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Plus: Microsoft patches two zero-day flaws, Google’s Android and Chrome get some much-needed updates, and more.

Enterprise security firm Barracuda on Tuesday disclosed that a recently patched zero-day flaw in its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances had been abused by threat actors since October 2022 to backdoor the devices. The latest findings show that the critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2868 (CVSS score: N/A), has been actively exploited for at least seven months prior to its discovery.

Multiple security flaws uncovered in Sonos One wireless speakers could be potentially exploited to achieve information disclosure and remote code execution, the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) said in a report published last week. The vulnerabilities were demonstrated by three different teams from Qrious Secure, STAR Labs, and DEVCORE at the Pwn2Own hacking contest held in Toronto late last year,

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Barracuda Networks issued a patch for a zero-day vulnerability in its Email Security Gateway that was actively being exploited (Read more...) The post Barracuda Networks patches zero-day vulnerability in Email Security Gateway appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Researchers have discovered an inexpensive attack technique that could be leveraged to brute-force fingerprints on smartphones to bypass user authentication and seize control of the devices. The approach, dubbed BrutePrint, bypasses limits put in place to counter failed biometric authentication attempts by weaponizing two zero-day vulnerabilities in the smartphone fingerprint authentication (SFA

Security researchers have shared a deep dive into the commercial Android spyware called Predator, which is marketed by the Israeli company Intellexa (previously Cytrox). Predator was first documented by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) in May 2022 as part of attacks leveraging five different zero-day flaws in the Chrome web browser and Android. The spyware, which is delivered by means of

Email protection and network security services provider Barracuda is warning users about a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited to breach the company's Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances. The zero-day is being tracked as CVE-2023-2868 and has been described as a remote code injection vulnerability affecting versions 5.1.3.001 through 9.2.0.006. The California-headquartered firm

Steam, the most popular video game storefront on PCs, only recently announced that it was ending support for Windows 7 and 8, and even then, it won’t be official until January.

Commercial spyware use is on the rise, with actors leveraging these sophisticated tools to conduct surveillance operations against a growing number of targets. Cisco Talos has new details of a commercial spyware product sold by the spyware firm Intellexa (formerly known as Cytrox).

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8  ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Moxa Equipment: MXsecurity Series Vulnerabilities: Command Injection and Use of Hard-Coded Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthorized user to bypass authentication or to execute arbitrary commands on the device. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS Moxa reports these vulnerabilities affect the following MXsecurity Series: MXsecurity Series: Software v1.0 3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW 3.2.1 COMMAND INJECTION CWE-77 A remote attacker, who has gained authorization privileges, could execute arbitrary commands on the device. CVE-2023-33235 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). 3.2.2 USE OF HARD-CODED CREDENTIALS CWE-798 An attacker could bypass authentication for web-based application programmable interfaces (APIs)...