Keys to the Kingdom – Gaining access to the Physical Facility through Internal Access

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 …

Mitigating the Latest Vulnerability (CVE-2024-5008) in Progress WhatsUp Gold

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 …

Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six year old MS vuln

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 …

Report finds Apple devices fare the worst when it comes to full takeover risks

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 …

Identifying a BOLA Vulnerability in Harbor, a Cloud-Native Container Registry

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 …

The Proliferation of Cellular in IoT

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 …

VMware ESXi CVE-2024-37085 Targeted in Ransomware Campaigns

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 …

CVE-2024-6922: Automation Anywhere Automation 360 Server-Side Request Forgery

Automation 360 Robotic Process Automation suite v21-v32 is vulnerable to unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). SSRF occurs when the server can be induced to perform arbitrary requests on behalf of an attacker. An attacker with unauthenticated access to the Automation Read More …

Telegram Zero-Day Let Hackers To Spread Malware Hidden in Videos

Cybersecurity researchers at ESET discovered a zero-day vulnerability that targeted the Telegram for Android app and sent malicious files disguised as videos through chats. The zero-day exploit, dubbed “EvilVideo,” allowed hackers to share Android payloads via Telegram channels, groups, and Read More …