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Cybersecurity Alert: Citrix Urges Patching While Researchers Release Exploit

Morgan Sarah11 months ago08 mins

Critical Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Exposes Users to Exploitation This week, Citrix customers have been grappling with a high-profile security vulnerability affecting their NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) and Gateway products. On September 23, Citrix released an urgent patch for CVE-2023-4966, a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability. Unfortunately, this critical security update comes alongside the release of…

The Urgency of Patching: VMware vCenter Flaw Poses Critical Risks to End-of-Life Products

Emma Thompson11 months ago08 mins

Cloud Security: VMware vCenter Flaw Exposes Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability By October 27, 2023 The Vulnerability Virtualization technology provider VMware has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting its vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation products. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-34048, allows a malicious hacker with network access to…

Why the Citrix Zero-Day Exploit Calls for More Than Just Patching

Emma Thompson11 months ago06 mins

Report: Critical Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler Under Active Attack Since August Introduction A critical security vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler, which was patched last week, has been under active attack since at least August. The bug, known as CVE-2023-4966 and rated with a CVSS score of 9.4, poses a significant threat to organizations. What makes the…

The Truth Behind the Curl Bug Hype: Unveiling the Patching Revelation

Emma Thompson11 months ago09 mins

The Unveiling of Curl Security Flaws: Analysis and Recommendations Introduction to the Curl Security Flaws The cybersecurity community has been eagerly awaiting the disclosure of two security flaws in the popular open-source proxy resolution tool, curl. With billions of curl instances in various applications, any vulnerabilities in this widely used library have the potential to…

The Patching Paradox: Decoding the Metrics of Remediation

Emma Thompson11 months ago010 mins

The Paradox of Tracking Security Work When it comes to cybersecurity, preventing problems before they are exploited is often easier and more cost-effective than responding to incidents. Fast patching and following best practices in cloud instances and application deployments can help eliminate vulnerabilities before attackers can take advantage of them. However, despite the clear benefits…

Google’s Ongoing Battle: Patching Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year

Morgan Sarah11 months ago06 mins

Google Patches Chrome‘s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year The Vulnerability Google has recently patched the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability discovered in Chrome this year. The bug, tracked as CVE-2022-2856, is rated as high on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and is associated with “insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents.” This flaw could…

The Lingering Threat: Unpatched Squid Proxy Vulnerabilities Put Networks at Risk

Reynolds Alex11 months ago010 mins

Vulnerabilities Dozens of Squid Proxy Vulnerabilities Remain Unpatched 2 Years After Disclosure Introduction Two years after a researcher responsibly disclosed dozens of vulnerabilities affecting the Squid caching and forwarding web proxy, many of these vulnerabilities remain unpatched. Squid is a widely used open source proxy that is embedded in home and office firewall devices and…

Qualcomm Takes Action to Thwart Active Exploitation with New Patch

Reynolds Alex11 months ago011 mins

The IT Professional’s Blueprint for Compliance Introduction With the increasing reliance on technology, cybersecurity has become a critical concern for individuals and organizations alike. The proliferation of cyber threats and the potential for devastating consequences has prompted the need for comprehensive frameworks and guidelines to ensure compliance with best practices. This report aims to explore…

A Closer Look: Uncovering Two Critical Flaws in Curl Library’s Security Patch

Nguyen Michael11 months ago011 mins

The IT Professional’s Blueprint for Compliance Introduction In today’s interconnected world, where cyber threats are ever-evolving and sophisticated, ensuring compliance with the various frameworks and standards is of paramount importance for IT professionals. From healthcare to national security, organizations are required to align with specific regulations to safeguard sensitive data and protect against cyber attacks….

The Peril of Unpatched Vulnerabilities: Unleashing the Largest DDoS Attack in History

Morgan Sarah11 months ago08 mins

An Internet-wide security vulnerability exploited in “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset” DDoS attacks An Internet-wide security vulnerability has been discovered and exploited in a new type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack known as “HTTP/2 Rapid Reset.” This attack, which took place over August 28-29, resulted in a flood of traffic that was much larger than any previous…