Security News

VMware patches critical auth bypass flaw in multiple products
2022-05-18 16:01

VMware warned customers today to immediately patch a critical authentication bypass vulnerability "Affecting local domain users" in multiple products that can be exploited to obtain admin privileges."This critical vulnerability should be patched or mitigated immediately per the instructions in VMSA-2021-0014," VMware warned on Wednesday.

5 critical questions to test your ransomware preparedness
2022-05-18 04:00

In the heat of the moment, I've been called much worse - because I've spent countless hours attacking organizations like yours with ransomware. Are your critical backups viable and well-protected?

Hackers are exploiting critical bug in Zyxel firewalls and VPNs
2022-05-15 18:47

Hackers have started to exploit a recently patched critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-30525, that affects Zyxel firewall and VPN devices for businesses. It is unclear if these efforts are malicious or just researchers working to map up Zyxel devices currently exposed to adversary attacks.

Google Created 'Open Source Maintenance Crew' to Help Secure Critical Projects
2022-05-13 22:16

Google on Thursday announced the creation of a new "Open Source Maintenance Crew" to focus on bolstering the security of critical open source projects. The tech giant pointed out Open Source Insights as a tool for analyzing packages and their dependency graphs, using it to determine "Whether a vulnerability in a dependency might affect your code."

Critical flaw in Zyxel firewalls grants access to corporate networks (CVE-2022-30525)
2022-05-13 11:37

A critical vulnerability affecting several models of Zyxel firewalls has been publicly revealed, along with a Metasploit module that exploits it.Discovered by Rapid 7 researcher Jake Baines and disclosed to Zyxel on April 13, it was fixed by the company with patches released on April 28, but not publicly acknowledged by the company via an associated CVE or security advisory until now.

Zyxel Releases Patch for Critical Firewall OS Command Injection Vulnerability
2022-05-13 01:16

Zyxel has moved to address a critical security vulnerability affecting Zyxel firewall devices that enables unauthenticated and remote attackers to gain arbitrary code execution. "A command injection vulnerability in the CGI program of some firewall versions could allow an attacker to modify specific files and then execute some OS commands on a vulnerable device," the company said in an advisory published Thursday.

Zyxel silently fixes critical RCE vulnerability in firewall products
2022-05-12 18:13

Threat analysts who discovered a vulnerability affecting multiple Zyxel products report that the network equipment company fixed it via a silent update pushed out two weeks ago. More specifically, security researchers at Rapid7 found the flaw, which is now tracked as CVE-2022-30525, and disclosed it to Zyxel on April 13, 2022.

Critical F5 BIG-IP vulnerability exploited to wipe devices
2022-05-10 22:50

A recently disclosed F5 BIG-IP vulnerability has been used in destructive attacks, attempting to erase a device's file system and make the server unusable. Last week, F5 disclosed a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-1388 that allows remote attackers to execute commands on BIG-IP network devices as 'root' without authentication.

Critical F5 BIG-IP vulnerability targeted by destructive attacks
2022-05-10 22:50

A recently disclosed F5 BIG-IP vulnerability has been used in destructive attacks, attempting to erase a device's file system and make the server unusable. Last week, F5 disclosed a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-1388 that allows remote attackers to execute commands on BIG-IP network devices as 'root' without authentication.

Critical Gems Takeover Bug Reported in RubyGems Package Manager
2022-05-10 19:45

The maintainers of the RubyGems package manager have addressed a critical security flaw that could have been abused to remove gems and replace them with rogue versions under specific circumstances. "Due to a bug in the yank action, it was possible for any RubyGems.org user to remove and replace certain gems even if that user was not authorized to do so," RubyGems said in a security advisory published on May 6, 2022.