Cisco Prime Infrastructure Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the HTTP web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting XSS attack against a user of the web interface of the affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validati...

Researchers Uncover New Leads Behind Shamoon2

In a fresh analysis of the Shamoon2 malware, researchers from Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering and Response Team ASERT say they have unearthed new leads on the tools and techniques used in the most recent wave of attacks. Shamoon2 surfaced in November, approximately four years after the...

SPARTA - Network Infrastructure Penetration Testing Tool

SPARTA is a python GUI application which simplifies network infrastructure penetration testing by aiding the penetration tester in the scanning and enumeration phase. It allows the tester to save time by having point-and-click access to his toolkit and by displaying all tool output in a convenien...

First Practical SHA-1 Collision Attack Arrives

Researchers unveiled on Thursday the first practical collision attack for the 22-year old cryptographic hash function SHA-1. While long expected, news of the attack, dubbed ‘SHAttered,’ should further accelerate the urgency of sunsetting of the maligned algorithm. Researchers from Google, Elie...

Red Lion Controls Sixnet-Managed Industrial Switches, AutomationDirect STRIDE-Managed Ethernet Switches Vulnerability

CVSS v3 10 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable. Low skill level is needed to exploit. Vendor: Red Lion Controls, AutomationDirect Equipment: Sixnet-Managed Industrial Switches and STRIDE-Managed Ethernet Switches Vulnerability: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Keys AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following Red...

VIPA Controls WinPLC7

CVSS v3 7.5 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit Vendor: VIPA Controls Equipment: WinPLC7 Vulnerability: Stack Buffer Overflow AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of WinPLC7, a PLC programming software, are affected: WinPLC Versions 5.0.45.5921 and prior. IMPACT...

Windows Botnet Spreading Mirai Variant

A Chinese-speaking attacker is spreading a Mirai variant from a repurposed Windows-based botnet. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab published a report today, and said the code was written by an experienced developer who also built in the capability to spread the IoT malware to Linux machines under...

Centrally Manage SSH Administrative Access: KeyBox

Centrally Manage SSH Administrative Access KeyBox is a web-based SSH console that centrally manages administrative access to systems. Web-based administration is combined with management and distribution of user’s public SSH keys. Key management and administration is based on profiles assigned to...

Squirrels, Not Hackers, Pose Biggest Threat to Electric Grid

SAN FRANCISCO–The crown jewel of North America’s critical infrastructure is its electric grid. A successful cyberattack on it would be devastating. But according to Marcus Sachs, CSO with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation NERC, fears of a cyberattack are overblown. Sachs told RS...

This Ransomware Malware Could Poison Your Water Supply If Not Paid

Ransomware has been around for a few years, but in last two years, it has become an albatross around everyone's neck, targeting businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and personal computers worldwide and extorting millions of dollars. Ransomware is a type of malware that infects computers...

Veeam ONE Database Calculator for Virtual Infrastructure and Veeam Backup & Replication Monitoring

New Interactive Calculator An updated interactive calculator is now available to replace the legacy Excel file included with this article. Veeam ONE Calculator Solution Summary This Veeam ONE database sizing calculator will help estimate the database size required to retain one year of historical...

CVE-2016-5803

An issue was discovered in CA Unified Infrastructure Management Version 8.47 and earlier. The Unified Infrastructure Management software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can...

CVE-2016-5803

An issue was discovered in CA Unified Infrastructure Management Version 8.47 and earlier. The Unified Infrastructure Management software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can...

CVE-2016-5803

An issue was discovered in CA Unified Infrastructure Management Version 8.47 and earlier. The Unified Infrastructure Management software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can...

CVE-2016-5803

CVE-2016-5803 affects CA Unified Infrastructure Management (UIM) up to version 8.47. The vulnerability is a directory-traversal flaw in the path construction logic that fails to neutralize sequences like "..", allowing an attacker to access files outside the restricted directory. This is a remote...

Uber: pam-ussh may be tricked into using another logged in user's ssh-agent

Summary https://github.com/uber/pam-ussh was open-sourced today kudos! and is presumably used within Uber's infrastructure. This is a PAM module written a Go that "will authenticate a user based on them having an ssh certificate in their ssh-agent signed by a specified ssh CA." A cursory look at...

Macro Malware Comes to macOS

Macro-based malware has crossed the divide between the Windows and Mac platforms. A cybercrime group whose command and control infrastructure resolves to an IP address geo-located in Russia is using a Word document laced with a malicious macro that executes solely on macOS. Following the same...

Trend Micro Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Trend Micro Virtual Mobile Infrastructure is a solution that enables IT managers to host enterprise applications and data in a secure mobile operating system on a central server. A security vulnerability in the handlecertificate function in Trend Micro Virtual Mobile Infrastructure...

Honeywell SCADA Controllers Exposed Passwords in Clear Text

A series of remotely exploitable vulnerabilities exist in a popular web-based SCADA system made by Honeywell that make it easy to expose passwords and in turn, give attackers a foothold into the vulnerable network. The flaws exist in some versions of Honeywell’s XL Web II controllers, systems...

Trump Cyber Executive Order Calls for 60-Day Review

President Donald Trump cited the hack of the Democratic National Committee as a “good example” for the need of a stronger cyber security measures for both the private and public sector. “The Democratic National Committee was hacked successfully, very successfully, and terribly successfully,” Trum...