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Exploit code for Palo Alto Networks zero-day now public
2024-04-17 13:30

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Hackers Exploit Fortinet Flaw, Deploy ScreenConnect, Metasploit in New Campaign
2024-04-17 10:23

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that's exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS devices to deliver ScreenConnect and Metasploit Powerfun...

OpenAI's GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories
2024-04-17 10:15

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Palo Alto firewalls: Public exploits, rising attacks, ineffective mitigation
2024-04-17 09:29

While it initially seemed that protecting Palo Alto Network firewalls from attacks leveraging CVE-2024-3400 would be possible by disabling the devices' telemetry, it has now been comfirmed that this mitigation is ineffectual."Device telemetry does not need to be enabled for PAN-OS firewalls to be exposed to attacks related to this vulnerability," Palo Alto Networks noted on Tuesday, and said they are aware of an "Increasing number of attacks that leverage the exploitation of this vulnerability."

Exploit released for Palo Alto PAN-OS bug used in attacks, patch now
2024-04-16 18:36

Exploit code is now available for a maximum severity and actively exploited vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall software. While Palo Alto Networks has started releasing hotfixes on Monday to secure unpatched firewalls exposed to attacks, the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day since March 26th to backdoor firewalls using Upstyle malware, pivot to internal networks, and steal data by a threat group believed to be state-sponsored and tracked as UTA0218.

Researchers Uncover First Native Spectre v2 Exploit Against Linux Kernel
2024-04-10 09:26

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is the "first native Spectre v2 exploit" against the Linux kernel on Intel systems that could be exploited to read sensitive data from the...

Hackers Exploit Magento Bug to Steal Payment Data from E-commerce Websites
2024-04-06 09:43

Threat actors have been found exploiting a critical flaw in Magento to inject a persistent backdoor into e-commerce websites. The attack leverages CVE-2024-20720 (CVSS score: 9.1), which has been...

Easy-to-use make-me-root exploit lands for recent Linux kernels. Get patching
2024-03-29 21:43

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Hackers exploit Ray framework flaw to breach servers, hijack resources
2024-03-26 18:51

Ray is an open-source framework developed by Anyscale that is used to scale AI and Python applications across a cluster of machines for distributed computational workloads. In November 2023, Anyscale disclosed five Ray vulnerabilities, fixing four tracked as CVE-2023-6019, CVE-2023-6020, CVE-2023-6021, and CVE-2023-48023.

Scammers exploit tax season anxiety with AI tools
2024-03-26 04:30

25% of Americans has lost money to online tax scams, according to McAfee. "As tax season ramps up, so too does cybercriminal activity. What's new this year is the scale and sophistication of scams we're now seeing thanks to artificial intelligence. From AI-generated robocalls with regional accents to very realistic and convincing fake emails, websites, and scam texts, cybercriminals are utilizing all the AI tools available to them, and so too should consumers to stay safe," said Steve Grobman, CTO at McAfee.