Payroll Provider Gives Extortionists a Payday

Payroll software provider Apex Human Capital Management suffered a ransomware attack this week that severed payroll management services for hundreds of the company's customers for nearly three days. Faced with the threat of an extended outage, Apex chose to pay the ransom demand and begin the...

Cisco Coverage for Shamoon 2 & 3

Update Dec. 14, 2018 10:30 CST: Added new Shamoon 3 IOCs Shamoon is a type of destructive malware that has been previously associated with attacks against various organizations in the oil and gas industry that we've been tracking since 2012. A new variant of this threat, identified as Shamoon 2,...

The holiday shopping surge is going global: How to keep up (and cash in)

Big promotional days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday that got their start in the U.S. are now major online shopping days for consumers around the world. Here are some tips for catering to global shoppers, and preparing for the surge of traffic to retail websites from all sources. If the 2017...

Preparing for Shadow OT: A Hospital Case Study

The convergence of IT and OT is happening more rapidly than IT expects. Once upon a time, IT was so expensive that enterprises built entire departments to prioritize spending and efficiently manage those costly investments. Now, IT is so inexpensive that any individual who wants IT can buy it or...

Quest DR Series Disk Backup Software Command Injection Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-15877)

The Quest DR Series are disk storage and deduplication appliances. A command injection vulnerability exists in the "Email Relay Host Update" method in Quest DR Series Disk Backup Software versions prior to 4.0.3.1. The vulnerability can be exploited to execute commands via the 'hostname' request...

Quest DR Series Disk Backup Software Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-15897)

The Quest DR Series are disk storage and deduplication appliances. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in versions of Quest DR Series disk backup software prior to 4.0.3.1. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges from web server user to root via setsid...

CVE-2018-11181

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 39 of 46...

CVE-2018-11180

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 38 of 46...

CVE-2018-11179

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 37 of 46...

CVE-2018-11176

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 34 of 46...

CVE-2018-11174

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 32 of 46...

CVE-2018-11166

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 24 of 46...

CVE-2018-11143

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 1 of 46...

CVE-2018-11144

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection issue 2 of 46...

How to mitigate rapid cyberattacks such as Petya and WannaCrypt

In the first blog post of this 3-part series, we introduced what rapid cyberattacks are and illustrated how rapid cyberattacks are different in terms of execution and outcome. In the second blog post, we provided some details on Petya and how it worked. In this final blog post, we will share:...

How to mitigate rapid cyberattacks such as Petya and WannaCrypt

In the first blog post of this 3-part series, we introduced what rapid cyberattacks are and illustrated how rapid cyberattacks are different in terms of execution and outcome. In the second blog post, we provided some details on Petya and how it worked. In this final blog post, we will share:...

Dahua Technology IP Camera Predictable Password Algorithm Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Dahua Technology IP Camera. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the disaster recovery password functionality. If the device uses its defaul...

4 Principles For Hybrid Cloud Success

The future is cloud. At this point in it’s evolution it’s undeniable. The questions facing organizations now are “how much?” and “how fast?” How do you map out a reasonable path to a cloud deployment? Few organizations will be 100 percent cloud and most will take years to migrate existing assets...

Veritas System Recovery DLL Load Local Code Execution Vulnerability

Veritas System Recovery is a suite of disaster recovery software for virtual machines, servers and laptops from Veritas Technologies, USA. A local code execution vulnerability exists in the patch installer in versions prior to Veritas System Recovery 16 SP1. An attacker could exploit this...

World Backup Day is as good as any to back up your data

In today’s security landscape, there are more threats to data than ever before. Beyond corruption caused by hardware or human failure, malware and cyberattacks can put data in serious danger. That’s why it’s imperative for enterprises, small-and-medium businesses, and individuals to back up data...