In early 2021, a new vulnerability, identified as CVE-2021-27928, was discovered and published. It affects multiple versions of the open-source relational database management systems (RDMBS) MariaDB and Percona Server, and the wsrep (write set replication) plugin for MySQL. Fortunately, security professionals swiftly released a patch to ensure that affected systems could be updated to mitigate risks.

Black Hat 2024 has come and gone. The Nucleus team attending the show has (mostly) caught up on their sleep, which can mean one thing – a look back at the conference and our impressions of the event.

Microsoft has disclosed a critical (CVSS 9.8) TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that impacts all Windows systems utilizing IPv6. To conduct this attack, threat actors can repeatedly send IPv6 packets that include specially crafted packets. By doing this, an unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability, leading to remote code execution. Systems that have IPv6 disabled are not susceptible to this vulnerability.

Recently, CrowSec security researchers published a proof of concept (PoC) for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows Server (CVSS score 9.8), ranging all the way from Windows Server 2000 up to 2025. The vulnerable component is the Remote Desktop Licensing service, often deployed and enabled on Windows Servers using Remote Desktop Services. The exploit is a 0-click pre-auth exploitation, meaning no user interaction or authentication details are necessary.

The 2024 Olympics are in full swing, and everyone at Snyk is excited to tune into the games and cheer on our respective countries’ athletes. There’s a lot to love about the Olympics — dazzling opening ceremonies, heart-racing feats, close-call victories, and so much more. But along with all the fun and excitement comes a sense of inspiration.

The OWASP Mobile Top 10 lists the foremost crucial security risks in mobile applications. This list is essential for developers, security professionals, and organizations to prioritize their resources while addressing mobile app development vulnerabilities in order of severity.

A new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2024-38856, has been discovered in the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, presenting a critical threat to businesses worldwide. This pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit weaknesses in OFBiz’s request handling, leading to unauthorized access and potentially damaging control over affected systems.

This week, Nucleus can add another accolade to a growing list, being listed as number 267 on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5000 fastest-growing companies in America. We are proud of the growth we’ve achieved as a company and the potential for the future at Nucleus. Looking more closely at the results, we are the fourth fastest-growing security company on the list. As many people know, the cybersecurity and technology market has been tumultuous recently.

One of the main goals of this research was to explore C/C++ vulnerabilities in the context of NodeJS npm packages. The focus will be on exploring and identifying classic vulnerabilities like Buffer Overflow, Denial of Service (process crash, unchecked types), and Memory Leakages in the context of NodeJS C/C++ addons and modeling relevant sources, sinks, and sanitizers using Snyk Code (see Snyk brings developer-first AppSec approach to C/C++).

As your organization considers how to shift security left and facilitate shared responsibility for fixing issues, it can be tricky to know where to start. Which tooling will work best with your existing processes? What are the best ways to spread the word about the importance of application security? And once you’ve chosen tools, how do you actually get developers to use them?