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Most Remediation Programs Never Confirm the Fix Actually Worked

The Hackers News
1 month 1 week ago
Security teams have never had better visibility into their environments and never been worse at confirming what they fix stays fixed. Mandiant's M-Trends 2026 report puts the mean time to exploit at an estimated negative seven days. The Verizon 2025 DBIR puts median time to remediate edge device vulnerabilities at 32 days. These numbers have understandably driven the industry toward a clear
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ClickFix Evolves with 10-Year-Old Open-Source Python SOCKS5 Proxy

Cyber Security News
1 month 1 week ago

A cyberattack campaign that tricks users into running malicious commands on their own computers has taken a dangerous new turn. The technique, known as “ClickFix,” has been circulating for some time, but a recent incident revealed that attackers are now pairing it with a 10-year-old open-source Python tool to create a far more resilient form […]

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Tushar Subhra Dutta

KDE gets over €1 million investment to strengthen security and core infrastructure

Help Net Security
1 month 1 week ago

European governments and public institutions have been shifting away from proprietary software for years, and the financial infrastructure supporting open-source alternatives is growing to match. Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund announced today that it is investing more than €1 million in KDE, the open-source project behind the Plasma desktop environment and a broad range of Linux software. The investment will go toward strengthening KDE’s testing infrastructure, security architecture, and the frameworks underpinning its communication services. KDE … More →

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Mirko Zorz

CVE-2016-8207 | Brocade Network Advisor up to 14.0.2 CliMonitorReportServlet path traversal (BID-95691 / ID 800326)

Vuldb Updates
1 month 1 week ago
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Brocade Network Advisor up to 14.0.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CliMonitorReportServlet. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-8207. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
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CVE-2017-2584 | Linux Kernel up to 4.9.3 arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c use after free (Nessus ID 97274 / ID 169712)

Vuldb Updates
1 month 1 week ago
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 4.9.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2584. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
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CVE-2017-5487 | WordPress 4.7.0 REST API class-wp-rest-users-controller.php information disclosure (EDB-41497 / Nessus ID 96606)

Vuldb Updates
1 month 1 week ago
A vulnerability was found in WordPress 4.7.0. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php of the component REST API. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-5487. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
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CVE-2017-5488 | WordPress up to 4.7.0 wp-admin/update-core.php name/version cross site scripting (EDB-40968 / Nessus ID 96606)

Vuldb Updates
1 month 1 week ago
A vulnerability was found in WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file wp-admin/update-core.php. This manipulation of the argument name/version causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-5488. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
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CVE-2017-5489 | WordPress 4.7.0 Flash File Upload cross-site request forgery (Nessus ID 96606 / ID 175955)

Vuldb Updates
1 month 1 week ago
A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in WordPress 4.7.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Flash File Upload Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-5489. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
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