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Apple has released emergency security updates for macOS Sequoia that fix two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-44309, CVE-2024-44308) that “may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems”. About CVE-2024-44309 and CVE-2024-443… Continue reading Apple fixes 2 zero-days exploited to breach macOS systems (CVE-2024-44309, CVE-2024-44308)
November 2024 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has dropped fixes for 89 new security issues in its various products, two of which – CVE-2024-43451 and CVE-2024-49039 – are actively exploited by attackers. The exploited vulnerabilities (… Continue reading Microsoft fixes actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-43451, CVE-2024-49039)
Despite two patching attempts, a security issue that may allow attackers to compromise Windows user’s NTLM (authentication) credentials via a malicious Windows themes file still affects Microsoft’s operating system, 0patch researchers have … Continue reading Patching problems: The “return” of a Windows Themes spoofing vulnerability
Fortinet has finally made public information about CVE-2024-47575, a critical FortiManager vulnerability that attackers have exploited as a zero-day. About CVE-2024-47575 CVE-2024-47575 is a vulnerability stemming from missing authentication for a crit… Continue reading Fortinet FortiManager flaw exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2024-47575)
A new report from Mandiant reveals that the average time-to-exploit vulnerabilities before or after a patch is released has plunged to just five days in 2023, down from 32 days in 2021 in 2022. One reason for this is the fact that, in 2023, exploitatio… Continue reading Defenders must adapt to shrinking exploitation timelines
For October 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 117 security vulnerabilities, including two under active exploitation: CVE-2024-43573, a spoofing bug affecting the Windows MSHTML Platform, and CVE-2024-43572, a remote code execution fl… Continue reading Microsoft patches two zero-days exploited in the wild (CVE-2024-43573, CVE-2024-43572)
CVE-2024-43461, a spoofing vulnerability affecting Windows MSHTML – a software component used by various apps for rendering render web pages on Windows – “was exploited as a part of an attack chain relating to CVE-2024-38112, prior to… Continue reading Microsoft confirms second 0-day exploited by Void Banshee APT (CVE-2024-43461)
September 2024 Patch Tuesday is here and Microsoft has delivered 79 fixes, including those for a handful of zero-days (CVE-2024-38217, CVE-2024-38226, CVE-2024-38014, CVE-2024-43461) exploited by attackers in the wild, and a Windows 10 code defect (CVE… Continue reading Microsoft fixes 4 exploited zero-days and a code defect that nixed earlier security fixes
Advanced, persistent attackers have exploited a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-39717) in Versa Director to compromise US-based managed service providers with a custom-made web shell dubbed VersaMem by the researchers. The malware harvests credentials… Continue reading Versa Director zero-day exploited to compromise ISPs, MSPs (CVE-2024-39717)
A new Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-7971) exploited by attackers in the wild has been fixed by Google. About CVE-2024-7971 CVE-2024-7971 is a high-severity vulnerability caused by a type confusion weakness in V8, the open-source JavaScript an… Continue reading New Chrome zero-day actively exploited, patch quickly! (CVE-2024-7971)