Vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a non-password-protected database with 115,000 records linked to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. This fund aims to prevent violence against women and girls by supporting organizations that address gender-based violence and promote women’s rights. The unprotected database contained sensitive financial reports, …

Cisco announced updates on Wednesday to fix a security flaw in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) that is currently being exploited and could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. CVE-2024-20481 (CVSS score: 5.8) is A vulnerability in the Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) service of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and …

The Internet Archive was breached again, this time through their Zendesk email support platform, following warnings that threat actors had stolen exposed GitLab authentication tokens. Bleeping computer reported, Since last night, the authority received numerous messages from people who received replies to their old Internet Archive removal requests, warning that …

In today’s changing cybersecurity environment, it’s essential to find vulnerabilities in code. Vulnhuntr, an open-source tool on GitHub, uses Large Language Models (LLMs) and static code analysis to detect remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in Python projects. Its user-friendly design combines intelligent automation with thorough code analysis, making it a valuable resource …

Bitdefender said a vulnerability has been identified in Bitdefender Total Security HTTPS scanning functionality where the software fails to properly validate website certificates. Specifically, if a site certificate lacks the “Server Authentication” specification in the Extended Key Usage extension, the product does not verify the certificate’s compliance with the site, …

VMware has issued a warning about a remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2024-38814, with a CVSS score of 8.8, in its HCX application mobility platform. An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in HCX was privately reported to VMware by Sina Kheirkhah from the Summoning Team through the Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative. …

Mandiant researchers found that over 90 zero-day vulnerabilities and more than 40 known vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild. Vulnerabilities Exploited: A comprehensive vulnerability analysis by “Mandiant” for 2023 uncovered “138” actively exploited “security vulnerabilities.” They identified a significant prevalence of “97 zero-day vulnerabilities” and “41 n-day vulnerabilities” (the latter …

Oracle’s October 2024 Critical Patch Update has fixed 334 security vulnerabilities in its products. The CPU affects 28 Oracle product families, with patches for various severity levels. Notably, there are 35 critical updates that fix 16 high-risk vulnerabilities. The Critical Patch Update includes new security patches for Oracle product families. …

Google has released Chrome 130, fixing 17 security vulnerabilities. The update (version 130.0.6723.58/.59 for Windows and Mac, and 130.0.6723.58 for Linux) will be gradually rolled out to users in the coming days and weeks. The most severe vulnerability is CVE-2024-9954, a high-severity use-after-free flaw in Chrome’s AI component. Reported by …

On Sunday, the Shadowserver Foundation revealed that over 87,000 internet-facing Fortinet devices may still be at risk due to (CVE-2024-23113) vulnerability. About CVE-2024-23113: CVE-2024-23113, a format string vulnerability that affects the FortiOS FGFM (FortiGate to FortiManager) daemon and can be triggered via specially crafted requests, was discovered and reported by …