George Bailey

George Bailey is the byline of the CyberExperts editorial desk, the team behind the CyberExperts Daily Brief. The desk covers vulnerabilities, breaches and security news from vendor advisories, CISA alerts and other primary sources, and links those sources in every story. Questions or corrections: [email protected].
That LiteLLM box someone spun up for a pilot may be mining crypto for a stranger

That LiteLLM box someone spun up for a pilot may be mining crypto for a stranger

A botnet steered by a poem has taken over more than 3,400 exposed AI and dev servers. Find yours before…
Thursday’s brief: FortiGate lockouts, then Nexus switches, hijacked AI servers, Atlassian exploits

Thursday’s brief: FortiGate lockouts, then Nexus switches, hijacked AI servers, Atlassian exploits

Stolen FortiGate logins are turning into lockouts and ransomware. The Atlassian bug from yesterday’s brief now has attackers....
FortiBleed is still locking admins out of their own FortiGates — reset logins and lock down management today

FortiBleed is still locking admins out of their own FortiGates — reset logins and lock down management today

More than 86,000 FortiGates already taken with real passwords, and ransomware crews are buying the access. A firmware update won’t…
Patch Jira and Confluence today: attackers are now testing the Atlassian bug we flagged yesterday

Patch Jira and Confluence today: attackers are now testing the Atlassian bug we flagged yesterday

A public exploit dropped Tuesday and honeypots lit up two hours later. If Jira talks to Crowd, the endgame is…
Your Confluence and Jira boxes can leak known files without a login — patch Data Center today

Your Confluence and Jira boxes can leak known files without a login — patch Data Center today

Eight Atlassian Data Center products. No login required. Cloud is already fixed — your servers are not....
If your Java app still uses Struts’ old REST mapper, upgrade before someone tests it

If your Java app still uses Struts’ old REST mapper, upgrade before someone tests it

Legacy RESTful action mapper still on? That configuration turns this OGNL bug into remote code execution....
The PHP template engine under your storefront needs a quiet update

The PHP template engine under your storefront needs a quiet update

Smarty’s cache marker can forge executable PHP. Most teams did not pick Smarty — check the lockfile anyway....
Wednesday’s brief: Atlassian Data Center, then Struts, Smarty’s cache, Osaka’s outage

Wednesday’s brief: Atlassian Data Center, then Struts, Smarty’s cache, Osaka’s outage

Wednesday’s CyberExperts Daily Brief — Atlassian Data Center file access, Struts OGNL, Smarty cache injection, Osaka ransomware, plus NetScaler KEV…
Osaka’s university lost hundreds of servers to ransomware — classes stay cancelled through Thursday

Osaka’s university lost hundreds of servers to ransomware — classes stay cancelled through Thursday

About 500 servers down. Possible exposure for ~130,000 people. Prove your offline restore this week....
6 Solutions for Setting AI Agent Guardrails at Scale

6 Solutions for Setting AI Agent Guardrails at Scale

AI agents can change CRM records, run shell commands, and move data. Compare six guardrail platforms that control actions, not just answers.
Dell’s server update tool needs its own update — move DSU to 2.3.0.0

Dell’s server update tool needs its own update — move DSU to 2.3.0.0

A critical flaw in Dell System Update can give an unauthenticated remote attacker root. Upgrade to 2.3.0.0 and fix the…
Tuesday’s brief: Exchange inboxes, then Rejetto HFS, Dell’s update tool, Denmark’s registry

Tuesday’s brief: Exchange inboxes, then Rejetto HFS, Dell’s update tool, Denmark’s registry

Any logged-in user can read other mailboxes on on-prem Exchange until Friday’s update is in. Also: Rejetto HFS probing, Dell…
Rejetto file servers are being probed — upgrade HFS before the scans turn into break-ins

Rejetto file servers are being probed — upgrade HFS before the scans turn into break-ins

A public exploit forges an HFS admin login with no password. Scanning started October 1. Move to 3.3.4, or take…