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Patch Tuesday, March 2024 Edition

Krebs on Security

Last week, Apple pushed out an urgent software update to its flagship iOS platform, warning that there were at least two zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities being used in the wild (CVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296). 4, 2024, Google published Secure by Design , which lays out the company’s perspective on memory safety risks.

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Patch Tuesday, May 2024 Edition

Krebs on Security

CVE-2024-30051 is an “elevation of privilege” bug in a core Windows library. ” CVE-2024-30040 is a security feature bypass in MSHTML , a component that is deeply tied to the default Web browser on Windows systems. . First, the zero-days.

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Fat Patch Tuesday, February 2024 Edition

Krebs on Security

Top of the heap on this Fat Patch Tuesday is CVE-2024-21412 , a “security feature bypass” in the way Windows handles Internet Shortcut Files that Microsoft says is being targeted in active exploits. Microsoft Corp. msi) that in turn unloads a remote access trojan (RAT) onto infected Windows systems.

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Critical Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager authentication bypass bug

Security Affairs

A critical security vulnerability in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager could allow threat actors to bypass authentication. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-29849 (CVSS score: 9.8), in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager could allow attackers to bypass authentication.

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Zoom fixed critical flaw CVE-2024-24691 in Windows software

Security Affairs

Zoom addressed seven vulnerabilities in its desktop and mobile applications, including a critical flaw (CVE-2024-24691) affecting the Windows software. The vulnerability CVE-2024-24691 is an improper input validation bug that could be exploited by an attacker with network access to escalate privileges. ” reads the advisory.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 1)

The Last Watchdog

What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024? In 2024, we will see more targeted, sophisticated business email compromise (BEC) attacks, including VIP impersonation, vendor email compromise (VEC), and autonomous agents used for malicious purposes. The comments we received were uniformly insightful and helpful.

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Critical GitHub Enterprise Server Authentication Bypass bug. Fix it now!

Security Affairs

GitHub addressed a vulnerability in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication. GitHub has rolled out security fixes to address a critical authentication bypass issue, tracked as CVE-2024-4985 (CVSS score: 10.0), in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES).