Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Under Active Attack by APT

Microsoft has issued a patch for a zero-day bug being actively exploited in the wild, as part of its Patch Tuesday security bulletin. The vulnerability is an elevation-of-privilege flaw, rated important, affecting the Windows Win32k component. The zero-day CVE-2018-8453, found by Kaspersky Lab,...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

Hackers Stole 50 Million Facebook Users' Access Tokens Using Zero-Day Flaw

Logged out from your Facebook account automatically? Well you're not alone… Facebook just admitted that an unknown hacker or a group of hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in its social media platform that allowed them to steal secret access tokens for more than 50 million accounts...

Hackers Stole 50 Million Facebook Users' Access Tokens Using Zero-Day Flaw

Logged out from your Facebook account automatically? Well you're not alone… Facebook just admitted that an unknown hacker or a group of hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in its social media platform that allowed them to steal secret access tokens for more than 50 million accounts. UPDATE...

ex-NSA Hacker Discloses macOS Mojave 10.14 Zero-Day Vulnerability

The same day Apple released its latest macOS Mojave operating system, a security researcher demonstrated a potential way to bypass new privacy implementations in macOS using just a few lines of code and access sensitive user data. On Monday, Apple started rolling out its new macOS Mojave 10.14...

Fuji Electric FRENIC Devices (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION : Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit/public exploits are available Vendor : Fuji Electric Equipment : FRENIC Loader, FRENIC-Mini C1, FRENIC-Mini C2, FRENIC-Eco, FRENIC-Multi, FRENIC-MEGA, FRENIC-Ace Vulnerabilities : Buffer Over-read,...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-ma security update

An update for qemu-kvm-ma is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fr...

Mac Mojave Zero-Day Allows Malicious Apps to Access Sensitive Info

A zero-day vulnerability in the brand-new version of the Apple Mojave macOS has been uncovered, which would allow an attacker to access private and confidential information by using an unprivileged app. The flaw was found by Patrick Wardle, co-founder of Digita Security and creator of Objective-S...

ZDResearch Advanced Web Hacking Training 2018 – Learn Online

Are you looking to master web hacking? Interested in a bug-hunting career? Do you want to land a job in cybersecurity? Are you already working as a security engineer, but want to further advance or refine your skills? If yes, read on. ZDResearch Advanced Web Hacking AWH course, including optional...

ZDResearch Advanced Web Hacking Training 2018 – Learn Online

Are you looking to master web hacking? Interested in a bug-hunting career? Do you want to land a job in cybersecurity? Are you already working as a security engineer, but want to further advance or refine your skills? If yes, read on. ZDResearch Advanced Web Hacking AWH course, including optional...

Researcher Discloses New Zero-Day Affecting All Versions of Windows

A security researcher has publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows operating system including server editions after the company failed to patch a responsibly disclosed bug within the 120-days deadline. Discovered byLucas Leong of the...

Researcher Discloses New Zero-Day Affecting All Versions of Windows

A security researcher has publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows operating system including server editions after the company failed to patch a responsibly disclosed bug within the 120-days deadline. Discovered by Lucas Leong of the...

Unpatched Microsoft Zero-Day in JET Allows Remote Code-Execution

A Microsoft zero-day has been uncovered that could allow remote code-execution; and as of now, it remains unpatched. According to Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative ZDI, the flaw is an out-of-bounds OOB write in the Microsoft JET Database Engine, which underlies the Microsoft Access and Visual Bas...

Critical Out-of-Band Patch Issued for Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe released patches for seven flaws in an unscheduled update for its Acrobat Reader and DC product, which could lead to arbitrary code execution. The patches, released Wednesday, come one week after Adobe’s regularly-scheduled September update. The flaws addressed include one “critical”...

Dangerous Pegasus Spyware Has Spread to 45 Countries

The infamous Pegasus spyware, which targets iPhones and Android devices, has allegedly infiltrated 45 different countries across the globe — and six of those countries have used surveillance malware in the past to abuse human rights, a group of researchers claimed Tuesday. Researchers from The...

Zero-Day Bug Allows Hackers to Access CCTV Surveillance Cameras

Between 180,000 and 800,000 IP-based closed-circuit television cameras are vulnerable to a zero-day vulnerability that allows hackers to access surveillance cameras, spy on and manipulate video feeds or plant malware. According to a Tenable Research Advisory issued Monday, the bugs are rated...

Security firm uses Twitter to disclose critical zero-day flaw in Tor Browser

By Waqas Zerodium, an infosec and premium zero-day acquisition platform tweeted about the flaw in Tor browser on Monday. The infamous exploit vendor and buyer/seller of popular software vulnerabilities, Zerodium has revealed a critical flaw in Tor browser software. According to a tweet posted by...

Microsoft Patches Actively Exploited Bug as Part of Patch Tuesday

UPDATE Microsoft has patched an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability it said is actively being exploited by hackers. The fix was part of Microsoft’s scheduled September Patch Tuesday release, which also included fixes for two other bugs found being used in the wild, including the zero-day found i...

Patch Tuesday, September 2018 Edition

Adobe and Microsoft today each released patches to fix serious security holes in their software. Adobe pushed out a new version of its beleaguered Flash Player browser plugin. Redmond issued updates to address at least 61 distinct vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and related programs, includi...

Bad Actors Sizing Up Systems Via Lightweight Recon Malware

Well-known financial crime gang Cobalt Group and other threat actors have recently shifted tactics to incorporate lightweight modular downloaders that “vet” target machines for their attractiveness before proceeding with a full-fledged attack. The emergence of the AdvisorsBot and Marap malwares, ...