It is rare to see vulnerabilities with the maximum CVSS score of 10 out of 10, but SAP’s February security patch bundle fixes four of them along with details of a serious vulnerability named ICMAD. Three of the critical vulnerabilities in SAPs February Security Advisory are fixing Log4j related issues. The fourth critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-22536) […]
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The second Tuesday of February brings the monthly security updates from Microsoft. Microsoft Security Updates – February 2022 February is a relatively modest month for Microsoft with just 51 security patches released. Even though none of this month’s vulnerabilities are rated as Critical, there is a trio of remote code execution vulnerabilities. Historically February is
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A new phishing campaign is using CSV files to deliver malware to unsuspecting users who mistakenly think that plain text CSV files are safe to open in Excel. Comma Separated Variable (CSV) files are produced by many applications as a kind of universally compatible report format as they consist of simple text files which contain
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A serious remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the Samba file sharing software. This bug allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root on an affected server. With a CVSS score of 9.9, this vulnerability affects Samba’s default configurations. Samba is a popular freeware utility that supports the SMB (Server Message
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The MoonBounce UEFI malware hit the headlines due to the novel way it hides from anti-virus software. UEFI malware is on the rise – but what is it, and how can you protect your network from this sophisticated security threat? Securing the Operating System The UEFI standard (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) defines the way
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Apple has released iOS 15.3 and Monterey 12.2 which resolve a bundle of security vulnerabilities including a pair of Zero-day exploits iOS patches iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 (released on 26th January 2022) contain fixes for a total of 10 security vulnerabilities including CVE-2022-22587. Apple advises that they are ‘aware of a report that this issue
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A 12 year old bug has been discovered in the Linux pkexec utility which allows any unprivileged user to gain full root privileges on a vulnerable host. The new report from security researchers at Qualys explains how the vulnerability can be exploited. In summary the vulnerability, dubbed PwnKit, allows any unprivileged user to gain full
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Starting in March 2022, Google Chrome will start supporting the new Private Network Access standard which will help protect local network devices from malicious internet traffic. Private Network Access, or PNA, will prevent malicious websites from using the victim’s browser as a proxy to relay cross-site request forgery attempts to devices on the user’s local
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Millions of routers are affected by a high severity flaw in the NetUSB module which is used by many vendors including NETGEAR, TP-Link, and Dlink. NetUSB is developed by Kcodes and is licensed to many device manufacturers. It enables remote network devices to connect to USB peripherals which are plugged into the router – typically
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A SIM swap attack happens when a criminal uses social engineering to gain control of a victim’s mobile phone number so that SMS and calls made to the victim are received by the criminal. This then enables the criminal to impersonate the victim and perpetuate further fraud and attacks. What is a SIM? Mobile phone
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