Zeljka Zorz

“Disappearing” implants, followed by first fixes for exploited Cisco IOS XE zero-day
Cisco has released the first fixes for the IOS XE zero-day (CVE-2023-20198) exploited by attackers to ultimately deliver a malicious implant. The fixes were made available on …

Google ads for KeePass, Notepad++ lead to malware
Users using Google to search for and download the KeePass password manager and the Notepad++ text editor may have inadvertently gotten saddled with malware, says Jérôme …

State-sponsored APTs are leveraging WinRAR bug
A number of government-backed APTs are exploiting CVE-2023-38831, a file extension spoofing vulnerability in WinRAR, a widely used file archiver utility for Windows. …

Researchers warn of increased malware delivery via fake browser updates
ClearFake, a recently documented threat leveraging compromised WordPress sites to push malicious fake browser updates, is likely operated by the threat group behind the …

Cisco IOS XE zero-day exploited by attackers to deliver implant (CVE-2023-20198)
A previously unknown vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198) affecting networking devices running Cisco IOS XE software is being exploited by a threat actor to take control of the …

Microsoft announces AI bug bounty program
Microsoft is offering up to $15,000 to bug hunters that pinpoint vulnerabilities of Critical or Important severity in its AI-powered “Bing experience”. “The …

Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545)
Curl v8.4.0 is out, and fixes – among other things – a high-severity SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545). Appropriate patches for some older …

Microsoft fixes exploited WordPad, Skype for Business zero-days (CVE-2023-36563, CVE-2023-41763)
On this October 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released 103 patches and has fixed three actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-36563, CVE-2023-41763, CVE-2023-44487). …

GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641)
If you’re running GNOME on you Linux system(s), you are probably open to remote code execution attacks via a booby-trapped file, thanks to a memory corruption …

Be prepared to patch high-severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl
UPDATE (October 11, 2023, 07:15 a.m. ET): Curl v8.4.0 is out and fixes both CVE-2023-38545, a SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow vulnerability and CVE-2023-38546, a cookie injection …

Exploit writers invited to probe Chrome’s V8 engine, Google Cloud’s KVM
Google is asking bug hunters and exploit writers to develop 0-day and n-day exploits in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine and Google Cloud’s Kernel-based Virtual …

“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911)
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-4911) in the GNU C Library (aka “glibc”) can be exploited by attackers to gain root privileges on many popular Linux distributions, …