Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2022
Zyxel fixes a critical bug in its business firewall and VPN devices

Zyxel issued security updates for a critical vulnerability that affects some of its business firewall and VPN devices. Networking equipment vendor Zyxel has pushed security updates for a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-0342 (CVSS 9.8), that affects some of its business firewall and VPN products. The vulnerability can be exploited to take control of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2022
CISA adds Sophos firewall bug to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Sophos firewall flaw and seven other issues to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the recently disclosed CVE-2022-1040 flaw in the Sophos firewall, along with seven other issues, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2022
Flaws in Wyze cam devices allow their complete takeover

Wyze Cam devices are affected by three security vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to takeover them and access camera feeds. Bitdefender researchers discovered three security vulnerabilities in the popular Wyze Cam devices that can be exploited by threat actors to execute arbitrary code and access camera feeds. The three flaws reported by the cybersecurity firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022
Apple issues emergency patches to fix actively exploited zero-days

Apple released emergency patches to address two zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited to compromise iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Apple has released emergency security patches to address two zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited to hack iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The first zero-day, tracked as CVE-2022-22674, is an out-of-bounds read issue that resides in the Intel Graphics Driver that could […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022
Mysterious disclosure of a zero-day RCE flaw Spring4Shell in Spring

An unauthenticated zero-day RCE vulnerability in the Spring Core Java framework called ‘Spring4Shell’ has been publicly disclosed. Researchers disclosed a zero-day vulnerability, dubbed Spring4Shell, in the Spring Core Java framework called ‘Spring4Shell.’ An unauthenticated, remote attacker could trigger the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the target system. The framework is currently maintained by Spring.io […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
A critical RCE vulnerability affects SonicWall Firewall appliances

SonicWall released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability that affects multiple firewall appliances. SonicWall has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-22274) that impacts multiple firewall appliances that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The CVE-2022-22274 is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
CISA and DoE warns of attacks targeting UPS devices

The US CISA and the Department of Energy issued guidance on mitigating attacks against uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Energy published joint guidance on mitigating cyber attacks against uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. The US agencies warn of threat actors gaining access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 30, 2022
Threat actors actively exploit recently fixed Sophos firewall bug

Cybersecurity firm Sophos warned that the recently addressed CVE-2022-1040 flaw in Sophos Firewall is actively exploited in attacks. Sophos has recently fixed an authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-1040, that resides in the User Portal and Webadmin areas of Sophos Firewall. The CVE-2022-1040 flaw received a CVSS score of 9.8 and impacts Sophos Firewall versions 18.5 MR3 (18.5.3) and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2022
Compromised WordPress sites launch DDoS on Ukrainian websites

Threat actors compromised WordPress sites to deploy a script that was used to launch DDoS attacks, when they are visited, on Ukrainian websites. MalwareHunterTeam researchers discovered the malicious script on a compromised WordPress site, when the users were visiting the website the script launched a DDoS attack against ten Ukrainian sites. The JavaScript was designed […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2022
CISA adds Chrome, Redis bugs to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added Chrome and Redis flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chome zero-day (CVE-2022-1096) and a critical Redis vulnerability (CVE-2022-0543), along with other 30 vulnerabilities, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing […]