Vulnerabilities

Generally scanning a malicious QR code from an unknown source can be harmful. Cisco Talos research shows that many people underestimate potential threats. Anti-spam filters can’t detect QR codes in images, allowing many spam emails to go unnoticed. While only 1 in 500 emails contains a QR code, around 60% …

CERT-In issued a security advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in the Zoom app that could let attackers access sensitive information, escalate privileges, or disrupt service. Vulnerabilities exist in various Zoom products, including the Zoom Workplace App, Zoom Rooms Client, and Zoom Video SDK, across multiple operating systems: macOS, iOS, Windows, Linux, …

A study by Censys found that more than 145,000 Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are exposed online in 175 countries, highlighting a significant security risk. The findings are alarming for the United States, which has over one-third of global exposures (48,000 systems). This shows a pressing need for improved cybersecurity in …

Over 2,000 Palo Alto Networks firewalls have been compromised in a widespread attack using two recently patched vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474), according to Shadowserver Foundation’s internet scanning. Palo Alto Networks security researchers reported on Wednesday that they detected a “limited set of exploitation activity” involving two vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the …

Renowned cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered a non-password-protected database having over 1.1 million records linked to Conduitor Limited (Forces Penpals). This platform provides dating services and social networking for US and UK military personnel and their supporters. Jeremiah Fowler revealed that the publicly accessible database lacked password protection and encryption. …

Trend Micro released a security update for Deep Security 20 Agent Manual Scan Command Injection RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2024-51503) that resolves a manual scan command injection remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. On 18 November, Trend Micro released the update Severity rating level “High”, CVSS 3.0 score: 8.0. Vulnerability Details: CVE-2024-51503: Security …

Apple released critical updates for its various products including for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and Safari to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities actively being exploited in the wild. The flaws are listed below: CVE-2024-44309 : A vulnerability in cookie handling that could allow a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack when processing harmful …

“Sarcoma” ransomware group attacked a well known Bangladeshi insurance company named “Popular life insurance company ltd”. The threat actor keeps an option to release the full data if their demand doesn’t meet up within 5 days. According to the threat actor, approximately 36 GB of data, including attachments and SQL …