Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2023
ASUS addressed critical flaws in some router models

ASUS addressed critical vulnerabilities in multiple router models, urging customers to immediately install firmware updates. ASUS is warning customers to update some router models to the latest firmware to address critical vulnerabilities. The impacted models are GT6, GT-AXE16000, GT-AX11000 PRO, GT-AX6000, GT-AX11000, GS-AX5400, GS-AX3000, XT9, XT8, XT8 V2, RT-AX86U PRO, RT-AX86U, RT-AX86S, RT-AX82U, RT-AX58U, RT-AX3000, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2023
Barracuda ESG zero-day exploited by China-linked APT

Experts linked the UNC4841 threat actor behind the attacks exploiting the recently patched Barracuda ESG zero-day to China. Mandiant researchers linked the threat actor UNC4841 to the attacks that exploited the recently patched Barracuda ESG zero-day vulnerability to China. “Through the investigation, Mandiant identified a suspected China-nexus actor, currently tracked as UNC4841, targeting a subset […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2023
Critical flaw found in WooCommerce Stripe Gateway Plugin used by +900K sites

Hundreds of thousands of online stores are potentially exposed to hacking due to a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin. The WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin is affected by a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-34000. The Stripe plugin extends WooCommerce allowing administrators of the e-commerce sites to take payments directly on their […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2023
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for June 2023 fixes 6 critical flaws

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2023 fixed 69 flaws in its products, including six critical issues. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2023 fixed 69 vulnerabilities in multiple products, including Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Exchange Server; Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based); SharePoint Server; .NET and Visual Studio; Microsoft Teams; […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2023
Fortinet urges to patch the critical RCE flaw CVE-2023-27997 in Fortigate firewalls

Fortinet addressed a new critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-27997, in FortiOS and FortiProxy that is likely exploited in a limited number of attacks. Fortinet has finally published an official advisory about the critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27997 (CVSS score: 9.2), impacting FortiOS and FortiProxy. “A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL-VPN may allow a remote […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2023
Fortinet urges to patch a critical RCE flaw in Fortigate firewalls

Fortinet released security updates to fix a critical security flaw in its FortiGate firewalls that lead to remote code execution. Fortinet has released security patches to address a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27997, in its FortiGate firewalls. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to achieve remote code execution on vulnerable network equipment. The vulnerability was […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2023
Xplain data breach also impacted the national Swiss railway FSS

The Play ransomware attack suffered by the IT services provider Xplain also impacted the national railway company of Switzerland (FSS) and the canton of Aargau. The Play ransomware attack suffered by the IT services provider Xplain is worse than initially estimated, the incident also impacted the national railway company of Switzerland (FSS) and the canton […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2023
Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws

Progress Software released security updates to fix several new SQL injection vulnerabilities in the MOVEit Transfer application. Progress Software has released security updates to address new SQL injection vulnerabilities in the MOVEit Transfer application. An attacker can exploit the SQL injection vulnerabilities in the MOVEit Transfer solution to steal sensitive information. “SQL Injection (CVE pending […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2023
The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach

The University of Manchester suffered a cyberattack, attackers likely stole staff and students’ data from its systems. The University of Manchester, one of the UK’s largest educational institutions, suffered a cyberattack, The popular university suspects that the threat actors have stolen data from its systems. The University of Manchester has about 11,000 staff and more […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2023
German recruiter Pflegia leaks sensitive job seeker info

Pflegia, a German healthcare recruitment platform, has exposed hundreds of thousands of files with sensitive user data such as names, home addresses, and emails. Scouting for a new career can be stressful. Now imagine that, instead of a new role, you find that your resume data was exposed. That’s what job seekers using Pflegia’s services […]