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Critical WPML Plugin Flaw Exposes WordPress Sites to Remote Code Execution

Critical WPML Plugin Flaw Exposes WordPress Sites to Remote Code Execution

Aug 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananWordPress Security / Website Protection A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the WPML WordPress multilingual plugin that could allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code remotely under certain circumstances. The… 

Chinese Volt Typhoon Exploits Versa Director Flaw, Targets U.S. and Global IT Sectors

Chinese Volt Typhoon Exploits Versa Director Flaw, Targets U.S. and Global IT Sectors

The China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as Volt Typhoon has been attributed with moderate confidence to the zero-day exploitation of a recently disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting Versa Director. The attacks targeted four U.S. victims… 

Microsoft Fixes ASCII Smuggling Flaw That Enabled Data Theft from Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft Fixes ASCII Smuggling Flaw That Enabled Data Theft from Microsoft 365 Copilot

Aug 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Vulnerability Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that could enable the theft of sensitive user information using a technique called ASCII smuggling. “ASCII Smuggling… 

SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access

SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access

Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security SonicWall has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could grant malicious actors unauthorized access to the devices. The vulnerability,… 

Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €290 Million for GDPR Violations in Data Transfers to U.S.

Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €290 Million for GDPR Violations in Data Transfers to U.S.

Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananGDPR / Data Protection The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber a record €290 million ($324 million) for allegedly failing to comply with European Union (E.U.) data protection standards when… 

Researchers Identify Over 20 Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in MLOps Platforms

Researchers Identify Over 20 Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in MLOps Platforms

Cybersecurity researchers are warning about the security risks in the machine learning (ML) software supply chain following the discovery of more than 20 vulnerabilities that could be exploited to target MLOps platforms. These vulnerabilities, which…