CVE-2022-42827 is the eighth kernel level flaw so far this year for which Apple has released a patch only after active exploitation was underway [277 words]. What: CISA has added a newly…
Text4Shell flaw undergoing reanalysis
NIST says CVE-2022-42889 in Apache Commons Text has been modified [300 words] What: NIST has updated its entry in the National Vulnerability Database pertaining to the Text4Shell vulnerability in Apache Commons Text…
Attackers actively exploiting VMware flaw that CISA deemed as posing “unacceptable risk” in May
Multiple campaigns are using CVE-2022-22954 to drop ransomware, coin miners and Mirai [299 words]. What: Multiple malicious campaigns are actively targeting a previously disclosed and now patched remote code execution vulnerability in…
Google’s open-source GUAC initiative will make information for securing the software supply chain readily available to everyone.
GUAC will allow developers, auditors, and risk management teams to evaluate risk more easily in their codebases. What: Google is seeking contributors to a new open-source project it has launched called Graph…
Microsoft leaked business transaction data on more than 65K prospective customers via misconfigured Azure storage bucket, threat intel vendor claims
Misconfigured and insecure cloud storage buckets—particularly AWS S3 buckets—pose a major data leak risk for organizations. In recent years hundreds of companies have had sensitive data exposed via this vector [292 words]….
Vuln in GitHub Enterprise server could enable RCE on SVNBridge
Vulnerability has not been assigned a severity rating yet [242 words]. What: A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability (CVE-2022-23734 )exists in multiple GitHub Enterprise Server versions that could potentially let a remote attacker execute…
HelpSystems releases Cobalt Strike 4.7.2 to address new RCE vulnerability
Out-of-band update addresses an issue for which IBM X-Force researchers had wanted a new CVE, but which HelpSystems says is not specific to its software [300 words] What: HelpSystems on October 17…
California, Texas tops list of states with most cybersecurity job openings
For the year ended Sept. 2022 employers listed close to 770K job openings for cybersecurity professionals. Security analysts, pen-testers were among top required skills. CyberSeek’s interactive map shows the states and metro…
Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Apache Commons Text
Is this the next Log4J? [297 words] What: The Apache Foundation appears to have quietly fixed a critical remote code execution (RCE) in Apache Common Text versions 1.5 through 1.9. The vulnerability…
Zscaler releases technical details—and PoC—for now-patched Windows 0-day
Microsoft has rated the previously exploited CVE-2022-37969 as being of high-severity, so now might be a good time to patch (264 words). What: New technical details and proof-of-concept code have become available…