June 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Galileo Galilei” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 22, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: WannaCry Ups The Stakes For...

Erosion of ISP Privacy Rules Sparks New Anti-Snooping Efforts

Since Congress voted to prevent the implementation of new ISP privacy protections there has been a committed and sometimes loud call for new rules. The fear is, without adequate safeguards in place, ISPs will be free to build detailed customer profiles that include names, addresses and online...

Design/Logic Flaw

client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by reading /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert, and...

CVE-2016-3112

client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by reading /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert, and...

CVE-2016-3112

client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by reading /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert, and...

CVE-2016-3112

The CVE-2016-3112 issue affects Pulp before 2.8.3, where client/consumer/cli.py writes consumer private keys to /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable. This allows remote authenticated users to read the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by authenticating as a consu...

PT-2017-8341 · Pulp · Pulp

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Pulp versions prior to 2.8.3 Description: The issue allows remote authenticated users to obtain consumer private keys and escalate privileges. This is due to the world-readable writing of consumer private keys to...

Fraudsters Exploited Lax Security at Equifax’s TALX Payroll Division

Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud had big help this past tax year from Equifax, one of the nation's largest consumer data brokers and credit bureaus. The trouble stems from TALX, an Equifax subsidiary that provides online payroll, HR and tax services. Equifax says crooks were ab...

Cyber Espionage is Alive and Well: APT32 and the Threat to Global Corporations

Cyber espionage actors, now designated by FireEye as APT32 OceanLotus Group, are carrying out intrusions into private sector companies across multiple industries and have also targeted foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. FireEye assesses that APT32 leverages a unique suite of...

Coming together to address Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) attacks

Today’s security updates include three updates that exemplify how the security ecosystem can come together to help protect consumers and enterprises. We would like to thank FireEye and ESET for working with us. Customers that have the latest security updates installed are protected against the...

HPSBHF03557 rev. 1 - Intel Active Management Technology, Intel Small Business Technology, and Intel Standard Manageability Remote Privilege Escalation

Potential Security Impact Remote escalation of privilege on provisioned systems or local escalation of privilege on unprovisioned systems. VULNERABILITY SUMMARY A security vulnerability has been discovered in Intel’s manageability firmware that impacts all Intel OEMs. This vulnerability is a...

CVE-2016-0382

The IBM Tealeaf Consumer Experience 8.7, 8.8, and 9.0 portal exposes some of its operational state in a form that may be accidentally captured and exposed by network infrastructure components such as IIS. IBM X-Force ID: 112356...

CVE-2016-0382

The IBM Tealeaf Consumer Experience 8.7, 8.8, and 9.0 portal exposes some of its operational state in a form that may be accidentally captured and exposed by network infrastructure components such as IIS. IBM X-Force ID: 112356...

CVE-2016-0382

The CVE-2016-0382 entry applies to IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience (Consumer Experience) versions 8.7 through 9.0.2, where the portal exposes some of its operational state in a form that may be accidentally captured and exposed by network infrastructure components such as IIS. The root cause is i...

CVE-2016-0382

The IBM Tealeaf Consumer Experience 8.7, 8.8, and 9.0 portal exposes some of its operational state in a form that may be accidentally captured and exposed by network infrastructure components such as IIS. IBM X-Force ID: 112356...

NetIQ Access Manager Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06744)

NetIQ Access Manager provides a simple, secure, and scalable solution for handling Web access requirements. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the AssertionConsumerServiceURL field of a signed AuthnRequest in the samlp:AuthnRequest document for NetIQ Access Manager. A remote attacker...

Advances in Ad Blocking

Ad blockers represent the largest consumer boycott in human history. They're also an arms race between the blockers and the blocker blockers. This article discusses a new ad-blocking technology that represents another advance in this arms race. I don't think it will "put an end to the ad-blocking...

CVE-2017-5183

NetIQ Access Manager 4.2.2 and 4.3.x before 4.3.1+, when configured as an Identity Server, has XSS in the AssertionConsumerServiceURL field of a signed AuthnRequest in a samlp:AuthnRequest document...

CS-Cart Japanese Edition fails to restrict access permissions

Overview CS-Cart is a system for creating online shopping websites. CS-Cart Japanese Edition fails to restrict access permissions CWE-425. Hirota Kazuki of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security...

Verizon Rebuts Critics of Data-Collecting App

Verizon broke its silence today on what many believed would be a controversial rollout of an app made by Evie Labs called AppFlash, that had been identified by privacy advocates as spyware. The wireless carrier and broadband ISP defended itself Friday saying its critics were flat-out wrong. Veriz...