Zero-Day
Apple fixes two zero-days used in attacks on Intel-based Macs
Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in attacks on Intel-based Mac systems. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited,” the company said in an advisory issued on Tuesday. The two bugs were found in the macOS Sequoia JavaScriptCore (CVE-2024-44308) and WebKit (CVE-2024-44309) components of […]
Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware
A malware botnet is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in end-of-life GeoVision devices to compromise and recruit them for likely DDoS or cryptomining attacks. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-11120 and was discovered by Piort Kijewski of The Shadowserver Foundation. It is a critical severity (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8) OS command injection problem, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute […]
Palo Alto Networks warns of critical RCE zero-day exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks is warning that a critical zero-day vulnerability on Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) management interfaces, currently tracked as ‘PAN-SA-2024-0015,’ is actively being exploited in attacks. The flaw was originally disclosed on November 8, 2024, with Palo Alto Networks warning customers to restrict access to their next-generation firewalls because of a “potential” remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting […]
Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine
Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. The security flaw (CVE-2024-43451) is an NTLM Hash Disclosure spoofing vulnerability reported by ClearSky security researchers, which can be exploited to steal the logged-in user’s NTLMv2 hash by forcing connections to a remote attacker-controlled server. […]
Microsoft November 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 89 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s November 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 91 flaws, including four zero-days, two of which are actively exploited. This Patch Tuesday fixed four critical vulnerabilities, which include two remote code execution and two elevation of privileges flaws. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: This count […]
Synology hurries out patches for zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own
Synology, a Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker, patched two critical zero-days exploited during last week’s Pwn2Own hacking competition within days. Midnight Blue security researcher Rick de Jager found the critical zero-click vulnerabilities (tracked together as CVE-2024-10443 and dubbed RISK:STATION) in the company’s Synology Photos and BeePhotos for BeeStation software. As Synology explains in security advisories published two days after the […]
Hackers target critical zero-day vulnerability in PTZ cameras
Hackers are attempting to exploit two zero-day vulnerabilities in PTZOptics pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) live streaming cameras used in industrial, healthcare, business conferences, government, and courtroom settings. In April 2024, GreyNoise discovered CVE-2024-8956 and CVE-2024-8957 after its AI-powered threat detection tool, Sift, detected unusual activity on its honeypot network that did not match any known threats. Upon examination of […]
Sophos reveals 5-year battle with Chinese hackers attacking network devices
Sophos disclosed today a series of reports dubbed “Pacific Rim” that detail how the cybersecurity company has been sparring with Chinese threat actors for over 5 years as they increasingly targeted networking devices worldwide, including those from Sophos. For years, cybersecurity firms have warned enterprises that Chinese threat actors exploit flaws in edge networking devices […]
QNAP patches second zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own to get root
QNAP has released security patches for a second zero-day bug exploited by security researchers during last week’s Pwn2Own hacking contest. This critical SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50387, was found in QNAP’s SMB Service and is now fixed in versions 4.15.002 or later and h4.15.002 and later. The zero-day flaw was patched one week after […]
New Windows Themes zero-day gets free, unofficial patches
Free unofficial patches are now available for a new Windows Themes zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to steal a target’s NTLM credentials remotely. NTLM has been extensively exploited in NTLM relay attacks, where threat actors force vulnerable network devices to authenticate against servers under their control, and pass-the-hash attacks, where they exploit system vulnerabilities or deploy malicious […]