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A new zero-day security flaw has been discovered in the Apache OfBiz, an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that could be exploited to bypass authentication protections. The...
Security vendor Sonatype believes developers are failing to address the critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 framework, based on recent downloads of the code. It is a logic bug in the framework's file upload feature: if an application uses Struts 2 to allow users to upload files to a server, those folks can abuse the vulnerability to save documents where they shouldn't be allowed to on that remote machine.
Ivanti has released security updates to fix 13 critical security vulnerabilities in the company's Avalanche enterprise mobile device management solution.As Ivanti explained on Wednesday, these security flaws are due to WLAvalancheService stack or heap-based buffer overflow weaknesses reported by Tenable security researchers and Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative.
Four vulnerabilities in Perforce Helix Core Server, including one critical remote code execution bug, should be patched "Immediately," according to Microsoft, which spotted the flaws and disclosed them to the software vendor. Redmond's flaw finders reported the security holes in late August, and Perforce patched them in November, we're told, so hopefully you've already updated your installations and can relax.
Four vulnerabilities, one of which is rated critical, have been discovered in the Perforce Helix Core Server, a source code management platform widely used by the gaming, government, military, and technology sectors. The four flaws discovered by Microsoft mainly involve denial of service issues, with the most severe allowing arbitrary remote code execution as LocalSystem by unauthenticated attackers.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says the Play ransomware gang has breached roughly 300 organizations worldwide between June 2022 and October 2023, some of them critical infrastructure entities. "Since June 2022, the Play ransomware group has impacted a wide range of businesses and critical infrastructure in North America, South America, and Europe," the three government agencies cautioned today.
The National Grid is reportedly the latest organization in the UK to begin pulling China-manufactured equipment from its network over cybersecurity fears. The contract with the UK subsidiary of China's state-owned Nari Technology, NR Electric UK, was terminated after seeking advice from the National Cyber Security Centre, according to sources who spoke to the Financial Times.
Cloud storage provider Box is down in a 'critical' outage, preventing customers from accessing their files. The outage started at approximately 9 AM ET, with the company stating that it is a critical outage impacting logins, uploads, downloads, and API calls.
Hackers are attempting to leverage a recently fixed critical vulnerability in Apache Struts that leads to remote code execution, in attacks that rely on publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. Apache Struts is an open-source web application framework designed to streamline the development of Java EE web apps, offering a form-based interface and extensive integration capabilities.
Microsoft released its final set of Patch Tuesday updates for 2023, closing out 33 flaws in its software, making it one of the lightest releases in recent years. Of the 33 shortcomings, four are...