Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Direct rendering infrastructure of the NVIDIA Tegra X1 where an unchecked input from userspace is passed as a pointer to kfree. This could lead to kernel memory corruption and possible code execution. This issue is rated as moderate. Product: Pixel...

Minimize cybersecurity risk with Software Asset Management

This post is authored by Patama Chantaruck, General Manager of Worldwide Software Asset Management & Compliance. By 2021, worldwide cybercrime damage is expected to reach $6 trilliondouble what it cost businesses in 2015. Unapproved apps, unmanaged devices, poor password protection, and other...

Moxa NPort 5110, 5130, and 5150

CVSS v3 8.6 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Moxa Equipment: NPort 5110, 5130, 5150 Vulnerabilities: Injection, Information Exposure, Resource Exhaustion AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of NPort, a serial network interface, are affected: NPort 5110...

How To Budget For Cyber Security in 2018

As Q4 begins in earnest, now is the time to start making considerations for next year's budgets. This is especially true for the company's IT and cyber security budgets - a difficult decision with so many robust technologies and new threats emerging. Compounding this problem is the fact that many...

IT threat evolution Q3 2017

Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Re-enter the dragon In July, we reported on the recent activities of a targeted attack group called 'Spring Dragon' also known as LotusBlossom, whose activities data back to 2012. Spring Dragon makes extensive use of spear-phishing and watering-hole attacks...

Cisco APIC-EM 1.x < 1.5 Unauthorized Access (credentialed check)

According to its self-reported version number, the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module APIC-EM application running on the remote host is 1.x prior to 1.5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability within the firewall configuration of the Cisco Application Poli...

Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition

CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Public exploits are available. Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: InduSoft Web Studio, InTouch Machine Edition Vulnerability: Stack-based Buffer Overflow AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of InduSoft Web Studio and...

Circle with Disney Token Routing Vulnerability(CVE-2017-12085)

Summary An exploitable routing vulnerability exists in the Circle with Disney cloud infrastructure. A specially crafted packet can make the Circle cloud route a packet to any arbitrary Circle device. An attacker needs network connectivity to the Internet to trigger this vulnerability. Tested...

Layered Security Without the Layered Complexity

With the recent influx of news reports regarding security incidents, more Chief Information Security Officers CISOs, Chief Information Officers CIOs, and IT professionals are reviewing current security infrastructures, policies, and practices to identify potential weaknesses in their security...

CVE-2017-12085

An exploitable routing vulnerability exists in the Circle with Disney cloud infrastructure. A specially crafted packet can make the Circle cloud route a packet to any arbitrary Circle device. An attacker needs network connectivity to the Internet to trigger this vulnerability...

Privilege escalation

An exploitable routing vulnerability exists in the Circle with Disney cloud infrastructure. A specially crafted packet can make the Circle cloud route a packet to any arbitrary Circle device. An attacker needs network connectivity to the Internet to trigger this vulnerability...

CVE-2017-12085

CVE-2017-12085 is the Circle with Disney cloud routing vulnerability disclosed in TALOS-2017-0437. The issue enables an attacker with Internet connectivity to cause the Circle cloud to route a packet to an arbitrary Circle device via the cloud API and token-based routing mechanism. The attack cha...

CVE-2017-12085

An exploitable routing vulnerability exists in the Circle with Disney cloud infrastructure. A specially crafted packet can make the Circle cloud route a packet to any arbitrary Circle device. An attacker needs network connectivity to the Internet to trigger this vulnerability...

Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure

Spreading malware with a legitimate digital certificate is an adversary’s dream come true, with plenty of successful examples tracing back to nation-state attacks such as Stuxnet and Flame, and other misuse that crops up on a regular basis. For a group of University of Maryland researchers, the...

This Week in Security News

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. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

The Tor Project to Beef Up Privacy with Next-Generation of Onion Services

The Tor Project has made some significant changes to its infrastructure by improving the way the 'onion' network protects its users' privacy and security. Since the beginning, the largest free online anonymity network has been helping users browse the web anonymously, and its onion service provid...

Cloud WAF Versus On-Premises WAF

“The Times They Are a Changin’”, Bob Dylan knew it in 1964 and what was true then is even move true today. There continues to be ongoing debate on web application firewalls WAFs, specifically which is better for the enterprise—on-premises solutions or those in the ever-changing cloud. When...

Circle with Disney Routing Vulnerability

Circle with Disney is a set of network monitoring and management devices for monitoring children's online behavior from Circle Media, Inc. in the United States. A routing vulnerability exists in the cloud infrastructure in Circle with Disney version 2.0.1. An attacker can exploit this vulnerabili...

Progea Movicon 11.5.1181 Search Path Issues Vulnerability

Progea Movicon versions 11.5.1181 and below suffer from search path related vulnerabilities. Vendor: Progea Equipment: Movicon SCADA/HMI Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Search Path Element, Unquoted Search Path or Element Advisory URL...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco Security Advisories and apply the...