Google Chrome urgently requires an update to patch a severe vulnerability. You may be tired of updating Chrome (the latest urgent update was just last month), but it’s that time again, and with good reason: Cybercriminals have already exploited this vulnerability. What is CVE-2021-21193? On March 12, Google released stable build 89.0.4389.90 for Chrome, patching five … [Read more...] about Google Chrome update patches CVE-2021-21193 vulnerability
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Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 89 Flaws — IE 0-Day Under Active Attacks
Microsoft plugged as many as 89 security flaws as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates released today, including fixes for an actively exploited zero-day in Internet Explorer that could permit an attacker to run arbitrary code on target machines. Of these flaws, 14 are listed as Critical, and 75 are listed as Important in severity, out of which two of the bugs are … [Read more...] about Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 89 Flaws — IE 0-Day Under Active Attacks
Microsoft Issues Patches for In-the-Wild 0-day and 55 Others Windows Bugs
Microsoft on Tuesday issued fixes for 56 flaws, including a critical vulnerability that's known to be actively exploited in the wild. In all, 11 are listed as Critical, 43 are listed as Important, and two are listed as Moderate in severity — six of which are previously disclosed vulnerabilities. The updates cover .NET Framework, Azure IoT, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge for … [Read more...] about Microsoft Issues Patches for In-the-Wild 0-day and 55 Others Windows Bugs
Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug
Apple has rolled out a fix for a critical sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave that could allow unauthenticated local users to gain root-level privileges on the system. "A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges," Apple said in a security advisory. "This issue was addressed by updating to sudo version 1.9.5p2." Sudo is a common utility built … [Read more...] about Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug
Microsoft Releases Patches For Critical Windows TCP/IP and Other Bugs
Microsoft on Tuesday issued fixes for 87 newly discovered security vulnerabilities as part of its October 2020 Patch Tuesday, including two critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws in Windows TCP/IP stack and Microsoft Outlook. The flaws, 11 of which are categorized as Critical, 75 are ranked Important, and one is classified Moderate in severity, affect Windows, Office and … [Read more...] about Microsoft Releases Patches For Critical Windows TCP/IP and Other Bugs
Cisco Issues Patches For 2 High-Severity IOS XR Flaws Under Active Attacks
Cisco yesterday released security patches for two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its IOS XR software that were found exploited in the wild a month ago.Tracked as CVE-2020-3566 and CVE-2020-3569, details for both zero-day unauthenticated DoS vulnerabilities were made public by Cisco late last month when the company found hackers actively exploiting Cisco IOS XR Software … [Read more...] about Cisco Issues Patches For 2 High-Severity IOS XR Flaws Under Active Attacks
Citrix Issues Critical Patches for 11 New Flaws Affecting Multiple Products
Citrix yesterday issued new security patches for as many as 11 security flaws that affect its Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WAN Optimization edition (WANOP) networking products.Successful exploitation of these critical flaws could let unauthenticated attackers perform code injection, information disclosure, and even denial-of-service attacks … [Read more...] about Citrix Issues Critical Patches for 11 New Flaws Affecting Multiple Products
Microsoft Releases June 2020 Security Patches For 129 Vulnerabilities
Microsoft today released its June 2020 batch of software security updates that patches a total of 129 newly discovered vulnerabilities affecting various versions of Windows operating systems and related products.This is the third Patch Tuesday update since the beginning of the global Covid-19 outbreak, putting some extra pressure on security teams struggling to keep up with … [Read more...] about Microsoft Releases June 2020 Security Patches For 129 Vulnerabilities
Facebook Patches “Memory Disclosure Using JPEG Images” Flaws in HHVM Servers
Facebook has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities in its server application that could have allowed remote attackers to unauthorisedly obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service just by uploading a maliciously constructed JPEG image file.The vulnerabilities reside in HHVM (HipHop Virtual Machine)—a high-performance, open source virtual machine developed by … [Read more...] about Facebook Patches “Memory Disclosure Using JPEG Images” Flaws in HHVM Servers
Patches for 2 Severe LibreOffice Flaws Bypassed — Update to Patch Again
If you are using LibreOffice, you need to update it once again.LibreOffice has released the latest version 6.2.6/6.3.0 of its open-source office software to address three new vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to bypass patches for two previously addressed vulnerabilities.LibreOffice is one of the most popular and open source alternatives to Microsoft Office suite and … [Read more...] about Patches for 2 Severe LibreOffice Flaws Bypassed — Update to Patch Again