Path traversal

Path traversal vulnerability in http-live-simulator npm package version 1.0.5 allows arbitrary path to be accessed on the file system by a remote attacker...

CVE-2019-5423

CVE-2019-5423 concerns the http-live-simulator npm package (v1.0.5) with a path traversal vulnerability caused by insufficient input sanitization. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the requested path. Multiple connected sources (Git...

Cynet Offers Free Threat Assessment for Mid-Sized and Large Organizations

Visibility into an environment attack surface is the fundamental cornerstone to sound security decision making. However, the standard process of 3rd party threat assessment as practiced today is both time consuming and expensive. Cynet changes the rules of the game with a free threat assessment...

Cynet Offers Free Threat Assessment for Mid-Sized and Large Organizations

Visibility into an environment attack surface is the fundamental cornerstone to sound security decision making. However, the standard process of 3rd party threat assessment as practiced today is both time consuming and expensive. Cynet changes the rules of the game with a free threat assessment...

Updated live, mplayer, vlc packages fix security vulnerability

The updated live, mplayer, vlc packages fix security vulnerabilities: liblivemedia in Live555 before 2019.02.03 mishandles the termination of an RTSP stream after RTP/RTCP-over-RTSP has been set up, which could lead to a Use-After-Free error that causes the RTSP server to crash Segmentation fault...

openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2019-772)

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues : Thunderbird 63 ESR was updated to version 60.3.0 to fix the following issues bsc1112852 : Security issues fixed MFSA 2018-28 : - CVE-2018-12389: Fixed memory safety bugs. - CVE-2018-12390: Fixed memory safety bugs. - CVE-2018-12391:...

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In two months, hundreds of security professionals will gather in San Diego for two days of discussion around the future of endpoint security at CB Connect 2019. The event will take place at Hotel Del Coronado June 4-5 with sweeping views of Coronado beach where attendees will hear from robust...

ASUS Patches Live Update Bug That Allowed APT to Infect Thousands of PCs

ASUS has expedited a patch for a major bug impacting thousands of PCs that allowed an advanced persistent threat group to launch a supply-chain attack dubbed “Operation ShadowHammer.” The vulnerability targeted a range of new ASUS PCs with a backdoor injection technique tied to the PC-maker’s...

ASUS Releases Security Update for Live Update Software

ASUS has released Live Update version 3.6.8. This version addresses vulnerabilities that a remote attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. These vulnerabilities were detected in exploits in the wild. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users a...

How to Check Your Computer for Hacked Asus Software Update

Hackers compromised Asus’s Live Update tool to distribute malware to almost 1 million people. Here’s how to see if your computer has it...

Some ASUS Updates Drop Backdoors on PCs in 'Operation ShadowHammer'

A supply-chain attack dubbed “Operation ShadowHammer” has been uncovered, targeting users of the ASUS Live Update Utility with a backdoor injection. The China-backed BARIUM APT is suspected to be at the helm of the project. According to Kaspersky Lab, the campaign ran from June to at least Novemb...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with ALLETE’s Jeff Rotenberger

For five years now, Jeff Rotenberger has served as a cybersecurity analyst for ALLETE, an energy and utilities company providing for the Upper Midwest. Rotenberger and his team have been working with Carbon Black CB APIs and CB Response to greatly reduce time spent on security remediation. Read o...

Warning: ASUS Software Update Server Hacked to Distribute Malware

Remember the CCleaner hack? CCleaner hack was one of the largest supply chain attacks that infected more than 2.3 million users with a backdoored version of the software in September 2017. Security researchers today revealed another massive supply chain attack that compromised over 1 million...

Operation ShadowHammer

Earlier today, Motherboard published a story by Kim Zetter on Operation ShadowHammer, a newly discovered supply chain attack that leveraged ASUS Live Update software. While the investigation is still in progress and full results and technical paper will be published during SAS 2019 conference in...

Spycams Secretly Live-Streamed 1,600 Motel Guests

Four people have been arrested for taking secret videos of guests at motels and live-streaming them to paying audiences. According to Seoul police, the perps filmed about 1,600 motel guests in the past year in various states of undress and having sex. They did so with tiny wireless spy cameras se...

CVE-2019-9913

The wp-live-chat-support plugin before 8.0.18 for WordPress has wp-admin/admin.php?page=wplivechat-menu-gdpr-page term XSS...

CVE-2019-9913

The wp-live-chat-support plugin before 8.0.18 for WordPress has wp-admin/admin.php?page=wplivechat-menu-gdpr-page term XSS...

wp-live-chat-support cross-site scripting vulnerability

WP Live Chat Support is feature-rich live chat plugin for WordPress. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the WordPress wp-live-chat-support plugin prior to version 8.0.18, which stems from the program failing to properly encode parameters. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerabili...

WordPress WP Live Chat Support plugin <= 8.0.17 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability found by Tim Coen in WordPress WP Live Chat Support plugin versions = 8.0.17. Solution Update the WordPress WP Live Chat Support plugin to the latest available version at least 8.0.18...

CVE-2019-9913

The CVE-2019-9913 entry concerns the WordPress plugin WP Live Chat Support (wp-live-chat-support) prior to version 8.0.18. The vulnerability is a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw triggered via the term parameter in the admin page at wp-admin/admin.php?page=wplivechat-menu-gdpr-page. The available ...