Tag: advisory
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Siemens Warns of a Critical Vulnerability in UMC
Heap Overflow Flaw Threatens Industrial Control Systems Globally. Siemens issued a security advisory for a vulnerability affecting industrial control systems in its User Management Component that could enable attackers to execute arbitrary code. The heap-based buffer overflow flaw impacts products used in manufacturing and the energy sector. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/siemens-warns-critical-vulnerability-in-umc-a-27121
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Siemens UMC Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Remote Code Execution
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Siemens’ User Management Component (UMC), which could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The flaw, designated CVE-2024-49775, is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Siemens has issued Security Advisory SSA-928984 and urges customers to implement recommended fixes or mitigations to minimize the risks. Details of the Vulnerability The…
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Juniper Warns of Mirai Botnet Targeting SSR Devices with Default Passwords
Juniper Networks is warning that Session Smart Router (SSR) products with default passwords are being targeted as part of a malicious campaign that deploys the Mirai botnet malware.The company said it’s issuing the advisory after “several customers” reported anomalous behavior on their Session Smart Network (SSN) platforms on December 11, 2024.”These systems have been infected…
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Fortinet Warns of Critical FortiWLM Flaw That Could Lead to Admin Access Exploits
Fortinet has issued an advisory for a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-34990, carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of a maximum of 10.0.”A relative path traversal [CWE-23] in FortiWLM may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to read sensitive…
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Iranian Hackers Launched A Massive Attack to Exploit Global ICS Infrastructure
In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the FBI, CISA, NSA, and partner agencies from Canada, the United Kingdom, and Israel have issued an urgent warning about ongoing malicious cyber activities by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The advisory provides critical new details on tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)…
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CISA urges senior government officials to lock down mobile devices amid ongoing Salt Typhoon breach
A 5-page advisory provided troves of guidance for both Apple and Android users, urging all “highly targeted individuals” to rely on the “consistent use of end-to-end encryption.”]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-urges-senior-officials-to-lock-down-devices-salt-typhoon
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Citrix Alerts on Global Password Spraying Campaigns Targeting NetScaler Appliances
Citrix has issued an advisory highlighting an increase in password spraying attacks aimed at NetScaler appliances worldwide. These attacks exploit authentication endpoints, causing significant operational disruptions for targeted organizations. Unlike... First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/citrix-alerts-on-global-password-spraying-campaigns-targeting-netscaler-appliances/
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How to turn around a toxic cybersecurity culture
Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, governance, group, guide, healthcare, jobs, password, phishing, risk, sans, service, strategy, technology, threat, training, vulnerability, zero-trustA toxic cybersecurity culture affects team turnover, productivity, and morale. Worse yet, it places enterprise systems and data at risk.In a toxic cybersecurity culture, everybody believes that cybersecurity is somebody else’s job, says Keri Pearlson, executive director for Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS), a research consortium focusing on cybersecurity leadership and governance issues. “They don’t…
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Dell Security Update, Patch for Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities
Dell Technologies has released a security advisory addressing multiple critical vulnerabilities that could expose affected systems to exploitation by malicious actors. Customers are strongly encouraged to review the findings and update their systems accordingly. This update includes remediation for two critical CVEs affecting several Dell products. Failure to address these vulnerabilities could result in system…
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AMD data center chips vulnerable to revealing data through ‘BadRAM’ attack
Tags: access, advisory, attack, best-practice, cloud, cve, data, encryption, exploit, finance, firmware, flaw, germany, Hardware, mitigation, monitoring, reverse-engineering, software, update, vulnerabilityAMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV), meant to protect processor memory from prying eyes in virtual machine (VM) environments, can be tricked into giving access to its encrypted memory contents using a test rig costing less than $10, researchers have revealed.Dubbed “BadRAM” by researchers from the University of Lübeck in Germany, KU Leven in Belgium, and…
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Attackers exploit zero-day RCE flaw in Cleo managed file transfer
Tags: advisory, attack, cve, edr, exploit, firewall, flaw, group, Internet, malicious, mitigation, moveIT, powershell, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, software, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-daySecurity researchers have warned about in-the-wild attacks that exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in managed file transfer (MFT) solutions developed by enterprise software vendor Cleo Communications.The impacted products include the latest versions of Cleo LexiCom, Cleo VLTrader and Cleo Harmony, with experts advising to temporarily disconnect these systems from the internet until a patch…
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Dell Warns of Critical Code Execution Vulnerability in Power Manager
Dell Technologies has issued a security advisory, DSA-2024-439, to alert users of a critical vulnerability in its Dell Power Manager software. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-49600, could allow malicious attackers to execute arbitrary code and gain elevated privileges on the affected systems. Users are urged to update immediately to mitigate potential risks. The vulnerability has been…
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Ultralytics YOLO AI model compromised in supply chain attack
While Ultralytics has not released an official security advisory, the company pulled two recent versions of its YOLO11 AI model after reports emerged that they contained a cryptominer. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366616877/Ultralytics-YOLO-AI-model-compromised-in-supply-chain-attack
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Supply chain compromise of Ultralytics AI library results in trojanized versions
Attackers have compromised Ultralytics YOLO packages published on PyPI, the official Python package index, by compromising the build environment of the popular library for creating custom machine learning models. The malicious code deployed cryptocurrency mining malware on systems that installed the package, but the attackers could have delivered any type of malware.According to researchers from…
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Rockwell Automation Warns of Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Arena
Tags: advisory, automation, cyber, exploit, remote-code-execution, software, vulnerability, zero-dayRockwell Automation has issued a critical security advisory addressing multiple remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities discovered in its Arena® software. These vulnerabilities, reported by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), expose systems to potential exploitation by adversaries looking to execute arbitrary code. With the release of updated software versions, Rockwell Automation has taken corrective action and…
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Channel Brief: Wipro, Netskope Team Up on Cybersecurity Advisory Services
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/channel-brief-wipro-netskope-team-up-on-cybersecurity-advisory-services
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US may plan legislation to contain Chinese cyber espionage
US senators were briefed behind closed doors this week on the scale of “Salt Typhoon,” an alleged Chinese cyber-espionage campaign targeting the nation’s telecommunications networks.The FBI, CISA, and other key agencies, who were part of the briefing, revealed that the sophisticated operation compromised at least eight US telecom firms, stealing metadata and call intercepts, including…
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Critical Veeam Vulnerabilities Expose Service Provider Console to Cyber Risks
Veeam has published a critical advisory regarding severe vulnerabilities affecting its Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC), particularly impacting version 8.1.0.21377 and earlier builds from version 7. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/critical-veeam-vulnerabilities/
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Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. warn of PRC-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks in a joint advisory. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. issued a joint advisory to warn of People’s Republic of China (PRC)-linked cyber espionage targeting telecom networks. >>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal…
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Joint Advisory Warns of PRC-Backed Cyber Espionage Targeting Telecom Networks
A joint advisory issued by Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. has warned of a broad cyber espionage campaign undertaken by People’s Republic of China (PRC)-affiliated threat actors targeting telecommunications providers.”Identified exploitations or compromises associated with these threat actors’ activity align with existing weaknesses associated with victim infrastructure; no novel First seen on thehackernews.com…
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CISA Releases Advisory to Monitor Networks to Detect Malicious Cyber Actors
Tags: advisory, china, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, malicious, network, threatThe National Security Agency (NSA) has partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and other entities to release a critical advisory. This initiative comes in response to the exploitation of major global telecommunications providers by a threat actor affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The…
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Cisco Warns of Exploitation of Decade-Old ASA WebVPN Vulnerability
Cisco on Monday updated an advisory to warn customers of active exploitation of a decade-old security flaw impacting its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2014-2120 (CVSS score: 4.3), concerns a case of insufficient input validation in ASA’s WebVPN login page that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS)…
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Cisco Warns of Attacks Exploiting Decade-Old ASA Vulnerability
Cisco has updated an advisory for CVE-2014-2120 to warn customers that the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild. The post Cisco Warns of Attacks Exploiting Decade-Old ASA Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/cisco-warns-of-attacks-exploiting-decade-old-asa-vulnerability/
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INCONTROLLER / PIPEDREAM ICS Toolkit Targeting Energy Sector
This advisory was written by Travis Holland and Eric Dodge of the Kudelski Security Threat Detection & Research Team Summary Incontroller/Pipedrea… First seen on research.kudelskisecurity.com Jump to article: research.kudelskisecurity.com/2022/04/25/incontroller-pipedream-ics-toolkit-targeting-energy-sector/
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Critical VMware vCenter Server Patch VMSA20240019
Summary VMware has released a critical security advisory (VMSA-2024-0019) that addresses two serious vulnerabilities found in its vCenter Server and V… First seen on research.kudelskisecurity.com Jump to article: research.kudelskisecurity.com/2024/09/18/critical-vmware-vcenter-server-patch-vmsa20240019/