Potential Apache Struts 2 RCE flaw fixed, PoCs released
Have you already updated your Apache Struts 2 to version 2.5.22, released in November 2019? You might want to, and quickly, as information about a potential RCE vulnerability …
Exploits for vBulletin zero-day released, attacks are ongoing
The fix for CVE-2019-16759, a remote code execution vulnerability in vBulletin that was patched in September 2019, is incomplete, security researcher Amir Etemadieh has …
High-profile Twitter accounts hijacked to push Bitcoin scam. How did it happen?
The Twittersphere went into overdrive on Wednesday as a bunch of prominent, verified Twitter accounts were hijacked and started promoting a COVID-19 cryptocurrency giveaway …
Critical flaw opens Palo Alto Networks firewalls and VPN appliances to attack, patch ASAP!
Palo Alto Networks has patched a critical and easily exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2020-2021) affecting PAN-OS, the custom operating system running on its next generation …
The importance of effective vulnerability remediation prioritization
Too many organizations have yet to find a good formula for prioritizing which vulnerabilities should be remediated immediately and which can wait. According to the results of …
Using Cisco IP phones? Fix these critical vulnerabilities
Cisco has released another batch of fixes for a number of its products. Among the vulnerabilities fixed are critical flaws affecting a variety of Cisco IP phones and Cisco UCS …
PPP Daemon flaw opens Linux distros, networking devices to takeover attacks
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-8597) in the Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon (pppd) software, which comes installed on many Linux-based and Unix-like operating systems and networking …
Photos: RSA Conference 2020, part 2
RSA Conference 2020 is underway at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Check out our microsite for the conference for all the most important news. Part one of the photos is …
Tenable acquires Indegy to create unified, risk-based platform for IT and OT security
Tenable, the Cyber Exposure company, announced that it has acquired Indegy, a leader in industrial cybersecurity which provides visibility, security and control across …
Apache Solr RCEs with public PoCs could soon be exploited
Two remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in Apache Solr could be exploited by attackers to compromise the underlying server. One – CVE-2019-12409 – has …
PHP RCE flaw actively exploited to pop NGINX servers
A recently patched vulnerability (CVE-2019-11043) in PHP is being actively exploited by attackers to compromise NGINX web servers, threat intelligence firm Bad Packets has …
August 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs critical wormable RDP holes
It’s that time of the month again: Microsoft, Adobe and Intel have pushed out fixes for a bucketload of security issues in their various software. Microsoft’s …