vulnerability
Cisco warns of critical RCE zero-days in IP phones
Cisco is warning of multiple critical remote code execution zero-days in the web-based management interface of the end-of-life Small Business SPA 300 and SPA 500 series IP phones. The vendor has not made fixes available for these devices and shared no mitigation tips, so users of those products will have to move to newer and […]
CISA warns about actively exploited Apache OFBiz RCE flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of two vulnerabilities exploited in attacks, including a path traversal impacting Apache OFBiz. Apache OFBiz (Open For Business) is a popular open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that provides a suite of business applications to manage various aspects of an organization. Due to its versatility and […]
Exploit released for Cisco SSM bug allowing admin password changes
Cisco warns that exploit code is now available for a maximum severity vulnerability that lets attackers change any user password on unpatched Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (Cisco SSM On-Prem) license servers. As a Cisco Smart Licensing component, Cisco SSM On-Prem helps manage accounts and product licenses on an organization’s environment using a dedicated dashboard […]
18-year-old security flaw in Firefox and Chrome exploited in attacks
A vulnerability disclosed 18 years ago, dubbed “0.0.0.0 Day”, allows malicious websites to bypass security in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari and interact with services on a local network. However, it should be noted that this only affects Linux and macOS devices, and does not work on Windows. For impacted devices, threat actors […]
Critical ServiceNow RCE flaws actively exploited to steal credentials
Threat actors are chaining together ServiceNow flaws using publicly available exploits to breach government agencies and private firms in data theft attacks. This malicious activity was reported by Resecurity, which, after monitoring it for a week, identified multiple victims, including government agencies, data centers, energy providers, and software development firms. Although the vendor released security updates […]
Telegram zero-day allowed sending malicious Android APKs as videos
A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed ‘EvilVideo’ allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files. A threat actor named ‘Ancryno’ first began selling the Telegram zero-day exploit on June 6, 2024, in a post on the Russian-speaking XSS hacking forum, stating the flaw existed in Telegram v10.14.4 and older. ESET […]
Critical Cisco bug lets hackers add root users on SEG devices
Cisco has fixed a critical severity vulnerability that lets attackers add new users with root privileges and permanently crash Security Email Gateway (SEG) appliances using emails with malicious attachments. Tracked as CVE-2024-20401, this arbitrary file write security flaw in the SEG content scanning and message filtering features is caused by an absolute path traversal weakness […]
VMware, Adobe bugs exploited in active attacks as Cisco warns of critical ‘10.0’ flaw
VMware, SolarWinds and Adobe users are being warned that vulnerabilities found in each of the products are under active attack. On Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Impacted products include Adobe Commerce (CVE-2024-34102), SolarWinds Serv-U (CVE-2024-28995) and VMware vCenter Server (CVE-2022-22948) CISA’s warning […]
Vulnerabilities exploited faster than ever, says Cloudflare
By the time you read this article, a zero-day CVE is likely getting exploited. According to researchers with Cloudflare, a newly disclosed vulnerability comes under attack at an average of 22 minutes. The internet backbone provider said attackers are more active than ever and are able to jump onto security vulnerabilities with malware exploits at […]
Hackers use PoC exploits in attacks 22 minutes after release
Threat actors are quick to weaponize available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits in actual attacks, sometimes as quickly as 22 minutes after exploits are made publicly available. That is according to Cloudflare’s Application Security report for 2024, which covers activity between May 2023 and March 2024 and highlights emerging threat trends. Cloudflare, which currently processes an average […]