Security News

Zero days are for life, not just for Christmas. Here’s how to deal with them
2022-04-08 17:15

How can you be sure your enterprise code doesn't have flaws that a sophisticated, or merely competent and determined, hacker could uncover and exploit? Our own Tim Phillips will be joined by Contrast Security's Larry Maccherone, formerly head of DevSecOps at Comcast; as well as CM.com CISO Sandor Incze; security architect at Floor and Décor Darius Radford; and Joe Zanchi, lead cyber security policy and standards at Humana.

Security Patch Releases for Critical Zero-Day Bug in Java Spring Framework
2022-04-04 20:15

The maintainers of Spring Framework have released an emergency patch to address a newly disclosed remote code execution flaw that, if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of a targeted system. Tracked as CVE-2022-22965, the high-severity flaw impacts Spring Framework versions 5.3.0 to 5.3.17, 5.2.0 to 5.2.19, and other older, unsupported versions.

Apple Issues Patches for 2 Actively Exploited Zero-Days in iPhone, iPad and Mac Devices
2022-03-31 19:54

Apple on Thursday rolled out emergency patches to address two zero-day flaws in its mobile and desktop operating systems that it said may have been exploited in the wild. Both the vulnerabilities have been reported to Apple anonymously.

Apple emergency update fixes zero-days used to hack iPhones, Macs
2022-03-31 18:16

Apple has released security updates on Thursday to address two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by attackers to hack iPhones, iPads, and Macs. In security advisories published today, Apple said that they're aware of reports the issues "May have been actively exploited."

Spring patches leaked Spring4Shell zero-day RCE vulnerability
2022-03-31 15:16

Spring released emergency updates to fix the 'Spring4Shell' zero-day remote code execution vulnerability, which leaked prematurely online before a patch was released. Yesterday, an exploit for a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in the Spring Framework dubbed 'Spring4Shell' was briefly published on GitHub and then removed.

Chrome Zero-Day from North Korea
2022-03-31 11:13

North Korean hackers have been exploiting a zero-day in Chrome. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-0609, was exploited by two separate North Korean hacking groups.

New Spring Java framework zero-day allows remote code execution
2022-03-30 20:16

A new zero-day vulnerability in the Spring Core Java framework called 'Spring4Shell' has been publicly disclosed, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution on applications. Spring is a very popular application framework that allows software developers to quickly and easily develop Java applications with enterprise-level features.

Google Chrome Bug Actively Exploited as Zero-Day
2022-03-30 16:14

Google has updated its Stable channel for the desktop version of Chrome, to address a zero-day security vulnerability that's being actively exploited in the wild. The bug, tracked as CVE-2022-1096, is a type-confusion issue in the V8 JavaScript engine, which is an open-source engine used by Chrome and Chromium-based web browsers.

Google Chrome patches mysterious new zero-day bug – update now
2022-03-28 18:18

Last time we reported on a Chrome zero-day flaw was back in February 2022. Anyway, back in February 2022, none of the bugs listed by Goole got a truly dangerous rating of "Critical", but one of them, dubbed CVE-2022-0609, was nevertheless accompanied by the admittedly rather vague words: "Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-0609 exists in the wild."

Google Issues Urgent Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability
2022-03-25 19:11

Google on Friday shipped an out-of-band security update to address a high severity vulnerability in its Chrome browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-1096, the zero-day flaw relates to a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine.