Palo Alto firewalls: Public exploits, rising attacks, ineffective mitigation

While it initially seemed that protecting Palo Alto Network firewalls from attacks leveraging CVE-2024-3400 would be possible by disabling the devices’ telemetry, it has now been confirmed that this mitigation is ineffectual. “Device teleme… Continue reading Palo Alto firewalls: Public exploits, rising attacks, ineffective mitigation

A critical vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server allows auth bypass, admin access

Organizations with on-prem installations of Delinea Secret Server are urged to update them immediately, to plug a critical vulnerability that may allow attackers to bypass authentication, gain admin access and extract secrets. Fixing the Delinea Secret… Continue reading A critical vulnerability in Delinea Secret Server allows auth bypass, admin access

Sophos Study: 94% of Ransomware Victims Have Their Backups Targeted By Attackers

Research has found that criminals can demand higher ransom when they compromise an organisation’s backup data in a ransomware attack. Discover advice from security experts on how to properly protect your backup. Continue reading Sophos Study: 94% of Ransomware Victims Have Their Backups Targeted By Attackers

New covert SharePoint data exfiltration techniques revealed

Varonis Threat Labs researchers have uncovered two techniques attackers can use can use for covert data and file exfiltration from companies’ SharePoint server. “These techniques can bypass the detection and enforcement policies of traditio… Continue reading New covert SharePoint data exfiltration techniques revealed

Ivanti vows to transform its security operating model, reveals new vulnerabilities

Ivanti has released patches for new DoS vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Connect Secure (SSL VPN solution) and Ivanti Policy Secure (NAC solution), some of which could also lead to execution of arbitrary code or information disclosure. Also, three mont… Continue reading Ivanti vows to transform its security operating model, reveals new vulnerabilities

Patch actively exploited Microsoft SharePoint bug, CISA orders federal agencies (CVE-2023-24955)

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2023-24955 – a code injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely on a vulnerable Microsoft SharePoint Server – to its KEV cata… Continue reading Patch actively exploited Microsoft SharePoint bug, CISA orders federal agencies (CVE-2023-24955)

AI framework vulnerability is being used to compromise enterprise servers (CVE-2023-48022)

Attackers are leveraging a vulnerability (CVE-2023-48022) in Anyscale’s Ray AI software to compromise enterprise servers and saddle them with cryptominers and reverse shells. “To our knowledge, the attack started 7 months ago,” Avi Lu… Continue reading AI framework vulnerability is being used to compromise enterprise servers (CVE-2023-48022)

17,000+ Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany are vulnerable to attack, BSI warns

Around 12% of the 45,000 or so Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany that can be accessed from the Internet without restrictions “are so outdated that security updates are no longer offered for them,” the German Federal Office for Informati… Continue reading 17,000+ Microsoft Exchange servers in Germany are vulnerable to attack, BSI warns

Apps secretly turning devices into proxy network nodes removed from Google Play

Your smartphone might be part of a proxy network, and you might not even know it: all it takes is for you to download apps whose developers have included the functionality and didn’t mention it. If that doesn’t sound so bad, you should know… Continue reading Apps secretly turning devices into proxy network nodes removed from Google Play

Ivanti fixes RCE vulnerability reported by NATO cybersecurity researchers (CVE-2023-41724)

Ivanti has fixed a critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2023-41724) in Ivanti Standalone Sentry that has been reported by researchers with the NATO Cyber Security Centre. Though the company is not aware of customers being compromised via the flaw, it &#8220… Continue reading Ivanti fixes RCE vulnerability reported by NATO cybersecurity researchers (CVE-2023-41724)