How secret rise of zero-day brokers is causing worldwide security risks

Zero-day hackers exploit security vulnerabilities in software that the developers of that software are often completely oblivious about. Imagine scrolling through your social media feed when a notification pops up, seemingly from a trusted friend. It contains a funny meme Read More …

Attackers exploiting new critical OpenMetadata vulnerabilities on Kubernetes clusters

Attackers are constantly seeking new vulnerabilities to compromise Kubernetes environments. Microsoft recently uncovered an attack that exploits new critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain access to Kubernetes workloads and leverage them for cryptomining activity. OpenMetadata is an open-source platform designed Read More …

CVE-2024-3400: Critical Command Injection Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Firewalls

On Friday, April 12, Palo Alto Networks published an advisory on CVE-2024-3400, a CVSS 10 zero-day vulnerability in several versions of PAN-OS, the operating system that runs on the company’s firewalls. According to the vendor advisory, if conditions for exploitability Read More …

Botnets Continue Exploiting CVE-2023-1389 for Wide-Scale Spread

Last year, a command injection vulnerability, CVE-2023-1389, was disclosed and a fix developed for the web management interface of the TP-Link Archer AX21 (AX1800). FortiGuard Labs has developed an IPS signature to tackle this issue. Recently, their researchers observed multiple Read More …

Trust Wallet Issues Warning to Apple Users About Zero-Day Exploit in iMessage

Trust Wallet, a popular web3 wallet, has issued a warning to Apple users, urging them to disable iMessage due to “credible intel” regarding a zero-day exploit. The company shared the alert on X, stating that the exploit, which is being Read More …

“Highly capable” hackers root corporate networks by exploiting Palo Alto Networks firewall 0-day

Highly capable hackers are rooting multiple corporate networks by exploiting a maximum-severity zero-day vulnerability in a firewall product from Palo Alto Networks, researchers said Friday. The vulnerability, which has been under active exploitation for at least two weeks now, allows Read More …

Hackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed

Hardware sold for years by the likes of Intel and Lenovo contains a remotely exploitable vulnerability that will never be fixed. The cause: a supply chain snafu involving an open source software package and hardware from multiple manufacturers that directly Read More …

Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday includes two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities

The April 2024 Patch Tuesday update includes patches for 149 Microsoft vulnerabilities and republishes 6 non-Microsoft CVEs. Three of those 149 vulnerabilities are listed as critical, and one is listed as actively exploited by Microsoft. Another vulnerability is claimed to Read More …

Thousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover

As many as 91,000 LG TVs face the risk of being commandeered unless they receive a just-released security update patching four critical vulnerabilities discovered late last year. The vulnerabilities are found in four LG TV models that collectively comprise slightly Read More …