More than 850 unique IP addresses have attempted to exploit a critical zero-day Atlassian’s Confluence vulnerability, barely a week after a security fix was released.
Hackers are desperately scanning the internet for unpatched VMware servers that contain a dangerous code-execution vulnerability, according to researchers
On the same day it announced the purchase of antivirus software vendor Sybari Software Inc., Microsoft Corp. seeded the Internet with raw material for a possible future harvest of new worms and viruses. The Redmond, Washington, software company released 12 software patches Tuesday to fix 16 vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system and Office desktop software.
The software vulnerability exploited last week by the Witty worm is only the latest in a growing list of flaws being discovered in the very products users invest in to safeguard their systems.