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Sophos discloses critical Firewall remote code execution flaw
Sophos has addressed three vulnerabilities in its Sophos Firewall product that could allow remote unauthenticated threat actors to perform SQL injection, remote code execution, and gain privileged SSH access to devices. The vulnerabilities affect Sophos Firewall version 21.0 GA (21.0.0) and older, with the company already releasing hotfixes that are installed by default and permanent fixes through new firmware updates. The…
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Over 25,000 SonicWall VPN Firewalls exposed to critical flaws
Over 25,000 publicly accessible SonicWall SSLVPN devices are vulnerable to critical severity flaws, with 20,000 using a SonicOS/OSX firmware version that the vendor no longer supports. These results come from an analysis conducted by cybersecurity firm Bishop Fox, which was motivated by a series of important vulnerabilities disclosed this year impacting SonicWall devices. Vulnerabilities affecting SonicWall SSL VPN devices were recently…
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CISA confirms critical Cleo bug exploitation in ransomware attacks
CISA confirmed today that a critical security vulnerability in Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom file transfer software is being exploited in ransomware attacks. This flaw (tracked as CVE-2024-50623 and impacting all versions before version 5.8.0.21) enables unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution on vulnerable servers exposed online. Cleo released security updates to fix it in October and warned all…
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New IOCONTROL malware used in critical infrastructure attacks
Iranian threat actors are utilizing a new malware named IOCONTROL to compromise Internet of Things (IoT) devices and OT/SCADA systems used by critical infrastructure in Israel and the United States. Targeted devices include routers, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), human-machine interfaces (HMIs), IP cameras, firewalls, and fuel management systems. The malware’s modular nature makes it capable of compromising a broad spectrum of…
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Cleo patches critical zero-day exploited in data theft attacks
Cleo has released security updates for a zero-day flaw in its LexiCom, VLTransfer, and Harmony software, currently exploited in data theft attacks. In October, the company patched a pre-auth remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-50623) in its managed file transfer software and recommended that “all customers upgrade immediately.” Huntress security researchers first spotted evidence of attacks targeting fully patched Cleo software…
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Exploit released for critical WhatsUp Gold RCE flaw, patch now
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical-severity remote code execution flaw in Progress WhatsUp Gold has been published, making it critical to install the latest security updates as soon as possible. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-8785 (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8) and was discovered by Tenable in mid-August 2024. It exists in the NmAPI.exe process in WhatsUp Gold versions from…
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Researchers sound alarm over hackers exploiting critical ProjectSend vulnerability
Researchers have warned that threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in a widely-used open source file sharing app. A report from vulnerability intelligence platform VulnCheck warned that potentially thousands of instances of ProjectSend are impacted by a serious flaw rated 9.8 on the CVSS. ProjectSend is an open source file sharing web application used by businesses to securely…
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QNAP addresses critical flaws across NAS, router software
QNAP has released security bulletins over the weekend, which address multiple vulnerabilities, including three critical severity flaws that users should address as soon as possible. Starting with QNAP Notes Station 3, a note-taking and collaboration application used in the firm’s NAS systems, the following two vulnerabilities impact it: CVE-2024-38643 – Missing authentication for critical functions could allow remote attackers to…
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Critical RCE bug in VMware vCenter Server now exploited in attacks
Broadcom warned today that attackers are now exploiting two VMware vCenter Server vulnerabilities, one of which is a critical remote code execution flaw. TZL security researchers reported the RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-38812) during China’s 2024 Matrix Cup hacking contest. It is caused by a heap overflow weakness in the vCenter’s DCE/RPC protocol implementation and affects products containing vCenter, including VMware vSphere…
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Palo Alto Networks warns of critical RCE zero-day exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks is warning that a critical zero-day vulnerability on Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) management interfaces, currently tracked as ‘PAN-SA-2024-0015,’ is actively being exploited in attacks. The flaw was originally disclosed on November 8, 2024, with Palo Alto Networks warning customers to restrict access to their next-generation firewalls because of a “potential” remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability impacting them. No signs…
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