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EU Stakes Out Digital Sovereignty With Vulnerability Database
Depending on who’s doing the talking, the new European Vulnerability Database (EUVD), set up by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and which recently went operational, is a much-needed alternative to EU dependency on MITRE. Or it’s one more vulnerability database to maintain. Or it’s both. The post EU Stakes Out Digital Sovereignty With…
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BSidesLV24 – GroundFloor – Discover The Hidden Vulnerability Intelligence Within CISA’s KEV Catalog
Author/Presenter: Glenn Thorpe Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – GroundFloor – Discover The Hidden Vulnerability Intelligence Within CISA’s KEV Catalog appeared first on…
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KnowBe4 Report Reveals Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) Organisations Rank Third Globally for Phishing Vulnerability at 36.8%
GUEST RESEARCH: KnowBe4’s 2025 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report shows a decrease in Australia and New Zealand’s (ANZ) Phish-prone Percentage (PPP) to 4.9% after 12 months of security training
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Google patches Chrome vulnerability used for account takeover and MFA bypass
Chrome users are advised to update their browser immediately to fix a critical vulnerability that is being exploited to launch account takeover attacks. In some environments, this could even give attackers the ability to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). The recently-reported vulnerability, one of four fixed in a Wednesday update, is tracked as CVE-2025-4664 and affects…
Exploits, Global Security News
New Chrome Vulnerability Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak via Loader Referrer Policy
Google on Wednesday released updates to address four security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one for which it said there exists an exploit in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4664 (CVSS score: 4.3), has been characterized as a case of insufficient policy enforcement in a component called Loader. “Insufficient policy enforcement…
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INE Security Alert: Continuous CVE Practice Closes Critical Gap Between Vulnerability Alerts and Effective Defense
Cary, North Carolina, 14th May 2025, CyberNewsWire The post INE Security Alert: Continuous CVE Practice Closes Critical Gap Between Vulnerability Alerts and Effective Defense appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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New EU vulnerability database will complement CVE program, not compete with it, says ENISA
From this week, the global technology industry has a new database to check for the latest software security flaws: the European Union Vulnerability Database (EUVD). Made operational by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) to fulfil the EU’s NIS2 cybersecurity Directive, EUVD joins a small but important group of global vulnerability tracking platforms headed…
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European Vulnerability Database Launches Amid US CVE Chaos
ENISA has officially launched the European Vulnerability Database as required by the NIS2 directive
Global Security News, Security Bloggers Network
Vulnerability Management Automation: Here’s Why You Need it
The post Vulnerability Management Automation: Here’s Why You Need it appeared first on AI Security Automation. The post Vulnerability Management Automation: Here’s Why You Need it appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Vulnerability Detection Tops Agentic AI at RSAC’s Startup Competition
Agentic-native startups threaten to reduce the zero-day problem to just a zero-hour issue. Of course, AI agents will accelerate offensive attacks as well.
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Commvault: Vulnerability Patch Works as Intended
The security researcher who questioned the effectiveness of a patch for recently disclosed bug in Commvault Command Center did not test patched version, the company says.
Global Security News
Beyond Vulnerability Management – Can You CVE What I CVE?
The Vulnerability Treadmill The reactive nature of vulnerability management, combined with delays from policy and process, strains security teams. Capacity is limited and patching everything immediately is a struggle. Our Vulnerability Operation Center (VOC) dataset analysis identified 1,337,797 unique findings (security issues) across 68,500 unique customer assets. 32,585 of them were distinct
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CVE funding crisis offers chance for vulnerability remediation rethink
A recent funding crisis involving the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program sent a wave of panic through the cybersecurity community, raising questions among security professionals about how the potential dissolution of the program would impact their approaches to security triage. The CVE program, which provides a publicly available archive of disclosed vulnerabilities, is highly…
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‘Easily Exploitable’ Langflow Vulnerability Requires Immediate Patching
The vulnerability, which has a CVSS score of 9.8, is under attack and allows threat actors to remotely execute arbitrary commands on servers running the agentic AI builder.
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Google addresses 1 actively exploited vulnerability in May’s Android security update
Google addressed 47 vulnerabilities affecting Android devices in its May security update, including an actively exploited software defect that was first disclosed in March. Google said the high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2025-27363, “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” The out-of-bounds write defect in FreeType versions 2.13.0 and below may result in arbitrary code execution, Facebook said in…
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Vulnerability Management: A Race Against Time & Complexity
The post Vulnerability Management: A Race Against Time & Complexity appeared first on AI Security Automation. The post Vulnerability Management: A Race Against Time & Complexity appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Vulnerability Exploitation Is Shifting in 2024-25
The number of vulnerabilities exploited by attacks may not be growing these days, but they are increasingly affecting enterprise technologies.
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4 big mistakes you’re probably still making in vulnerability management…and how to fix them
Let’s be honest folks, vulnerability management isn’t the same game it was five years ago. But if you’re still running periodic scans, ‘offering’ updates vs enforcing, and chasing CVSS scores like they’re all that matters, you’re playing by outdated rules. Today’s environments are fast, fragmented, and full of moving targets; all while attackers are evolving…
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SAP NetWeaver customers urged to deploy patch for critical zero-day vulnerability
Attackers have been exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Visual Composer component of the SAP NetWeaver application server since early this week. SAP released an out-of-band fix that’s available through its support portal and it should be applied immediately, especially on systems that are directly exposed to the internet. “Unauthenticated attackers can abuse built-in…
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Reducing Remediation Time Remains a Challenge: How Tenable Vulnerability Watch Can Help
Timely vulnerability remediation is an ongoing challenge for organizations as they struggle to prioritize the exposures that represent the greatest risk to their operations. Existing scoring systems are invaluable but can lack context. Here’s how Tenable’s Vulnerability Watch classification system can help. Background Over the past six years working in Tenable’s research organization, I’ve watched…
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SAP zero-day vulnerability under widespread active exploitation
Threat hunters and security researchers have observed widespread exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability affecting SAP NetWeaver systems. The unrestricted file upload vulnerability — CVE-2025-31324 — has a base score of 10 on the CVSS scale and allows attackers to upload files directly to the system without authorization. The software defect, which affects the SAP Visual…
Exploits, Global Security News
SAP Fixes Critical Vulnerability After Evidence of Exploitation
A maximum severity flaw affecting SAP NetWeaver has been exploited by threat actors
Exploits, Global Security News
Researchers Identify Rack::Static Vulnerability Enabling Data Breaches in Ruby Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in the Rack Ruby web server interface that, if successfully exploited, could enable attackers to gain unauthorized access to files, inject malicious data, and tamper with logs under certain conditions. The vulnerabilities, flagged by cybersecurity vendor OPSWAT, are listed below – CVE-2025-27610 (CVSS score: 7.5) – A path…
Exploits, Global Security News
Verizon’s DBIR Reveals 34% Jump in Vulnerability Exploitation
After a 180% rise in last year’s report, the exploitation of vulnerabilities continues to grow, now accounting for 20% of all breaches
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Vulnerability Exploitation and Credential Theft Now Top Initial Access Vectors
Mandiant’s M-Trends report found that credential theft rose significantly in 2024, driven by the growing use of infostealers
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The Evolution of Vulnerability Management with Steve Carter
Steve Carter discusses the evolution of the vulnerability management market, as well as where vulnerability management has failed and why the next phase has to center around automation and scale. The problem, as Carter sees it, is deceptively simple: Organizations are drowning in vulnerabilities but still can’t prioritize or fix them quickly. Scanners can identify..…
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Tenable Research Exposes ConfusedComposer, A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform
ConfusedComposer Exploits Hidden Cloud Service Dependencies
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Generative AI is making pen-test vulnerability remediation much worse
Technical, organizational, and cultural factors are preventing enterprises from resolving vulnerabilities uncovered in penetration tests — a problem the advent of generative AI is exacerbating rather than relieving. According to a study by penetration testing as a service firm Cobalt, organizations fix less than half of all exploitable vulnerabilities (48%), a figure that drops to…
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Public exploits already available for a severity 10 Erlang SSH vulnerability; patch now
Experts are urging enterprises to immediately patch an Erlang/OTP Secure Shell (SSH) vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain full access to a device. The remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2025-32433) has a CVSS score of 10, the highest possible severity level. Many impacted devices are widely used in Internet of Things (IoT) and telecom…
Exploits, Global Security News
Kimsuky Exploits BlueKeep RDP Vulnerability to Breach Systems in South Korea and Japan
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious campaign related to the North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky that exploits a now-patched vulnerability impacting Microsoft Remote Desktop Services to gain initial access. The activity has been named Larva-24005 by the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC). “In some systems, initial access was gained through
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CVE-2025-32433: Erlang/OTP SSH Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Proof-of-concept code has been released after researchers disclosed a maximum severity remote code execution vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH. Successful exploitation could allow for complete takeover of affected devices. Background On April 16, Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, Marcel Maehren, and Jörg Schwenk of the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany disclosed a critical vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH…
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BSidesLV24 – Common Ground – Beyond Whack-a-Mole: Scaling Vulnerability Management by Embracing Automation
Author/Presenter: Yotam Perkal Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Common Ground – Beyond Whack-a-Mole: Scaling Vulnerability Management by Embracing Automation appeared first on…
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Critical Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) Allows Unauthenticated Code Execution
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) SSH implementation that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code sans any authentication under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-32433, has been given the maximum CVSS score of 10.0. “The vulnerability allows an attacker with network access to an Erlang/OTP…
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Flags Actively Exploited Vulnerability in SonicWall SMA Devices
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series gateways to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20035 (CVSS score: 7.2), relates to a case of operating system command injection
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MITRE CVE Program Uncertainty: Mend.io’s commitment to uninterrupted vulnerability protection
Mend.io continues to deliver uninterrupted, multi-source vulnerability protection. The post MITRE CVE Program Uncertainty: Mend.io’s commitment to uninterrupted vulnerability protection appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Funding Expires for Key Cyber Vulnerability Database
A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix security vulnerabilities in software and hardware is in danger of breaking down. The federally funded, non-profit research and development organization MITRE warned today that its contract to maintain the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program — which is traditionally funded each…
Global Security News
Critical Apache Roller Vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) Enables Unauthorized Session Persistence
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Apache Roller open-source, Java-based blogging server software that could allow malicious actors to retain unauthorized access even after a password change. The flaw, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24859, carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. It affects all versions of Roller up to and…
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Gladinet’s Triofox and CentreStack Under Active Exploitation via Critical RCE Vulnerability
A recently disclosed security flaw in Gladinet CentreStack also impacts its Triofox remote access and collaboration solution, according to Huntress, with seven different organizations compromised to date. Tracked as CVE-2025-30406 (CVSS score: 9.0), the vulnerability refers to the use of a hard-coded cryptographic key that could expose internet-accessible servers to remote code execution attacks
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NVD Revamps Operations as Vulnerability Reporting Surges
The NVD program manager has announced undergoing process improvements to catch up with its growing vulnerability backlog
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Cyble Urges Critical Vulnerability Fixes Affecting Industrial Systems
Rockwell Automation, Hitachi Energy and Inaba Denki Sangyo have products affected by critical vulnerabilities carrying severity ratings as high as 9.9
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OttoKit WordPress Plugin Admin Creation Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
A newly disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) has come under active exploitation within a few hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3102 (CVSS score: 8.1), is an authorization bypass bug that could permit an attacker to create administrator accounts under certain conditions and take control of susceptible websites. “The
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Microsoft: Windows CLFS Vulnerability Could Lead to ‘Widespread Deployment and Detonation of Ransomware’
Microsoft warns CVE-2025-29824 lets attackers with user access escalate privileges to deploy ransomware via a flaw in Windows CLFS.
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PipeMagic Trojan Exploits Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability to Deploy Ransomware
Microsoft has revealed that a now-patched security flaw impacting the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) was exploited as a zero-day in ransomware attacks aimed at a small number of targets. “The targets include organizations in the information technology (IT) and real estate sectors of the United States, the financial sector in Venezuela, a Spanish…
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Warns of CentreStack’s Hard-Coded MachineKey Vulnerability Enabling RCE Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a critical security flaw impacting Gladinet CentreStack to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30406 (CVSS score: 9.0), concerns a case of a hard-coded cryptographic key that could be abused to achieve…
Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft Patches 126 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability
Microsoft has released security fixes to address a massive set of 126 flaws affecting its software products, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 126 vulnerabilities, 11 are rated Critical, 112 are rated Important, and two are rated Low in severity. Forty-nine of these vulnerabilities are classified…
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April Patch Tuesday news: Windows zero day being exploited, ‘big vulnerability’ in 2 SAP apps
A threat actor is exploiting a zero-day elevation of privileges vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System to deploy ransomware, one of a number of critical holes Microsoft plugged today as part of its April Patch Tuesday releases. “The targets include organizations in the information technology (IT) and real estate sectors of the United…
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NIST Defers Pre-2018 CVEs to Tackle Growing Vulnerability Backlog
NIST marks CVEs pre-2018 as “Deferred” in the NVD as agency focus shifts to managing emerging threats
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Warns of CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploitation in the Wild
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2025-31161 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Adds CrushFTP Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Following Confirmed Active Exploitation
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting CrushFTP has been added by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after reports emerged of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability is a case of authentication bypass that could permit an unauthenticated attacker to take over susceptible instances.…
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The Ultimate Guide to Vulnerability Assessment
Vulnerability assessment is a process that identifies security weaknesses of any IT system, network, application, or cloud environment. It is a proactive approach to detect and fix security gaps before… The post The Ultimate Guide to Vulnerability Assessment appeared first on Strobes Security. The post The Ultimate Guide to Vulnerability Assessment appeared first on Security…
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Disclosure Drama Clouds CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploitation
CrushFTP CEO Ben Spink slammed several cybersecurity companies for creating confusion around a critical authentication bypass flaw that’s currently under attack.
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CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
Exploits, Global Security News
CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
Exploits, Global Security News
CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
Exploits, Global Security News
CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploited Following Disclosure Issues
A critical authentication bypass flaw in CrushFTP is under active exploitation following a mishandled disclosure process
Exploits, Global Security News
Google Patches Quick Share Vulnerability Enabling Silent File Transfers Without Consent
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new vulnerability impacting Google’s Quick Share data transfer utility for Windows that could be exploited to achieve a denial-of-service (DoS) or send arbitrary files to a target’s device without their approval. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-10668 (CVSS score: 5.9), is a bypass for two of the 10 shortcomings…
Global Security News
Google Fixed Cloud Run Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Image Access via IAM Misuse
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched privilege escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Run that could have allowed a malicious actor to access container images and even inject malicious code. “The vulnerability could have allowed such an identity to abuse its Google Cloud Run revision edit permissions in order to pull…
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Tenable Research Uncovers A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability In Google Cloud Run
GUEST RESEARCH: Security Flaw Highlights The Cascading Risks Of Cloud Service Dependencies
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Exploited: Critical Unauthenticated Access Vulnerability in CrushFTP (CVE-2025-2825)
In the ever-evolving landscape of web application vulnerabilities, a new critical flaw has emerged. CVE-2025-2825 is a high-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication on CrushFTP servers. This popular enterprise file transfer solution is often used in corporate environments to manage sensitive data, making this vulnerability particularly concerning. Attackers are actively exploiting this flaw……
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10 best practices for vulnerability management according to CISOs
It was 2003, and I was giving my first cybersecurity presentation at an industry conference in Chicago. I talked about the onslaught of worms and viruses at the time (MSBlast, SQLSlammer, etc.), and stressed the importance of strong vulnerability and patch management to the audience. When it came time for the Q&A, an audience member…
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Next.js Vulnerability Exposes Middleware Security Gaps
On March 21, 2025, a critical authorization bypass vulnerability in Next.js, identified as CVE-2025-29927, was disclosed with a CVSS score of 9.1. This framework’s middleware handling flaw enables attackers to bypass authentication and authorization, exposing sensitive routes to unauthorized access. Exploiting this vulnerability does not require authentication, providing attackers with direct access to protected routes.…
Exploits, Global Security News
New Malware Variant RESURGE Exploits Ivanti Vulnerability
CISA recommends immediate action to address malware variant RESURGE exploiting Ivanti vulnerability CVE-2025-0282
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BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability
In what’s an instance of hacking the hackers, threat hunters have managed to infiltrate the online infrastructure associated with a ransomware group called BlackLock, uncovering crucial information about their modus operandi in the process. Resecurity said it identified a security vulnerability in the data leak site (DLS) operated by the e-crime group that made it…
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Ubuntu namespace vulnerability should be addressed quickly: Expert
Linux admins who have enabled the unprivileged user namespace restriction in their recent Ubuntu environments should take action to close three new vulnerabilities that allow a threat actor to bypass the supposed protection. This warning comes after researchers at Qualys found three different ways this hardening feature can, under certain circumstances, be bypassed. “It needs…
Exploits, Global Security News
Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug Similar to Chrome’s Recent Zero-Day Vulnerability
Mozilla has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Firefox browser for Windows, merely days after Google patched a similar flaw in Chrome that came under active exploitation as a zero-day. The security vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, has been described as a case of an incorrect handle that could lead to a sandbox escape.…
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Legit Announces New Vulnerability Prevention Capabilities
Get details on Legit’s new capabilities that allow AppSec teams to prevent introducing vulnerabilities.. The post Legit Announces New Vulnerability Prevention Capabilities appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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VMware plugs a high-risk vulnerability affecting its Windows-based virtualization
Broadcom is warning customers of a high-severity, authentication bypass flaw, now fixed, affecting VMWare Tools for Windows. Tracked as CVE-2025-22230, the issue stems from improper access control and could allow privilege escalation on the affected system. “An authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows was privately reported to VMware,” said Broadcom in a security…
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Next.js Middleware Permission Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2025-29927)
Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Next.js issued a security announcement and fixed the middleware permission bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-29927). Because Next.js lacks effective verification of the source of the x-middleware-subrequest header, when configuring to use middleware for authentication and authorization, an unauthenticated attacker can bypass system permission controls by manipulating the x-middleware-subrequest header to access…
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Researchers raise alarm about critical Next.js vulnerability
Researchers warn that attackers could exploit a recently discovered critical vulnerability in the open-source JavaScript framework Next.js to bypass authorization in middleware and gain access to targeted systems. Vercel, the San Francisco-based company that created and maintains Next.js, released a patch for CVE-2025-29927 in Next.js 15.2.3 on March 18 and published a security advisory on…
Global Security News
Critical Ingress NGINX Controller Vulnerability Allows RCE Without Authentication
A set of five critical security shortcomings have been disclosed in the Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes that could result in unauthenticated remote code execution, putting over 6,500 clusters at immediate risk by exposing the component to the public internet. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-24513, CVE-2025-24514, CVE-2025-1097, CVE-2025-1098, and CVE-2025-1974 ), assigned a CVSS score of
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Next.js Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Middleware Authorization Checks
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Next.js React framework that could be potentially exploited to bypass authorization checks under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29927, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of 10.0. “Next.js uses an internal header x-middleware-subrequest to prevent recursive requests from triggering infinite loops,” Next.js said in…
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CVE-2025-29927 – Understanding the Next.js Middleware Vulnerability
When security vulnerabilities appear in popular frameworks, they can affect thousands of websites overnight. That’s exactly what’s happening with a newly discovered vulnerability in Next.js – one of the most… The post CVE-2025-29927 – Understanding the Next.js Middleware Vulnerability appeared first on Strobes Security. The post CVE-2025-29927 – Understanding the Next.js Middleware Vulnerability appeared first…
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CISA marks NAKIVO’s critical backup vulnerability as actively exploited
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a patched, high-severity vulnerability affecting NAKIVO’s backup and replication software to its known exploited vulnerability (KEV) catalog. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-48248, is a path traversal issue that received a high severity rating with CVSS 8.6 out of 10 and was marked “critical” by NAKIVO in…
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Adds NAKIVO Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity security flaw impacting NAKIVO Backup & Replication software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-48248 (CVSS score: 8.6), an absolute path traversal bug that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Fortinet Vulnerability Draws Fresh Attention
CISA this week added CVE-2025-24472 to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, citing ransomware activity targeting the authentication bypass flaw.
Exploits, Global Security News
Fortinet Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attack, CISA Warns
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added flaws in Fortinet and a popular GitHub Action to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Windows File Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability (CVE-2025-24071)
Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released a security announcement and fixed the spoofing vulnerability of Windows File Explorer (CVE-2025-24071), with a CVSS score of 7.5. Due to the implicit trust and automatic file parsing behavior of .library-ms files by Windows Explorer, unauthenticated attackers can save files by constructing RAR/ZIP with an embedded malicious…
Authentication, Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Global Security News
Critical vulnerability in AMI MegaRAC BMC allows servers’ takeover
Researchers found a critical vulnerability in the AMI MegaRAC baseband management controller (BMC) used by multiple server manufacturers. The vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass authentication and take control of the vulnerable server over the Redfish management interface. “Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely control the compromised server, remotely deploy malware, ransomware,…
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New Critical AMI BMC Vulnerability Enables Remote Server Takeover and Bricking
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in AMI’s MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) software that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and carry out post-exploitation actions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-54085, carries a CVSS v4 score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. “A local or remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by accessing the
Exploits, Global Security News
Apache Tomcat RCE Vulnerability Under Fire With 2-Step Exploit
The researchers who discovered the initial assault warned that the simple, staged attack is just the beginning for advanced exploit sequences that will test cyber defenses in new and more difficult ways.
Exploits, Global Security News
Apache Tomcat Vulnerability Actively Exploited Just 30 Hours After Public Disclosure
A recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Tomcat has come under active exploitation in the wild following the release of a public proof-of-concept (PoC) a mere 30 hours after public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24813, affects the below versions – Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.2 Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.34 Apache Tomcat 9.0.0-M1 to…
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Tackling Data Overload: Strategies for Effective Vulnerability Remediation
In part one of our three part series with PlexTrac, we address the challenges of data overload in vulnerability remediation. Tom hosts Dahvid Schloss, co-founder and course creator at Emulated Criminals, and Dan DeCloss, CTO and founder of PlexTrac. They share their expertise on the key data and workflow hurdles that security teams face today.…
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Cisco IOS XR vulnerability lets attackers crash BGP on routers
Cisco has patched a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that lets attackers crash the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) process on IOS XR routers with a single BGP update message. […]
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Meta Warns of FreeType Vulnerability (CVE-2025-27363) With Active Exploitation Risk
Meta has warned that a security vulnerability impacting the FreeType open-source font rendering library may have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-27363, and carries a CVSS score of 8.1, indicating high severity. Described as an out-of-bounds write flaw, it could be exploited to achieve remote code execution…
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iOS 18.3.2 Patches Actively Exploited WebKit Vulnerability
iOS 18.3.2 patches actively exploited WebKit flaw, addressing critical security risks for users
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‘Ballista’ Botnet Exploits 2023 Vulnerability in TP-Link Routers
In the past, the vulnerability was exploited to drop Mirai botnet malware. Today, it’s being used once more for another botnet campaign with its own malware.
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Apple Releases Patch for WebKit Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Apple on Tuesday released a security update to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attacks. The vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24201 and is rooted in the WebKit web browser engine component. It has been described as an out-of-bounds write issue that could allow an attacker…
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Apple discloses zero-day vulnerability, releases emergency patches
Apple released emergency software patches Tuesday that address a newly identified zero-day vulnerability in the company’s WebKit web browser engine. Tracked as CVE-2025-24201, an attacker can potentially escape the constraints of Webkit’s Web Content sandbox, potentially leading to unauthorized actions. The sandbox is a security feature that isolates untrusted web content in order to prevent…
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Critical PHP RCE vulnerability mass exploited in new attacks
Threat intelligence company GreyNoise warns that a critical PHP remote code execution vulnerability that impacts Windows systems is now under mass exploitation. […]
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Beyond Patching: Why a Risk-Based Approach to Vulnerability Management Is Essential
The cybersecurity industry has long treated patching as the gold standard for vulnerability management. It is the cornerstone of compliance frameworks, a key metric for security performance, and often the first response to a newly discovered vulnerability. But patching alone is no longer enough. In the 2025 Gartner® report, We’re Not Patching Our Way Out…
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Ballista Botnet Exploits Unpatched TP-Link Vulnerability, Infects Over 6,000 Devices
Unpatched TP-Link Archer routers have become the target of a new botnet campaign dubbed Ballista, according to new findings from the Cato CTRL team. “The botnet exploits a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in TP-Link Archer routers (CVE-2023-1389) to spread itself automatically over the Internet,” security researchers Ofek Vardi and Matan Mittelman said in a…
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Moxa Issues Fix for Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in PT Switches
Taiwanese company Moxa has released a security update to address a critical security flaw impacting its PT switches that could permit an attacker to bypass authentication guarantees. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12297, has been assigned a CVSS v4 score of 9.2 out of a maximum of 10.0. “Multiple Moxa PT switches are vulnerable to an…
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Ransomware Groups Favor Repeatable Access Over Mass Vulnerability Exploits
Travelers found that ransomware groups are focusing on targeting weak credentials on VPN and gateway accounts for initial access, marking a shift from 2023
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Vulnerability in Chaty Pro Plugin Exposes 18,000 WordPress Sites
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Chaty Pro plugin has been identified, affecting 18,000 WordPress sites
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Elastic Releases Urgent Fix for Critical Kibana Vulnerability Enabling Remote Code Execution
Elastic has rolled out security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting the Kibana data visualization dashboard software for Elasticsearch that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25012, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0. It has been described as a case of prototype pollution.…
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House passes bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies
A bill that would close a loophole in federal cybersecurity standards by requiring government contractors to abide by vulnerability disclosure policies moved one step closer to law Monday after sailing through the House. The passage of the Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act in the House came a month after Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and…
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Hackers Exploit Paragon Partition Manager Driver Vulnerability in Ransomware Attacks
Threat actors have been exploiting a security vulnerability in Paragon Partition Manager’s BioNTdrv.sys driver in ransomware attacks to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. The zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-0289) is part of a set of five vulnerabilities that was discovered by Microsoft, according to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC). “These include arbitrary kernel memory mapping and
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Schwachstellen managen: Die besten Vulnerability-Management-Tools
Schwachstellen zu managen, muss keine Schwerstarbeit sein. Wenn Sie die richtigen Tools einsetzen. Das sind die besten in Sachen Vulnerability Management. Foto: eamesBot – shutterstock.com Nicht nur das Vulnerability Management hat sich im Laufe der Jahre erheblich verändert, sondern auch die Systeme, auf denen Schwachstellen identifiziert und gepatcht werden müssen. Systeme für das Schwachstellen-Management fokussieren…
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Critical Microsoft Partner Center vulnerability under attack, CISA warns
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Partner Center platform is under attack, enabling unauthenticated attackers to escalate privileges, potentially leading to data breaches, malware deployment, and lateral movement across enterprise networks. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-49035, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, confirming active exploitation…