Patch/Configuration Management

Apple has rolled out security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability in the Safari web browser that was exploited during the recent Pwn2Own Vancouver hacking competition, BleepingComputer reports.

Security pros say the industry can expect to see this bug exploited soon, so patch, monitor and conduct other measures, like browser isolation and sandboxing.

A new Absolute Security report found that many organizations are failing to ensure that the endpoint protection platforms and network access security applications on their managed PCs are running in compliance with basic security policies, reports TechRepublic.

Security pros say critical flaws in cellular these modems could cut across the industrial, healthcare, automotive, financial, and telecom sectors.

While Google confirmed that the bug exists in the wild, security researchers say there has yet to have been an instance of active exploitation.

Fifty-seven percent of more than 90,000 internet-exposed hosts continue to run TinyProxy instances unpatched against the critical use-after-free vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-49606, which could be leveraged to facilitate remote code execution attacks via an unauthenticated HTTP request, reports The Hacker News.