Google triples reward for Chrome full chain exploits
Google has tripled the full reward amount for the first security bug report that includes a functional full chain exploit of its popular Chrome browser. Six months of higher …
Zyxel firewalls under attack by Mirai-like botnet
CVE-2023-28771, the critical command injection vulnerability affecting many Zyxel firewalls, is being actively exploited by a Mirai-like botnet, and has been added to …
Attackers hacked Barracuda ESG appliances via zero-day since October 2022
Barracuda says that the recently discovered compromise of some of it clients’ ESG appliances via a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) resulted in the deployment of …
Generative AI: The new attack vector for trust and safety
Threat actors are abusing generative AI to carry out child sex abuse material (CSAM), disinformation, fraud and extremism, according to ActiveFence. “The explosion of …
12 vulnerabilities newly associated with ransomware
In March 2023, the total number of breaches reported was higher than those reported in the previous three years combined, according to Ivanti. Ransomware groups are …
Prevent attackers from using legitimate tools against you
Malicious actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate tools to accomplish their goals, which include disabling security measures, lateral movement, and transferring files. …
Attackers are trying to exploit old DVR vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-9995, CVE-2016-20016)
Five years ago, security researcher Fernandez Ezequiel discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2018-9995) in many digital video recorder (DVR) brands and released a tool for …
PoC exploit for abused PaperCut flaw is now public (CVE-2023-27350)
An unauthenticated RCE flaw (CVE-2023-27350) in widely-used PaperCut MF and NG print management software is being exploited by attackers to take over vulnerable application …
Apple rushes fixes for exploited zero-days in iPhones and Macs (CVE-2023-28205, CVE-2023-28206)
Apple has pushed out security updates that fix two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-28205, CVE-2023-28206) in macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Reported by …
The hidden picture of malware attack trends
Despite the decline in network-detected malware in Q4 2022, endpoint ransomware spiked by 627%, while malware associated with phishing campaigns persisted as a threat, …
Prevent and detect Adobe ColdFusion exploitation (CVE-2023-26360, CVE-2023-26359)
When Adobe released security updates for its ColdFusion application development platform last month, it noted that one of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-26360) had been …
What you need before the next vulnerability hits
Cyberattacks tend to come from two angles: criminals take advantage of employees with privileged access or of security weaknesses in your hardware/software infrastructure. …