Panasonic PC Registration Unreferenced Service Path Vulnerability

The Panasonic PC is a computer device from the Japanese company Panasonic. A security vulnerability exists in Panasonic PCs devices manufactured in October 2009 and later with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 preinstalled. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute...

FBI Sinkholes $38M Global Ad Fraud Operation

The FBI has taken control of 31 web domains in a widespread takedown of a multi-year, global ad fraud campaign, believed to have stolen at least $38 million, partly via a botnet strategy. In addition, eight defendants face a 13-count indictment from a federal court in Brooklyn in the case. The...

CVE-2018-12120

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0: Debugger port 5858 listens on any interface by default: When the debugger is enabled with node --debug or node debug, it listens to port 5858 on all interfaces by default. This may allow remote computers to attach to the debug port and evaluate...

Veeam Availability Console U1 Cumulative Patch 1850

Challenge Veeam Availability Console U1 Cumulative Patch 1850. This update supersedes Veeam Availability Console U1 Cumulative Patch 1824. Cause Please confirm you are running version 2.0.2.1750 or later prior to installing this cumulative patch 1850. You can check this under Windows Programs and...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking at Kiwicon in Wellington, New Zealand on November 16, 2018. I'm appearing on IBM Resilient's End of Year Review webinar on "The Top Cyber Security Trends in 2018 and Predictions for the Year Ahead," December 6, 2018 at...

FasterXML Jackson-databind Polymorphic Deserialization Multiple Security Vulnerability

Description FasterXML Jackson-databind is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities. Successfully exploiting these issues may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass certain security restrictions, perform unauthorized actions or obtain potentially sensitive information. Failed exploi...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: mosquitto-1.5.3-1.fc28

Mosquitto is an open source message broker that implements the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol version 3.1 and 3.1.1 MQTT provides a lightweight method of carrying out messaging using a publish/subscribe model. This makes it suitable for "machine to machine" messaging such as with low power senso...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: mosquitto-1.5.3-1.fc27

Mosquitto is an open source message broker that implements the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol version 3.1 and 3.1.1 MQTT provides a lightweight method of carrying out messaging using a publish/subscribe model. This makes it suitable for "machine to machine" messaging such as with low power senso...

CVE-2018-14825

On Honeywell Mobile Computers CT60 running Android OS 7.1, CN80 running Android OS 7.1, CT40 running Android OS 7.1, CK75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 6.0, D75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 4.4, D75e...

CVE-2018-14825

CVE-2018-14825 affects Honeywell Mobile Computers (multiple CT, CN, EDA series on Android 4.4–8.1). The vulnerability is due to improper privilege management: a local attacker could create an app that binds to a Service and gains elevated system privileges, potentially accessing keystrokes, passw...

Design/Logic Flaw

On Honeywell Mobile Computers CT60 running Android OS 7.1, CN80 running Android OS 7.1, CT40 running Android OS 7.1, CK75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 6.0, D75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 4.4, D75e...

CVE-2018-14825

On Honeywell Mobile Computers CT60 running Android OS 7.1, CN80 running Android OS 7.1, CT40 running Android OS 7.1, CK75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 6.0, D75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 4.4, D75e...

CVE-2018-14825: Improper Privilege Management

On Honeywell Mobile Computers CT60 running Android OS 7.1, CN80 running Android OS 7.1, CT40 running Android OS 7.1, CK75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75 running Android OS 6.0, CN75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 6.0, D75e running Android OS 6.0, CT50 running Android OS 4.4, D75e...

Honeywell Mobile Computers with Android Operating Systems

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.6 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Honeywell Equipment: Mobile Computers Vulnerability: Improper Privilege Management 2. RISK EVALUATION A vulnerability in a system service on CT60, CN80, CT40, CK75, CN75, CT50, D75e, CN51, and EDA series mobile computers...

Permissions required for FAS Certificate Templates

Domain computers generating many requests on Certificate Authority CA...

xkcd on Voting Computers

Funny and true...

Microsoft Windows: Enumerate local users on domain-joined computers

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winenumeratelocalusers.nasl 11337 2018-09-11 14:23:53Z emoss $ Check value for Enumerate local users on domain-joined computers Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Microsoft Windows: Do not enumerate connected users on domain-joined computers

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winenumerateconnectedusers.nasl 11337 2018-09-11 14:23:53Z emoss $ Check value for Do not enumerate connected users on domain-joined computers Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

GCHQ on Quantum Key Distribution

The UK's GCHQ delivers a brutally blunt assessment of quantum key distribution: QKD protocols address only the problem of agreeing keys for encrypting data. Ubiquitous on-demand modern services such as verifying identities and data integrity, establishing network sessions, providing access contro...

CoinVault Ransomware Authors Sentenced to 240 Hours of Community Service

Almost three years after the arrest of two young Dutch brothers, who pleaded guilty to their involvement in creating and distributing CoinVault ransomware malware, a district court in Rotterdam today sentenced them to 240 hours of community service. In 2015, the two suspects — Melvin 25-year-old...