Vulnerabilities

In 2024, 768 vulnerabilities with CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild, a 20% increase from 639 in 2023. VulnCheck called 2024 “a strong year for threat actors exploiting vulnerabilities,” noting that 23.6% of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs) were weaponized by or on the day their CVEs were …

A recent report from Cofense Intelligence highlights a concerning trend: threat actors are increasingly misusing .gov top-level domains (TLDs) to execute phishing campaigns. Between November 2022 and November 2024, attackers have leveraged vulnerabilities in government websites from various countries to host malicious content, act as command-and-control (C2) servers, and funnel …

A serious cybersecurity flaw in Cisco Webex Chat has been discovered, allowing unauthorized attackers to access the chat histories of organizations using the platform. Identified in July 2024, the flaw exposed sensitive communications from potentially thousands of organizations, including IT help desks and customer service operations. Proof-of-Concept and Real-World Impact: …

Security researchers have alerted about ongoing exploitation attempts of a newly found zero-day command injection vulnerability in Zyxel CPE Series devices, known as CVE-2024-40891. The critical, unpatched vulnerability has left more than 1,500 devices worldwide at risk, according to Censys. About the Vulnerability – CVE-2024-40891: CVE-2024-40891 is a vulnerability that lets …

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been found in GitHub Desktop and other Git projects. If exploited, these could allow attackers to access a user’s Git credentials without permission. “Git implements a protocol called Git Credential Protocol to retrieve credentials from the credential helper,” GMO Flatt Security researcher Ry0taK, who discovered the …

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory to highlight the active exploitation of severe vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA). The vulnerabilities—CVE-2024-8963, CVE-2024-9379, CVE-2024-8190, and CVE-2024-9380—were targeted by threat actors in September 2024, leading to compromises …

GitLab has released update for high severity cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw. Versions 17.8.1, 17.7.3, and 17.6.4 for both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) have been released to address these issues. The CVE-2025-0314 allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into GitLab instances via “improper rendering of certain file types” …

Fortinet customers must apply the latest updates, as almost 50,000 management interfaces remain vulnerable to the latest zero-day exploit. The Shadowserver Foundation reports that 48,457 Fortinet devices remain publicly exposed and unpatched for CVE-2024-55591, despite urgent warnings in the last week. The situation hasn’t improved. Shadowserver started tracking exposed devices …

Security researchers have found several vulnerabilities in Azure DevOps that could enable attackers to inject CRLF queries and carry out DNS rebinding attacks. Binary Security found serious security risks in a widely used development platform during a client engagement. The first vulnerability in Azure DevOps’ ‘endpointproxy’ feature enables Server-Side Request …

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has recently fixed two major security vulnerabilities in its cloud services: Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon AppStream 2.0, and Amazon DCV (Desktop Cloud Visualization). Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-0500 and CVE-2025-0501 could let attackers conduct man-in-the-middle attacks and access remote sessions without permission. CVE-2025-0500 impacts certain versions of Amazon WorkSpaces native …