vulnerability
Surge in attacks exploiting old ThinkPHP and ownCloud flaws
Increased hacker activity has been observed in attempts to compromise poorly maintained devices that are vulnerable to older security issues from 2022 and 2023. Threat monitoring platform GreyNoise is reporting spikes in actors leveraging CVE-2022-47945 and CVE-2023-49103 that affect ThinkPHP Framework and the open-source ownCloud solution for file sharing and syncing. Both vulnerabilities have critical severity and can be exploited […]
Ivanti fixes three critical flaws in Connect Secure & Policy Secure
Ivanti has released security updates for Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS), Ivanti Policy Secure (IPS), and Ivanti Secure Access Client (ISAC) to address multiple vulnerabilities, including three critical severity problems. The company learned about the flaws through its responsible disclosure program from security researchers at CISA and Akamai, and through the HackerOne bug bounty platform. Ivanti […]
BadPilot network hacking campaign fuels Russian SandWorm attacks
A subgroup of the Russian state-sponsored hacking group APT44, also known as ‘Seashell Blizzard’ and ‘Sandworm’, has been targeting critical organizations and governments in a multi-year campaign dubbed ‘BadPilot.’ The threat actor has been active since at least 2021 and is also responsible for breaching networks of organizations in energy, oil and gas, telecommunications, shipping, and […]
Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 55 flaws, including four zero-day vulnerabilities, with two actively exploited in attacks. This Patch Tuesday also fixes three “Critical” vulnerabilities, all remote code execution vulnerabilities. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: The above numbers do not include a critical […]
SonicWall firewall exploit lets hackers hijack VPN sessions, patch now
Security researchers at Bishop Fox have published complete exploitation details for the CVE-2024-53704 vulnerability that allows bypassing the authentication mechanism in certain versions of the SonicOS SSLVPN application. The vendor warned about the high exploitation possibility of the flaw in a bulletin on January 7, urging administrators to upgrade their SonicOS firewalls’ firmware to address […]
Over 12,000 KerioControl firewalls exposed to exploited RCE flaw
Over twelve thousand GFI KerioControl firewall instances are exposed to a critical remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-52875. KerioControl is a network security suite that small and medium-sized businesses use for VPNs, bandwidth management, reporting and monitoring, traffic filtering, AV protection, and intrusion prevention. The flaw in question was discovered in mid-December by security […]
Hackers exploit Cityworks RCE bug to breach Microsoft IIS servers
Software vendor Trimble is warning that hackers are exploiting a Cityworks deserialization vulnerability to remotely execute commands on IIS servers and deploy Cobalt Strike beacons for initial network access. Trimble Cityworks is a Geographic Information System (GIS)-centric asset management and work order management software designed primarily for local governments, utilities, and public works organizations. The […]
Hackers exploit SimpleHelp RMM flaws to deploy Sliver malware
Hackers are targeting vulnerable SimpleHelp RMM clients to create administrator accounts, drop backdoors, and potentially lay the groundwork for ransomware attacks. The flaws are tracked as CVE-2024-57726, CVE-2024-57727, and CVE-2024-57728 and were reported as potentially actively exploited by Arctic Wolf last week. However, the cybersecurity firm could not confirm for sure if the flaws were used. Cybersecurity firm Field […]
Critical Cisco ISE bug can let attackers run commands as root
Cisco has released patches to fix two critical vulnerabilities in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) security policy management platform. Enterprise administrators use Cisco ISE as an identity and access management (IAM) solution that combines authentication, authorization, and accounting into a single appliance. The two security flaws (CVE-2025-20124 and CVE-2025-20125) can be exploited by authenticated remote […]
AMD fixes bug that lets hackers load malicious microcode patches
AMD has released mitigation and firmware updates to address a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited to load malicious CPU microcode on unpatched devices. The security flaw (CVE-2024-56161) is caused by an improper signature verification weakness in AMD’s CPU ROM microcode patch loader. Attackers with local administrator privileges can exploit this weakness, resulting in the loss […]