Security News

HPE fixes critical zero-day vulnerability disclosed in December
2021-05-27 13:15

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has released a security update to address a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in the HPE Systems Insight Manager software, disclosed last year, in December. HPE SIM is a remote support automation and management solution for HPE servers, storage, and networking products, including HPE's ProLiant Gen10 and ProLiant Gen9 servers.

Apple Patches Zero-Day Flaw in MacOS that Allows for Sneaky Screenshots
2021-05-25 12:25

Apple has patched a critical bug in macOS that could be exploited to take screenshots of someone's computer and capture images of their activity within applications or on video conferences without that person knowing. Apple addressed the vulnerability-discovered by researchers at enterprise cybersecurity firm Jamf- in the latest version of macOS, Big Sur 11.4, released on Monday, the company told Forbes, according to a published report.

Apple fixes macOS zero-day exploited by malware (CVE-2021-30713)
2021-05-25 11:58

A zero-day vulnerability that allowed XCSSET malware to surreptitiously take screenshots of the victim's desktop has been fixed by Apple on macOS 11.4 on Monday. The XCSSET malware and its CVE-2021-30713 exploitation.

Apple fixes three zero-days, one abused by XCSSET macOS malware
2021-05-24 19:40

Apple has released security updates to patch three macOS and tvOS zero-day vulnerabilities attackers exploited in the wild, with the former being abused by the XCSSET malware to bypass macOS privacy protections. In all three cases, Apple said that it is aware of reports that the security issues "May have been actively exploited," but it didn't provide details on the attacks or threat actors who may have exploited the zero-days.

Apple fixes three macOS, tvOS zero-day bugs exploited in the wild
2021-05-24 19:40

Apple has released security updates to patch three macOS and tvOS zero-day vulnerabilities attackers exploited in the wild, with the former being abused by the XCSSET malware to bypass macOS privacy protections. In all three cases, Apple said that it is aware of reports that the security issues "May have been actively exploited," but it didn't provide details on the attacks or threat actors who may have exploited the zero-days.

Android Issues Patches for 4 New Zero-Day Bugs Exploited in the Wild
2021-05-19 22:35

Google on Wednesday updated its May 2021 Android Security Bulletin to disclose that four of the security vulnerabilities that were patched earlier this month by Arm and Qualcomm may have been exploited in the wild as zero-days. CVE-2021-1906 - A flaw concerning inadequate handling of address deregistration that could lead to new GPU address allocation failure.

May Android security updates patch 4 zero-days exploited in the wild
2021-05-19 16:53

According to info provided by Google's Project Zero team, four Android security vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild as zero-day bugs before being patched earlier this month. Attacks attempting to exploit these flaws were targeted and impacted a limited number of users based on information shared after this month's Android security updates were published.

Miscreants started scanning for Exchange Hafnium vulns five minutes after Microsoft told world about zero-days
2021-05-19 13:02

Attackers began scanning for vulnerabilities just five minutes after Microsoft announced there were four zero-days in Exchange Server, according to Palo Alto Networks. Although research director Rob Rachwald did not elaborate when The Register asked for more detail on its findings, a released report reckoned "Scans began within 15 minutes after Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures announcements were released between January and March."

QNAP warns of eCh0raix ransomware attacks, Roon Server zero-day
2021-05-14 12:49

QNAP warns customers of an actively exploited Roon Server zero-day bug and eCh0raix ransomware attacks targeting their Network Attached Storage devices. "The eCh0raix ransomware has been reported to affect QNAP NAS devices," the company said.

Cisco fixes 6-month-old AnyConnect VPN zero-day with exploit code
2021-05-13 14:31

Cisco has fixed a six-month-old zero-day vulnerability found in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client VPN software, with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. The company's AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client allows working on corporate devices connected to a secure Virtual Private Network through Secure Sockets Layer and IPsec IKEv2 using VPN clients available for all major desktop and mobile platforms.