BadAlloc Flaw Affects BlackBerry QNX Used in Millions of Cars and Medical Devices

A major vulnerability affecting older versions of BlackBerry's QNX Real-Time Operating System RTOS could allow malicious actors to cripple and gain control of a variety of products, including cars, medical, and industrial equipment. The shortcoming CVE-2021-22156, CVSS score: 9.0 is part of a...

Five Critical Password Security Rules Your Employees Are Ignoring

According to Keeper Security's Workplace Password Malpractice Report, many remote workers aren't following best practices for password security. Password security was a problem even before the advent of widespread remote work. So, what happened post-pandemic? Keeper Security's Workplace Password...

CISA-FBI Guidance for MSPs and their Customers Affected by the Kaseya VSA Supply-Chain Ransomware Attack

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI continue to respond to the recent supply-chain ransomware attack leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya VSA software against multiple managed service providers MSPs and their customers. CISA and FBI strongly urge affected MSPs and their customers to...

The Countdown Has Started -- The Move Toward Zero Trust and MFA

In early May 2021, the President of the United States issued an executive order on cybersecurity, and though it will take some time for executive branch agencies to develop formal rules, the order itself includes a lot of what I consider to be best practice in cybersecurity, including the use of...

Schneider Electric PowerLogic PM55xx and PowerLogic PM8ECC

GENERAL SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS We strongly recommend the following industry cybersecurity best practices. https://www.se.com/us/en/download/document/7EN52-0390/ Locate control and safety system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from the business network. Install...

50 percent of schools did not prepare for secure distance learning, Labs report reveals

Education in the United States faced a crisis this year. The looming threat of the coronavirus—which spreads easily in highly-populated, enclosed rooms—forced schools across the country to develop new strategies for education. The dramatic stress of this transition is known. Teachers are working...

Schneider Electric PLC Simulator for EcoStruxure Control Expert

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: PLC Simulator for EcoStruxure Control Expert Vulnerability: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this...

Risky business: survey shows majority of people use work devices for personal use

There’s no denying the coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the way we use technology. Some changes feel like a subtle acceleration of behavioral shifts that were already well underway i.e. more online shopping and more streaming TV/movies. Other changes are more extreme and we’...

CISA, DOE, and UK’s NCSC Issue Guidance on Protecting Industrial Control Systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Department of Energy DOE, and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre NCSC have released Cybersecurity Best Practices for Industrial Control Systems, an infographic providing recommended cybersecurity practices for industrial control...

Cybersecurity best practices to implement highly secured devices

Almost three years ago, we published The Seven Properties of Highly Secured Devices, which introduced a new standard for IoT security and argued, based on an analysis of best-in-class devices, that seven properties must be present on every standalone device that connects to the internet in order ...

This Week in Security News: Pwn2Own Adds Industrial Control Systems to Hacking Contest and Cyber Crooks Target ESports

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Among news from this week, learn about Pwn2Own’s new hacking contest that will take place in Miami next year. Also, as October was Cybersecurity...

ICSA-19-295-01_Schneider Electric ProClima

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: Proclima Vulnerabilities: Code Injection, Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer, Uncontrolled Search Path Element 2. RISK EVALUATION...

Schneider Electric Modicon Controllers (Update A)

GENERAL SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS We strongly recommend the following industry cybersecurity best practices. https://www.se.com/us/en/download/document/7EN52-0390/ Locate control and safety system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from the business network. Install...

How to browse the Internet safely at work

This Safer Internet Day, we teamed up with ethical hacking and web application security company Detectify to provide security tips for both workplace Internet users and web developers. This article is aimed at employees of all levels. If you’re a programmer looking to create secure websites, visi...

Schneider Electric EVLink Parking

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: EVLink Parking Vulnerabilities: Use of Hard-coded Credentials, Code Injection, SQL Injection 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could...

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.4 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: EcoStruxure Vulnerability: Open Redirect 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to use this device as a platform to...

Schneider Electric GUIcon Eurotherm

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION : Low skill level to exploit Vendor : Schneider Electric Equipment : Eurotherm by Schneider Electric GUIcon Vulnerabilities : Type Confusion, Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an...

November is National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month

November is National Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. Critical Infrastructure CI is our Nation’s backbone; it is the physical and cyber systems and assets that are so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our...

October 16, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “National Boss Day” 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! October 16, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware market...

DDoS of Past, Present and Future

The pervasiveness of technology has meant automation of tasks, allowing better productivity, with more time to do more. However, the dark side of technology would be that enterprises and individuals alike are vulnerable to cybercrimes, compromise of identities, loss of data and subject to malicio...