Mozilla has published a security advisory warning of a critical security vulnerability in the Network Security Services libraries which are widely used by open-source software. While the bug does not impact Mozilla Firefox, it is thought to affect many other email clients and PDF viewers that use the electronic signature verification features of the Network […]
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This week there have been several exploits published that target recently published (and patched) vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server and Windows 10/11 systems. Coming just a week after Microsoft published patches for these vulnerabilities, already proof of concept code has been made available on GitHub and threat actors have started targeting the exploits hoping to
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Blacksmith is a new kind of Rowhammer attack that has been proved to successfully bypass existing Rowhammer protections in modern DDR4 memory chips – allowing researchers to extract security secrets and change memory contents on victim computers. What is Rowhammer? Modern computer memory chips are physically very dense – with billions of memory cells (each
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Palo Alto Networks has released a critical patch for their firewalls with GlobalProtect Portal or Gateway interfaces. With a critical severity rating of 9.8, this memory corruption vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the firewall with root privileges. According to the security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks: This issue is
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November’s security updates bring a bundle of important fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Android devices Microsoft Patch Tuesday Updates Microsoft’s security update this month fixes 55 security flaws with 6 of them called out as zero-day vulnerabilities. Microsoft classifies a zero-day as a vulnerability that is either under active attack in the wild or
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Trojan Source is a new kind of source code and supply chain attack that causes the source code reviewed by a human to be different from the actual software generated by the compiler – meaning the behaviour of the software will not match what the source code appears to say. In 2000, a phishing attack
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A javascript library downloaded millions of times each week was compromised in a supply chain attack which targeted the npm software registry. npm describes itself as the worlds largest software registry, and is used to host and share thousands of open source and private software projects. The javascript library in question is used by companies
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Microsoft has released patches for two security vulnerabilities in PowerShell which could allow a malicious script to circumvent the protection offered by Windows Defender Application Control. PowerShell is a cross-platform command-line shell used extensively in the administration of Windows and Azure servers. It is also popular with malicious users due to its power and flexibility
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The October security patch updates include fixes for critical flaws and zero-day vulnerabilities from Microsoft, Apple and Apache. Microsoft October Updates October’s security patch bundle from Microsoft includes fixes for four zero-day vulnerabilities, at least one of which is actively being exploited in the wild. Overall Microsoft fixes 70 vulnerabilities include the first inclusion of
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A flaw in the design of the Autodiscover protocol used to set-up email clients with Exchange Server can cause domain credentials to be sent in the clear to a server controlled by an attacker. The Microsoft Autodiscover protocol makes it easier for end users to configure their email client to connect to an Exchange Server
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