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Large language models (LLMs) – the neural network algorithms that underpin ChatGPT and other popular chatbots – are becoming ever more powerful and inexpensive. Systems built on instruction-executing LLMs may be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks. A prompt is a Read More …
A version-rollback vulnerability has been discovered by a cybersecurity researcher that allows a fully patched Windows machine to be downgraded to older version, allowing the exploitation of previously patched zero-days and vulnerabilities. Alon Leviev unveiled his findings at Black Hat Read More …
This is a story of network segmentation and the impact that seemingly trivial misconfigurations can have for your organization. This is one of those occasions. This particular pen test asked for goals-based assessment focusing on post-compromise activities — an attempt Read More …
The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team became aware of an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Progress WhatsUp Gold, assessed its impact and developed mitigation measures. WhatsUp Gold is a software that monitors every connected device in the network, providing Read More …
The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has discovered a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Apache OFBiz being tracked as CVE-2024-38856 with a CVSS score of 9.8. This is the second major flaw SonicWall has discovered in Apache OFBiz Read More …
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Microsoft vulnerability dating back to 2018 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue after evidence emerged that it is being used in an attack chain by the China-backed Read More …
A worrying number of environments are vulnerable to complete takeover via escalated privileges, a new report from Picus Security has found. Environments were tested in simulated attacks, with the average organization managing to defend against 7 out of 10 attacks, but Read More …
In a recent audit of open-source web applications, threat researchers from Unit 42 have identified a broken object-level authorization (BOLA) vulnerability that impacts Harbor versions prior to 2.9.5. Harbor is a widely used cloud-native container registry that plays a role Read More …
Analysis of Cellular Based Internet of Things (IoT) Technology is a new whitepaper co-authored by Rapid7 principal security researcher Deral Heiland and Thermo Fisher Scientific lead product security researcher Carlota Bindner. In this new research, the authors dive deep into Read More …
On Monday, July 29, Microsoft published an extensive threat intelligence blog on observed exploitation of CVE-2024-37085, an Active Directory integration authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Broadcom VMware ESXi hypervisors. The vulnerability, according to Redmond, was identified in zero-day attacks and has Read More …
