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SoftMaker Office / FreeOffice Local Privilege Escalation

SoftMaker Office and FreeOffice suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the MSI installer. Vulnerable versions include SoftMaker Office 2024 / NX before revision 1214, FreeOffice 2021 Revision 1068, and FreeOffice 2024 before revision 1215.

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Microsoft MSHTML Flaw Exploited to Deliver MerkSpy Spyware Tool

Unknown threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft MSHTML to deliver a surveillance tool called MerkSpy as part of a campaign primarily targeting users in Canada, India, Poland, and the U.S. "MerkSpy is designed to clandestinely monitor user activities, capture sensitive information, and establish persistence on compromised systems," Fortinet FortiGuard

Azon Dominator Affiliate Marketing Script SQL Injection

Azon Dominator Affiliate Marketing Script suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.

Indian Software Firm's Products Hacked to Spread Data-Stealing Malware

Installers for three different software products developed by an Indian company named Conceptworld have been trojanized to distribute information-stealing malware. The installers correspond to Notezilla, RecentX, and Copywhiz, according to cybersecurity firm Rapid7, which discovered the supply chain compromise on June 18, 2024. The issue has since been remediated by Conceptworld as of June 24

Google to Block Entrust Certificates in Chrome Starting November 2024

Google has announced that it's going to start blocking websites that use certificates from Entrust starting around November 1, 2024, in its Chrome browser, citing compliance failures and the certificate authority's inability to address security issues in a timely manner. "Over the past several years, publicly disclosed incident reports highlighted a pattern of concerning behaviors by Entrust

CISA's Flags Memory-Unsafe Code in Major Open Source Projects

Despite more than 50% of all open source code being written in memory-unsafe languages like C++, we are unlikely to see a massive overhaul to code bases anytime soon.

Kimsuky Using TRANSLATEXT Chrome Extension to Steal Sensitive Data

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to the use of a new malicious Google Chrome extension that's designed to steal sensitive information as part of an ongoing intelligence collection effort. Zscaler ThreatLabz, which observed the activity in early March 2024, has codenamed the extension TRANSLATEXT, highlighting its ability to gather email addresses, usernames,

Researchers Warn of Flaws in Widely Used Industrial Gas Analysis Equipment

Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in Emerson Rosemount gas chromatographs that could be exploited by malicious actors to obtain sensitive information, induce a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, and even execute arbitrary commands. The flaws impact GC370XA, GC700XA, and GC1500XA and reside in versions 4.1.5 and prior. According to operational technology (OT) security firm Claroty, the

CVE-2024-6293: CVE-2024-6293

Microsoft Edge Channel Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version Stable 126.0.2592.81 6/27/2024 126.0.6478.127

CVE-2024-6292: CVE-2024-6292

Microsoft Edge Channel Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version Stable 126.0.2592.81 6/27/2024 126.0.6478.127