Tag: vulnerability
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Zero-Day Exploits Surge, Nearly 30% of Flaws Attacked Before Disclosure
VulnCheck analysts found that vulnerabilities exploited before being publicly disclosed rose from 23.6% in 2024 to 28.96% in 2025 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/zeroday-exploits-surge-vulncheck/
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ZEST Security Adds AI Agents to Identify Vulnerabilities That Pose No Actual Risk
ZEST Security introduces AI Sweeper Agents that identify which vulnerabilities are truly exploitable, helping security teams cut patch backlogs and focus on real risk. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/zest-security-adds-ai-agents-to-identify-vulnerabilities-that-pose-no-actual-risk/
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Zoom and GitLab Patch RCE, DoS, and 2FA Bypass Vulnerabilities
Tags: 2fa, business, dos, flaw, gitlab, infrastructure, programming, rce, remote-code-execution, software, update, vulnerabilityBoth platforms serve as backbone infrastructure for remote work and software development, making these flaws particularly dangerous for business continuity. The post Zoom and GitLab Patch RCE, DoS, and 2FA Bypass Vulnerabilities appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-zoom-gitlab-security-flaws-patched/
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Tesla, Sony, and Alpine systems compromised on day one of Pwn2Own Automotive 2026
Tags: vulnerabilitySecurity researchers uncovered 37 previously unknown vulnerabilities on the opening day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2026, earning a combined $516,500 in prize money, according to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/22/pwn2own-automotive-2026-vulnerability-disclosure/
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SmarterMail Auth Bypass Exploited in the Wild Two Days After Patch Release
A new security flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software has come under active exploitation in the wild, two days after the release of a patch.The vulnerability, which currently does not have a CVE identifier, is tracked by watchTowr Labs as WT-2026-0001. It was patched by SmarterTools on January 15, 2026, with Build 9511, following responsible…
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Active Exploitation Of Fortinet SSO Flaw Targets Firewalls For Admin Takeover
Tags: access, authentication, cisa, cve, cvss, cyber, data-breach, exploit, firewall, flaw, fortinet, Internet, malicious, threat, vulnerabilityThreat actors actively exploit critical Fortinet vulnerabilities CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 to bypass FortiCloud SSO authentication on firewalls and proxies. These flaws allow unauthenticated attackers to craft malicious SAML messages, gaining admin access on internet-exposed devices. Fortinet disclosed them on December 9, 2025, with CVSS scores of 9.8, and CISA added CVE-2025-59718 to its Known Exploited…
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Cisco Unified Communications Zero-Day RCE Flaw Actively Exploited For Root Shell Access
Tags: access, cisco, communications, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, rce, remote-code-execution, service, vulnerability, zero-dayCisco has warned customers of a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting several of its Unified Communications products, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (IM&P), Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Webex Calling Dedicated Instance. Tracked as CVE-2026-20045, the vulnerability carries…
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ClearFake malware Exploits Proxy Execution to Run Malicious PowerShell Commands via Trusted Windows Feature
Tags: cyber, detection, endpoint, exploit, injection, malicious, malware, powershell, vulnerability, windowsA sophisticated evolution of the ClearFake malware campaign has emerged, deploying advanced evasion techniques that abuse legitimate Windows components to bypass endpoint detection systems. The operation, which has compromised hundreds of websites since August 2025, now leverages a command injection vulnerability in a trusted Windows script to silently execute malicious PowerShell code, while hosting its…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco Unified Communications products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cisco, communications, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, vulnerability, zero-dayThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Cisco Unified Communications products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco Unified Communications products vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20045 (CVSS score of 8.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Cisco patched a critical zero-day…
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Attacks Target Freshly Patched, Critical Fortinet Flaws
Chinese Attackers Among Those Tied to Attempted Exploits of FortiSIEM Appliances. Critical vulnerabilities in edge devices are continuing to be discovered by security researchers and rapidly targeted by attackers. Lately, this includes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiSIEM appliances, which Chinese and other hackers began targeting just two days post-patch. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Attacks Target Freshly Patched, Critical Fortinet Flaws
Chinese Attackers Among Those Tied to Attempted Exploits of FortiSIEM Appliances. Critical vulnerabilities in edge devices are continuing to be discovered by security researchers and rapidly targeted by attackers. Lately, this includes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiSIEM appliances, which Chinese and other hackers began targeting just two days post-patch. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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RCE flaw in Cisco enterprise communications products probed by attackers (CVE-2026-20045)
Cisco has fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-20045) in some of its unified communications solutions that’s being targeted by attackers in the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/21/cisco-enterprise-communications-cve-2026-20045/
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Fortinet admins report patched FortiGate firewalls getting hacked
Fortinet customers are seeing attackers exploiting a patch bypass for a previously fixed critical FortiGate authentication vulnerability (CVE-2025-59718) to hack patched firewalls. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-admins-report-patched-fortigate-firewalls-getting-hacked/
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Zoom and GitLab Release Security Updates Fixing RCE, DoS, and 2FA Bypass Flaws
Zoom and GitLab have released security updates to resolve a number of security vulnerabilities that could result in denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution.The most severe of the lot is a critical security flaw impacting Zoom Node Multimedia Routers (MMRs) that could permit a meeting participant to conduct remote code execution attacks. The vulnerability, tracked…
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Critical Vulnerability in Advanced Custom Fields: Extended Plugin Puts 100,000 WordPress Sites at Risk
A critical security flaw has been discovered in a widely used ACF add-on plugin for WordPress, placing up to 100,000 websites at risk of a full site takeover. The vulnerability affects the Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin, an add-on designed to extend the functionality of the popular Advanced Custom Fields ecosystem. An advisory issued about…
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‘Damn Vulnerable’ Training Apps Leave Vendors’ Clouds Exposed
Hackers are already leveraging these over-permissioned programs to access the IT systems of major security vendors. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/vulnerable-vendors-training-apps
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GNU InetUtils Vulnerability Exploited via “-f root” to Achieve Full System Control
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GNU InetUtils’ telnetd server allows remote attackers to gain root access without credentials by exploiting improper parameter sanitization. GNU InetUtils versions 1.9.3 through 2.7 contain a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in the telnetd server that enables unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full system compromise. The flaw stems from insufficient…
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Critical Zoom Vulnerability Enables Remote Code Execution via Command Injection
A critical command injection vulnerability in Zoom Node Multimedia Routers (MMRs) has been disclosed, potentially allowing meeting participants to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. The flaw affects Zoom Node Meetings Hybrid and Meeting Connector deployments, requiring immediate patching across enterprise environments. Vulnerability Overview Zoom Offensive Security identified a command injection flaw in Zoom Node…
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GitLab Security Flaws Could Allow Two-Factor Authentication Bypass and DoS
GitLab has released critical security patches addressing multiple vulnerabilities affecting both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). Versions 18.8.2, 18.7.2, and 18.6.4 are now available to fix flaws that enable two-factor authentication bypass and denial-of-service attacks. GitLab strongly recommends that all self-managed installations upgrade immediately, while GitLab.com has already deployed the patches. Critical Authentication…
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NVIDIA Nsight Graphics on Linux Exposed to Code Execution Vulnerability
NVIDIA has released an urgent security update addressing a critical vulnerability in NSIGHT Graphics for Linux systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33206, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through command injection, posing significant risks to development and graphics analysis workflows. Vulnerability Overview The flaw exists in NVIDIA NSIGHT Graphics across all Linux versions prior to…
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Hackers Weaponize 2,500+ Security Tools to Disable Endpoint Defenses Before Ransomware Attacks
A sophisticated campaign has weaponized over 2,500 variants of a legitimate security driver to disable endpoint protection before deploying ransomware and remote access trojans. Attackers are abusing truesight.sys, a kernel-mode driver from Adlice Software’s RogueKiller antivirus suite. The legacy version 2.0.2 contains a critical vulnerability allowing arbitrary process termination via IOCTL command 0x22E044. This enables…
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Exposure Assessment Platforms Signal a Shift in Focus
Gartner® doesn’t create new categories lightly. Generally speaking, a new acronym only emerges when the industry’s collective “to-do list” has become mathematically impossible to complete. And so it seems that the introduction of the Exposure Assessment Platforms (EAP) category is a formal admission that traditional Vulnerability Management (VM) is no longer a viable way to…
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Vulnerability prioritization beyond the CVSS number
Tags: automation, container, credentials, cve, cvss, data, docker, endpoint, flaw, github, identity, network, open-source, risk, service, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementA different way to look at vulnerabilities: This is where the unified linkage model (ULM) comes in. Instead of asking, “How bad is this vulnerability on its own?” ULM asks, “What can this vulnerability affect once it starts moving?”It focuses on three kinds of relationships:Adjacency: Systems that sit side by side and can influence each…
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Chainlit AI Framework Flaws Enable Data Theft via File Read and SSRF Bugs
Security vulnerabilities were uncovered in the popular open-source artificial intelligence (AI) framework Chainlit that could allow attackers to steal sensitive data, which may allow for lateral movement within a susceptible organization.Zafran Security said the high-severity flaws, collectively dubbed ChainLeak, could be abused to leak cloud environment API keys and steal sensitive files, or First seen…
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Experts Welcome Global Cybersecurity Vulnerability Enumeration Launch
A new service, the Global Cybersecurity Vulnerability Enumeration (GCVE), offers an alternative to the US-led CVE First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/global-cybersecurity-vulnerability/
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Experts Welcome Global Cybersecurity Vulnerability Enumeration Launch
A new service, the Global Cybersecurity Vulnerability Enumeration (GCVE), offers an alternative to the US-led CVE First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/global-cybersecurity-vulnerability/
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EU-Kommission will Huawei und ZTE aus Netzen verbannen
Tags: 5G, china, cyberattack, cyersecurity, germany, infrastructure, ransomware, risk, usa, vulnerabilityDie EU-Kommission will chinesische Hersteller wie Huawei und ZTE aus europäischen Mobilfunknetzen verbannen, um die Cybersicherheit zu verbessern.Die EU-Kommission will umstrittene Anbieter von Netzwerktechnik künftig in Deutschland und anderen EU-Staaten verbieten können. Bei dem Vorschlag dürfte es insbesondere um chinesische Technologiefirmen wie Huawei und ZTE gehen. Hintergrund ist die Sorge vor Sabotage und Spionage durch…
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13 cyber questions to better vet IT vendors and reduce third-party risk
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, extortion, firewall, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, international, ISO-27001, jobs, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, password, PCI, penetration-testing, radius, ransomware, risk, saas, sans, security-incident, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vpn, vulnerabilityVital vendor questions CISOs should ask: To gain that critical information, security leaders and experts recommend CSOs ask IT partners the following cyber-specific questions. 1. What attestation will you provide to prove proper security controls are in place? These are essential, says Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen, CTO for cybersecurity and compliance platform Onapsis. Some of the…
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13 cyber questions to better vet IT vendors and reduce third-party risk
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, extortion, firewall, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, international, ISO-27001, jobs, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, password, PCI, penetration-testing, radius, ransomware, risk, saas, sans, security-incident, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vpn, vulnerabilityVital vendor questions CISOs should ask: To gain that critical information, security leaders and experts recommend CSOs ask IT partners the following cyber-specific questions. 1. What attestation will you provide to prove proper security controls are in place? These are essential, says Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen, CTO for cybersecurity and compliance platform Onapsis. Some of the…