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Microsoft Windows “PrintNightmare” Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

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Microsoft Windows “PrintNightmare” Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

A critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows Print Spooler. This high severity vulnerability dubbed as PrintNightmare is tracked under the CVE identifier CVE-2021-34527. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows attackers to conduct arbitrary code execution w...

Jul 01, 2021 • 2 min read

The Finale of the Eternal Search for the Best Vulnerability Assessment Solution is Nearing!

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The Finale of the Eternal Search for the Best Vulnerability Assessment Solution is Nearing!

Vulnerability management solution is usually the most painstaking process for an IT/security team. The teams struggle to run full vulnerability scans in time and create comprehensive risk reports. Throw in a dozen scanners and patching solutions. It’s now full-blown chaos and drama. Top management f...

Jun 22, 2021 • 2 min read

Google Chrome Patches Another High Severity Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in the Wild

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Google Chrome Patches Another High Severity Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in the Wild

Google has released an emergency fix for its Chrome browser app in Windows, Linux, and Mac. This consists of four vulnerabilities that include one Zero-day vulnerability with High severity. This is the eighth Zero-day vulnerability which is fixed by Google this year and is assigned with CVE-2021-305...

Jun 17, 2021 • 2 min read

Adobe Critical Security Updates June 2021

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Adobe Critical Security Updates June 2021

Adobe has finally released security updates providing fixes for 21 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, After Effects, Photoshop, Animate, RoboHelp Server, Acrobat, and Reader. A total of 41 security vulnerabilities have been finally patched in this release. Having a...

Jun 14, 2021 • 2 min read

Microsoft June 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 50 CVEs Including Six Zero-Days

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Microsoft June 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 50 CVEs Including Six Zero-Days

Microsoft has released June Patch Tuesday, security updates with a total of 50 vulnerabilities in the family of Windows and Mac operating systems and related products. In the release by Microsoft, 5 were rated as Critical and 45 as Important. The products covered in June’s security update include Mi...

Jun 08, 2021 • 5 min read

Critical Zero-Day Flaw Actively Exploited in WordPress Fancy Product Designer Plugin

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Critical Zero-Day Flaw Actively Exploited in WordPress Fancy Product Designer Plugin

A critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in a WordPress plugin called Fancy Product Designer. A Wordfence Threat Intelligence team from WordPress security company Defiant alerted about this vulnerability. The vulnerability is under active attack, which is tracked as CVE-2021-24370 by us...

Jun 02, 2021 • 3 min read

WinRM servers are the latest prey for the Wormable Windows HTTP vulnerability

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WinRM servers are the latest prey for the Wormable Windows HTTP vulnerability

Microsoft recently patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack (http. sys). Used by the Windows built-in IIS server for processing HTTP requests. The vulnerability is assigned with an identifier CVE-2021-31166 and has a CVSS score of 9.8. This is a wormable vuln...

May 23, 2021 • 4 min read

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Updates for May 2021.

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Updates for May 2021.

Microsoft has released May 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates with a total of 55 vulnerabilities in the family of Windows and Mac operating systems and related products. In the release by Microsoft, 4 vulnerabilities were rated as Critical, 50 as Important, and 1 as Moderate. Therefore, a good vuln...

May 11, 2021 • 4 min read

Critical 21Nails Flaws Affect Millions of Exim Servers

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Critical 21Nails Flaws Affect Millions of Exim Servers

A series of critical vulnerabilities were recently disclosed to reside in the popular internet mailer, Exim. The vulnerabilities, collectively termed as 21Nails, were brought to light by researchers at Qualys. The advisory includes 21 vulnerabilities, some of which can be used to gain elevated privi...

May 05, 2021 • 2 min read