Computer Security News

50,000 Fortinet Firewalls Remain Vulnerable to Critical Zero-Day Exploit

As of January 22, 2025, nearly 50,000 Fortinet firewall devices remain exposed to a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-55591) despite urgent…

2 years ago

Vim Command Line Text Editor Vulnerability Tiggers Potential Crash

A segmentation fault vulnerability has been identified in the popular command-line text editor Vim, affecting versions before 9.1.1043.  This flaw,…

2 years ago

PoC Exploit Released For QNAP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability designated as CVE-2024-53691 has been identified in the QNAP QTS/QuTS hero operating system.…

2 years ago

Hackers Abusing Microsoft VSCode Remote Tunnels To Bypass Security Tools

VSCode Remote Tunnels, a legitimate feature of the popular development environment, are increasingly being used by malicious actors. This feature…

2 years ago

Active Directory Group Policy Bypassed To Allow NTLMv1 Authentications

Silverfort's cybersecurity research team has uncovered a significant flaw in Microsoft's Active Directory Group Policy that allows NTLMv1 authentication to…

2 years ago

Let’s Encrypt Announces 6-day Validity Certificates

Let’s Encrypt, the non-profit certificate authority, has introduced six-day validity certificates, commonly referred to as short-lived certificates. This new offering,…

2 years ago

US Treasury Breach – Chinese Hackers Accessed Secretary Janet Yellen’s Computer

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have successfully breached the computer systems of the U.S. Treasury Department, gaining access to Secretary Janet Yellen's…

2 years ago

FTC Warns GoDaddy for Inadequate Security Practices in Website Hosting Services

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken significant action against GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest web hosting companies, for…

2 years ago

Windows 11 Security Features Bypassed to Obtain Arbitrary Code Execution in Kernel Mode

Security researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in Windows 11's core security features that could allow attackers to bypass multiple protection mechanisms…

2 years ago

Linux Rsync File Transfer Tool Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

Security researchers have uncovered six critical vulnerabilities in rsync, a widely used file synchronization and transfer tool for Linux systems.…

2 years ago