Advisories

  • An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

    In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator, the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. Moscow resident Mikhail Shefel, who confirmed using the Rescator identity in a recent interview, also admitted reaching out because he…

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  • USN-7112-1: GD Graphics Library vulnerability

    It was discovered that the GD Graphics Library did not perform proper bounds checking while handling BMP and WebP files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (application crash). Read More

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  • USN-7111-1: Go vulnerabilities

    Philippe Antoine discovered that Go incorrectly handled crafted HTTP/2 streams. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-41723) Marten Seemann discovered that Go did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a panic resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-41724)…

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  • USN-7088-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

    Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-36402) Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update…

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  • Sitting Ducks DNS Attacks Put Global Domains at Risk

    Over 1 million domains are vulnerable to “Sitting Ducks” attack, which exploits DNS misconfigurations Read More

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  • USN-7089-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

    Chenyuan Yang discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the device to be enabled before writing. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25741) Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise…

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  • USN-7071-2: Linux kernel vulnerability

    A security issue was discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: – Network traffic control; (CVE-2024-45016) Read More

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  • Microsoft Power Pages Misconfiguration Leads to Data Exposure

    Misconfigurations in Microsoft Power Pages granting excessive access permissions expose sensitive data, risking PII to unauthorized users Read More

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  • USN-7110-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: – Cryptographic API; – HW tracing; – ISDN/mISDN subsystem; – Media drivers; – Network drivers; – SCSI drivers; – USB DSL drivers; – VFIO drivers; – Watchdog drivers;…

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  • ShrinkLocker ransomware: what you need to know

    ShrinkLocker is a family of ransomware that encrypts an organisation’s data and demands a ransom payment in order to restore access to their files. It was first identified by security researchers in May 2024, after attacks were observed in Mexico, Indonesia, and Jordan. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.…

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