Patch now: Serious Linux kernel security hole uncovered

Just what every Linux system administrator wants just before the holidays: A serious Linux kernel security bug. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a zero-day security research firm, announced a new Linux kernel security bug. This hole allows authenticated remote users Read More …

New Fortinet bug under active exploitation

Fortinet has warned customers to patch immediately against a new vulnerability it said is under active exploitation. The critical-rated vulnerability exists in a VPN product, FortiOS SSL-VPN. In its advisory, the company said the bug is a heap-based buffer overflow. Read More …

Google Chrome emergency update fixes 9th zero-day of the year

Google has released Chrome 108.0.5359.94/.95 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw, the ninth Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild patched since the start of the year. “Google is aware of reports that an Read More …

Google pushes emergency Chrome update to fix 8th zero-day in 2022

Google has released an emergency security update for the desktop version of the Chrome web browser, addressing the eighth zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks this year. The high-severity flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-4135 and is a heap buffer overflow in Read More …

F5 fixes two remote code execution flaws in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ

F5 has released hotfixes for its BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products, addressing two high-severity flaws allowing attackers to perform unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable endpoints. While these flaws require specific criteria to exist, making them very difficult to exploit, Read More …

CISA Releases SSVC Methodology to Prioritize Vulnerabilities

Today CISA published its guide on Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC), a vulnerability management methodology that assesses vulnerabilities and prioritizes remediation efforts based on exploitation status, impacts to safety, and prevalence of the affected product in a singular system. As stated Read More …

iPhone iOS 16.1.1 fixes two security vulnerabilities – time to update

Apple has released an update that protects users against two security vulnerabilities that could affect iPhones and iPads. The iOS 16.1.1 and iPadOS 16.1.1 software update comes two weeks after the release of iOS 16.1 for all iPhone and iPad Read More …

Microsoft fixes ProxyNotShell Exchange zero-days exploited in attacks

Microsoft has released security updates to address two high-severity Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerabilities collectively known as ProxyNotShell and exploited in the wild. Attackers have been chaining the two security flaws to deploy Chinese Chopper web shells on compromised servers for Read More …

Actively exploited Windows MoTW zero-day gets unofficial patch

A free unofficial patch has been released for an actively exploited zero-day that allows files signed with malformed signatures to bypass Mark-of-the-Web security warnings in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Last weekend, BleepingComputer reported that threat actors were using stand-alone Read More …

Apple fixes new zero-day used in attacks against iPhones, iPads

In security updates released on Monday, Apple has fixed the ninth zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against iPhones since the start of the year. Apple revealed in an advisory today that it’s aware of reports saying the security flaw “may Read More …