VayFul Security - July 16 2024

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📰 SECURITY BYTES

Cloudflare Application Security Report: 2024 - DDoS is most common Attacks - Cloudflare's latest Application Security Report reveals a dramatic increase in DDoS attacks, particularly at the application layer. These attacks are becoming more sophisticated and frequent, posing a significant threat to businesses. #appsec #attacks

Critical Exim Mail Server Vulnerability Impacts 74% of Email Servers - Exim, a popular email server has a security flaw, identified as CVE-2024-39929, allows attackers to bypass security filters and deliver malicious attachments directly to user inboxes. Experts warn of potential widespread exploitation and urge system administrators to update to the latest Exim version as soon as possible. #email #bypass

Social Engineering Tactic For Malware Delivery: ClickFix Deception - Cybercriminals are employing a sophisticated new tactic called "Clickfix" to deliver malware. This method involves luring users to compromised websites, displaying fake error messages, and tricking them into pasting malicious scripts into their PowerShell terminal. #social #engg #malware #delivery

Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability Found in VMware Aria Automation - Broadcom has issued a critical security alert regarding a SQL injection vulnerability in VMware Aria Automation. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-22280, could allow unauthorized access and manipulation of database information.VMware has released patches to address this issue and strongly urges users to update their systems immediately. #vmware #sqli #patch

Critical Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Access Sensitive Information -  Citrix has disclosed two critical vulnerabilities affecting its NetScaler Console, NetScaler SVM, and NetScaler Agent, which could potentially allow attackers to access sensitive information and cause denial of service (DoS) attacks. CVE-2024-6235 and CVE-2024-6236, have prompted urgent calls for updates from Citrix to mitigate the risks. #DoS #citrix

🔥 INTERESTING WRITEUPS

Apache HTTP Server: Crash resulting in Denial of Service in mod_proxy via a malicious request (CVE-2024-38477) -  [4920$ Bounty] 

Apache HTTP Server may use exploitable/malicious backend application output to run local handlers via internal redirect (CVE-2024-38476) - [4920$ Bounty]

Apache HTTP Server: HTTP response splitting (CVE-2023-38709) - [2600$ Bounty]

📝 BLOGS & ARTICLES

How I Saved Scraped Data in an SQLite Database on GitHub - A recent blog post explores an innovative method of storing scraped data directly within a GitHub repository. By leveraging GitHub Actions, users can efficiently scrape data and commit it as SQLite databases to their repositories.#database #scraping

Next.js and cache poisoning: a quest for the black hole - A new research paper highlights a critical vulnerability in Next.js, a popular web development framework. The research reveals how attackers can exploit cache poisoning techniques to manipulate website content, potentially leading to significant security risks. #cache #poisoning #appsec

Chaining Three Bugs to Access All Your ServiceNow Data - A critical chain of vulnerabilities in ServiceNow that could potentially grant attackers full access to sensitive data. By exploiting three interconnected bugs, malicious actors could potentially steal confidential information, install ransomware,or disrupt operations. #injection #filter_bypass #appsec

Exploiting Client-Side Path Traversal to Perform Cross-Site Request Forgery - Introducing CSPT2CSRF - A new type of cyberattack, dubbed CSPT2CSRF, has been identified. This attack combines Client-Side Path Traversal (CSPT) vulnerabilities with Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to compromise web applications. #csrf #cspt #appsec

🛠️TOOLS

aws-nuke - Remove all resources from an AWS account. #aws #services

Nebula - AI-Powered Ethical Hacking Assistant. #AI #powered #hacking #suggestion

OpenVoiceChat - Have a natural voice conversation with an LLM. #LLM #AI

Good-to-go-phishing-scam - Phishing Site Disguised As Toll Payments. #phishing #site

🧠 TUTORIALS & SKILL-BUILDING

An Analysis of Password Managers’ Password Checkup Tools - Researchers found vulnerabilities that could potentially expose users' sensitive data to hackers. The report emphasizes the importance of robust security measures in password managers and recommends users to exercise caution when choosing and using these tools. #password #manager #security

Unraveling PinkDraconian's Remote Code Execution Discovery - Uncovered a critical vulnerability in the parisneo/lollms-webui package: Remote Code Execution via Cross-Site Request Forgery. Not only did he report the bug, but he also went above and beyond by creating an in-depth video walkthrough of his findings. #rce #csrf #appsec

Imitation Intelligence, my keynote for PyCon US 2024:Simon Willison - The talk delves deep into the potential and challenges of AI, offering valuable perspectives for both AI enthusiasts and those new to the field. Willison provides a comprehensive overview of LLMs, their capabilities, and the ethical considerations surrounding their development. #AI #LLM #security#capabilities

🎁 MISCELLANEOUS

AI Guard - It is the real-time protection layer for generative AI (genAI) applications. It detects hallucinations by monitoring LLM inputs and outputs in real-time, analyzing conversation aspects such as uncertainty, coherence, helpfulness, and more. #AI #detect #hallucinations

Parllama - PAR LLAMA is a TUI application designed for easy management and use of Ollama based LLMs. The application was built with Textual and Rich. #LLM #app

Product Management Will Be Taken Over By AI in 5 years - AI's strength in data analysis and automation can free up product managers to focus on strategic vision, customer empathy, and creative problem-solving - areas where human expertise remains irreplaceable. #AI #product #manager

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