PbootCMS Enterprise Web Development and Construction Management System suffers from SQL Injection Vulnerability

PbootCMS is a new core permanent open source free PHP web development and building management system CMS developed by Avantech. PbootCMS enterprise website development and construction management system has a SQL injection vulnerability that can be exploited by remote attackers to submit special...

Zyxel CNM SecuManager 3.1.0 / 3.1.1 Hardcoded Keys / XSS / Code Execution

Hello, Please find a text-only version below sent to security mailing lists. The HTML version on "Multiple vulnerabilities found in Zyxel CNM SecuManager" is posted here: https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2020-03-09-zyxel-secumanager-0day-vulnerabilities.html === text-version of the advisory ===...

Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited in APT Attacks

Multiple threat groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers, researchers warn. If left unpatched, the flaw allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely with system privileges. The vulnerability in question CVE-2020-0688 exists in the control panel of...

Policy vs Technology

Sometime around 1993 or 1994, during the first Crypto Wars, I was part of a group of cryptography experts that went to Washington to advocate for strong encryption. Matt Blaze and Ron Rivest were with me; I don't remember who else. We met with then Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey. He didn'...

Iran-Backed APTs Collaborate on 3-Year 'Fox Kitten' Global Spy Campaign

Two Iran-backed APTs could be working together on a sprawling, three-year campaign to compromise high-value organizations from the IT, telecom, oil and gas, aviation, government and security sectors in Israel and around the world, according to a report by researchers at ClearSky. They maintain,...

Huawei Controversy Highlights 5G Security Implications

The controversy over Huawei’s involvement in the 5G telecom gear market ratcheted up a notch this week. U.S. officials said they have evidence that the Chinese equipment giant has had access to backdoors inside mobile carrier networks for more than 10 years. Officials are trying to make the case...

The US Fears Huawei Because It Knows How Tempting Backdoors Are

US officials allege that Huawei has backdoors in its technology. The US knows firsthand how powerful those can be...

Scaring People into Supporting Backdoors

Back in 1998, Tim May warned us of the "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse": "terrorists, pedophiles, drug dealers, and money launderers." I tended to cast it slightly differently. This is me from 2005: Beware the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse: terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, an...

Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker Chooses Encryption Over Backdoors

In an extraordinary essay, the former FBI general counsel Jim Baker makes the case for strong encryption over government-mandated backdoors: In the face of congressional inaction, and in light of the magnitude of the threat, it is time for governmental authorities­ -- including law enforcement­ -...

MasterMana botnet hits users by evading detection with URL shorteners

By Waqas Dubbed MasterMana by researchers; the botnet utilizes every available option to target its victims including dropping backdoors and phishing attacks through business email compromise commonly known as BEC. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MasterMana botnet hits...

CVE-2019-5315

A command injection vulnerability is present in the web management interface of ArubaOS that permits an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. A malicious administrator could use this ability to install backdoors or change system configuration in a wa...

Command injection

A command injection vulnerability is present in the web management interface of ArubaOS that permits an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. A malicious administrator could use this ability to install backdoors or change system configuration in a wa...

Attorney General Barr and Encryption

Last month, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policy­what is commonly known as "going dark." Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it i...

Over 40 Drivers Could Let Hackers Install Persistent Backdoor On Windows PCs

If you own a device, or a hardware component, manufactured by ASUS, Toshiba, Intel, NVIDIA, Huawei, or other 15 other vendors listed below, you're probably screwed. A team of security researchers has discovered high-risk security vulnerabilities in more than 40 drivers from at least 20 different...

Backdoors are a security vulnerability

Last month, US Attorney General William Barr resurrected a government appeal to technology companies: Provide law enforcement with an infallible, “secure” method to access, unscramble, and read encrypted data stored on devices and sent across secure messaging services. Barr asked, in more accurat...

Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr gave a major speech on encryption policy -- what is commonly known as "going dark." Speaking at Fordham University in New York, he admitted that adding backdoors decreases security but that it is worth it. Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it...

Mirai Botnet Sees Big 2019 Growth, Shifts Focus to Enterprises

The infamous Mirai internet of things botnet is spiking in growth while changing up its tactics, techniques and procedures so far in 2019, to target more and more enterprise-level hardware, It’s a state of affairs that presents a greater concern than ever before given the ongong migration to the...

CVE-2018-7082

A command injection vulnerability is present in Aruba Instant that permits an authenticated administrative user to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. A malicious administrator could use this ability to install backdoors or change system configuration in a way that woul...

CVE-2018-7082

A command injection vulnerability is present in Aruba Instant that permits an authenticated administrative user to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. A malicious administrator could use this ability to install backdoors or change system configuration in a way that woul...

CVE-2018-7082

CVE-2018-7082 is a command injection vulnerability in Aruba Instant that allows an authenticated administrative user to execute arbitrary OS commands. The issue stems from insufficient input handling in the web-facing management path, enabling a malicious admin to install backdoors or modify conf...