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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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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Customers of Microsoft Exchange Servers and some Honda motor vehicles experienced unusual errors with the turn of the year as software failed to handle the year 2022 when the date rolled over. Microsoft Exchange Server bug The FIP-FS anti-spam and anti-malware service has been enabled by default on all Exchange Servers since Exchange 2013 was
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According to research from Google’s Open Source Insights Team, the Apache Log4j vulnerabilities affect 4% of the projects in the Java ecosystem – over 17,000 packages in the Mavern Central repository alone. Log4j is a popular library that provides logging services to many thousands of Java based applications. Earlier this month security teams and system
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When it comes to security vulnerabilities, they don’t get any worse than the one recently disclosed in the Log4j utility which was awarded the maximum CVSS severity of 10. This is not some theoretical risk, it is an open door to affected systems. The NCSC calls it: ‘potentially the most severe computer vulnerability in years.’
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The Glupteba botnet targets Windows computers to steal passwords or commit fraud through the infected computer and is thought to include about a million compromised devices. It is growing at a rate of thousands of new systems every day. According to Google: Glupteba is notorious for stealing users’ credentials and data, mining cryptocurrencies on infected
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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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