Vulnerabilities are flaws attackers can exploit to access systems or data; timely patching, isolation, and least privilege reduce the impact.
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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.
A class action suit claims Intel knowingly sold billions of faulty chips for years. The outcome could help define where poor vulnerability remediation becomes outright negligence.
The State of Maine has announced that its systems were breached after threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool and accessed personal information of about 1.3 million, which is close to the state's entire population. [...]
We encountered the Cerber ransomware exploiting the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability CVE-2023-22518 in its operations.
Billions of data-leaking processors sold despite warnings and patch just made them slower, punters complain Intel has been sued by a handful of PC buyers who claim the x86 goliath failed to act when informed five years ago about faulty chip instructions that allowed the recent Downfall vulnerability, and during that period sold billions of insecure chips.…
GitHub joins a handful of startups and established firms in the market, but all the products are essentially "caveat developer" — let the developer beware.
The threat actor known as Lace Tempest has been linked to the exploitation of a zero-day flaw in SysAid IT support software in limited attacks, according to new findings from Microsoft
The cybersecurity skills gap is making businesses more vulnerable, but it won't be fixed by upskilling high-potential recruits alone.
Threat actors are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the service management software SysAid to gain access to corporate servers for data theft and to deploy Clop ransomware. [...]
Second novel zero-day exploited by Lace Tempest this year offers notable demonstration of skill, especially for a ransomware affiliate The cybercriminals behind the rampant MOVEit exploits from earlier this year are making use a zero-day vulnerability in on-prem instances of IT service and help desk software-slinger SysAid.…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a high-severity flaw in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation
Attackers secure admin rights after vendor said they could only steal data Atlassian reassessed the severity rating of the recent improper authorization vulnerability in Confluence Data Center and Server, raising the CVSS score from 9.1 to a maximum of 10.…
The latest vulnerability severity scoring system addresses gaps in the previous version; here's how to get the most out of it.
The latest vulnerability severity scoring system addresses gaps in the previous version; here's how to get the most out of it.
Active ransomware attacks against vulnerable Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Servers ratchets up risk to enterprises, now reflected in the bug's revised CVSS score of 10.
The Pakistan-linked threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed leveraging the recent WinRAR security vulnerability in its attacks targeting Indian government entities to deliver various remote access trojans such as AllaKore RAT, Ares RAT, and DRat
Multiple ransomware groups have begun to actively exploit recently disclosed flaws in Atlassian Confluence and Apache ActiveMQ
Veeam has released security updates to address four flaws in its ONE IT monitoring and analytics platform, two of which are rated critical in severity
Veeam released hotfixes today to address four vulnerabilities in the company's Veeam ONE IT infrastructure monitoring and analytics platform, two of them critical. [...]
The operators of the Kinsing malware are targeting cloud environments with systems vulnerable to "Looney Tunables," a Linux security issue identified as CVE-2023-4911 that allows a local attacker to gain root privileges on the system. [...]