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Fortinet has warned administrators to update FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies to the latest versions, which address a critical severity vulnerability."An authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel [CWE-88] in FortiOS and FortiProxy may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform operations on the administrative interface via specially crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests," Fortinet explains in a customer support bulletin issued today.
Looking way ahead in the forecast, Microsoft Server 2012/2012 R2 will go into ESU support following the October 2023 Patch Tuesday on October 11. October 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast Expect the trend to address more CVEs in the older operating systems to continue.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency late on Friday placed the flaw - tracked as CVE-2022-36804 - on its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, effectively a must-patch list. CISA put the vulnerability in Bitbucket Server and Data Center tools on the KEV list on the same day as two high-profile Microsoft Exchange zero-day flaws.
Security software company Sophos has warned of cyberattacks targeting a recently addressed critical vulnerability in its firewall product.The issue, tracked as CVE-2022-3236, impacts Sophos Firewall v19.0 MR1 and older and concerns a code injection vulnerability in the User Portal and Webadmin components that could result in remote code execution.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added half a dozen vulnerabilities to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities and is ordering federal agencies to follow vendor's instructions to fix them. CISA is giving federal agencies until October 6th to patch security vulnerabilities that have been reported between 2010 and 2022.
CISA added two new vulnerabilities to its list of security bugs exploited in the wild today, including a Windows privilege escalation vulnerability and an arbitrary code execution flaw affecting iPhones and Macs. Apple also patched the arbitrary code execution vulnerability on Monday and confirmed that it was exploited in attacks as a zero-day bug in the iOS and macOS kernel.
The Lorenz ransomware gang is exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel VoIP appliances to break corporate networks. Threat hunters with cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf Labs recently found that Lorenz - a prolific group that has been around since at least early 2021 and lately is primarily targeting SMBs in the US, China, and Mexico - used a vulnerability in a MiVoice VoIP appliance from Mitel to get into a victim's network before deploying Microsoft's BitLocker Drive Encryption tool to encrypt the data.
Today is Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for an actively exploited Windows vulnerability and a total of 63 flaws. Five of the 63 vulnerabilities fixed in today's update are classified as 'Critical' as they allow remote code execution, one of the most severe types of vulnerabilities.
Apple has released another round of security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a new zero-day flaw that has been used in attacks in the wild.It's worth noting that CVE-2022-32917 is also the second Kernel related zero-day flaw that Apple has remediated in less than a month.
Apple strengthens security and privacy in iOS 16Apple announced additional security and privacy updates for its newest mobile operating system. Government guide for supply chain security: The good, the bad and the uglyJust as developers and security teams were getting ready to take a breather and fire up the BBQ for the holiday weekend, the U.S.'s most prestigious security agencies dropped a 60+ page recommended practice guide, Securing the Software Supply Chain for Developers.