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They’ve begun: Attacks exploiting vulnerability with maximum 10 severity rating

Getty Images reader comments 29 with Ransomware hackers have started exploiting one or more recently fixed vulnerabilities that pose a grave threat to enterprise networks around the world, researchers said. One of the vulnerabilities has a severity rating of 10 out of a possible 10 and another 9.9. They reside in WS_FTP Server, a file-sharing… Read More »

Vulnerable Arm GPU drivers under active exploitation. Patches may not be available

Getty Images reader comments 32 with Arm warned on Monday of active ongoing attacks targeting a vulnerability in device drivers for its Mali line of GPUs, which run on a host of devices, including Google Pixels and other Android handsets, Chromebooks, and hardware running Linux. “A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing… Read More »

Critical vulnerabilities in Exim threaten over 250k email servers worldwide

Getty Images reader comments 21 with Thousands of servers running the Exim mail transfer agent are vulnerable to potential attacks that exploit critical vulnerabilities, allowing remote execution of malicious code with little or no user interaction. The vulnerabilities were reported on Wednesday by Zero Day Initiative, but they largely escaped notice until Friday when they… Read More »

Unlimited miles and nights: Vulnerability found in rewards programs

reader comments 17 with Travel rewards programs like those offered by airlines and hotels tout the specific perks of joining their club over others. Under the hood, though, the digital infrastructure for many of these programs—including Delta SkyMiles, United MileagePlus, Hilton Honors, and Marriott Bonvoy—is built on the same platform. The backend comes from the… Read More »

Firmware vulnerabilities in millions of computers could give hackers superuser status

reader comments 27 with Two years ago, ransomware crooks breached hardware-maker Gigabyte and dumped more than 112 gigabytes of data that included information from some of its most important supply-chain partners, including Intel and AMD. Now researchers are warning that the leaked information revealed what could amount to critical zero-day vulnerabilities that could imperil huge… Read More »

MOVEit app mass-exploited last month patches new critical vulnerability

reader comments 21 with MOVEit, the file-transfer software exploited in recent weeks in one of the biggest cyberattacks ever, has received yet another security update that fixes a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to give hackers access to vast amounts of sensitive data. On Thursday, MOVEit maker Progress Software published a security bulletin that… Read More »

Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking

reader comments 12 with The maintainers of the open source software that powers the Mastodon social network published a security update on Thursday that patches a critical vulnerability making it possible for hackers to backdoor the servers that push content to individual users. Mastodon is based on a federated model. The federation comprises thousands of… Read More »

Actively exploited vulnerability threatens hundreds of solar power stations

Getty Images reader comments 8 with Hundreds of Internet-exposed devices inside solar farms remain unpatched against a critical and actively exploited vulnerability that makes it easy for remote attackers to disrupt operations or gain a foothold inside the facilities. The devices, sold by Osaka, Japan-based Contec under the brand name SolarView, help people inside solar… Read More »

Researchers tell owners to “assume compromise” of unpatched Zyxel firewalls

Getty Images reader comments 5 with Firewalls made by Zyxel are being wrangled into a destructive botnet, which is taking control of them by exploiting a recently patched vulnerability with a severity rating of 9.8 out of a possible 10. “At this stage if you have a vulnerable device exposed, assume compromise,” officials from Shadowserver,… Read More »

Exploit released for 9.8-severity PaperCut flaw already under attack

Getty Images reader comments 20 with Share this story Exploit code for a critical printer software vulnerability became publicly available on Monday in a release that may exacerbate the threat of malware attacks that have already been underway for the past five days. The vulnerability resides in print management software known as PaperCut, which the… Read More »