A new vulnerability assigned CVE-2024-21111 was recently discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, a widespread open-source virtualization software. The uncovered critical Oracle VirtualBox vulnerability enables adversaries to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via Symbolic Link, with its exploitation potentially leading to either arbitrary file deletion or arbitrary file movement. Detect CVE-2024-21111 Exploitation Attempts With the exponential rise […]
A novel command injection zero-day vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software hits the headlines. The highly critical flaw, identified as CVE-2024-3400, has been already exploited in a series of attacks in the wild. Detect CVE-2024-3400 Exploitation Attempts The number of vulnerabilities weaponized for in-the-wild attacks increases tremendously on a yearly […]
A new maximum severity vulnerability has been discovered in the Rust standard library. This vulnerability poses a serious threat to Windows users by enabling potential command injection attacks. The flaw tracked as CVE-2024-24576 specifically affects situations where batch files on Windows are executed with untrusted arguments. With the PoC code already publicly released, successful exploitation […]
Cybersecurity experts remain vigilant amidst an ongoing supply chain attack that has cast a shadow over the most widely-used Linux distributions. With its scale and sophistication reminiscent of infamous incidents like Log4j and SolarWinds, this new threat emanates from a backdoored XZ Utils (formerly LZMA Utils)—an essential data compression utility found in virtually all major […]
Security researchers warn of a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in multiple macOS versions that enables unauthorized users, including those with guest rights, to gain full root access to the affected instance. Detect CVE-2023-42931 Exploitation Attempts With an exponential rise in attack volumes and sophistication, the threat landscape of 2024 is assumed to be even more […]
Hot on the heels of nasty JetBrains TeamCity vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-27198, CVE-2024-2719), security experts reveal a new RCE affecting Microsoft Outlook. Authenticated adversaries might leverage the security issue to execute malicious code on the impacted instance, achieving extensive control over it. Although the vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in February 2024, the vendor classifies it as […]
A new malware iteration dubbed TODDLERSHARK comes into the spotlight in the cyber threat arena, which bears a striking similarity with BABYSHARK or ReconShark malicious strains leveraged by the North Korean APT group known as Kimsuky APT. The infection chain is triggered by weaponizing a couple of critical ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2024-1708 and […]
A couple of months after the massive exploitation of CVE-2023-42793, novel critical vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity came into the spotlight, exposing affected users to the risks of the complete compromise of the impacted systems. Tracked as CVE-2024-27198 and CVE-2024-27199, the discovered security flaws can give unauthenticated attackers the green light to gain administrative control of […]
Apple has patched a notorious security gap affecting its Shortcuts app. The high-severity flaw enables adversaries to collect sensitive info without user consent. The uncovered zero-click Shortcuts vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-23204 poses risks to user privacy, enabling threat actors to access sensitive data on the compromised device without the user’s permission. Detect CVE-2024-23204 Exploits With […]
Close on the heels of a critical Jenkins RCE vulnerability, another security flaw that can pose a severe threat to global organizations emerges in the cyber threatscape. A new zero-day vulnerability in QNAP QTS and QuTS hero operating systems tracked as CVE-2023-50358 has been currently in the spotlight. The uncovered command injection vulnerability impacts QNAP […]