Tag: flaw
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Cisco Firewall Management Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution
Cisco disclosed a critical firewall management flaw that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/cisco-firewall-management-flaw-enables-remote-code-execution/
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Cybersecurity’s Fundamental Flaw: It’s Still an Open-Loop System
<div cla The cybersecurity industry has no shortage of tools, frameworks, controls, and acronyms. Organizations deploy SIEM/SOARs, vulnerability scanners, EDRs, IAM platforms, SSE, and Zero Trust architectures, often simultaneously. Yet breaches continue. And they’re accelerating. This isn’t a tooling failure. It’s a systems-engineering failure. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/cybersecuritys-fundamental-flaw-its-still-an-open-loop-system/
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Nation-State Hackers Play the Vibes
Who Knew APT Hackers Liked Emojis So Much?. All the nation-state hackers are vibe coding. Vibeware won’t win any coding awards. It’s not pretty. It doesn’t target any zero-day vulnerabilities or known flaws in innovative new ways – but it does allow polyglot malware to be generated at scale. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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ContextCrush Flaw Exposes AI Development Tools to Attacks
Critical flaw ContextCrush in Context7 MCP Server could allow malicious instructions into AI tools First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/contextcrush-ai-development-tools/
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ContextCrush Flaw Exposes AI Development Tools to Attacks
Critical flaw ContextCrush in Context7 MCP Server could allow malicious instructions into AI tools First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/contextcrush-ai-development-tools/
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New MongoDB Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Crash Servers, Exposing Critical Data
Cato CTRL’s senior security researcher, Vitaly Simonovich, has uncovered a high-severity dos vulnerability in MongoDB, tracked as CVE-2026-25611, that lets unauthenticated attackers crash any exposed MongoDB server.”‹ CVE-2026-25611 is rooted in MongoDB’sOP_COMPRESSED wire protocol, a compression feature introduced in version 3.4 and enabled by default since version 3.6. The flaw is classified underCWE-405 (Asymmetric Resource Consumption),…
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Cisco flags more SD-WAN flaws as actively exploited in attacks
Cisco has flagged two more Catalyst SD-WAN Manager security flaws as actively exploited in the wild, urging administrators to upgrade vulnerable devices. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-flags-more-sd-wan-flaws-as-actively-exploited-in-attacks/
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Critical pac4j-jwt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Impersonate Any User
A critical security flaw in the popular Java authentication library pac4j-jwt allows attackers to completely bypass authentication and impersonate any user, including administrators. Tracked as CVE-2026-29000, this vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and requires nothing more than the server’s public RSA key to successfully exploit.”‹ Their automated tools and security engineers found…
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Cisco Issues Patches for 48 Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Networking Products
Two of the 48 Cisco vulnerabilities, affecting Secure Firewall Management Center, are maximum-severity flaws First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisco-issues-patches-48/
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Google Rolls Out Emergency Chrome Update to Patch 10 Critical Security Vulnerabilities
Google released an urgent security update for its Chrome browser to address 10 vulnerabilities. Deployed on March 3, 2026, this stable channel update fixes three critical flaws and seven high-severity issues. The emergency patch protects users from potential exploits that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or compromise affected systems. The Chrome update is…
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Google Rolls Out Emergency Chrome Update to Patch 10 Critical Security Vulnerabilities
Google released an urgent security update for its Chrome browser to address 10 vulnerabilities. Deployed on March 3, 2026, this stable channel update fixes three critical flaws and seven high-severity issues. The emergency patch protects users from potential exploits that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or compromise affected systems. The Chrome update is…
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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution
Cisco recently disclosed a critical security vulnerability affecting its Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) software. This severe flaw carries a maximum severity score of 10.0 and allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. CVE ID CVSS Score Vulnerability Type CWE CVE-2026-20131 10.0 (Critical) Remote Code Execution CWE-502 The root cause of…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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Cisco Secure Firewall Vulnerability Exposes Networks to Authentication Bypass Attacks
Cisco recently disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) Software that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain complete root access to affected devices. Holding a maximum severity CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw demands immediate attention from network administrators. Discovered during internal security testing by Cisco researcher Brandon Sakai, the vulnerability…
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Flaws Expose Devices to Root Access, Threatening Network Security
Cisco has issued critical software updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) that could allow attackers to bypass authentication, elevate privileges to root, and execute arbitrary commands. The advisory (cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v), originally published on February 25, 2026, was urgently updated on March 5, 2026, after Cisco confirmed active in-the-wild exploitation…
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Flaws Expose Devices to Root Access, Threatening Network Security
Cisco has issued critical software updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) that could allow attackers to bypass authentication, elevate privileges to root, and execute arbitrary commands. The advisory (cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v), originally published on February 25, 2026, was urgently updated on March 5, 2026, after Cisco confirmed active in-the-wild exploitation…
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How a Single Overprivileged Service Turned the LexisNexis Breach Into a Keysthe-Kingdom Moment
3 min readLegal AI solutions provider LexisNexis has confirmed a massive breach of its AWS environment According to reports, initial access was gained by exploiting the “React2Shell” vulnerability in an unpatched React frontend application a flaw the company had reportedly left unaddressed for months. Among the details reportedly posted by the attacker is the claim…
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VMware Aria Operations Bug Exploited, Cloud Resources at Risk
Exploitation of the command injection flaw in VMware Aria Operations could grant an attacker broad acess to victims’ cloud environments. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/vmware-aria-operations-bug-exploited-cloud-risk
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Automate or orchestrate? Implementing a streamlined remediation program to shorten MTTR
Security teams want lower MTTR, but flaws persist. How to use automation vs. orchestration to reduce risk effectively? Almost all security teams want to reduce their Mean Time to Remediate (MTTR). And for good reason: research from 2024 found that it takes an average of 4.5 months to remediate critical vulnerabilities. The problem is that…
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MS-Agent Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution via AI Agents
A critical MS-Agent flaw could allow attackers to use prompt injection to execute system commands through AI agents. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/ms-agent-flaw-enables-remote-code-execution-via-ai-agents/
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Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files
Researchers say a vulnerability in Perplexity’s Comet AI browser could expose local files and credentials through malicious calendar invites. The post Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-perplexity-comet-browser-vulnerability-local-files/
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Cisco warns of max severity Secure FMC flaws giving root access
Cisco has released security updates to patch two maximum-severity vulnerabilities in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-max-severity-secure-fmc-flaws-giving-root-access/
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Iran-nexus hackers target flaws in surveillance cameras
The threat activity echoes prior exploitation during the Israeli war with Hamas, a precursor to attacks against critical sectors in the U.S. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/iran-hackers-target-flaws-ip-cameras/813795/
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Google’s Biggest Android Security Update in Years Fixes 129 Bugs, Including an Actively Exploited Zero-Day
Google’s March 2026 Android update patches 129 flaws, including an actively exploited Qualcomm zero-day, and urges users to install 2026-03-05. The post Google’s Biggest Android Security Update in Years Fixes 129 Bugs, Including an Actively Exploited Zero-Day appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-android-security-update-129-vulnerabilities/
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High-severity Qualcomm bug hits Android devices in targeted attacks
Google has patched 129 Android vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited flaw in a widely used Qualcomm component. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/high-severity-qualcomm-bug-hits-android-devices-in-targeted-attacks/
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CISA Warns Qualcomm Chipsets Memory Corruption Vulnerability Is Actively Exploited in Attacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Qualcomm chipset vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on March 3, 2026, confirming active exploitation in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21385, affects multiple Qualcomm chipsets and introduces a serious memory corruption risk that attackers can leverage to compromise affected devices. Vulnerability…
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Perplexity’s Comet Browser Breached Through Calendar Invite Attack
Security researchers at Zenity Labs disclosed a critical flaw in Perplexity’s Comet “agentic” browser that allowed attackers to steal local files using a malicious Google Calendar invite. The issue, dubbed PerplexedBrowser and grouped under Zenity’s “PleaseFix” family, affected Comet on macOS, Windows, and Android and was rated P1 (critical) in Bugcrowd. The attack required no…
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U.S. CISA adds Qualcomm and Broadcom VMware Aria Operations flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, google, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, ransomware, vmware, vulnerability, windowsU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Qualcomm and Broadcom VMware Aria Operations flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chromium CSS, Microsoft Windows, TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware, and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: In…