Tag: Exploitation

Source URL: https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a detailed case study of a vulnerability exploitation chain discovered in Ubuntu 24.04, demonstrating a privilege escalation from a default user to root through the improper handling of…

The Register: ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue

Nov 14, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/shrinklocker_ransomware_decryptor/ Source: The Register Title: ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue Feedly Summary: Plus: CISA’s ScubaGear dives deep to fix M365 misconfigs Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool that can unlock data encrypted by the ShrinkLocker ransomware.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Bitdefender has introduced a…

ISC2 Think Tank: From Impersonation to MFA Bypass: Tackling Today’s Most Sophisticated, Novel Phishing Threats

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Source URL: https://www.isc2.org/professional-development/webinars/thinktank?commid=630141 Source: ISC2 Think Tank Title: From Impersonation to MFA Bypass: Tackling Today’s Most Sophisticated, Novel Phishing Threats Feedly Summary: As phishing attacks grow more advanced, even major tech companies have suffered losses exceeding $100 million from sophisticated email scams. With these threats evolving, messaging and collaboration tools are becoming particularly vulnerable, demanding…

Cloud Blog: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybersecurity-forecast-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 Feedly Summary: Every November, we start sharing forward-looking insights on threats and other cybersecurity topics to help organizations and defenders prepare for the year ahead. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 report, available today, plays a big role in helping us accomplish this mission. This…

Cloud Blog: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/emerging-threats-cybersecurity-forecast-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 Feedly Summary: Every November, we start sharing forward-looking insights on threats and other cybersecurity topics to help organizations and defenders prepare for the year ahead. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 report, available today, plays a big role in helping us accomplish this mission. This…

Alerts: CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/12/cisa-adds-five-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2021-26086 Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2014-2120 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVE-2021-41277 Metabase GeoJSON API Local…

The Register: Admins can give thanks this November for dollops of Microsoft patches

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/november_patch_tuesday/ Source: The Register Title: Admins can give thanks this November for dollops of Microsoft patches Feedly Summary: Don’t be a turkey – get these fixed Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday has swung around again, and Microsoft has released fixes for 89 CVE-listed security flaws in its products – including two under active attack…

Cisco Talos Blog: November Patch Tuesday release contains three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities

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Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/november-patch-tuesday-release/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: November Patch Tuesday release contains three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: The Patch Tuesday for November of 2024 includes 91 vulnerabilities, including two that Microsoft marked as “critical.” The remaining 89 vulnerabilities listed are classified as “important.” AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…

Krebs on Security: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2024 Edition

Nov 12, 2024

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