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Researchers said the vulnerabilities, which attackers are chaining together, were first exploited three weeks before the vendor disclosed and patched the defects. The post SonicWall customers under threat as attackers exploit 2 zero-days appeared first on CyberScoop.

The defect marks the seventh actively exploited zero-day in Cisco SD-WANs this year, and the vendor has yet to release a patch. The post Cisco customers encounter another SD-WAN zero-day under attack appeared first on CyberScoop.

Google Says Criminals Used AI to Discover and Code ExploitA cybercriminal group came close to launching a mass attack earlier this year, armed with a software exploit that an AI model had built from scratch, said Google researchers. Google said it worked with the affected vendor to patch the flaw before an attack could be launched.

The vendor hasn’t released a patch for the vulnerability or described the scope and objective of confirmed attacks. The post A critical Palo Alto PAN-OS zero-day is being exploited in the wild appeared first on CyberScoop.

The vendor disclosed one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint that allows attackers to view information and make changes to disclosed information. The post Microsoft drops its second-largest monthly batch of defects on record appeared first on CyberScoop.

Vendor Issues Hotfix for Critical Flaw in FortiClient Endpoint Management ServerFortinet's endpoint management security server software is under fire from attackers, who are actively targeting two critical flaws, including a fresh zero-day that facilitates unauthenticated remote code or command execution. The vendor has issued a hotfix and promised a full patch.

Vendor Ships Emergency Fixes, Warning Flaw Facilitates Full System CompromiseAttackers are targeting a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco's Unified Communications and Webex products that facilitates remote code execution and root-level access to the underlying operating system, risking full system compromise. Cisco has released patches, warning that no workarounds exist.

The vendor's first Patch Tuesday of the year also contains fixes for 112 CVEs, nearly double the amount from last month.

Medusa Ransomware Group Tied to Exploits of Now-Patched Zero-Day VulnerabilityRecent attacks targeting Fortra's GoAnywhere managed file transfer software exploited a "limited" number of customers who set their on-premises installations to have an administrative console publicly exposed to the internet, which the vendor recommends customers never do.

Security Experts Advise Immediate Patching; Zero-Day Attacks Began Last MonthAffiliates of Russian-speaking ransomware operation Medusa began targeting a zero-day vulnerability in widely used Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer software one week before the vendor issued a security alert, patch and mitigation instructions for the flaw, say security experts.

Two critical vulnerabilities affect the security vendor's management console, one of which is under active exploitation. The company has updated cloud-based products but won't have a patch for its on-premises version until mid-August.

Two emergency patches issued in two weeks Hot on the heels of patching a critical bug in Citrix-owned Netscaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that one security researcher dubbed "CitrixBleed 2," the embattled networking device vendor today issued an emergency patch for yet another super-serious flaw in the same products — but not before criminals found and exploited it as a zero-day.…

Ivanti customers are urged to patch two new bugs in the security vendor's products, one of which is being actively exploited

The security vendor's Expedition firewall appliance's PAN-OS interface tool has racked up four critical security vulnerabilities under active attack in November, leading tit to advise customers to update immediately or and take them off the Internet.

No Patch Yet; Management Interface Lockdown Blunts Attacks, Networking Giant SaysAttackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in some types of Palo Alto Networks firewalls, the cybersecurity giant warned. While details of the flaw remain scant - no patch is available - the vendor urged customers to ensure their firewall management interfaces are not internet-exposed.

The North Korean threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been attributed to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome to seize control of infected devices

Hackers leveraged a medium-severity security issue now identified as CVE-2023-37580 since June 29, nearly a month before the vendor addressed it in version 8.8.15 Patch 41of the software on July 25. [...]

Attacks targeting the now-patched bug have been going on since at least April 2023, security vendor says.

One vendor's zero-day is another vendor's routine patch...