Security

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2021
Experts found two flaws in Facebook for WordPress Plugin

A critical flaw in the official Facebook for WordPress plugin could be abused exploited for remote code execution attacks. Researchers at Wordfence have discovered two vulnerabilities in the Facebook for WordPress plugin, which has more than 500,000 active installations. The plugin allows administrators to capture the actions people take while interacting with their page, such […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2021
QNAP urges users to take action to protect devices against Brute-Force attacks

Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP published an alert urging its customers to secure their devices after a growing number of users reported that their devices have been hit by brute-force attacks. This week the Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published an alert urging users to secure their devices after a growing number of users reported that their devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 28, 2021
US Gov Executive Order would oblige to disclose security breach impacting gov users

According to a proposed executive order of the Biden administration, software vendors would have to disclose breaches to U.S. government users. The Reuters agency revealed that an executive order proposed by the Biden administration will oblige software vendors to notify their federal government customers in case they will suffer a security breach. The executive order […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2021
Apple released out-of-band updates for a new Zero‑Day actively exploited

Apple has released new out-of-band updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS to address another zero‑day flaw, tracked CVE-2021-1879, actively exploited. Apple has released a new set of out-of-band patches for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-1879, that is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability resides […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2021
Solarwinds Orion Platform updates fix two remote code execution issues

Solarwinds released security updates that address multiple vulnerabilities, including two flaws that be exploited by attackers for remote code execution. Solarwinds has released a major security update to address multiple security vulnerabilities affecting the Orion Platform, the one that was involved in the Solarwinds supply chain attack. The software vendors released the Orion Platform version 2020.2.5 […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2021
OpenSSL Project released 1.1.1k version to fix two High-severity flaws

The OpenSSL Project addresses two high-severity vulnerabilities, including one related to verifying a certificate chain and one that can trigger a DoS condition. The OpenSSL Project this week released version 1.1.1k to address two high-severity vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2021-3450 and CVE-2021-3449. The CVE-2021-3449 vulnerability could be exploited to trigger a DoS condition by sending a […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2021
62,000 Microsoft Exchange Servers potentially left unpatched, weeks after software bugs were first uncovered

The CyberNews investigation team found 62,174 potentially vulnerable unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers. A number of entities in the US and worldwide remain vulnerable to software bugs that were reported by Microsoft weeks ago. The CyberNews investigation team found 62,174 potentially vulnerable unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers. The vulnerability is still being actively exploited, most famously by […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
Cisco Jabber for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS is affected by a critical issue

Cisco has addressed a critical arbitrary program execution flaw in its Cisco Jabber client software for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Cisco has addressed a critical arbitrary program execution issue, tracked as CVE-2021-1411, that affects several versions of Cisco Jabber client software for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. Cisco Jabber delivers instant messaging, voice and video […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 24, 2021
92% of worldwide Microsoft Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated

Microsoft revealed that 92% of all on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers exposed online affected by the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities are now patched. On March 2nd, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues collectively tracked as ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that are actively exploited in the wild. At […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 23, 2021
Google fixes an Android vulnerability actively exploited in the wild

Google addressed a zero-day vulnerability affecting Android devices that use Qualcomm chipsets which is actively exploited in the wild. Google has addressed a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-11261, affecting Android devices that use Qualcomm chipsets. According to the IT giant, threat actors are actively exploiting the vulnerability in attacks in the wild. The CVE-2020-11261 flaw, is […]