August 19, 2024 at 11:13AM The author highlights the increasing impact of AI in security analysis, acknowledging its efficiency but also cautioning about AI jailbreaking challenges. They discuss conflicting views on disclosure and suggest assuming AI jailbreaks are trivial, recommending focus on monitoring and rapid response rather than attempting to create unbreakable systems. The meeting … Read more
August 15, 2024 at 07:51AM Palo Alto Networks has released patches for high-severity vulnerabilities in its products, including a command injection issue in Cortex XSOAR, impacting the CommonScripts Pack. The Prisma Access Browser and two medium-severity issues have also been addressed. The company is not aware of any exploited vulnerabilities but has experienced targeted attacks … Read more
August 14, 2024 at 06:57AM Ivanti announced patches for eight vulnerabilities in Neurons for ITSM, Avalanche, and Virtual Traffic Manager, including two critical-severity flaws. The patches address security defects, such as information disclosure and improper certificate validation, and are available for download. Ivanti recommends customers upgrade to the patched versions to mitigate potential risks. Based … Read more
August 12, 2024 at 11:54AM Microsoft revealed multiple vulnerabilities in OpenVPN at the Black Hat security conference. These flaws, now fixed in OpenVPN 2.6.10, could be combined by skilled attackers to gain control of targeted systems. Exploitation requires user authentication and a deep understanding of OpenVPN. Users are strongly advised to apply the available fixes. … Read more
August 9, 2024 at 02:51PM Microsoft disclosed medium-severity security flaws in OpenVPN, enabling attackers to achieve remote code execution and local privilege escalation. The vulnerabilities, affecting versions prior to 2.6.10 and 2.5.10, can lead to data breaches and system compromise. Exploitation requires user authentication and advanced understanding of OpenVPN’s inner workings. Vulnerabilities can be exploited … Read more
August 9, 2024 at 02:48PM An analysis of Solarman and Deye Cloud for managing solar power installations uncovered vulnerabilities in their cloud APIs. Bitdefender researchers found that unauthorized parties could alter inverter settings and access personally identifiable information via these APIs. Potential consequences include destabilizing the power grid and compromising a significant amount of solar … Read more
August 8, 2024 at 09:18AM Bitdefender researchers found critical vulnerabilities in widely used Solarman and Deye solar power systems, potentially enabling attackers to cause disruption and blackouts. The flaws allowed attackers to take control of accounts, manipulate inverters, and access sensitive data. Bitdefender reported the findings and patches were deployed in the summer. Robust cybersecurity … Read more
August 8, 2024 at 06:30AM AWS recently addressed potentially critical vulnerabilities, including flaws that could have allowed attackers to take over accounts, disclosed by Aqua Security at Black Hat. The security holes could have enabled arbitrary code execution, account control, data exposure, DoS attacks, data exfiltration, and AI model manipulation in AWS services such as … Read more
August 7, 2024 at 06:05PM The Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, containing over 1,140 known exploited vulnerabilities, may not effectively convey changes to the severity of issues. CISA’s lack of notification on updates potentially hinders security teams’ ability to prioritize remediation. Additionally, changes in ransomware status and shorter remediation deadlines indicate evolving policies and critical … Read more
August 7, 2024 at 04:24AM Mozilla and Google released updates for their web browsers, patching a total of 20 vulnerabilities. Google’s Chrome version 127.0.6533.99 fixed six vulnerabilities of various severity, including a critical out-of-bounds memory access issue. Meanwhile, Mozilla’s Firefox version 129 addressed 14 vulnerabilities, 11 of which are rated as high severity. Both companies … Read more