Tag: vulnerability
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From code to boardroom: A GenAI GRC approach to supply chain risk
Tags: ai, blockchain, business, ciso, compliance, dark-web, data, defense, finance, framework, gartner, grc, intelligence, LLM, metric, open-source, regulation, resilience, risk, strategy, supply-chain, threat, vulnerabilityThe GenAI GRC mandate: From reporting to prediction: To counter a threat that moves at the speed of computation, our GRC must also become generative and predictive. The GenAI GRC mandate is to shift the focus from documenting compliance to predicting systemic failure.Current GRC methods are designed for documentation. They verify that a policy exists.…
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Grafana Patches CVSS 10.0 SCIM Flaw Enabling Impersonation and Privilege Escalation
Grafana has released security updates to address a maximum severity security flaw that could allow privilege escalation or user impersonation under certain configurations.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-41115, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It resides in the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) component that allows automated user provisioning and management. First First seen on…
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Grafana Patches CVSS 10.0 SCIM Flaw Enabling Impersonation and Privilege Escalation
Grafana has released security updates to address a maximum severity security flaw that could allow privilege escalation or user impersonation under certain configurations.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-41115, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It resides in the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) component that allows automated user provisioning and management. First First seen on…
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How to turn threat intel into real security wins
Tags: access, api, attack, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, csf, data, data-breach, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, governance, guide, identity, intelligence, lessons-learned, mail, malware, mitre, nist, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, saas, siem, soar, soc, switch, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe CISO mandate: Risk, efficiency, investment, response: Reduce operational risk and financial loss Intelligence-led detection and response aim to prevent or minimise data loss and business disruption. The downstream effects, smaller blast radii, fewer regulatory headaches and lower recovery bills, are what boards recognise. Maximise staff efficiency Manual validation and correlation drive alert fatigue. Automating…
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Grafana Patches CVSS 10.0 SCIM Flaw Enabling Impersonation and Privilege Escalation
Grafana has released security updates to address a maximum severity security flaw that could allow privilege escalation or user impersonation under certain configurations.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-41115, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It resides in the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) component that allows automated user provisioning and management. First First seen on…
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NHS Warns of PoC Exploit for 7-Zip Symbolic LinkBased RCE Vulnerability
Update: The NHS England Digital, in an updated advisory on November 20, 2025, said it has not observed in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-11001, but noted that it’s “aware of a public proof-of-concept exploit.” It has since removed what it said were “erroneous references” to active exploitation.The original story follows below -A recently disclosed security flaw impacting…
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Root causes of security breaches remain elusive, jeopardizing resilience
Tags: attack, breach, business, ciso, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, framework, governance, incident response, intelligence, lessons-learned, monitoring, resilience, security-incident, service, siem, skills, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vpn, vulnerabilityTracing an attack path: Preparation is key, so businesses need to have dedicated tools and skills for digital forensics in place before an incident occurs through technologies such as security incident and event management (SIEM).SIEM devices are important because, for example, many gateway and VPN devices have a local storage that overwrites itself within hours.”If…
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SolarWinds addressed three critical flaws in Serv-U
SolarWinds patched three critical vulnerabilities in its Serv-U file transfer solution that could allow remote code execution. SolarWinds addressed three critical vulnerabilities in its Serv-U file transfer solution that could allow remote code execution. The first vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40549 (CVSS score 9.1), is a path restriction bypass issue that impacts Serv-U. An attacker with…
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Grafana SCIM Flaw Allows Admin Impersonation and Full Takeover
A severe SCIM vulnerability in Grafana allows for user and admin impersonation. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/grafana-scim-flaw-allows-admin-impersonation-and-full-takeover/
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ENISA becomes CVE Program Root, strengthening Europe’s vulnerability management framework
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has been officially designated as a Program Root in the global Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program. It marks a significant step in the EU’s efforts to bolster cybersecurity resilience and streamline vulnerability coordination across member states. As a Program Root, ENISA will serve as the central point…
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Grafana warns of max severity admin spoofing vulnerability
Grafana Labs is warning of a maximum severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-41115) in its Enterprise product that can be exploited to treat new users as administrators or for privilege escalation. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/grafana-warns-of-max-severity-admin-spoofing-vulnerability/
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Critical Azure Bastion Vulnerability Lets Attackers Bypass Login and Gain Higher Privileges
Microsoft disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Azure Bastion, its managed remote access service, enabling attackers to escalate privileges to administrative levels with a single network request. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2025-49752, affects all Azure Bastion deployments and received an emergency security patch on November 20, 2025. Attribute Details CVE ID CVE-2025-49752 Vulnerability Type Authentication…
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Researchers devised a new enumeration technique that exposed 3.5B WhatsApp profiles
Researchers disclosed a WhatsApp flaw that exposed 3.5B accounts. Meta has patched it to prevent this mass enumeration. A team of researchers at the University of Vienna found a WhatsApp flaw that could scrape 3.5 billion accounts. Meta has since patched the vulnerability to block this enumeration technique. Users discover contacts by querying WhatsApp servers…
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ENISA Is Now a CVE Program Root
European Cybersecurity Agency Can Assign CVE IDs and Publish CVE Records. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity is poised to take on a greater role in coordinating vulnerability disclosures across the trading bloc with its elevation as a Root-level participant in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/enisa-now-cve-program-root-a-30086
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How penetration testing supports ISO 27001 certification
ISO 27001 provides a comprehensive framework to ensure organisations understand and manage their information security risks, and validates that appropriate controls are in place to mitigate those risks. Penetration testing plays a critical role in this process by validating security measures and exposing vulnerabilities before they become incidents. In this article, we’ll explore how penetration”¦…
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CVE-2025-50165: Critical Flaw in Windows Graphics Component
IntroductionIn May 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered CVE-2025-50165, a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 that impacts the Windows Graphics Component. The vulnerability lies within windowscodecs.dll, and any application that uses this library as a dependency is vulnerable to compromise, such as a Microsoft Office document. For example, attackers can exploit the…
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CrowdStrike Finds Bias Triggers That Weaken DeepSeek-R1 Code Safety
CrowdStrike found that political trigger words can cause DeepSeek-R1 to generate insecure code, raising vulnerability rates by nearly 50%. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/crowdstrike-finds-bias-triggers-that-weaken-deepseek-r1-code-safety/
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CrowdStrike Finds Bias Triggers That Weaken DeepSeek-R1 Code Safety
CrowdStrike found that political trigger words can cause DeepSeek-R1 to generate insecure code, raising vulnerability rates by nearly 50%. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/crowdstrike-finds-bias-triggers-that-weaken-deepseek-r1-code-safety/
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CISA Alerts Users to Active Attacks on Chrome 0-Day Vulnerability
Tags: attack, browser, chrome, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, google, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Google Chrome to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning of active exploitation in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-13223, resides in Google Chromium’s V8 JavaScript engine and poses an immediate threat to millions of users worldwide. Understanding the Vulnerability CVE-2025-13223…
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CISA Alerts Users to Active Attacks on Chrome 0-Day Vulnerability
Tags: attack, browser, chrome, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, google, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Google Chrome to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning of active exploitation in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-13223, resides in Google Chromium’s V8 JavaScript engine and poses an immediate threat to millions of users worldwide. Understanding the Vulnerability CVE-2025-13223…
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Emerging Ransomware Variants Exploit Amazon S3 Misconfigurations
Tags: cloud, cyber, encryption, exploit, malware, ransomware, service, tactics, threat, vulnerabilityRansomware is shifting from traditional systems to cloud environments, fundamentally redefining its impact on cloud-native data. As organizations increasingly migrate to cloud platforms, threat actors are adapting their tactics moving away from traditional encryption-based malware to exploit the unique architecture and misconfiguration vulnerabilities inherent in cloud storage services. Cloud storage services like Amazon Simple Storage…
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Emerging Ransomware Variants Exploit Amazon S3 Misconfigurations
Tags: cloud, cyber, encryption, exploit, malware, ransomware, service, tactics, threat, vulnerabilityRansomware is shifting from traditional systems to cloud environments, fundamentally redefining its impact on cloud-native data. As organizations increasingly migrate to cloud platforms, threat actors are adapting their tactics moving away from traditional encryption-based malware to exploit the unique architecture and misconfiguration vulnerabilities inherent in cloud storage services. Cloud storage services like Amazon Simple Storage…
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Milvus Proxy Flaw Lets Attackers Forge Headers and Skip Authorization
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the Milvus vector database could allow attackers to gain administrative access without credentials. The flaw exists in how the Milvus Proxy component handles HTTP headers, treating user-controlled data as trusted internal credentials. Critical Security Risk in Vector Database Milvus, an open-source vector database widely used for generative AI applications,…
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Fortinet criticized for ‘silent’ patching after disclosing second zero-day vulnerability in same equipment
Patching advice: Affected versions of FortiWeb include 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, and 8.0.0 through 8.0.1. Fixes are applied, in the same order, by releases 7.0.12, 7.2.12, 7.4.10, 7.6.5, and 8.0.2.Meanwhile, the widespread use of FortiWeb WAFS in government has prompted a warning by CISA that agencies should…
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Top Senate Intel Dem warns of ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences of Trump admin national security firings, politicization
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said the Trump administration is leaving the nation vulnerable at a time of rising threats in cyberspace. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/top-senate-intel-dem-warns-of-catastrophic-cyber-consequences-of-trump-admin-national-security-firings-politicization/
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Fortinet criticized for ‘silent’ patching after disclosing second zero-day vulnerability in same equipment
Patching advice: Affected versions of FortiWeb include 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.4.0 through 7.4.9, 7.6.0 through 7.6.4, and 8.0.0 through 8.0.1. Fixes are applied, in the same order, by releases 7.0.12, 7.2.12, 7.4.10, 7.6.5, and 8.0.2.Meanwhile, the widespread use of FortiWeb WAFS in government has prompted a warning by CISA that agencies should…