Security News

Dear sysadmins: Patch Webmin now – zero-day exploit emerges for potential hijack hole in server control panel
2019-08-19 20:28

Flawed code traced to home build system, vulnerability can be attacked in certain configs The maintainers of Webmin – an open-source application for system administration tasks on Unix-flavored...

Coinbase explains background to June zero-day Firefox attack
2019-08-14 10:52

A recent, highly targeted attack on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase offers a glimpse into how sophisticated phishing attacks can be.

Gamers Beware: Zero-Day in Steam Client Affects All Windows Users
2019-08-12 15:07

Valve said it wouldn't fix an elevation-of-privilege bug that allows attackers to run any program on a target machine with high privileges.

Critical Industries at Risk from Eleven Zero-day Flaws in Real Time Operating System
2019-07-29 15:00

Eleven vulnerabilities have been found in the Wind River VxWorks real time operating system (RTOS). Six of these security flaws are classed as critical. The vulnerabilities allow complete remote...

WatchGuard’s ThreatSync detects and remediates zero day threats and evasive malware
2019-07-26 03:30

WatchGuard Technologies has announced major updates to its threat correlation and response platform, ThreatSync, with the latest release of Threat Detection and Response (TDR). These enhancements...

Buhtrap Group Used Windows Zero-Day in Government Attack
2019-07-11 09:47

One of the two Windows zero-day vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft with its July 2019 Patch Tuesday updates was used by a threat group known as Buhtrap to target a government organization in...

Two zero days and 15 critical flaws fixed in July’s Patch Tuesday
2019-07-10 11:08

Patch Tuesday July 2019 offers fixes for a total of 77 vulnerabilities, including 15 marked critical, rounded out by two zero-day flaws.

July 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs two actively exploited zero-days
2019-07-10 08:58

For July 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has pushed out patches for 78 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities (15 of them critical) and Adobe for three, but none of them in its most widely used software....

Microsoft Patches A Pair of Zero-Days Under Active Attack
2019-07-09 20:04

The software giant also addressed 15 critical flaws and advised on the recently disclosed Linux Kernel "SACK Panic" bug.

Zoom Zero-Day Bug Opens Mac Users to Webcam Hijacking
2019-07-09 15:35

The vulnerability can be exploited on a drive-by basis by a malicious website.