Africa among regions with highest number of industrial systems under attack in the first half of 2023

In the first half of 2023 Africa had the highest percentage of ICS computers on which spyware was blocked (9,8%) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Malicious objects of all types were detected and blocked on 34% of Industrial Control System (ICS) Read More …

CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 19, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-262-01 Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo Administration Console ICSA-23-262-03 Omron Engineering Software Zip-Slip Read more… Read More …

ThemeBleed exploit is another reason to patch Windows quickly

Included in the September 2023 Patch Tuesday updates was a fix for a vulnerability which has been dubbed ThemeBleed. A Proof-of-Concept (PoC) exploit has been released by Gabe Kirkpatrick, one of the researchers acknowledged for reporting the vulnerability. The Common Read More …

CISA: KEV Catalog reaches 1000, what does that mean and what have we learned

Every organization is confronted by a common cybersecurity challenge: there are too many vulnerabilities in technology products. This makes it difficult to prioritize limited resources – with over 25,000 new vulnerabilities released in 2022 alone, where should an organization begin? Read More …

CISA Adds Eight Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2022-22265 Samsung Mobile Devices Use-After-Free Vulnerability CVE-2014-8361 Realtek SDK Improper Input Validation Vulnerability CVE-2017-6884 Zyxel EMG2926 Routers Command Injection Vulnerability Read more… Read More …

Kuwait’s finance ministry says cyberattack hit one of its systems

Kuwait’s finance ministry said on Monday that one of its systems had suffered a cyberattack in the early morning but that the ministry continued to work normally. The ministry said in a statement that protection systems and procedures had been Read More …

CISA Releases Three Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released three Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 12, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-23-255-01 Hitachi Energy Lumada APM Edge ICSA-23-255-02 Fujitsu Software Infrastructure Manager Read more… Source: Read More …

Unusually low 5 critical vulnerabilities included in Microsoft September Patch Tuesday, along with two zero-days

Microsoft disclosed 65 vulnerabilities across its suite of products and software Tuesday, only five of which are considered critical, which is very low compared to Microsoft’s usual security updates. However, there are two issues disclosed and patched this month that Read More …

Deleting Your Way Into SYSTEM: Why Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerabilities Matter

Windows arbitrary file deletion vulnerabilities should no longer be considered mere annoyances or tools for Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. Over the past couple of years, these vulnerabilities have matured into potent threats capable of unearthing a portal to full system compromise. Read More …

Apple fixes zero-day bugs used to plant Pegasus spyware

Apple released security updates on Thursday that patch two zero-day exploits — meaning hacking techniques that were unknown at the time Apple found out about them — used against a member of a civil society organization in Washington, D.C., according Read More …