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Google released a stable channel update for their Chrome browser that contains a zero-day vulnerability and is actively being exploited-in-wild. This is the first zero-day bug reported in Chrome browser this year. A...

Critical Magento zero-day vulnerability actively exploiting multiple e-commerce websites

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Adobe issued an emergency advisory informing Adobe Commerce and Magento Open-Source product users of a critical zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. A zero-day vulnerability which has been...

Zero-day vulnerability in WebKit affects Apple macOS

THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here A third zero-day vulnerability has been identified since the latest zero-day bugs discovery in macOS Monterey in the year 2022. This flaw impacts the WebKit component, which is a cross-platform web browser engine that is...

Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited zero-day

Apple has released a security fix for a zero-day vulnerability CVE-2022-22620 that it says "may have been actively exploited." According to the security update information provided by Apple the vulnerability exists in WebKit—the HTML rendering engine component of its Safari browser—and can be use...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses a zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kernel

THREAT LEVEL: Amber. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Microsoft addressed 51 vulnerabilities in the February 2022 patch Tuesday release, one of which was classified as a zero-day vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to gain control of a...

Critical ManageEngine Desktop Server Bug Opens Orgs to Malware

A critical security vulnerability in the Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP platforms could allow authentication bypass, the company has warned. The bug CVE-2021-44757 could allow a remote user to “perform unauthorized actions in the server,” according to the company’s Mond...

2021 in Review, Part 1: 5 Cybersecurity Topics that Made News

Its been another chaotic year in cybersecurity, as protecting web applications and stopping sensitive data breaches remain top-of-mind issues and continue to generate headline news. As 2021 comes to a close, cybersecurity and all the industries it serves is dealing with an unprecedented zero-day...

CVE-2021-44228 - Patching is Recommended for Evolving Zero Day Vulnerability in Apache Log4j that allows remote code execution (RCE)

Akamai has been monitoring the rapidly evolving developments of CVE-2021-44228. We have been working closely with our customers and internal application teams to mitigate the risks posed by the threat of unauthorized remote code execution. This includes deploying an update to our existing Apache...

CVE-2021-44228 - Zero Day Vulnerability in Apache Log4j that allows remote code execution (RCE)

See how Akamai helped open-source logging library Log4j fight against a critical unauthenticated remote code execution RCE vulnerability and reduce customer exposure...

FBI: FatPipe VPN Zero-Day Exploited by APT for 6 Months

A threat actor has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in FatPipe’s virtual private network VPN devices as a way to breach companies and gain access to their internal networks, since at least May, the FBI has warned. “As of November 2021, FBI forensic analysis indicated exploitation of a 0-d...

Google Warns of New Android 0-Day Vulnerability Under Active Targeted Attacks

Google has rolled out its monthly security patches for Android with fixes for 39 flaws, including a zero-day vulnerability that it said is being actively exploited in the wild in limited, targeted attacks. Tracked as CVE-2021-1048, the zero-day bug is described as a use-after-free vulnerability i...

Patch Tuesday, October 2021 Edition

Microsoft today issued updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited. This months Patch Tuesday also includes security fixes for the newly released Windows 11 operating system. Separatel...

Urgent Chrome Update Released to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google on Friday rolled out an emergency security patch to its Chrome web browser to address a security flaw that's known to have an exploit in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2021-37973, the vulnerability has been described as use after free in Portals API, a web page navigation system that enables a...