Joomla! vulnerability is being actively exploited

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a vulnerability for the Joomla! Content Management System (CMS) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. This means that Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies need Read More …

Weaponizing Apache OFBiz CVE-2023-51467

On December 26, SonicWall disclosed an authentication bypass affecting Apache OFBiz. SonicWall demonstrated the vulnerability, assigned CVE-2023-51467, by accessing the protected HTTP endpoint /webtools/control/ping without authentication. While that proved the vulnerability existed, it did not demonstrate arbitrary code execution. However, Read More …

Distributed Energy Generation Gateway (In)Security

Distributed energy generation (DEG) is a term used to describe the shift from centralized energy generation, such as power companies, to a source — typically a renewable energy source — closer to the user. It is most often seen in Read More …

Actively exploited 0-days in Ivanti VPN are letting hackers backdoor networks

Unknown threat actors are actively targeting two critical zero-day vulnerabilities that allow them to bypass two-factor authentication and execute malicious code inside networks that use a widely used virtual private network appliance sold by Ivanti, researchers said Wednesday. Ivanti reported Read More …

Operation Triangulation: The last (hardware) mystery

Today, on December 27, 2023, Boris Larin, Leonid Bezvershenko, and Georgy Kucherin delivered a presentation, titled, “Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers”, at the 37th Chaos Communication Congress (37C3), held at Congress Center Hamburg. The presentation Read More …

How Outlook notification sounds can lead to zero-click exploits

An Akamai researcher has found two vulnerabilities in Windows that can be combined to achieve a full, zero-click remote code execution (RCE) in Outlook. Both vulnerabilities were responsibly disclosed to Microsoft and addressed in the August 2023 and October 2023 Read More …

Sneaky GPU.zip technique steals sensitive information from your graphics card

Researchers from four top American universities have uncovered a new way for threat actors to sneakily access visual information from your graphics card while you’re online and browsing certain websites. The researchers call this threat “GPU.zip,” because it takes advantage Read More …