Vulnerabilities

A recent Infoblox Threat Intel report reveals a sophisticated botnet that exploits DNS misconfigurations to spread malware widely. This botnet, made up of about 13,000 compromised MikroTik devices, uses fake sender domains and malicious emails to deliver trojan malware and engage in other harmful activities. According to the report, “This …

A new security flaw traced, CVE-2024-9042, poses a serious risk to Kubernetes clusters with Windows worker nodes. It has a Medium rating and a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9, allowing attackers to execute commands on the host machine through the node’s /logs endpoint. A vulnerability in the Kubelet component of …

The hacking group “Belsen Group” has posted over 15,000 unique FortiGate firewall configurations online. The data dump, reportedly obtained by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s systems in October 2022, contains sensitive information including usernames, passwords (some in plain text), device management certificates, and complete firewall rules. “At the beginning of …

A critical flaw in Google’s “Sign in with Google” system has put millions of Americans at risk of data theft. This vulnerability primarily impacts former employees of startups that have shut down. Truffle Security identifies that the issue arises from how Google’s OAuth login handles changes in domain ownership. When …

In October 2024, security researcher Ben Sadeghipour discovered a vulnerability in Facebook’s ad platform that allowed him to run commands on its internal server, giving him control over it. After Sadeghipour reported the vulnerability to Meta, Facebook’s parent company, it was fixed within an hour, and he received a $100,000 …

CISA has urgent warnings for organizations regarding three security flaws in Mitel and Oracle systems that are currently being exploited. These vulnerabilities have been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and pose major risks to federal agencies and businesses. Two vulnerabilities impact Mitel MiCollab, a widely used unified communications …

Over 48,000 SonicWall devices are still vulnerable to a serious security flaw, putting organizations worldwide at risk of ransomware attacks. The CVE-2024-40766 vulnerability was disclosed in September 2024 and is actively exploited by ransomware groups Akira and Fog. CVE-2024-40766 is a serious access control vulnerability in SonicWall’s SonicOS, used in …

Researchers have demonstrated a method to bypass Windows 11’s BitLocker encryption, enabling the extraction of Full Volume Encryption Keys (FVEKs) from memory. This vulnerability underscores the risks associated with physical access attacks and highlights potential weaknesses in memory protection mechanisms. The attack revolves around capturing the contents of a computer’s …

SafeBreach Labs revealed a zero-click vulnerability in the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service, dubbed “LDAP Nightmare”. This critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49112, has been assigned a CVSS score of 9.8, highlighting its severe implications for enterprise networks. SafeBreach researchers demonstrated how the exploit could crash unpatched Windows Servers, …

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered three security weaknesses in Microsoft’s Azure Data Factory Apache Airflow integration that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed an attacker to gain the ability to conduct various covert actions, including data exfiltration and malware deployment. “Exploiting these flaws could allow attackers to gain persistent access as …