According to Atlassian, security researcher Harrison Neal discovered that Jira Data Center — including Software Data Center and Core Data Center — and Jira Service Management Data Center software development products are affected by a critical flaw related to missing authentication for the Ehcache RMI network service. An attacker who can connect to this service…

WooCommerce is a popular open-source eCommerce plugin for WordPress, with more than 5 million installations to date, making it an attractive target for cybercriminals. On Thursday, WooCommerce said that on July 13 it received a report of a critical vulnerability in the plugin, urging users to update their installations as soon as possible, but without…

Advisories describing the vulnerabilities were published this month by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Mitsubishi Electric. SecurityWeek has also obtained additional information from people involved in the discovery and disclosure of these flaws. One advisory describes a critical vulnerability that exposes the affected control systems to unauthenticated XML external entity injection…

Ten of the issues were reported by external security researchers: one rated critical severity, seven high severity, and two medium severity. All are patched in Chrome 91.0.4472.101 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The most severe of these is CVE-2021-30544, a critical use-after-free bug that impacts BFCache, a browser optimization meant to enable instant back and…

The quarterly set of security patches addresses a total of 41 vulnerabilities considered critical severity, including 5 that feature a CVSS score of 10. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could be exploited to execute code remotely within the context of the vulnerable applications, potentially resulting in full system compromise. Oracle’s E-Business Suite received patches…

On April 7, at the Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition, Bruno Keith and Niklas Baumstark of Dataflow Security earned $100,000 for a remote code execution exploit that works against web browsers that are based on Google’s open source Chromium project. The researchers demonstrated the exploit against both Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Visiting a specially crafted website…

Apple has release a new batch of security updates and has fixed three iOS zero-days that “may have been actively exploited” by attackers. The three zero-days Two of the zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-1870 and CVE-2021-1871) are logic issues affecting the WebKit browser engine, which may allow a remote attacker to achieve code execution on devices running…

The developments in the area of cybersecurity are alarming. As the number of smart devices in private households increase, so do the opportunities for cybercriminals to attack, according to TÜV Rheinland. Key cybersecurity trends for 2020 Uncontrolled access to personal data undermines confidence in the digital society. The logistics industry and private vehicles are increasingly…