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A flaw is a defect in software, hardware, system design, or configuration that causes unintended behavior. In security reporting, the term usually means a weakness that could violate confidentiality, integrity, or availability when reached through a particular interface, input, privilege, or operating condition. Not every flaw is exploitable, and exploitability depends on factors such as exposure, authentication requirements, affected versions, and available mitigations.
Flaws matter because they can create attack paths in applications, operating systems, devices, APIs, or administrative settings. Security teams assess their severity and exposure, prioritize remediation, apply patches or configuration changes, and use isolation or access controls when immediate fixes are unavailable. Code review, testing, vulnerability scanning, and monitoring can reveal flaws across the development and operational lifecycle. Reports should distinguish a confirmed vulnerability from a theoretical defect and provide enough technical detail to support validation without unnecessarily enabling exploitation.
Search giant Google on Friday released an out-of-band security update to fix a new actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser
Google has released Chrome 108.0.5359.94/.95 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw, the ninth Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild patched since the start of the year. [...]
IBM has fixed a high-severity security vulnerability affecting its Cloud Databases (ICD) for PostgreSQL product that could be potentially exploited to tamper with internal repositories and run unauthorized code
IBM has fixed a high-severity security vulnerability affecting its Cloud Databases (ICD) for PostgreSQL product that could be potentially exploited to tamper with internal repositories and run unauthorized code
Take a break from the gaming and fix these now Nvidia fixed more than two dozen security flaws in its GPU display driver, the most severe of which could allow an unprivileged user to modify files, and then escalate privileges, execute code, tamper with or steal data, or even take over your device.…
ConnectWise, a self-hosted, remote desktop software application that is widely used by Managed Service Providers (MSPs), is warning about an unusually sophisticated phishing attack that can let attackers take remote control over user systems when recipients click the included link. The warning comes just days after the company quietly patched a vulnerability that makes it easier for phishers to launch these attacks.
A Barcelona-based surveillanceware vendor named Variston IT is said to have surreptitiously planted spyware on targeted devices by exploiting several zero-day flaws in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Windows, some of which date back to December 2018
A Barcelona-based surveillanceware vendor named Variston IT is said to have surreptitiously planted spyware on targeted devices by exploiting several zero-day flaws in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Windows, some of which date back to December 2018
Telematics program doesn't just give you music, but a big security flaw Sirius XM's Connected Vehicle Services has fixed an authorization flaw that would have allowed an attacker to remotely unlock doors and start engines on connected cars knowing only the vehicle identification number (VIN).…
If unpatched, a host of GPU Display Driver flaws could expose gamers, graphic designers, and others to code execution, denial of service, data tampering, and more.
NVIDIA has released a security update for its GPU display driver for Windows, containing a fix for a high-severity flaw that threat actors can exploit to perform, among other things, code execution and privilege escalation. [...]
The flaw has a CVSS v3 base score rating of 9.8 and can be found in the Dev UI Config Editor
Red Hat has issued patches for a bug in an open source Java virtual machine software that opens the door to drive-by localhost attacks. Patch now, as it's easy for cyberattackers to exploit.
Millions of OT devices may be affected
Researchers have disclosed details of three new security vulnerabilities affecting operational technology (OT) products from CODESYS and Festo that could lead to source code tampering and denial-of-service (DoS)
The vulnerability, disclosed In October, gives an unauthenticated attacker a way to take control of an affected product.
The bug could allow unauthorized access and takeover, earning it a spot on the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
Acer has released a firmware update to address a security vulnerability that could be potentially weaponized to turn off UEFI Secure Boot on affected machines
The manufacturer is working to fix a vulnerability — similar to a previous problem in Lenovo laptops — that allows threat actors to modify or disable Secure Boot settings to load malware.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Oracle Fusion Middleware to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation