Security

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2021
Alleged APT implanted a backdoor in the network of a US federal agency

An alleged APT group planted a backdoor in the network of a U.S. federal government commission associated with international rights. Experts spotted a backdoor in the network of an unnamed U.S. federal government commission associated with international rights. The backdoor allowed the threat actors to achieve complete control over the infected networks, experts described the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2021
VMware fixes critical SSRF flaw in Workspace ONE UEM Console

VMware released security patches for a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Workspace ONE UEM console. VMware has addressed a critical server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22054, in the Workspace ONE UEM console. An attacker with network access to UEM could exploit the vulnerability to access sensitive data in the management console. An […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2021
Flaws in Lenovo laptops allow escalating to admin privileges

The ImControllerService service of Lenovo laptops is affected by a privilege elevation bug that can allow to execute commands with admin privileges. Lenovo laptops, including ThinkPad and Yoga families, are affected by a privilege elevation issues that resides in the ImControllerService service allowing attackers to execute commands with admin privileges. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-3922 and CVE-2021-3969, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2021
Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes an actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 67 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited Windows Installer vulnerability. Microsoft December 2021 Patch Tuesday addressed 67 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio, Azure Bot Framework SDK, Internet Storage Name Service, Defender for IoT, Edge (Chromium-based), Microsoft Office and Office Components, SharePoint Server, PowerShell, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2021
DHS announces its ‘Hack DHS’ bug bounty program

The DHS has launched a new bug bounty program dubbed ‘Hack DHS’ to discover security vulnerabilities in external DHS systems. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a new bug bounty program dubbed ‘Hack DHS’ that allows vetted white hat hackers to discover and report security vulnerabilities in external DHS systems. “As the federal […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2021
Adobe addresses over 60 vulnerabilities in multiple products

Adobe warns of threat actors that could exploit critical vulnerabilities in multiple products running on Windows and macOS systems. Adobe has issued critical warnings for more than 60 vulnerabilities in multiple products running on Windows and macOS machines. The vulnerabilities can be exploited by threat actors for code execution, privilege escalation and denial-of-service attacks. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2021
US CISA orders federal agencies to fix Log4Shell by December 24th

US CISA ordered federal agencies to address the critical Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library by December 24th, 2021. US CISA ordered federal agencies to address the critical Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j library by December 24th, 2021. The order aims at preventing threat actors could exploit the vulnerability in attacks against government systems. The CVE-2021-44228 flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2021
Google fixed the 17th zero-day in Chrome since the start of the year

Google has released Chrome 96.0.4664.110 to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-4102, exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to address five vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, including a high-severity zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-4102, exploited in the wild. The CVE-2021-4102 flaw is a use-after-free issue in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, its exploitation could lead to the execution […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2021
CISA adds Log4Shell Log4j flaw to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. CISA added 13 new vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including Apache Log4Shell Log4j and Fortinet FortiOS issues. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 13 new vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including recently disclosed Apache Log4Shell Log4j and Fortinet FortiOS flaws. Below is the list of new vulnerabilities added […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2021
Western Digital SanDisk SecureAccess flaws allow brute force and dictionary attacks

Vulnerabilities in the Western Digital SanDisk SecureAccess can be exploited to access user data through brute force and dictionary attacks. Western Digital has released updates for its SanDisk SecureAccess software to fix multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited to access user data by carrying out brute force and dictionary attacks. The SanDisk SecureAccess software, now […]