Ivanti fixes critical Standalone Sentry bug reported by NATO

March 20, 2024 at 01:09PM Ivanti urges customers to patch Standalone Sentry and Ivanti Neurons for ITSM for critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-41724 and CVE-2023-46808). Neurons cloud landscapes are secure, while on-premises deployments remain vulnerable. Although there’s no evidence of exploitation, the urgency to apply the patch is stressed. Nation-state actors and other threat groups have exploited … Read more

Exploiting the latest max-severity ConnectWise bug is ’embarrassingly easy’

February 21, 2024 at 12:49PM A critical RCE vulnerability in ConnectWise’s ScreenConnect requires urgent patching due to its severity. The exploit allows an attacker to compromise user accounts and gain admin access, potentially leading to RMM tool attacks. The company has released patches, urging immediate updates due to the high risk of attacks. Limited threat … Read more

Over 13,000 Ivanti gateways vulnerable to actively exploited bugs

February 15, 2024 at 10:33AM Thousands of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure endpoints remain vulnerable to multiple high to critical security issues. The flaws include authentication bypass, server-side-request forgery, arbitrary command execution, and command injection problems. Despite available security updates, a large number of endpoints are still exposed to these vulnerabilities, increasing the risk … Read more

Critical vulnerability in Mastodon is pounced upon by fast-acting admins

February 2, 2024 at 01:37PM A critical vulnerability in Mastodon, a decentralized social network, can be exploited by attackers to take over user accounts remotely. An urgent upgrade is needed for versions prior to 3.5.17 and 4.0.x/4.1.x/4.2.x releases. The platform’s decentralized nature poses unique security management challenges, but a fast patch response has been observed. … Read more

After Delays, Ivanti Patches Zero-Days and Confirms New Exploit

January 31, 2024 at 12:48PM Ivanti is urgently addressing two high-severity vulnerabilities in its Connect Secure and Policy Secure VPN products, discovered during the investigation of zero-day attacks. The company has started rolling out patches for critical bugs and issued an alert to its customers to test and deploy available fixes promptly. Digital forensics firm … Read more

Patch ASAP: Max-Critical Atlassian Bug Allows Unauthenticated RCE

January 16, 2024 at 01:10PM A critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affects Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server versions released before Dec. 5 (CVE-2023-22527). The bug carries a 10/10 severity rating and affects versions 8.0.x to 8.5.3. Organizations should update to the latest versions to defend against potential cyber-attacks, as no mitigations … Read more

Critical WordPress Plug-in RCE Bug Exposes Reams of Websites to Takeover

December 12, 2023 at 11:53AM A critical unauthenticated RCE bug in the Backup Migration plug-in for WordPress, tracked as CVE-2023-6553, allows threat actors to execute arbitrary PHP code and compromise sites. Wordfence blocked 39 attacks targeting this vulnerability, prompting a patch release by BackupBliss. All versions up to 1.3.7 are vulnerable; users should update to … Read more

‘CitrixBleed’ Linked to Ransomware Hit on China’s State-Owned Bank

November 10, 2023 at 02:16PM The recent ransomware attack on the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) may be linked to a vulnerability in Citrix’s NetScaler technology. The vulnerability, known as “CitrixBleed,” allows attackers to steal sensitive information and hijack user sessions. It has a severity score of 9.4 out of 10 and has … Read more

Critical Atlassian Confluence bug exploited in Cerber ransomware attacks

November 6, 2023 at 12:40PM Attackers are exploiting a critical security flaw in Atlassian Confluence to encrypt files with Cerber ransomware. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-22518, received a severity rating of 9.1/10 and affects all versions of Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server software. Although there are currently no reports of active exploitation, Atlassian has … Read more

Critical Atlassian Bug Exploit Now Available; Immediate Patching Needed

November 3, 2023 at 05:59PM Proof of concept exploit code for a critical vulnerability in Atlassian’s Confluence Data Center and Server technology is now publicly available. The vulnerability, assigned CVE-2023-22518 and rated 9.1 out of 10 in severity, poses a risk of data loss. At least 36 unique IP addresses have been observed attempting to … Read more