article thumbnail

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2023 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than five dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including three “zero day” vulnerabilities that Microsoft warns are already being exploited in active attacks.

Phishing 244
article thumbnail

Watch out! CVE-2023-5129 in libwebp library affects millions applications

Security Affairs

Google assigned a maximum score to a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-5129, in the libwebp image library for rendering images in the WebP format. The flaw was initially tracked as CVE-2023-4863 , because researchers believed that it was only impacting the Google Chrome browser.

Libraries 121
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. The patch fixes CVE-2023-42724 , which attackers have been using in targeted attacks to elevate their access on a local device.

Libraries 217
article thumbnail

Lessons from a Ransomware Attack against the British Library

Schneier on Security

You might think that libraries are kind of boring, but this self-analysis of a 2023 ransomware and extortion attack against the British Library is anything but.

Libraries 105
article thumbnail

British Library suffers major outage due to cyberattack

Security Affairs

Last weekend, the British Library suffered a cyberattack that caused a major IT outage, impacting many of its services. The British Library is facing a major outage that impacts the website and many of its services following a cyber attack that took place on October 28. ” reads a tweet published by the library. .”

Libraries 115
article thumbnail

Root access vulnerability in GNU Library C (glibc) impacts many Linux distros

Security Affairs

Qualys researchers discovered a root access flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-6246, in GNU Library C (glibc) affecting multiple Linux distributions. The Qualys Threat Research Unit discovered four security vulnerabilities in the GNU Library C (glibc) , including a heap-based buffer overflow tracked as CVE-2023-6246.

Libraries 119
article thumbnail

CISA ADDS CHROME AND PERL LIBRARY FLAWS TO ITS KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chrome and Perl library flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Qlik Sense vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Libraries 114