Security News

Ivanti fixes RCE vulnerability reported by NATO cybersecurity researchers (CVE-2023-41724)
2024-03-20 18:47

Ivanti has fixed a critical RCE vulnerability in Ivanti Standalone Sentry that has been reported by researchers with the NATO Cyber Security Centre. The vulnerability affects all supported version of Ivanti Standalone Sentry as well as older, unsupported ones.

US Defense Dept received 50,000 vulnerability reports since 2016
2024-03-19 21:13

The Cyber Crime Center of the U.S. Department of Defense says it has reached the milestone of processing its 50,000th vulnerability report submitted by 5,635 researchers since its inception in November 2016. The federal agency launched its Vulnerability Disclosure Program 7.5 years ago following a bug bounty event called 'Hack-the-Pentagon,' to engage crowd-sourced vulnerability reports that could help bolster its cyber defenses.

PoC exploit for critical Fortra FileCatalyst MFT vulnerability released (CVE-2024-25153)
2024-03-19 11:58

Proof-of-concept exploit code for a critical RCE vulnerability in Fortra FileCatalyst MFT solution has been published.Fortra FileCatalyst is an enterprise managed file transfer software solution that includes several components: FileCatalyst Direct, Workflow, and Central.

Fortra Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability in FileCatalyst Transfer Tool
2024-03-18 12:58

Fortra has released details of a now-patched critical security flaw impacting its FileCatalyst file transfer solution that could allow unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution on...

GhostRace – New Data Leak Vulnerability Affects Modern CPUs
2024-03-15 17:46

A group of researchers has discovered a new data leakage attack impacting modern CPU architectures supporting speculative execution. Dubbed GhostRace (CVE-2024-2193), it is a variation of the...

Critical FortiClient EMS vulnerability fixed, (fake?) PoC for sale (CVE-2023-48788)
2024-03-14 14:06

A recently fixed SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Endpoint Management Server solution has apparently piqued the interest of many: Horizon3's Attack Team means to publish technical details and a proof-of-concept exploit for it next week, and someone is attempting to sell a PoC for less than $300 via GitHub. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command vulnerability [CWE-89] in FortiClientEMS may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specifically crafted requests," the company's product security incident response team pithily states in the associated advisory.

Researchers Detail Kubernetes Vulnerability That Enables Windows Node Takeover
2024-03-14 11:59

Details have been made public about a now-patched high-severity flaw in Kubernetes that could allow a malicious attacker to achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges under specific...

Fortinet Warns of Severe SQLi Vulnerability in FortiClientEMS Software
2024-03-14 04:21

Fortinet has alerted users to a severe vulnerability in FortiClientEMS, enabling potential attacker-driven code execution.This SQL Injection flaw, identified as CVE-2023-48788 with a 9.3 CVSS score, affects FortiClientEMS versions 7.2.0 to 7.2.2 and 7.0.1 to 7.0.10; users should upgrade to safer versions. Credits for the discovery go to Thiago Santana and the U.K.'s NCSC.

CTEM 101 - Go Beyond Vulnerability Management with Continuous Threat Exposure Management
2024-03-12 11:07

In a world of ever-expanding jargon, adding another FLA (Four-Letter Acronym) to your glossary might seem like the last thing you’d want to do. But if you are looking for ways to continuously...

Proof-of-Concept Exploit Released for Progress Software OpenEdge Vulnerability
2024-03-11 06:28

Technical specifics and a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit have been made available for a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Progress Software OpenEdge Authentication Gateway and...