FBI Warns of Rising Trend of Dual Ransomware Attacks Targeting U.S. Companies

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI is warning of a new trend of dual ransomware attacks targeting the same victims, at least since July 2023. "During these attacks, cyber threat actors deployed two different ransomware variants against victim companies from the following variants:...

Update Chrome now! Google patches another actively exploited vulnerability

Google has updated the Stable Channel for Chrome to 117.0.5938.132 for Windows, Mac and Linux. This update includes ten security fixes. According to Google there is an active exploit for one of the patched vulnerabilities, which means cybercriminals are aware of the vulnerability and are using it...

Update your browser: Security fix for latest Chrome zero-day

News, Security Update your browser: Security fix for latest Chrome zero-day Share September 29th, 2023 Hi everyone! Opera browsers have received important updates addressing a number of vulnerabilities and bugs. Among those is the following zero-day vulnerability detected by security researchers,...

Exploit for Race Condition in Microsoft

CVE-2023-36884: MS Office HTML RCE with crafted documents On...

Update Chrome Now: Google Releases Patch for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google on Wednesday rolled out fixes to address a new actively exploited zero-day in the Chrome browser. Tracked as CVE-2023-5217, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a heap-based buffer overflow in the VP8 compression format in libvpx, a free software video codec library from...

Imageflow affected by libwebp zero-day and should not be used with malicious source images.

Impact This vulnerability affects deployments of Imageflow that involve decoding or processing malicious source .webp files. If you only process your own trusted files, this should not affect you but you should update anyway. Imageflow relies on Google's libwebp library to decode .webp images, an...

GHSA-7VPR-3PPW-QRPJ Imageflow affected by libwebp zero-day and should not be used with malicious source images.

Impact This vulnerability affects deployments of Imageflow that involve decoding or processing malicious source .webp files. If you only process your own trusted files, this should not affect you but you should update anyway. Imageflow relies on Google's libwebp library to decode .webp images, an...

Microsoft Error Reporting Local Privilege Elevation

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Microsoft Error Reporting Local Privilege Elevation Vulnerability', 'Description' = %q This module takes advantage of a bug in the way Windows...

Microsoft Error Reporting Local Privilege Elevation Exploit

This Metasploit module takes advantage of a bug in the way Windows error reporting opens the report parser. If you open a report, Windows uses a relative path to locate the rendering program. By creating a specific alternate directory structure, we can coerce Windows into opening an arbitrary...

Qualys Survey of Top 10 Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023

The Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU has thoroughly analyzed vulnerabilities reported in 2023. Our comprehensive study assesses factors including weaponization status, existence in the CISA KEV, instances or usage of malware and ransomware, trending vulnerabilities, various scoring metrics, and...

Apple Addresses Zero-Day Flaws Exploited in the Wild

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Apple addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities used in an iPhone exploit chain to deliver the Predator spyware. The vulnerabilities involved were CVE-2023-41991, CVE-2023-41992, and CVE-2023-41993...

New Apple Zero-Days Exploited to Target Egyptian ex-MP with Predator Spyware

The three zero-day flaws addressed by Apple on September 21, 2023, were leveraged as part of an iPhone exploit chain in an attempt to deliver a spyware strain called Predator targeting former Egyptian member of parliament Ahmed Eltantawy between May and September 2023. "The targeting took place...

Zero-Day iOS Exploit Chain Infects Devices with Predator Spyware

By Waqas Former Egyptian MP targeted with predator spyware ahead of 2024 presidential run - Therefore, Update your macOS Ventura, iOS, and iPadOS devices NOW, as Apple has released emergency updates to address the flaws. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Zero-Day iOS Exploi...

Emergency update! Apple patches three zero-days

Apple has released security updates for several products to address a handful of zero-day vulnerabilities that may already have been used by criminals. Updates are available for: iOS 16.7 and iPadOS 16.7 iOS 17.0.1 and iPadOS 17.0.1 watchOS 9.6.3 watchOS 10.0.1 macOS Ventura 13.6 macOS Monterey...

Apple Rushes to Patch 3 New Zero-Day Flaws: iOS, macOS, Safari, and More Vulnerable

Apple has released yet another round of security patches to address three actively exploited zero-day flaws impacting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari, taking the total tally of zero-day bugs discovered in its software this year to 16. The list of security vulnerabilities is as follows -...

ZeroDay vulnerabilities fixed in Apple iOS and iPadOS

Apple has fixed vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS. A malicious party can exploit the vulnerabilities to circumvent a security measure in order to bypass it, grant themselves elevated privileges granted and execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system Apple has reports that the vulnerabilities...

Overview of IoT threats in 2023

IoT devices routers, cameras, NAS boxes, and smart home components multiply every year. Statista portal predicts their number will exceed 29 billion by 2030. As connected device numbers increase, so does the need for protection against various threats. The first-ever large-scale malware attacks o...

Trend Micro Addresses Zero-Day Flaws Exploited in the Wild

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-41179, has been identified in the third-party AV uninstaller module contained in Trend Micro Apex One, Worry-Free Business Security, and...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 11 September to 17 September 2023

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, a total of eight attacks were executed, along with eleven vulnerabilities discovered, and two different adversaries...

Apple Addresses Two Zero-Day Flaws Exploited by Attackers

Threat Level Vulnerability Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Apples two zero-day vulnerabilities CVE-2023-41064 and CVE-2023-41061 enable arbitrary code execution and system crashes. As these vulnerabilities are actively exploited, they pose severe risks,...