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Welcome to our cybersecurity research blog where we uncover how malicious actors exploit weaknesses in systems, while going beyond the technical aspects and examining real-world perspectives across various industries.

Here you’ll find extensive research and insight from the well-known Horizon3.ai attack team, intuitive perspectives on everything security, and real-world attack path short stories that come directly from discoveries made by NodeZero.

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CVE-2024-1403: Progress OpenEdge Authentication Bypass Deep-Dive

On February 27, 2024, Progress released a security advisory for OpenEdge, their application development and deployment platform suite. The advisory details that there exists an authentication bypass vulnerability which effects certain components of the OpenEdge platform. Our proof of concept can be found here. When the OpenEdge Authentication Gateway (OEAG) is configured with an OpenEdge Domain that uses the OS...
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ConnectWise ScreenConnect: Authentication Bypass Deep Dive

Introduction On February 19, 2023, ConnectWise published a security advisory for their ScreenConnect remote management tool. In the advisory, they describe two vulnerabilities, an authentication bypass with CVSS 10.0 and a path traversal with CVSS 8.4 (both currently without assigned CVE IDs). In this post we will dive into the technical details of the authentication bypass. You can view our POC...
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Fireside Chat: Horizon3.ai and Moravian University

Horizon3.ai Principal Security SME Stephen Gates and Moravian University Director of Information Security James Beers discuss: - How James measures cyber risk within their constantly changing educational environment - What kinds of attacker TTPs are the most worrisome to organizations in higher education - Why an offensive approach to discover and mitigate exploitable vulnerabilities works best
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Rust Won’t Save Us: An Analysis of 2023’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Introduction Memory safety issues have plagued the software industry for decades. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been leading a charge for secure-by-design and encouraging developers and vendors to utilize memory safe languages like Rust to eradicate this vulnerability class.  Google Chromium, the engine used by the majority of browsers around the world, reports that approximately 70% of...
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CVE-2024-21893: Another Ivanti Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild. Verify with NodeZero Today!

On 22 January, Ivanti published an advisory stating that they discovered two new, high-severity vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-21888 and CVE-2024-21893) after researching previously reported vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Connect Secure, Ivanti Policy Secure and ZTA gateways. Ivanti provides enterprise solutions, including patch management and IT security solutions to over 40,000 customers worldwide. While there is no evidence of any customers being impacted by...
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