Tag Vulnerability

AMD Fixes Critical Security Flaw

AMD Fixes Critical Security Flaw Allowing Malicious Microcode Patches

AMD has released critical firmware updates to address a high-severity security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-56161. This flaw allows attackers to load malicious microcode onto unpatched AMD CPUs due to a weakness in the microcode patch loader, which fails to properly…

Kubernetes Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution

Kubernetes Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution

A severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9042, has been discovered in Kubernetes, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges on Windows nodes in affected clusters. This flaw, uncovered by Akamai security researcher Tomer Peled, revolves around a weakness in…