Security

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2022
QNAP users are recommended to disable UPnP port forwarding on routers

QNAP urges customers to disable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) port forwarding on their routers to secure their NAS devices. Taiwanese vendor QNAP urges customers to disable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) port forwarding on their routers to protect their network-attached storage (NAS) devices from attacks. UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2022
ESET warns of three flaws that affect over 100 Lenovo notebook models

Lenovo warns of vulnerabilities in its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) shipped with at least 100 notebook models. Lenovo has published a security advisory to warn customers of vulnerabilities that affect its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) loaded on at least 100 of its notebook models, including IdeaPad 3, Legion 5 Pro-16ACH6 H, and Yoga […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2022
CISA adds VMware, Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

US CISA adds a VMware privilege escalation flaw and a Google Chrome type confusion issue to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a VMware privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2022-22960) and a Google Chrome type confusion issue (CVE-2022-1364) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2022
Threat actors use Zimbra exploits to target organizations in Ukraine

Threat actors are targeting Ukrainian government organizations with exploits for XSS vulnerabilities in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (CVE-2018-6882). Ukraine’s CERT (CERT-UA) warns of threat actors that are targeting government organizations with exploits for XSS vulnerabilities in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (CVE-2018-6882). “Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ZmMailMsgView.getAttachmentLinkHtml function in Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) before 8.7 Patch […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2022
Conti Ransomware Gang claims responsibility for the Nordex hack

The Conti ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the recent attack against Nordex, one of the largest manufacturers of wind turbines. The Conti ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that hit the manufacturer of wind turbines Nordex on March 31, 2022. Nordex Group shut down “IT systems across multiple locations and business units” as […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2022
Auth bypass flaw in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software allows device takeover

Cisco fixed a critical flaw in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to take control affected devices. Cisco has released security patches to fix a critical vulnerability (CVSS score 10), tracked as CVE-2022-20695, in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC). A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit the flaw to bypass […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2022
Google fixed third zero-day in Chrome since the start of 2022

Google Chrome 100.0.4896.127 addresses a new high-severity zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-1364, actively exploited by threat actors in the wild. Google has released Chrome 100.0.4896.127 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address a high-severity zero-day, tracked as CVE-2022-1364, that is actively exploited by threat actors in attacks. The CVE-2022-1364 zero-day is a type confusion issue […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2022
Ways to Develop a Cybersecurity Training Program for Employees

Cybersecurity experts would have you believe that your organization’s employees have a crucial role in bolstering or damaging your company’s security initiatives. While you may disagree, data breach studies show that employees and negligence are the most typical causes of security breaches, yet these prevalent issues are least discussed. According to a recent industry report […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2022
CISA adds Windows CLFS Driver Privilege Escalation flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. CISA added the CVE-2022-24521 Microsoft Windows CLFS Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2022-24521 privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, FCEB […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2022
CVE-2021-31805 RCE bug in Apache Struts was finally patched

Apache addressed a critical flaw in Apache Struts RCE that was linked to a previous issue that was not properly fixed. Apache Struts is an open-source web application framework for developing Java EE web applications. The Apache Software Foundation urges organizations to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-31805, affecting Struts versions ranging 2.0.0 to 2.5.29. […]