Patch Tuesday Update – December 2024

In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 72 CVEs, including 1 Zero-Day, 16 Criticals, 54 Important and 1 Moderate—the one Zero-Day was found to be actively exploited in the wild. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted…

Open source malware up 200% since 2023

Sonatype’s 2024 Open Source Malware Threat Report reveals that the number of malicious packages has surpassed 778,500 since tracking began in 2019. In 2024, researchers examined how threat actors leverage malicious open-source packages to target developers, particularly as enterprises increasingly…

Patch Tuesday, December 2024 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 70 security holes in Windows and Windows software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in active attacks. The zero-day seeing exploitation involves CVE-2024-49138, a security weakness in the Windows Common……

IT Security News Hourly Summary 2024-12-11 03h : 5 posts

5 posts were published in the last hour 2:3 : Vulnerability Symbiosis: vSphere?s CVE-2024-38812 and CVE-2024-38813 [Guest Diary], (Wed, Dec 11th) 2:3 : ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9250, (Wed, Dec 11th) 2:3 : Post-Quantum Cryptography: The Implications…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-12-10

210 posts were published in the last hour 22:7 : Webhook security: Risks and best practices for mitigation 22:7 : Why software composition analysis is essential for open source security 21:38 : Vom Prompt zum Malbuch: Mit Bild-KI im Handumdrehen…