Programming languages such as C and C++ rely too heavily on the programmer not making memory-related mistakes, agency says [300 words]. What: NSA says organizations should consider making a strategic shift from…
Citrix discloses critical authentication bypass flaw; two other vulnerabilities
Organizations should update as soon as possible. If past is precedent, new CVE-2022-27510 flaw could be heavily targeted [286 words]. What: A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2022-27510) is present in multiple versions…
Here’s what you need to know of the 4 zero-days in Microsoft’s Nov. update
Microsoft issued patches for of 62 vulnerabilities, nine of which are “Critical” severity and 53 “Important”. Four of the vulnerabilities in Microsoft November 2022 security update are zero-day flaws that are being…
Feds seize over 50K Bitcoin from underground vault and circuit board hidden in popcorn tin
Nov. 2021 seizure was valued at staggering $3.36 billion at the time [300 words]. What: James Zhong, of Gainesville, Georgia on Nov. 4th, 2022, pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining 50,000 Bitcoin from…
Black Basta ransomware operators are exploiting “PrintNightMare”, “ZeroLogon” and “NoPac” Flaws
New data that researchers at SentinelOne uncovered show that the notorious, financially-motivated FIN7 threat group may be behind—or has strong ties—to the Black Basta ransomware operation [300 words]. Why that matters: FIN7…
RomCom threat actor using spoofed SolarWinds, KeePass apps to distribute RAT
Targets have been Ukraine-based but IT companies, food brokers, and food manufacturers in the U.S., Brazil, and the Philippines are also in its crosshairs, BlackBerry says [300 words]. What: The operators of…
VMware patches critical authorization bypass vulnerability in Spring Security
A critical authorization rules bypass vulnerability exists in Spring Security versions 5.7.0 to 5.7.4 and versions 5.6.0 to 5.6.8. The vulnerability gives attackers a way to potentially bypass an API gateway and…
Two new mobile malware threats that researchers are keeping an eye on
Organizations that have BYOD policies need to make sure personally owned mobile devices don’t offer a path into their apps and network, for attackers [277 words]. Here are the two threats Malicious…
5 things to know about the bugs patched in OpenSSL version 3.0.7
The first: This isn’t Heartbleed redux [298 words]. What bugs were fixed: OpenSSL version 3.0.7 fixes two “high” severity vulnerabilities in OpenSSL versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.6. The vulnerabilities are CVE-2022-3786 an X.509…
Five useful lists and tools for identifying resources with vulnerable OpenSSL in them
The OpenSSL project team will release a new version of the OpenSSL library (version 3.0.7) on Tuesday to address a critical vulnerability in version 3.0 to 3.6 of the widely used open…