Code injection

The Auto-Maskin products utilize an undocumented custom protocol to set up Modbus communications with other devices without validating those devices. The originating device sends a message in plaintext, 48:65:6c:6c:6f:20:57:6f:72:6c:64, "Hello World" over UDP ports 44444-44446 to the broadcast...

CVE-2018-5401 The Auto-Maskin DCU 210E, RP-210E, and Marine Pro Observer Android App transmit sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors

The Auto-Maskin DCU 210E, RP-210E, and Marine Pro Observer Android App transmit sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. The devices transmit process control information via unencrypted Modbus communications. Impact: A...

A 'Scarily Simple' Bug Put Millions of Cox Communications Customers at Risk

The most straightforward insecurities can sometimes be the riskiest...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: openssl-1.1.0i-1.fc27

The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. OpenSSL includes a certificate management tool and shared libraries which provide various cryptographic algorithms and protocols...

Running a security awareness program

So, you've finally convinced management of the need for security awareness training. What next? I’ve been performing security awareness training for around 10 years, and doing it full time here at PTP for the last 3 and a half years. From the thousands of sessions I have run I’ve found the most...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect Rational ClearQuest (CVE-2014-3570, CVE-2014-3572, CVE-2015-0204)

Summary OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on January 8, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. This includes “FREAK: Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT keys" TLS/SSL client and server vulnerability. OpenSSL is used by cqperl and ratlperl for SSL communications. Rational ClearQuest has addressed the...

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-20082)

IBM WebSphere Application Server WAS is an application server product developed and distributed by IBM in the U.S. It is a platform for Java EE and Web services applications and the foundation of the IBM WebSphere software platform.Liberty is a dynamic server profile for WAS. A security...

Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007 R2, Web Components: September 2010

Describes a bug that is resolved in the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Web Components that is dated September 2010.SummaryThis article describes the issue that is fixed in the update package for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Web Components that is dated...

Description of the cumulative update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Audio/Video Conferencing Server: September 2011

Describes the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Audio/Video Conferencing Server that is dated September 2011.SummaryThis article describes the cumulative update for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Audio/Video Conferencing Server that is dated September...

Epee Levin Packet Deserialization Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the Levin deserialization functionality of the epee library. A specially crafted network packet can cause a logic flaw, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability. Tested Versions Monero...

Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Unified Communications Managed API 3.0 Runtime: July 2011

Describes the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Unified Communications Managed API 3.0 Runtime that is dated July 2011.SummaryThis article describes the Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Unified Communications Managed API 3.0 Runtime issue that is fixed in the cumulative update for Lync Server...

The vulnerability of the XCP Router service in Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service, as well as the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server, allows a perpetrator to induce a service failure.

The vulnerability of the XCP Router service in Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service, as well as the Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server, stems from insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failure...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: openssh-7.6p1-6.fc27

SSH Secure SHell is a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. SSH is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forward...

When spyware goes mainstream

Stealware. Surveillanceware. Stalkerware. These are terms alternately used to effectively identify a file-based threat that has been around since 1996: spyware. More than two decades later, consumer or commercial spyware has gone mainstream, and the surprising number of software designed, openly...

Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service Apache Struts RCE (CSCvm14049)

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service is affected by a Remote Code Execution vulnerability. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information. TRUSTED...

Cisco Unified Communication Manager Apache Struts RCE (CSCvm14042)

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Unified Communications Manager CUCM running on the remote device is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. Please see the included Cisco BID and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information. TRUSTED...

samba: Weak authentication protocol regression

A flaw was found in the way samba allowed the use of weak NTLMv1 authentication even when NTLMv1 was explicitly disabled. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to read the credential and other details passed between the samba server and client...

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (DoS)

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Unified Communications Manager is affected by a Denial-of-Service vulnerability. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description...

Cell-Site surveillance devices (Stingray) could disrupt 911 emergency calls

By Uzair Amir Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has made startling new revelations about CSS or cell-site stimulators. These cell surveillance devices, better known as Stingray, are used to disrupt communications of cell phones, mostly of criminals and lawbreakers. However, Sen. Wyden asserts that the...

CIA Network Exposed through Insecure Communications System

Interesting story of a CIA intelligence network in China that was exposed partly because of a computer security failure: Although they used some of the same coding, the interim system and the main covert communication platform used in China at this time were supposed to be clearly separated. In...