Software engineers tracking the quality of software bill of materials have stumbled on a startling discovery: Barely 1% of all SBOMs being generated today meets the “minimum elements” defined by the U.S. government.
Vendors Actively Bypass Security Patch for Year-Old Magento Vulnerability
Vendors and agencies are actively bypassing the security patch that Adobe released in February 2022 to address CVE-2022-24086, a critical mail template vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento stores, ecommerce security firm Sansec warns.
Exploited Control Web Panel Flaw Added to CISA ‘Must-Patch’ List
The US government’s cybersecurity agency CISA is giving federal agencies an early February deadline to patch a critical — and already exploited — security vulnerability in the widely used CentOS Control Web Panel utility.
PyPI Users Targeted With ‘Wacatac’ Trojan in New Supply Chain Attack
Fortinet warns of three new malicious PyPI packages containing code designed to fetch the Wacatac trojan and information stealer as a next stage payload.
Researchers: Brace for Zoho ManageEngine ‘Spray and Pray’ Attacks
Security researchers tracking a known pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine products are warning organizations to brace for “spray and pray” attacks across the internet.
Website of Canadian Liquor Distributor LCBO Infected With Web Skimmer
Canadian liquor distributor Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has announced that a web skimmer injected into its online store was used to steal users’ personal data.
Tesla Returns as Pwn2Own Hacker Takeover Target
Electric car maker Tesla is using the annual Pwn2Own hacker contest to incentivize security researchers to showcase complex exploit chains that can lead to complete vehicle compromise.
Investors Bet Big on Subscription-Based Security Skills Training
Hack The Box, a British startup working on technology to simplify cybersecurity skills training, has banked a $55 million funding round as venture capital investors place big bets on the subscription-based talent assessment space.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 97 Windows Vulns, 1 Exploited Zero-Day
Microsoft’s security patching machine hummed into overdrive Tuesday with the release of fixes for at least 97 documented software vulnerabilities, including a zero-day that’s already been exploited to escape the browser sandbox.
Zoom Patches High Risk Flaws on Windows, MacOS Platforms
Video messaging giant Zoom has released patches for multiple security vulnerabilities that expose both Windows and macOS users to malicious hacker attacks.
The vulnerabilities, in the enterprise-facing Zoom Rooms product, could be exploited in privilege escalation attacks on both Windows and macOS platforms.