Security News

Urgent: Apple Issues Critical Updates for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws
2024-03-06 05:54

Apple has released security updates to address several security flaws, including two vulnerabilities that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. The shortcomings are listed below -...

Critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Flaws Could Lead to Server Takeovers
2024-03-05 03:34

A new pair of security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises software that could be exploited by a threat actor to take control of affected systems. The flaws,...

Exploit available for new critical TeamCity auth bypass bug, patch now
2024-03-04 22:42

A critical vulnerability in the TeamCity On-Premises CI/CD solution from JetBrains can let a remote unauthenticated attacker take control of the server with administrative permissions. "Compromising a TeamCity server allows an attacker full control over all TeamCity projects, builds, agents and artifacts, and as such is a suitable vector to position an attacker to perform a supply chain attack" - Rapid7.

Critical vulnerabilities in TeamCity JetBrains fixed, release of technical details imminent, patch quickly! (CVE-2024-27198, CVE-2024-27199)
2024-03-04 16:03

JetBrains has fixed two critical security vulnerabilities affecting TeamCity On-Premises and is urging customers to patch them immediately. "Rapid7 originally identified and reported these vulnerabilities to us and has chosen to adhere strictly to its own vulnerability disclosure policy. This means that their team will publish full technical details of these vulnerabilities and their replication steps within 24 hours of this notice," the company stated today.

Phobos Ransomware Aggressively Targeting U.S. Critical Infrastructure
2024-03-04 05:24

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government and critical infrastructure entities, outlining the various tactics and techniques the...

Australian spy chief fears sabotage of critical infrastructure
2024-02-29 01:58

In a speech delivered yesterday, Mike Burgess noted that countering Soviet sabotage plots was a significant reason ASIO was created. "Nationalists and racists are probably just mouthing off. But the spy chief indicated that ASIO"is aware of one nation-state conducting multiple attempts to scan critical infrastructure in Australia and other countries, targeting water, transport and energy networks.

NIST CSF 2.0 released, to help all organizations, not just those in critical infrastructure
2024-02-27 06:09

NIST has expanded the CSF's core guidance and developed related resources to help users get the most out of the framework."The NIST CSF 2.0 update significantly impacts the security of software supply chains, addressing the integration of open source, commercial components, in-house developed software, and Commercial Off-The-Shelf products. NIST CSF 2.0 could be a key instrument for helping CISOs better define and build up controls that will improve security outcomes, providing direction to address critical asset protection, reduce or eliminate risk of material impact, and prevent any breach of duty for failing to adhere to regulatory and compliance regulations," Saša Zdjelar, Chief Trust Officer at ReversingLabs, told Help Net Security.

WordPress Plugin Alert - Critical SQLi Vulnerability Threatens 200K+ Websites
2024-02-27 05:43

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in a popular WordPress plugin called Ultimate Member that has more than 200,000 active installations. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1071,...

ScreenConnect critical bug now under attack as exploit code emerges
2024-02-21 17:18

CISA has assigned CVE-2024-1708 and CVE-2024-1709 identifiers to the the two security issues, which the vendor assessed as a maximum severity authentication bypass and a high-severity path traversal flaw that impact ScreenConnect servers 23.9.7 and earlier. Threat actors have compromised multiple ScreenConnect accounts, as confirmed by the company in an update to its advisory, based on incident response investigations.

VMware Alert: Uninstall EAP Now - Critical Flaw Puts Active Directory at Risk
2024-02-21 05:34

VMware is urging users to uninstall the deprecated Enhanced Authentication Plugin (EAP) following the discovery of a critical security flaw. Tracked as CVE-2024-22245 (CVSS score: 9.6), the...