Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 21, 2023 – When ACE Equals Bad

Normally, ‘ace’ implies something great, such as to ace an exam or to draw an ace in Blackjack. Unfortunately, arbitrary code execution (ACE) means that an attacker can use a vulnerability to execute any code they want on a device. In the vulnerabilities covered this week, attackers used an ACE vulnerability to install webshells and […]

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August 21, 2023
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Power Management Vulnerabilities Could Shut Down Data Centers: Researchers

Trellix researchers are disclosing a number of critical data center power management platform vulnerabilities at DEFCON 2023 today. The vulnerabilities “could allow attackers to shut down entire data centers in minutes, slowly infect entire data center deployments to steal key data and information, or utilize compromised resources to initiate massive attacks at a global scale,” […]

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August 12, 2023
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