SolarWinds Attackers Accessed DHS Emails, Report

The SolarWinds cyberattackers compromised the head of the Department of Homeland Security DHS under former president Trump and other top-ranking members of the department’s cybersecurity staff, according to a report. In the campaign, adversaries were able to use SolarWinds’ Orion network manageme...

Apple’s Device Location-Tracking System Could Expose User Identities

Two vulnerabilities in a crowdsourced location-tracking system that helps users find Apple devices even when they’re offline could expose the identity of users, research claim. Offline Finding, a proprietary app introduced by Apple in 2019 for its iOS, macOS and watchOS platforms, enables the...

Siemens Energy PLUSCONTROL 1st Gen

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Siemens Equipment: PLUSCONTROL Vulnerability: Predictable Exact Value from Previous Values 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could affect integrity of TCP...

Siemens TCP/IP Stack Vulnerabilities-AMNESIA:33 in SENTRON PAC / 3VA Devices (Update C)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Equipment: SENTRON 3VA COM100/800, SENTRON 3VA DSP800, SENTRON PAC2200, SENTRON PAC3200T, SENTRON PAC3200, SENTRON PAC3220, SENTRON PAC4200 Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Read, Out-of-bounds...

Grid. Locked.

In the UK we are used to having a reliable and stable electricity grid. So stable that you can keep time with it. Before quartz clocks became common, mains powered clocks used the electricity grid frequency of 50Hz as their time reference, you can still find the odd central heating timer or old...

Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ellipse EAM

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Hitachi ABB Power Grids Equipment: Ellipse EAM Vulnerabilities: Cross-site Scripting, User Interface Misrepresentation of Critical Information 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these...

CISA Releases Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Exploitation of Accellion File Transfer Appliance

The cybersecurity authorities of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States have released Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA21-055A: Exploitation of Accellion File Transfer Appliance. Cyber actors worldwide have exploited vulnerabilities in Accellion File Transfer...

CVE-2021-3252

KACO New Energy XP100U Up to XP-JAVA 2.0 is affected by incorrect access control. Credentials will always be returned in plain-text from the local server during the KACO XP100U authentication process, regardless of whatever passwords have been provided, which leads to an information disclosure...

Information disclosure

KACO New Energy XP100U Up to XP-JAVA 2.0 is affected by incorrect access control. Credentials will always be returned in plain-text from the local server during the KACO XP100U authentication process, regardless of whatever passwords have been provided, which leads to an information disclosure...

CVE-2021-3252

KACO New Energy XP100U Up to XP-JAVA 2.0 is affected by incorrect access control. Credentials will always be returned in plain-text from the local server during the KACO XP100U authentication process, regardless of whatever passwords have been provided, which leads to an information disclosure...

CVE-2021-3252

KACO New Energy XP100U up to XP-JAVA 2.0 is affected by an information-disclosure vulnerability caused by incorrect access control during the authentication process, which results in credentials being returned in plain-text from the local server. The CVE entry (CVE-2021-3252) is corroborated by m...

Shining a Light on SolarCity: Practical Exploitation of the X2e IoT Device (Part One)

In 2019, Mandiant’s Red Team discovered a series of vulnerabilities present within Digi International’s ConnectPort X2e device, which allows for remote code execution as a privileged user. Specifically, Mandiant’s research focused on SolarCity’s now owned by Tesla rebranded ConnectPort X2e device...

Military, Nuclear Entities Under Target By Novel Android Malware

Researchers have uncovered two novel Android surveillanceware families being used by an advanced persistent threat APT group to target military, nuclear and election entities in Pakistan and Kashmir. The two malware families, which researchers call “Hornbill” and “SunBird,” have sophisticated...

Advantech iView SQL Injection Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-13243)

Advantech iView is a device management application for the energy, water and wastewater industries. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in versions prior to Advantech iView 5.7.03.6112. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disclose information...

Siemens SIMARIS Configuration (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 4.4 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Siemens Equipment: SIMARIS configuration Vulnerability: Incorrect Default Permissions 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-21-040-08 Siemens SIMARIS...

Sustainability Requires Collaboration: Akamai's Growing Community and Supply Chain Initiatives

picture courtesy of One Tree Planted Akamai is committed to collaboration that inspires worldwide change. We know it's not enough to be environmentally conscious solely in our own business. To make a true impact on climate change, we need to use our unique position as a global corporation to...

The Importance of Education in Furthering the Sustainability Agenda

Author: Mark Porter, Director, Supply Chain & International Collaboration, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance REBA Mark Porter moved to REBA from Rocky Mountain Institute's Business Renewables Center BRC initiative in March 2019. Mark continues to support the BRC initiative across all areas and gro...

Our ESG Commitment: Investing in a Better World

Environmental, social, and governance ESG issues are quickly emerging as a key concern for investors. To use a musical analogy, the bow is just resting on the first string, with more notes sure to follow. At Akamai, our ESG instrument is well tuned and ready for the symphony to come, as evidenced...

Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Edge Platform

Over the past 20 years, we've seen a lot of growth at Akamai. When I started at Akamai, we used to have traffic peaks of almost 200 Mbps. From that fledgling startup, Akamai has now grown to such a scale that we almost doubled network capacity in 2020 and were able to serve peaks of almost 200...

Sustainability at Akamai: An Efficient Platform Powered by Energy Aggregation

If I had a dollar for every time I heard "2020 was an unprecedented year", I could fund a clean energy project myself. And while we're tired of hearing it, it's true. Among the pandemic, U.S. presidential election, social justice movements, the finalization of Brexit, and many other new and...