Security News

Passive SSH server private key compromise is real ... for some vulnerable gear
2023-11-14 02:38

OpenSSL, LibreSSL, OpenSSH users, don't worry – you can sit this one out An academic study has shown how it's possible for someone to snoop on certain devices' SSH connections and, with a bit of...

Microsoft extends Windows Server 2012 ESUs to October 2026
2023-11-10 16:50

Microsoft provides three more years of Windows Server 2012 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) until October 2026, allowing administrators more time to upgrade or migrate to Azure. [...]

Alert: 'Effluence' Backdoor Persists Despite Patching Atlassian Confluence Servers
2023-11-10 08:58

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a stealthy backdoor named Effluence that's deployed following the successful exploitation of a recently disclosed security flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server. "The malware acts as a persistent backdoor and is not remediated by applying patches to Confluence," Aon's Stroz Friedberg Incident Response Services said in an analysis published earlier this week.

Microsoft shares temp fix for broken Windows Server 2022 VMs
2023-11-09 18:07

Microsoft publicly acknowledged a known issue causing Windows Server 2022 virtual machine blue screens and boot failures on VMware ESXi hosts. "Affected VMs will receive an error with a blue screen and Stop code : PNP DETECTED FATAL ERROR," Microsoft said in an update to the Windows release health dashboard.

3,000 Apache ActiveMQ servers vulnerable to RCE attacks exposed online
2023-11-01 18:05

Over three thousand internet-exposed Apache ActiveMQ servers are vulnerable to a recently disclosed critical remote code execution vulnerability. Apache ActiveMQ is a scalable open-source message broker that fosters communication between clients and servers, supporting Java and various cross-language clients and many protocols, including AMQP, MQTT, OpenWire, and STOMP. Thanks to the project's support for a diverse set of secure authentication and authorization mechanisms, it is widely used in enterprise environments where systems communicate without direct connectivity.

Microsoft tests Windows 11 encrypted DNS server auto-discovery
2023-10-25 20:45

Microsoft is testing support for the Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers internet standard, which enables automated client-side discovery of encrypted DNS servers on local area networks. Without DNR support, users must manually enter the info of encrypted DNS servers on their local area network within the network settings.

European govt email servers hacked using Roundcube zero-day
2023-10-25 11:00

Their phishing messages impersonated the Outlook Team and tried to trick potential victims into opening malicious emails, automatically triggering a first-stage payload that exploited the Roundcube email server vulnerability. "The final JavaScript payload [.] is able to list folders and emails in the current Roundcube account, and to exfiltrate email messages to the C&C server."

VMware patches critical vulnerability in vCenter Server (CVE-2023-34048)
2023-10-25 10:40

VMware has fixed a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability and a moderate-severity information disclosure flaw in vCenter Server, its popular server management software.CVE-2023-34048 allows an attacker with network access to a vulnerable vCenter Server virtual appliance to trigger an out-of-bounds write that can lead to remote code execution.

Act Now: VMware Releases Patch for Critical vCenter Server RCE Vulnerability
2023-10-25 10:11

VMware has released security updates to address a critical flaw in the vCenter Server that could result in remote code execution on affected systems. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-34048 (CVSS...

VMware fixes critical code execution flaw in vCenter Server
2023-10-25 09:00

VMware issued security updates to fix a critical vCenter Server vulnerability that can be exploited to gain remote code execution attacks on vulnerable servers. vCenter Server is the central management hub for VMware's vSphere suite, and it helps administrators manage and monitor virtualized infrastructure.