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Cisco has released a Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) advisory regarding a zero-day vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE software. Cisco has stated that the web-based user interface should never be accessible through the public internet, yet research indicates that more than 10,000 Cisco devices have been exploited by an unknown threat actor. This critical vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2023-20198 and is currently undergoing investigation for active exploitation.

In our connected world, securing digital data has become an utmost priority. With the wide spread of Java applications in various sectors, from banking to healthcare, we must emphasize the importance of encryption. Encryption is converting readable data or plaintext into unreadable data or ciphertext, ensuring that even if encrypted data is intercepted, it remains inaccessible to unauthorized individuals.

In vulnerability management (VM), the task of sifting through vast amounts of data to pinpoint critical insights can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack, specifically a haystack with many precious needles that all look alike. And, of course, the one needle you’re looking for is mission-critical and can mean the difference between securing your business and leaving it open to attack.

A cross-site request forgery attack (CSRF) attack is a security vulnerability capitalizing on trust between a web browser and a legitimate website. Crafty attackers manipulate browsers into executing malicious actions on websites where users authenticate themselves and log in. Often, these attacks start when users click a link attached to a deceptive email or land on a compromised website, unaware of the logic executing in the background.

Cisco has issued a warning regarding a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198) affecting its IOS XE software. With a severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system, the vulnerability grants remote attackers full administrator privileges on affected devices without authentication.

New data from Outpost24 reveals that IT administrators could be just as predictable as end-users when it comes to passwords. An analysis of just over 1.8 million passwords ranks ‘admin’ as the most popular password with over 40,000 entries, with additional findings pointing to a continued acceptance of default passwords.

Google, Amazon Web Services & others recently disclosed a vulnerability in HTTP/2 protocol, which is being tracked as “CVE-2023-44487”. The flaw lies in how the HTTP/2 protocol was implemented to increase the efficiency of transmitting various messages between endpoints by “Stream multiplexing”.