Tag: mitigation strategies

  • Hacker News: Apache fixes Traffic Control bug that attackers could exploit

    Source URL: https://www.scworld.com/news/apache-fixes-traffic-control-bug-that-attackers-could-exploit Source: Hacker News Title: Apache fixes Traffic Control bug that attackers could exploit Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a critical vulnerability in Apache Traffic Control, specifically the Traffic Ops component, which is rated 9.9 on the CVSS scale. This SQL injection vulnerability enables privileged attackers…

  • Alerts: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/12/19/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog Source: Alerts Title: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog Feedly Summary: CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-12356 BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) Command Injection Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious…

  • Alerts: CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/12/19/cisa-releases-eight-industrial-control-systems-advisories Source: Alerts Title: CISA Releases Eight Industrial Control Systems Advisories Feedly Summary: CISA released eight Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on December 19, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-24-354-01 Hitachi Energy RTU500 series CMU ICSA-24-354-02 Hitachi Energy SDM600 ICSA-24-354-03 Delta Electronics DTM…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Exploring vulnerable Windows drivers

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/exploring-vulnerable-windows-drivers/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Exploring vulnerable Windows drivers Feedly Summary: This post is the result of research into the real-world application of the Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) technique along with Cisco Talos’ series of posts about  malicious Windows drivers. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine

    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/12/11/frequent-freeloader-part-ii-russian-actor-secret-blizzard-using-tools-of-other-groups-to-attack-ukraine/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Frequent freeloader part II: Russian actor Secret Blizzard using tools of other groups to attack Ukraine Feedly Summary: Since January 2024, Microsoft has observed Secret Blizzard using the tools or infrastructure of other threat groups to attack targets in Ukraine and download its custom backdoors Tavdig and…

  • Hacker News: X41 Reviewed Mullvad VPN

    Source URL: https://x41-dsec.de/news/2024/12/11/mullvad/ Source: Hacker News Title: X41 Reviewed Mullvad VPN Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a white box penetration test conducted by X41 on the Mullvad VPN application, revealing a high security standard with six vulnerabilities identified. The report highlights the complexity of the application running across…

  • Hacker News: Buffer Overflow Risk in Curl_inet_ntop and Inet_ntop4

    Source URL: https://hackerone.com/reports/2887487 Source: Hacker News Title: Buffer Overflow Risk in Curl_inet_ntop and Inet_ntop4 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text addresses vulnerabilities in the Curl and inet_ntop functions relating to buffer overflow risks due to inadequate buffer size validation. This discussion is particularly relevant for professionals involved in software security,…

  • Embrace The Red: Terminal DiLLMa: LLM-powered Apps Can Hijack Your Terminal Via Prompt Injection

    Source URL: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2024/terminal-dillmas-prompt-injection-ansi-sequences/ Source: Embrace The Red Title: Terminal DiLLMa: LLM-powered Apps Can Hijack Your Terminal Via Prompt Injection Feedly Summary: Last week Leon Derczynski described how LLMs can output ANSI escape codes. These codes, also known as control characters, are interpreted by terminal emulators and modify behavior. This discovery resonates with areas I had…

  • CSA: AI-Enhanced Penetration Testing: Redefining Red Teams

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2024/12/06/ai-enhanced-penetration-testing-redefining-red-team-operations Source: CSA Title: AI-Enhanced Penetration Testing: Redefining Red Teams Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in enhancing penetration testing practices within cybersecurity. It highlights how AI addresses the limitations of traditional methods, offering speed, scalability, and advanced detection of vulnerabilities.…