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F5 has alerted customers of a critical security vulnerability impacting BIG-IP that could result in unauthenticated remote code execution. The issue, rooted in the configuration utility component,...

Experts from security firm F5 have argued that cyber criminals are unlikely to send new armies of generative AI-driven bots into battle with enterprise security defences in the near future because proven social engineering attack methods will be easier to mount using generative AI. The release of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, have caused widespread fears that democratization of powerful large language models could help bad actors around the world supercharge their efforts to hack businesses and steal or hold sensitive data hostage. F5, a multicloud security and application delivery provider, tells TechRepublic that generative AI will result in a growth in social engineering attack volumes and capacity in Australia, as threat actors deliver a higher volume of better quality attacks to trick IT gatekeepers.

F5 has warned of a high-severity flaw impacting BIG-IP appliances that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) or arbitrary code execution. The issue is rooted in the iControl Simple Object Access...

F5 has released hotfixes for its BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products, addressing two high-severity flaws allowing attackers to perform unauthenticated remote code execution on vulnerable endpoints. While these flaws require specific criteria to exist, making them very difficult to exploit, F5 warns that it could lead to a complete compromise of the devices.

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ devices that, if successfully exploited, to completely compromise affected systems. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 said the flaws could be abused to remote access to the devices and defeat security constraints.

EnemyBot, a botnet based on code from multiple malware pieces, is expanding its reach by quickly adding exploits for recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities in web servers, content management systems, IoT, and Android devices. The botnet was first discovered in March by researchers at Securonix and by April, when analysis of newer samples emerged from Fortinet, EnemyBot had already integrated flaws for more than a dozen processor architectures.

EnemyBot, a botnet based on code from multiple malware pieces, is expanding its reach by quickly adding exploits for recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities in web servers, content management systems, IoT, and Android devices. Its main purpose is launching distributed denial-of-service attacks and the malware also has modules to scan for new target devices and infect them.

In a joint advisory issued today, CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center warned admins of active attacks targeting a critical F5 BIG-IP network security vulnerability. "CISA encourages users and administrators to review the joint advisory for detection methods and mitigations, which include updating F5 BIG-IP software, or, if unable to immediately update, applying temporary workarounds," the cybersecurity agency added.

Researchers uncover URL spoofing flaws on Zoom, Box, Google DocsResearchers have discovered several URL spoofing bugs in Box, Zoom and Google Docs that would allow phishers to generate links to malicious content and make it look like it's hosted by an organization's SaaS account. A 10-point plan to improve the security of open source softwareThe Linux Foundation and the Open Source Software Security Foundation, with input provided by executives from 37 companies and many U.S. government leaders, delivered a 10-point plan to broadly address open source and software supply chain security, by securing open source security production, improving vulnerability discovery and remediation, and shortening the patching response time of the ecosystem.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added the recently disclosed F5 BIG-IP flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog following reports of active abuse in the wild. "An attacker can use this vulnerability to do just about anything they want to on the vulnerable server," Horizon3.