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A flaw was found in Exuberant Ctags in the way it handles the "-o" option. This option specifies the tag filename. A crafted tag filename specified in the comm…
Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to improper user input validation, which makes it possible to inject a maliciously crafted remote URL into the clone command. E…
As the new year begins, it's more important than ever to protect your business from the constantly evolving cyber threats that could compromise your valuable a…
A recent IcedID malware attack enabled the threat actor to compromise the Active Directory domain of an unnamed target less than 24 hours after gaining initial…
A recently publishedSecurity Navigatorreport data shows that businesses are still taking 215 days to patch a reported vulnerability. Even for critical vulnerab…
It was discovered that there was a potential reflected file download (RFD) vulnerability in ruby-sinatra, a Ruby library for writing HTTP applications. A Conte…
A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the open source jsonwebtoken (JWT) library that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execu…
Multiple bugs affecting millions of vehicles from 16 different manufacturers could be abused to unlock, start, and track cars, plus impact the privacy of car o…
The latest breach announced by LastPass is a major cause for concern to security stakeholders. As often occurs, we are at a security limbo – on the one hand, a…
It was discovered that there was a potential remote denial of service vulnerability in node-trim-newlines, a Javascript module to strip newlines from the start…
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Tuesdaysaida threat actor tracked as APT5 has been actively exploiting a zero-day flaw in Citrix Application Deliver…
node-json-schema, JSON Schema validation and specifications, was vulnerable to Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes. (CVE-2021-391…
Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty have identified a generic method for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAFs) of several maj…
With 2022 coming to a close, there is no better time to buckle down and prepare to face the security challenges in the year to come. This past year has seen it…
Timothee Desurmont discovered an information leak vulnerability in node-eventsource, a W3C compliant EventSource client for Node.js: the module was not honorin…
Looking to up your cybersecurity game in the new year? Do not just buy electronics this vacation season, improve your cybersecurity!The end of the year is a gr…
The Vice Society cybercrime group has disproportionately targeted educational institutions, accounting for 33 victims in 2022 and surpassing other ransomware f…
A version of an open source ransomware toolkit calledCryptonitehas been observed in the wild with wiper capabilities due to its "weak architecture and programm…
Cristian-Alexandru Staicu discovered a prototype pollution vulnerability in inode-cached-path-relative, a Node.js module used to cache (memoize) the result of …
ClamAV, an anti-virus utility for Unix, v0.103.7 is a critical patch release with the following fixes: * Fix logical signature "Intermediates" feature.
Mitsurugi Heishiro found out that in VLC, multimedia player and streamer, a potential buffer overflow in the vnc module could trigger remote code execution if …
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Quarkus Java framework that could be potentially exploited to achieve remote code execution on affe…
It's not news that phishing attacks are getting more complex and happening more often. This year alone, APWG reported a record-breaking total of1,097,811 phish…
Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in heimdal, an implementation of the Kerberos 5 authentication protocol, which may result in denial of servic…