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Enterprises May Not Know Which Devices Have URGENT/11 Flaws

VxWorks is the operating system no one has ever heard of, but it is widely used in industrial control systems, robotics and automation, industrial control systems, and Internet of Things. The URGENT/11 group of vulnerabilities in these devices can be exploited remotely.

Vulnerability, Internet of Things, Patching, Critical Infrastructure Security

No Public BlueKeep Exploit Yet, But Clock is Ticking

A public exploit for BlueKeep has not yet been released, but a number of researchers have developed proofs-of-concept exploiting the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability. Time may be running out for organizations that have still not applied Microsoft's patch.

Patching, Microsoft, Malware, Windows

Patch Microsoft Office Flaws Before Others

From an attacker’s perspective, the wider the net cast, the more number of potential victims caught. So it’s no surprise that Recorded Future research indicates attackers continue to rely heavily on exploits targeting Microsoft applications.

Patching, Exploit Kits, Microsoft, Malware

Critical Kubernetes Bug Gives Anyone Full Admin Privileges

With a 9.8 rating on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, the privilege escalation flaw in container orchestration system Kubernetes is as bad as it can get. Any user will be able to remotely gain full administrator privileges on any node in the cluster.

Vulnerability, Open Source, Patching

How WordPress is Eliminating Old Versions From the Internet

The WordPress security team has a tough job: regularly fixing security issues found in the most popular CMS while providing users with the tools to make sure they aren't running older vulnerable code.

Application Security, Wordpress, Patching