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Immediate Action Required: Update Your Apple Devices, Including iPads, MacBooks, and iPhones, NOW!
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Apple Issues Urgent Security Patches for Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Apple has recently released security updates to tackle two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917) that hackers are actively exploiting.

Apple Inc. today released crucial security updates aimed at mitigating two critical zero-day vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2023-42916 and CVE-2023-42917. These vulnerabilities have been actively exploited by hackers, posing a significant risk to a wide range of Apple devices.

The vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and access sensitive data on compromised devices. These security flaws are particularly concerning because they can be exploited through malicious web pages, exploiting a memory corruption bug to gain unauthorized access.

****Affected Devices****

Apple’s advisory lists a comprehensive range of devices vulnerable to these exploits:

*   iPhone XS and later models
*   iPad Pro 10.5-inch
*   iPad (6th generation and later)
*   iPad Air (3rd generation and later)
*   iPad mini (5th generation and later)
*   iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later)
*   iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation and later)
*   Mac computers running macOS Monterey, Ventura, and Sonoma

****Immediate Action Recommended****

Apple urges all users of these devices to update their software immediately. The updates are designed to patch the vulnerabilities and protect devices from potential exploits. Users can update their devices by going to the ‘Settings’ menu, selecting ‘General’, and then tapping on ‘Software Update’.

The urgent release of these security patches highlights the growing challenges in cybersecurity. Security experts advise users to always keep their software updated to the latest version and to be cautious of suspicious web pages and downloads.

In a comment to Hackread.com, Michael Covington, VP of Portfolio Strategy at Apple device security and management company Jamf, urged users to immediately update their devices.

“These latest OS updates, which address bugs in Apple’s WebKit, show that attackers continue to focus on exploiting the framework that downloads and presents web-based content,” Michael said. The latest bugs could lead to both data leakage and arbitrary code execution and appear to be tied to targeted attacks that are common against high-risk users,” he wanted.

****How to Update Your Apple Devices?****

Apple provides detailed instructions to ensure that users update their devices effectively. For iPhone and iPad users, navigate to Settings > General and click on Software Update.

For macOS users, click on the Apple menu (), go to System Settings, select General, and then click on Software Update. Automatic updates should be enabled to receive the Rapid Security Response patches seamlessly. Restarting the device may be necessary to complete the update process.

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Apple Issues Urgent Security Patches for Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Plus: Major security patches from Microsoft, Mozilla, Atlassian, Cisco, and more.

The holiday season is here, but software firms are still busy issuing fixes for major security flaws. Microsoft, Google, and enterprise software firm Atlassian have released patches for vulnerabilities already being used in attacks. Cisco also patched a bug deemed so serious, it was given a near-maximum CVSS score of 9.9.

Here’s everything you need to know about the patches released in November.

Google Chrome

Google ended November with a bang after issuing seven security fixes for Chrome, including an emergency patch for an issue already being used in real-life attacks. Tracked as CVE-2023-6345, the already exploited flaw is an integer overflow issue in Skia, an open source 2D graphics library. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-6345 exists in the wild,” the browser maker said in an advisory.

Little is known about the fix at the time of writing; however, it was reported by Benoît Sevens and Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group, indicating the exploit could be spyware-related.

The six other flaws fixed by Google and rated as having a high impact include CVE-2023-6348, a type-confusion bug in Spellcheck, and CVE-2023-6351, a use-after-free issue in libavif.

Earlier in the month, Google released fixes for 15 security issues in its widely used browser. Among the bugs fixed by the software giant are three rated as having a high severity. Tracked as CVE-2023-5480, the first is an inappropriate implementation issue in Payments, while the second, CVE-2023-5482, is an insufficient data validation flaw in USB with a CVSS score of 8.8. The third high-severity bug, CVE-2023-5849, is an integer overflow issue in USB.

Mozilla Firefox

Chrome competitor Firefox has fixed 10 vulnerabilities in the browser, six of which are rated as having a high impact. CVE-2023-6204 is an out-of-bound memory access flaw in WebGL2 blitFramebuffer, while CVE-2023-6205 is a use-after-free issue in MessagePort.

Meanwhile, CVE-2023-6206 could allow clickjacking permission prompts using the full-screen transition. “The black fade animation when exiting full screen is roughly the length of the anti-clickjacking delay on permission prompts,” Firefox owner Mozilla said. “It was possible to use this fact to surprise users by luring them to click where the permission grant button would be about to appear.”

CVE-2023-6212 and CVE-2023-6212 are Memory safety bugs, both with a CVSS score of 8.8, in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5.

Google Android

Google's November Android Security Bulletin details fixes patched in this month, including eight in the Framework, six of which are elevation of privilege bugs. The worst flaw could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed, Google said in an advisory.

Google also fixed seven issues in the System, six of which are rated as having a high severity and one marked as critical. Tracked as CVE-2023-40113, the critical bug could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed.

Google's Pixel devices have already received the November update, along with some additional fixes. The November Android Security Bulletin has also started to roll out to some of Samsung’s Galaxy line.

Microsoft

Microsoft has a Patch Tuesday every month, but November's is worth notice. The update fixes 59 vulnerabilities, two of which are already being exploited in real-life attacks. Tracked as CVE-2023-36033, the first is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows DWM Core Library marked as important, with a CVSS score of 7.8. “An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges,” Microsoft said.

Meanwhile, CVE-2023-36036 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver with a CVSS score of 7.8. Also fixed in November’s update cycle is the already exploited libWep flaw previously fixed in Chrome and other browsers, which also impacts Microsoft’s Edge, tracked as CVE-2023-4863.

Another notable flaw is CVE-2023-36397, a remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Pragmatic General Multicast marked as critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. “When Windows message queuing service is running in a PGM Server environment, an attacker could send a specially crafted file over the network to achieve remote code execution and attempt to trigger malicious code,” Microsoft said.

Cisco

Enterprise software firm Cisco has issued fixes for 27 security flaws, including one rated as critical with a near maximum CVSS score of 9.9. Tracked as CVE-2023-20048, the vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute unauthorized configuration commands on a Firepower Threat Defense device managed by the FMC Software.

However, to successfully exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need valid credentials on the FMC Software, Cisco said.

A further seven of the flaws fixed by Cisco are rated as having a high impact, including CVE-2023-20086—a denial-of-service flaw with a CVSS score of 8.6—and CVE-2023-20063, a code-injection vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.2.

Atlassian

Atlassian has released a patch to fix a serious flaw already being used in real-life attacks. Tracked as CVE-2023-22518, the improper-authorization vulnerability issue in Confluence Data Center and Server is being used in ransomware attacks. “As part of Atlassian's ongoing monitoring and investigation of this CVE, we observed several active exploits and reports of threat actors using ransomware,” it said.

Security outfit Trend Micro reported the Cerber ransomware group is using the flaw in attacks. “This is not the first time that Cerber has targeted Atlassian—in 2021, the malware re-emerged after a period of inactivity and focused on exploiting remote code execution vulnerabilities in Atlassian's GitLab servers,” Trend Micro said.

All versions of Confluence Data Center and Server are affected by the flaw, which allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset Confluence and create an administrator account. “Using this account, an attacker can perform all administrative actions available to a Confluence instance administrator, leading to a full loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability,” Atlassian said.

SAP

Enterprise software giant SAP has released its November Security Patch Day, fixing three new flaws. Tracked as CVE-2023-31403 and with a CVSS score of 9.6, the most serious issue is an improper access control vulnerability flaw in SAP Business One. As a result of exploiting the issue, a malicious user could read and write to the SMB shared folder, the software giant said.

Google Fixes a Seventh Zero-Day Flaw in Chrome—Update Now

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7574-01 - An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

The following advisory data is extracted from:

https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7574.json

Red Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.

- Packet Storm Staff

====================================================================  
Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: thunderbird security update  
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7574-01  
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux  
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7574  
Issue date:         2023-11-29  
Revision:           01  
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-6204  
====================================================================

Summary: 

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description:

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 115.5.0.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Out-of-bound memory access in WebGL2 blitFramebuffer (CVE-2023-6204)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in MessagePort::Entangled (CVE-2023-6205)

* Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the fullscreen transition (CVE-2023-6206)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in ReadableByteStreamQueueEntry::Buffer (CVE-2023-6207)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5 (CVE-2023-6212)

* Mozilla: Using Selection API would copy contents into X11 primary selection. (CVE-2023-6208)

* Mozilla: Incorrect parsing of relative URLs starting with \"///\" (CVE-2023-6209)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

CVEs:

CVE-2023-6204

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250896  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250897  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250898  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250899  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250900  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250901  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250902

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7574-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7573-01 - An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7573.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Important: firefox security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7573-01Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7573Issue date:         2023-11-29Revision:           01CVE Names:          CVE-2023-6204====================================================================Summary: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.5.0 ESR.Security Fix(es):* Mozilla: Out-of-bound memory access in WebGL2 blitFramebuffer (CVE-2023-6204)* Mozilla: Use-after-free in MessagePort::Entangled (CVE-2023-6205)* Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the fullscreen transition (CVE-2023-6206)* Mozilla: Use-after-free in ReadableByteStreamQueueEntry::Buffer (CVE-2023-6207)* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5 (CVE-2023-6212)* Mozilla: Using Selection API would copy contents into X11 primary selection. (CVE-2023-6208)* Mozilla: Incorrect parsing of relative URLs starting with \"///\" (CVE-2023-6209)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2023-6204References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importanthttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250896https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250897https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250898https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250899https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250900https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250901https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250902

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7573-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7570-01 - An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

The following advisory data is extracted from:

https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7570.json

Red Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.

- Packet Storm Staff

====================================================================  
Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: thunderbird security update  
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7570-01  
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux  
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7570  
Issue date:         2023-11-29  
Revision:           01  
CVE Names:          CVE-2023-6204  
====================================================================

Summary: 

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description:

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 115.5.0.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Out-of-bound memory access in WebGL2 blitFramebuffer (CVE-2023-6204)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in MessagePort::Entangled (CVE-2023-6205)

* Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the fullscreen transition (CVE-2023-6206)

* Mozilla: Use-after-free in ReadableByteStreamQueueEntry::Buffer (CVE-2023-6207)

* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5 (CVE-2023-6212)

* Mozilla: Using Selection API would copy contents into X11 primary selection. (CVE-2023-6208)

* Mozilla: Incorrect parsing of relative URLs starting with \"///\" (CVE-2023-6209)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

CVEs:

CVE-2023-6204

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250896  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250897  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250898  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250899  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250900  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250901  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250902

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7570-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7569-01 - An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7569.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Important: firefox security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7569-01Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7569Issue date:         2023-11-29Revision:           01CVE Names:          CVE-2023-6204====================================================================Summary: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.This update upgrades Firefox to version 115.5.0 ESR.Security Fix(es):* Mozilla: Out-of-bound memory access in WebGL2 blitFramebuffer (CVE-2023-6204)* Mozilla: Use-after-free in MessagePort::Entangled (CVE-2023-6205)* Mozilla: Clickjacking permission prompts using the fullscreen transition (CVE-2023-6206)* Mozilla: Use-after-free in ReadableByteStreamQueueEntry::Buffer (CVE-2023-6207)* Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 120, Firefox ESR 115.5, and Thunderbird 115.5 (CVE-2023-6212)* Mozilla: Using Selection API would copy contents into X11 primary selection. (CVE-2023-6208)* Mozilla: Incorrect parsing of relative URLs starting with \"///\" (CVE-2023-6209)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2023-6204References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importanthttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250896https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250897https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250898https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250899https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250900https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250901https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250902

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7569-01

PRESS RELEASE

HERZLIYA, Israel, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XM Cyber, the leader in hybrid cloud exposure management, today announced new capabilities that provide complete and continuous visibility into risks and vulnerabilities in Kubernetes environments. Kubernetes Exposure Management helps security teams protect critical assets running in Kubernetes clusters across public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises infrastructure.

The new solution delivers continuous visibility into vulnerabilities, risky permissions, and misconfigurations that could allow attackers to breach Kubernetes environments and access valuable data and applications. By extending XM Cyber's industry-leading XM Attack Graph Analysis™ to Kubernetes, organizations can now see integrated risks across hybrid environments and intelligently prioritize remediation based on potential impact to critical assets.

"We are early adopters of XM Cyber's new Kubernetes features in order to achieve full transparency into our customer environments", said Moritz Tuerk, Chief Product Owner Security for SAP Product Engineering. "With the comprehensive attack path view, we can enhance the security of the SAP cloud even further than what is currently possible."

Key benefits of XM Cyber's Kubernetes Exposure Management include:

*   360-Degree Visibility: Gain a comprehensive view of risks and excessive permissions across all Kubernetes assets.
    
*   Protection for Sensitive Resources: Ensure the security of vital Kubernetes resources like ConfigMaps and Secrets.
    
*   Cross-Environment Analysis that reduces remediation efforts: Perform multi-step attack modeling, risk assessment, and prioritization that considers the needs of multiple domains.
    
*   Rapid Time-to-Value: Initial deployment can be completed in hours to unlock actionable exposure insights from day one.
    

Security issues have caused 67% of companies to delay or slow down Kubernetes deployment. XM Cyber's Kubernetes Exposure Management capabilities are aimed at helping security teams tackle this emerging risk vector head-on.

"Kubernetes adoption is accelerating, but securing these highly complex environments remains a huge challenge," said Boaz Gorodissky, CTO at XM Cyber. "Our new Kubernetes Exposure Management equips security teams with the comprehensive visibility and automated control they urgently need to reduce attack surfaces and proactively protect critical container workloads."

To learn more about XM Cyber, please visit: https://xmcyber.com/solution-briefs/kubernetes-continuous-exposure-management/.

About XM Cyber

XM Cyber is a leading hybrid cloud exposure management company that's changing the way organizations approach cyber risk. XM Cyber transforms exposure management by demonstrating how attackers leverage and combine misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, identity exposures, and more, across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem environments to compromise critical assets. With XM Cyber, you can see all the ways attackers might advance, and all the best ways to stop them, pinpointing where to remediate exposures with a fraction of the effort. Founded by top executives from the Israeli cyber intelligence community, XM Cyber has offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Israel.

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A new study that looked at the password requirements of the most popular websites came to a disappointing but not surprising conclusion.

A new study that examines the current state of password policies across the internet shows that many of the most popular websites allow users to create weak passwords.

For the Georgia Tech study, the researchers designed an algorithm that automatically determined a website’s password policy. With the help of machine learning, they could see the consistency of length requirements and restrictions for numbers, upper- and lower-case letters, special symbols, combinations, and starting letters. They could also see if sites permitted dictionary words or known breached passwords.

Using this tool they found:

*   12% of the websites they looked at completely lack password length requirements
*   3 out of 4 fail to meet minimum requirement standards which means they:
    
    *   Allow very short passwords
    
    *   Do not block common passwords
    
    *   Use outdated requirements like complex characters

More than half of the websites in the study accepted passwords with six characters or less, with 75% failing to require the recommended eight-character minimum. Around 12% of the websites had no length requirements, and 30% did not support spaces or special characters.

Giving users that kind of freedom is asking for them to be duped. As we pointed out a while back, even tech-savvy users like IT administrators resort to awful passwords when given the chance.

The reasons for not enforcing standards are obvious. Most websites care more about customer satisfaction than security, and you can guess which one is better for business.

Users don’t like passwords, especially since the password situation has been made worse by ridiculous and unnecessary rules, such as asking users to pick passwords that follow formulas, or forcing users to change their password every few months. Both rules have been discredited but continue to haunt us. Formulas reduce the number of possible passwords a user can pick from, and regular password resets encourage users to pick passwords that conform to a predictable pattern, both of which can make guessing passwords easier, which is the opposite of what we want.

If you’d like to read more about this, read “Why (almost) everything we told you about passwords was wrong.” The article summarizes how a lot of what you’ve been told about passwords over the years was either wrong (change your passwords as often as your underwear), misguided (choose long, complicated passwords), or counterproductive (don’t reuse passwords).

We feel that we should entirely move away from the model that requires users to create and remember passwords. It is time for something more secure AND user-friendly. And it’s not like these systems don’t exist (hello Passkeys), we just need to embrace them more widely.

Let’s enable muti-factor authentication (MFA) where we can, even if we feel that using a password as the first factor doesn’t add a lot of extra security to the login procedure. And if we need to rely on passwords alone, try using a password manager. They help you create complex passwords and remember them for you.

The full report of the researchers will be presented at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) in Copenhagen, Denmark, later this month.

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 Many major websites allow users to have weak passwords 

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7559-01 - An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7559.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Important: kpatch-patch security updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7559-01Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7559Issue date:         2023-11-28Revision:           01CVE Names:          CVE-2023-5178====================================================================Summary: An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel.Security Fix(es):* kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2023-5178References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importanthttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241924

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7559-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7557-01 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Issues addressed include information leakage and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

    The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7557.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023.  Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness.  It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis:           Important: kernel security and bug fix updateAdvisory ID:        RHSA-2023:7557-01Product:            Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7557Issue date:         2023-11-28Revision:           01CVE Names:          CVE-2023-5178====================================================================Summary: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.Description:The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.Security Fix(es):* kernel: use after free in nvmet_tcp_free_crypto in NVMe (CVE-2023-5178)* hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak (CVE-2023-20593)For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.Bug Fix(es):* Circular locking dependency on rtnl_mutex, nft_commit_mutex, complettion of modprobe nf-logger-2-0, and pernet_ops_rwsem causes hang. (BZ#2234452)* i40e: backport selected bugfixes (BZ#2238307)Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2023-5178References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#importanthttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217845https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241924

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