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Critical Flaw in Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager Could Allow Rogue Admin Access

Ivanti has rolled out security updates for a critical flaw in Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM) that could be exploited to achieve an authentication bypass and create rogue administrative users. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7593, has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. “Incorrect implementation of an authentication algorithm in Ivanti vTM […]

China-Backed Earth Baku Expands Cyber Attacks to Europe, Middle East, and Africa

The China-backed threat actor known as Earth Baku has diversified its targeting footprint beyond the Indo-Pacific region to include Europe, the Middle East, and Africa starting in late 2022. Newly targeted countries as part of the activity include Italy, Germany, the U.A.E., and Qatar, with suspected attacks also detected in Georgia and Romania. Governments, media […]

Six 0-Days Lead Microsoft’s August 2024 Patch Push

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 90 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including a whopping six zero-day flaws that are already being actively exploited by attackers. Image: Shutterstock. This month’s bundle of update joy from Redmond includes patches for security holes in Office, .NET, Visual Studio, Azure, Co-Pilot, Microsoft Dynamics, Teams, […]

Google: Gemini AI for Android processes sensitive data locally

Google says it is taking a privacy-minded approach to the integration of AI features like the Gemini assistant on Android devices, implementing end-to-end protection to secure data in transit while keeping the most sensitive data locally on the device. […]