Symantec Endpoint Protection Clients Local Elevation of Privilege, CSV Formula Injection

SUMMARY Symantec has released updates to address security issues reported in both Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 and Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.0 Windows clients. AFFECTED PRODUCTS Symantec Endpoint Protection SEP --- CVE | Affected Versions | Remediation CVE-2016-9093 CVE-2016-9094 | Pri...

MongoDB Security Audit: mongoaudit

MongoDB Security Audit mongoaudit is a CLI tool for auditing MongoDB servers, detecting poor security settings and performing automated penetration testing. It is widely known that there are quite a few holes in MongoDB’s default configuration settings. This fact, combined with abundant lazy syst...

Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Version 1 Enabled

The remote Windows host supports Server Message Block Protocol version 1 SMBv1. Microsoft recommends that users discontinue the use of SMBv1 due to the lack of security features that were included in later SMB versions. Additionally, the Shadow Brokers group reportedly has an exploit that affects...

Q&A: Web Application Security Scanning with Netsparker

Q&A with Huseyin Tufekcilerli, the lead developer of Netsparker Desktop web application security scanner More than 70% of all cyber breaches involve web applications, and almost 90% organizations believe their application security programs need to be improved. Web application security has risen t...

Information about LenovoEMC devices may be disclosed if the device has an Internet-accessible management interface

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-3846 Potential Impact: Disclosure of information about device Severity:Low Summary: An unauthenticated user may be able to view device information about the LenovoEMC device if the management interface accessible over the internet. Even with this vunerability, no dat...

OpenSSH Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks makes use of a the OpenSSH tool. CVE-2016-6210 was recently confirmed to be applicable to the version in use by PAN-OS. Ref 100977/CVE-2016-6210. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to guess usernames defined as system administrators on the firewall. This issu...

Symantec Messaging Gateway Security Update

SUMMARY Symantec has addressed a directory traversal issue in Symantec Messaging Gateway caused by insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input. This issue could allow unauthorized access to files or directories. AFFECTED PRODUCTS Symantec Messaging Gateway SMG --- CVE | Affected Versions |...

Recommended Settings and Best Practices for Generic Implementation of a NetScaler Appliance

Recommended Settings for a Generic Implementation of a NetScaler Appliance The following sections contain the recommended settings for a generic implementation of some features of a NetScaler appliance: Modes Features Global System Settings HTTP Parameters SNMP Alarms Network Interfaces General...

DHS Announces Intent to Publish IoT Security Framework

CAMBRIDGE, Ma.—The Department of Homeland Security today formally announced its plan to develop a set of strategic principles for the Internet of Things, saying such a framework is necessary to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber threats. In a brief talk at the Internet of...

HTTPS best practices: pshtt

HTTPS best practices “pshtt” is the sound you make when you feel mildly astonished. pshtt “pushed” is a tool to scan domains for HTTPS best practices. It saves its results to a CSV or JSON. pshtt was developed to push organizations— especially large ones like the US Federal Government — to adopt...

Cisco Videoscape Session Resource Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in system resource management in the Cisco Videoscape Session Resource Manager VSRM could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition because the device unexpectedly restarts. The vulnerability occurs because the VSRM is not installed usi...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: php-zendframework-zendxml-1.0.2-2.fc23

An utility component for XML usage and best practices in PHP...

Target Device has Poor Performance and/or High Retries When Booting to a vDisk in Private Mode

When installing software in private mode it takes a very long time. Booting devices in Standard Mode works as expected Any maintenance version is very slow Best practices are put in place with Large send offloaddisabled on the target and PVS server anddisabled spanning tree on the switch vDisk is...

Linux Foundation Badge Program Boost Open Source Security

The Linux Foundation says a new Core Infrastructure Initiative CII Best Practices Badge program launched Tuesday will help companies interested in adopting open source technologies evaluate projects based on security, quality and stability. The CII Best Practices Badge does not issue certificates...

Caching best practices & max-age gotchas

Getting caching right yields huge performance benefits, saves bandwidth, and reduces server costs, but many sites half-arse their caching, creating race conditions resulting in interdependent resources getting out of sync. The vast majority of best-practice caching falls into one of two patterns:...

Unauthenticated Command Injection in Management Web Interface

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS implements an API to enable programmatic device configuration and administration of the device. An issue was identified where the management API incorrectly parses input to a specific API call, leading to execution of arbitrary OS commands without authentication via the...

Unauthenticated Command Injection in Management Web Interface

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS implements an API to enable programmatic device configuration and administration of the device. An issue was identified where the management API incorrectly parses input to a specific API call, leading to execution of arbitrary OS commands without authentication via the...

IRS Email Tax Scams Up 400 Percent

A 400 percent surge in tax-related phishing and malware incidents is making this tax season the most treacherous yet for taxpayers. According to an Internal Revenue Service bulletin, this year’s attacks include the tried-and-true email phishing, but also newer forms of attacks that include bogus...

Hackers Backdooring Cisco WebVPN To Steal Customers’ Passwords

Virtual Private Networks VPNs, which is widely used by many businesses and organisations to provide secure access to their workers, are being abused to pilfer corporate user credentials. Researchers from security firm Volexity discovered a new attack campaign that targets a widely used VPN produc...

RFPs and Needs Assessments for Higher Education

In this blog post, I will be discussing RFP best practices for Higher Education Institutions. Having worked with higher education organizations for a number of years, Ive noticed some trends that could be useful as you and your department or institution head into another year of projects that may...