Atlassian reveals critical Confluence RCE flaw, urges “immediate action” (CVE-2023-22527)

Atlassian has patched a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-22527) in Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server that could lead to remote code execution. The good news is that the flaw was fixed in early December 2023 with the release of versions 8.5.4… Continue reading Atlassian reveals critical Confluence RCE flaw, urges “immediate action” (CVE-2023-22527)

1,700 Ivanti VPN devices compromised. Are yours among them?

Over 1,700 Ivanti Connect Secure VPN devices worldwide have been compromised by attackers exploiting two zero-days with no patches currently available. “Additional threat actors beyond UTA0178 appear to now have access to the exploit and are acti… Continue reading 1,700 Ivanti VPN devices compromised. Are yours among them?

Juniper fixes critical RCE in its SRX firewalls and EX switches (CVE-2024-21591)

Juniper Networks has fixed a critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2024-21591) in Junos OS on SRX firewalls and EX switches. About CVE-2024-21591 CVE-2024-21591 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could all… Continue reading Juniper fixes critical RCE in its SRX firewalls and EX switches (CVE-2024-21591)

Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887)

Two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887) in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN devices are under active exploitation by unknown attackers, Volexity researchers have discovered. Patches for these flaws are currently unavailable, but the risk… Continue reading Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days exploited by attackers (CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887)

“Security researcher” offers to delete data stolen by ransomware attackers

When organizations get hit by ransomware and pay the crooks to decrypt the encrypted data and delete the stolen data, they can never be entirely sure the criminals will do as they promised. And even if an organization gets its data decrypted, they cann… Continue reading “Security researcher” offers to delete data stolen by ransomware attackers

Russian hackers target unpatched JetBrains TeamCity servers

Russian state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting CVE-2023-42793 to target unpatched, internet-facing JetBrains TeamCity servers since September 2023, US, UK and Polish cybersecurity and law enforcement authorities have warned. The targets APT 29 (a… Continue reading Russian hackers target unpatched JetBrains TeamCity servers

EOL Sophos firewalls get hotfix for old but still exploited vulnerability (CVE-2022-3236)

Over a year has passed since Sophos delivered patches for a vulnerability affecting Sophos Firewalls (CVE-2022-3236) that was being actively exploited by attackers, and now they have pushed additional ones to protect vulnerable EOL devices. “In D… Continue reading EOL Sophos firewalls get hotfix for old but still exploited vulnerability (CVE-2022-3236)

Microsoft will offer extended security updates for Windows 10

Microsoft will not abandon Windows 10 users to an insecure fate once it reaches end of support (EOS) on October 14, 2025: both enterprises and individual consumers will be able receive Extended Security Updates (ESU), but will have to pay for them. Det… Continue reading Microsoft will offer extended security updates for Windows 10

PoCs for critical Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities released

Arcserve has fixed critical security vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-41998, CVE-2023-41999, CVE-2023-42000) in its Unified Data Protection (UDP) solution, PoCs for which have been published by Tenable researchers on Monday. The vulnerabilities Arcserve UDP i… Continue reading PoCs for critical Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities released

PoC for Splunk Enterprise RCE flaw released (CVE-2023-46214)

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a high-severity flaw in Splunk Enterprise (CVE-2023-46214) that can lead to remote code execution has been made public. Users are advised to implement the provided patches or workarounds quickly. About CVE-2023-4621… Continue reading PoC for Splunk Enterprise RCE flaw released (CVE-2023-46214)