Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager CVE-2018-18368 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can leverage this issue to gain elevated privileges. Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager versions prior to 14.2 RU1 are vulnerable. Technologies Affected Symantec Endpoint...

Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition are both products of Symantec Corporation.Symantec Endpoint Protection is a suite of anti-virus Symantec Endpoint Protection is a suite of antivirus software. Symantec Endpoint Protection is a suite of antivirus...

Dell Technologies + VMware Carbon Black: Better Together

It’s been an exciting few months for the VMware Carbon Black team and we’re excited to share some big news with you. Today, from VMworld Europe 2019 in Barcelona, VMware announced an enhanced partnership with Dell Technologies that will make Carbon Black Cloud, along with Dell Trusted Devices and...

Symantec Endpoint Protection SONAR Component CVE-2019-12752 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Description Symantec Endpoint Protection is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 12.0.2 are vulnerable. Technologi...

VMware Carbon Black Cloud Adds Linux Support for Enterprise EDR

VMware Carbon Black is proud to unveil another major operating system expansion for our cloud-native endpoint protection platform EPP. CB ThreatHunter, our enterprise endpoint detection and response EDR solution on the VMware Carbon Black Cloud platform has expanded its support to include Red Hat...

Microsoft and partners design new device security requirements to protect against targeted firmware attacks

Recent developments in security research and real-world attacks demonstrate that as more protections are proactively built into the OS and in connected services, attackers are looking for other avenues of exploitation with firmware emerging as a top target. In the last three years alone, NIST’s...

Partner Perspectives: Stop Advanced Cyber Threats with End-to-End Protection from ThreatWarrior and Carbon Black

Today’s rapidly advancing technology and our “constantly connected” mindset have given rise to a malicious underworld of sophisticated cybercriminals and constantly-evolving cyberattacks. Understanding these new forms of attack, predicting strikes, and responding quickly is the only way to defend...

In hot pursuit of elusive threats: AI-driven behavior-based blocking stops attacks in their tracks

Our experience in detecting and blocking threats on millions of endpoints tells us that attackers will stop at nothing to circumvent protections. Even one gap in security can be disastrous to an organization. At Microsoft, we don’t stop finding new ways to fill in gaps in security. We go beyond...

Hackers Turn to OpenDocument Format to Avoid AV Detection

Attackers have a new obfuscation technique that uses the OpenDocument file format for sneaking payloads past antivirus software. Past macro-based attacks have relied on malware hitching a ride with .docx, .zip, .jar and many other file formats. But researchers at Cisco Talos said that because the...

Cynet 360: The Next Generation of EDR

Many organizations regard Endpoint Detection and Response EDR as their main protection against breaches. EDR, as a category, emerged in 2012 and was rapidly acknowledged as the best answer to the numerous threats that legacy AV unsuccessfully struggled to overcome – exploits, zero-day malware and...

Cynet 360: The Next Generation of EDR

Many organizations regard Endpoint Detection and Response EDR as their main protection against breaches. EDR, as a category, emerged in 2012 and was rapidly acknowledged as the best answer to the numerous threats that legacy AV unsuccessfully struggled to overcome – exploits, zero-day malware and...

Partner Perspectives: Endpoint Protection & Asset Management: Making Sure Everything That Should Be Protected, Is Protected

It’s a common refrain in cybersecurity: you can only protect what you can see. And while advances in endpoint protection technology have drastically increased the security of devices, organizations still struggle to understand which assets they have, and whether they’re properly covered by securi...

CB Partner Spotlight Series: Slipstream Cyber Security

Slipstream Cyber Security is a managed cyber-security service provider enterprise with a Cyber Security Operations Centre CSOC is located in Perth, Western Australia. Staffed by experienced security professionals with backgrounds in cyber operations, anti-fraud, intelligence and more, the team...

The Future of Cloud Endpoint Protection Platform Starts Now

Each year, Gartner evaluates each competitive market according to customer feedback, detailed vendor surveys, and video demonstrations of the capabilities in action. Their flagship report for this analysis is the Magic Quadrant, and this year’s Endpoint Protection Platform EPP report has a lot to...

Gartner names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Protection Platforms Magic Quadrant

Our mission as a company is to empower every person on the planet to achieve more. We deliver on that mission through products that achieve the highest marks in the industry, which we believe is inclusive of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. We have been on a journey for the last several years working ha...

Windows PowerShell - Unsanitized Filename Command Execution

Windows PowerShell - Unsanitized Filename Command Execution ''' + Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-POWERSHELL-UNSANITIZED-FILENAME-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txt + ISR: Apparition Security Vendor...

Microsoft Windows PowerShell - Unsanitized Filename Command Execution

''' + Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-POWERSHELL-UNSANITIZED-FILENAME-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txt + ISR: Apparition Security Vendor www.microsoft.com Product Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell...

Windows PowerShell - Unsanitized Filename Command Execution Exploit

''' + Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-POWERSHELL-UNSANITIZED-FILENAME-COMMAND-EXECUTION.txt + ISR: Apparition Security Vendor www.microsoft.com Product Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell...

Microsoft Windows Defender CVE-2019-1161 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on the system. Technologies Affected Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Microsoft Security Essentials Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint...

KLA11537 Privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Defender

An elevation of privilege vulnerability was found in Microsoft Defender. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability via specially crafted command to gain privileges. Original advisories CVE-2019-1161 Exploitation Related products Windows-Defender CVE list CVE-2019-1161 high KB list Solution...