Vulnerabilities are flaws attackers can exploit to access systems or data; timely patching, isolation, and least privilege reduce the impact.
Search across headline titles and summaries.
Background for this topic.
A vulnerability is a weakness in a system’s design, code, configuration, or operating process that could allow an attacker to violate a security requirement. It may affect software, hardware, networks, cloud services, or exposed interfaces, and is not automatically exploitable: practical risk depends on factors such as exposure, required privileges, available attack paths, and existing controls. Outcomes can include unauthorized access, information disclosure, code execution, or disruption of service.
Effective vulnerability management combines accurate asset inventory with code review, security testing, scanning, and trusted vulnerability intelligence. Organizations should prioritize weaknesses affecting reachable, business-critical systems—especially when exploitation is known or requires little access—then patch or otherwise mitigate them and verify the fix. Where patching is delayed, controls such as disabling an exposed feature, restricting network access, or strengthening authentication can reduce the attack surface. Records should preserve affected versions, risk decisions, remediation owners, and validation results.
ASUS has released a new firmware update that addresses a vulnerability impacting seven router models that allow remote attackers to log in to devices. [...]
Increase in Known Vulnerabilities and Zero-Days Is Fueling Mass Hacking CampaignsAttackers are increasingly targeting cybersecurity devices deployed on the network edge to pivot into enterprise environments, as they take advantage of a surge in zero-day and known vulnerabilities in such devices, which organizations can take months to patch.
Ivanti Faces Another SQL Injection Flaw in Popular Endpoint Manager ProductSecurity researchers have discovered another major vulnerability in Ivanti’s widely-used endpoint management system that can allow hackers to gain remote access for multiple devices at the same time, just months after the company patched a separate SQL injection flaw in the same product.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity Windows vulnerability abused in ransomware attacks as a zero-day to its catalog of actively exploited security bugs. [...]
An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors
Government Nurtures Homegrown Talent and Hack-for-Hire Ecosystem, Research FindsChina boasts many of the world's most talented zero-day vulnerability researchers as well as a strict cybersecurity law compelling individuals to assist the state, and the government doesn't appear to shy away from using both those facts to its advantage, a new research study finds.
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a critical Veeam Recovery Orchestrator authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-29855 has been released, elevating the risk of being exploited in attacks. [...]
It's critical for CISOs to study what went wrong in major ransomware IT disruptions and breaches hitting the healthcare sector and to look closely within their own organizations for similar gaps or vulnerabilities, said Michael Prakhye, CISO of Adventist HealthCare.
A series of vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to bypass the Chinese manufacturer’s biometric access systems
Google has warned that a security flaw impacting Pixel Firmware has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day
Recently discovered vulnerabilities in VPN services should push ASEAN organizations to rethink their perimeter security approach Sponsored Post Companies the ASEAN region have long relied on a virtual private network (VPN) to help encrypt their Internet traffic and protect users' online identities.…
Nvidia's latest GPUs are a hot commodity for AI, but security vulnerabilities could expose GPUs — which could be up to seven years old — to attacks from hackers.
CISA Won't Ask You to Wire Money or Keep Discussions SecretIf you've received an urgent phone call from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about a security vulnerability, you should know: The call wasn't really from CISA. Americans reported more than $1.1 billion in financial losses due to impersonation scams in 2023.
Google has released patches for 50 security vulnerabilities impacting its Pixel devices and warned that one of them had already been exploited in targeted attacks as a zero-day. [...]
Google has released patches for 50 security vulnerabilities impacting its Pixel devices and warned that one of them had already been exploited in targeted attacks as a zero-day. [...]
An RCE vulnerability that affects the Web scripting language on Windows systems is easy to exploit and can provide a broad attack surface.
In a new report, WithSecure found that higher severity vulnerabilities in edge services and infrastructure devices are rising fast
The Cardinal cybercrime group (Storm-1811, UNC4394), who are the main operators of the Black Basta ransomware, is suspected of exploiting a Windows privilege escalation vulnerability, CVE-2024-26169, before a fix was made available. [...]
June Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft fix over 50 bugs, including one already publicly disclosed
State-sponsored threat actors backed by China gained access to 20,000 Fortinet FortiGate systems worldwide by exploiting a known critical security flaw between 2022 and 2023, indicating that the operation had a broader impact than previously known