Google has rolled out security fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-7971, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. “Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior […]
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could permit unauthenticated users to gain administrator privileges. “The plugin suffers from an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability which allows any unauthenticated visitor to gain Administrator level access after which malicious plugins could be uploaded and Go to Source Author:
GitHub has released fixes to address a set of three security flaws impacting its Enterprise Server product, including one critical bug that could be abused to gain site administrator privileges. The most severe of the shortcomings has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-6800, and carries a CVSS score of 9.5. “On GitHub Enterprise Server instances […]
Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked a new malware strain dubbed PG_MEM that’s designed to mine cryptocurrency after brute-forcing their way into PostgreSQL database instances. “Brute-force attacks on Postgres involve repeatedly attempting to guess the database credentials until access is gained, exploiting weak passwords,” Aqua security researcher Assaf Morag said in a technical report. “ Go to […]
Analysts have been picking up increased cases of malware delivery via Windows Installer files in Southeast Asia. Go to Source Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer
An individual in Turkey is behind a new information stealer that researchers have recently observed in multiple attacks. Go to Source Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
A Kentucky man used stolen doctor credentials to fake his own death certificate to avoid paying a six-figure child support debt. Go to Source Author: Dark Reading Staff
It’s unclear who the “Msupedge” threat actors were or what the motive for the attack was. Go to Source Author: Dark Reading Staff
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw impacting Microsoft’s Copilot Studio that could be exploited to access sensitive information. Tracked as CVE-2024-38206 (CVSS score: 8.5), the vulnerability has been described as an information disclosure bug stemming from a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack. “An authenticated attacker can bypass Server-Side Request Go to Source Author: