Security News

Sandbox Escape Vulnerabilities in Judge0 Expose Systems to Complete Takeover
2024-04-29 09:58

Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in the Judge0 open-source online code execution system that could be exploited to obtain code execution on the target system. The three flaws,...

BeyondTrust Report: Microsoft Security Vulnerabilities Decreased by 5% in 2023
2024-04-26 18:22

The number of Microsoft vulnerabilities has mostly flattened in 2023, with elevation of privilege and identity attacks being particularly common, according to BeyondTrust's annual Microsoft Vulnerabilities report. The total number of Microsoft vulnerabilities has remained mostly steady for the past four years, with a slight dip in 2023 from 1,292 to 1,228 reported vulnerabilities.

OpenAI’s GPT-4 Can Autonomously Exploit 87% of One-Day Vulnerabilities, Study Finds
2024-04-26 00:40

The GPT-4 large language model from OpenAI can exploit real-world vulnerabilities without human intervention, a new study by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers has found. How successful is GPT-4 at autonomously detecting and exploiting vulnerabilities? GPT-4 can autonomously exploit one-day vulnerabilities.

State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit Two Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerabilities for Espionage
2024-04-25 05:50

A new malware campaign leveraged two zero-day flaws in Cisco networking gear to deliver custom malware and facilitate covert data collection on target environments. Cisco Talos, which dubbed...

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

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Researchers Discover LG Smart TV Vulnerabilities Allowing Root Access
2024-04-09 13:05

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in LG webOS running on its smart televisions that could be exploited to bypass authorization and gain root access on the devices.The findings come from Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender, which discovered and reported the flaws in November 2023. The issues were fixed by LG as part of updates released on March 22, 2024.

Maybe the Phone System Surveillance Vulnerabilities Will Be Fixed
2024-04-05 11:00

On March 27 the commission asked telecommunications providers to weigh in and detail what they are doing to prevent SS7 and Diameter vulnerabilities from being misused to track consumers' locations. The FCC has also asked carriers to detail any exploits of the protocols since 2018.

Ivanti vows to transform its security operating model, reveals new vulnerabilities
2024-04-04 12:51

Ivanti has released patches for new DoS vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure, some of which could also lead to execution of arbitrary code or information disclosure. Three months since attackers started exploiting a string of zero-days in Ivanti Connect Secure and bypassing mitigations for them, the company's CEO has announced they will be accelerating security initiatives and improving security practices.

CISA urges software devs to weed out SQL injection vulnerabilities
2024-03-25 18:26

CISA and the FBI urged executives of technology manufacturing companies to prompt formal reviews of their organizations' software and implement mitigations to eliminate SQL injection security vulnerabilities before shipping.In SQL injection attacks, threat actors "Inject" maliciously crafted SQL queries into input fields or parameters used in database queries, exploiting vulnerabilities in the application's security to execute unintended SQL commands, such as exfiltrating, manipulating, or deleting sensitive data stored in the database.

NVD slowdown leaves thousands of vulnerabilities without analysis data
2024-03-22 13:45

NIST is currently working to establish a consortium to address challenges in the NVD program and develop improved tools and methods. That's a good thing, because a CVE without its NVD data is pretty meaningless.