Tag: Remote Code Execution
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Hacker News: Critical Exploit in MediaTek Wi-Fi Chipsets: Zero-Click Vulnerability
Source URL: https://blog.sonicwall.com/en-us/2024/09/critical-exploit-in-mediatek-wi-fi-chipsets-zero-click-vulnerability-cve-2024-20017-threatens-routers-and-smartphones/ Source: Hacker News Title: Critical Exploit in MediaTek Wi-Fi Chipsets: Zero-Click Vulnerability Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes CVE-2024-20017, a critical zero-click vulnerability affecting MediaTek Wi-Fi chipsets used in various consumer devices. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows remote code execution and has…
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Hacker News: Attacking PowerShell Clixml Deserialization
Source URL: https://www.truesec.com/hub/blog/attacking-powershell-clixml-deserialization Source: Hacker News Title: Attacking PowerShell Clixml Deserialization Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text details a series of research findings related to security vulnerabilities associated with PowerShell’s CLIXML deserialization mechanism. Specifically, it highlights the risks stemming from the serialization and deserialization processes in PowerShell, emphasizing how these…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Vulnerability in Acrobat Reader could lead to remote code execution; Microsoft patches information disclosure issue in Windows API
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability-roundup-sept-11-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Vulnerability in Acrobat Reader could lead to remote code execution; Microsoft patches information disclosure issue in Windows API Feedly Summary: CVE-2024-38257 is considered “less likely” to be exploited, though it does not require any user interaction or user privileges. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Four zero-days included in group of 79 vulnerabilities Microsoft discloses, including one with 9.8 severity score
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-september-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Four zero-days included in group of 79 vulnerabilities Microsoft discloses, including one with 9.8 severity score Feedly Summary: September’s monthly round of patches from Microsoft included 79 vulnerabilities, seven of which are considered critical. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has disclosed multiple vulnerabilities including two…
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The Register: Check your IP cameras: There’s a new Mirai botnet on the rise
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/31/ip_cameras_mirai_botnet/ Source: The Register Title: Check your IP cameras: There’s a new Mirai botnet on the rise Feedly Summary: Also, US offering $2.5M for Belarusian hacker, Backpage kingpins jailed, additional MOVEit victims, and more in brief A series of IP cameras still used all over the world, despite being well past their end…
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The Register: Rock Chrome hard enough and get paid half a million
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/29/google_chrome_vuln_rewards/ Source: The Register Title: Rock Chrome hard enough and get paid half a million Feedly Summary: Google revises Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program with higher payouts for bug hunters Google’s Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) is now significantly more rewarding – with a top payout that’s at least twice as substantial.… AI Summary…
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The Register: Proof-of-concept code released for zero-click critical Windows vuln
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/proofofconcept_code_released_for_zeroclick/ Source: The Register Title: Proof-of-concept code released for zero-click critical Windows vuln Feedly Summary: If you haven’t deployed August’s patches, get busy before others do Windows users who haven’t yet installed the latest fixes to their operating systems will need to get a move on, as code now exists to exploit a…
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Slashdot: Hackers Have Found an Entirely New Way To Backdoor Into Microsoft Windows
Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/08/25/2132259/hackers-have-found-an-entirely-new-way-to-backdoor-into-microsoft-windows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hackers Have Found an Entirely New Way To Backdoor Into Microsoft Windows Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The reported breach of a Taiwanese university involved a sophisticated backdoor exploit utilizing DNS tunneling, a technique not commonly encountered. The attack leveraged a recently identified vulnerability in PHP…
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CSA: Mitigating regreSSHion Vulnerability in OpenSSH
Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/return-of-the-rce-addressing-the-regresshion-vulnerability-cve-2024-6378 Source: CSA Title: Mitigating regreSSHion Vulnerability in OpenSSH Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The discovered CVE-2024-6387 vulnerability in OpenSSH, known as “regreSSHion,” highlights important lessons in software regression testing and the potential repercussions of oversights in security practices. The vulnerability poses a significant risk due to…