Security

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2024
Over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) online exposed to hack

Researchers from Bishop Fox found over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) publicly exploitable. SonicWall next-generation firewall (NGFW) series 6 and 7 devices are affected by two unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-22274 and CVE-2023-0656, that could potentially lead to remote code execution. Despite a proof-of-concept exploit for the flaw CVE-2023-0656 was publicly released, the vendor is not […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2024
Attackers target Apache Hadoop and Flink to deliver cryptominers

Researchers devised a new attack that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency miners. Cybersecurity researchers from cyber security firm Aqua have uncovered a new attack targeting Apache Hadoop and Flink applications. The attacks exploit misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink to deploy cryptocurrency cryptocurrency miners. The researchers reported that the attack […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2024
GitLab fixed a critical zero-click account hijacking flaw

GitLab addressed two critical flaws impacting both the Community and Enterprise Edition, including a critical zero-click account hijacking vulnerability GitLab has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities impacting both the Community and Enterprise Edition. The most critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS score 10), is an account takeover via Password Reset. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2024
Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches

Juniper Networks fixed a critical pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. Juniper Networks released security updates to address a critical pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, that resides in SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The vulnerability resides in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2024
Team Liquid’s wiki leak exposes 118K users

Liquipedia, an online e-sports platform run by Team Liquid, exposed a database revealing its users’ email addresses and other details. Users of the e-sports knowledge base were exposed via a publicly accessible and passwordless MongoDB database, the Cybernews research team has discovered. The database was closed after researchers informed Liquipedia’s admins about the issue. Liquipedia […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2024
CISA adds Ivanti and Microsoft SharePoint bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Ivanti Connect Secure and Microsoft SharePoint bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure flaws, tracked as CVE-2024-21887 and CVE-2023-46805, and Microsoft SharePoint Server flaw CVE-2023-29357 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Software firm […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2024
Two zero-day bugs in Ivanti Connect Secure actively exploited

Ivanti revealed that two threat actors are exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in its Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure. Software firm Ivanti reported that threat actors are exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887) in Connect Secure (ICS) and Policy Secure to remotely execute arbitrary commands on targeted gateways. The flaw CVE-2023-46805 (CVSS score 8.2) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2024
Cisco fixed critical Unity Connection vulnerability CVE-2024-20272

Cisco addressed a critical Unity Connection security flaw that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to get root privileges. Cisco has addressed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-20272, in its Unity Connection that can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain root privileges on vulnerable devices. Cisco Unity Connection is a messaging […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2024
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2024 fixed 2 critical flaws

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2024 addressed a total of 49 flaws, including two critical vulnerabilities. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2024 fixed 49 flaws in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Azure; .NET Framework and Visual Studio; SQL Server; Windows Hyper-V; and Internet Explorer. The IT giant […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2024
CISA adds Apache Superset bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apache Superset vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Apache Superset flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-27524, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Apache Superset is an open-source Data Visualization and Data Exploration Platform, it is written in Python and based on […]