Security News

Cisco Patches High-Severity Vulnerability Affecting ASA and Firepower Solutions
2022-08-12 08:48

Cisco on Wednesday released patches to contain multiple flaws in its software that could be abused to leak sensitive information on susceptible appliances.The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-20866, has been described as a "Logic error" when handling RSA keys on devices running Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software.

Researchers Warn of Ongoing Mass Exploitation of Zimbra RCE Vulnerability
2022-08-12 06:14

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday added two flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The two high-severity issues relate to weaknesses in Zimbra Collaboration, both of which could be chained to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on affected email servers -.

VMware warns of public exploit for critical auth bypass vulnerability
2022-08-09 16:15

Proof-of-concept exploit code is now publicly available online for a critical authentication bypass security flaw in multiple VMware products that enables attackers to gain admin privileges.A week ago, VMware released updates to address the vulnerability affecting VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation.

Vulnerability scanning vs penetration testing: What’s the difference?
2022-08-09 14:46

Some of these related terms are vulnerability scanning and penetration testing, commonly known as pen testing. Key differences between vulnerability scanning and pen testing Automation Vulnerability scanning.

Dissecting Google’s Titan M chip: Vulnerability research challenges
2022-08-09 04:00

The enterprise-grade Titan M security chip was custom built to help protect data. Derived from the same chip Google uses to protect its cloud data centers, it handles processes and information, such as passcode protection, encryption, and secure transactions in apps.

Hackers Exploit Twitter Vulnerability to Exposes 5.4 Million Accounts
2022-08-08 06:11

Twitter on Friday revealed that a now-patched zero-day bug was used to link phone numbers and emails to user accounts on the social media platform. "As a result of the vulnerability, if someone submitted an email address or phone number to Twitter's systems, Twitter's systems would tell the person what Twitter account the submitted email addresses or phone number was associated with, if any," the company said in an advisory.

CISA Adds Zimbra Email Vulnerability to its Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
2022-08-05 05:54

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday added a recently disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Zimbra email suite to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The issue in question is CVE-2022-27924, a command injection flaw in the platform that could lead to the execution of arbitrary Memcached commands and theft of sensitive information.

Critical RCE vulnerability impacts 29 models of DrayTek routers
2022-08-04 23:18

Researchers at Trellix have discovered a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability impacting 29 models of the DrayTek Vigor series of business routers. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-32548 and carries a maximum CVSS v3 severity score of 10.0, categorizing it as critical.

VMware: Patch this critical vulnerability immediately! (CVE-2022-31656)
2022-08-03 09:29

VMware has released fixes for ten vulnerabilities, including CVE-2022-31656, an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation, which the company considers critical and advises to patch or mitigate immediately.CVE-2022-31656 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users on VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation, that may allow an attacker with network access to the UI to obtain administrative access without the need to authenticate first.

New 'ParseThru' Parameter Smuggling Vulnerability Affects Golang-based Applications
2022-08-02 15:54

Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability called ParseThru affecting Golang-based applications that could be abused to gain unauthorized access to cloud-based applications. "The newly discovered vulnerability allows a threat actor to bypass validations under certain conditions, as a result of the use of unsafe URL parsing methods built in the language," Israeli cybersecurity firm Oxeye said in a report shared with The Hacker News.