Payment giant's point-of-sale outage caused by ALPHV ransomware

On April 12, 2023, payment giant NCR reported it was looking into an issue with its point-of-sale POS systems that caused an outage, leaving customers unable to use the system. The NCR Aloha POS systems are popular in hospitality services. Customers include Wendys, Chuck e Cheese, Cafe Rio, Leean...

Food giant Dole reveals more about ransomware attack

Fruit and vegetable producer Dole has confirmed attackers behind its February ransomware attack accessed employee data. The company hasn't revealed the number of staff impacted. In an annual report filed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC last week, Dole said: "In February of 2023, ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022 Audit Logging Failure Vulnerability

Microsoft SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022 appears to ignore audit rules for sys.sysxlgns allowing an attacker with administrative permissions to extract password hashes under the radar. Microsoft told the researcher they are not willing to fix it but acknowledge it as a security...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022 Audit Logging Failure

Title: Microsoft SQL Server Password Hash Exposure Product: Database Manufacturer: Microsoft Affected Versions: 2012-2022 Risk Level: Medium CVE Reference: N/A Author of Advisory: Emad Al-Mousa Overview: SQL Server is a popular database system, and database systems are a vital backbone in IT...

PT-2023-1918

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veeam Backup & Replication versions V11 through V12 Description A vulnerability in the Veeam Backup & Replication component allows an unauthenticated user within the backup infrastructure network perimeter to obtain encrypted credentials store...

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 Programmable Logic Controller Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2020-7568)

A CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 all references, all versions that could allow non sensitive information disclosure when the attacker has captured the traffic between EcoStruxure Machine - Basic software and Modicon M221...

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 Programmable Logic Controller Small Space of Random Values (CVE-2020-7566)

A CWE-334: Small Space of Random Values vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 all references, all versions that could allow the attacker to break the encryption keys when the attacker has captured the traffic between EcoStruxure Machine - Basic software and Modicon M221 controller. This plugin onl...

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 Programmable Logic Controller Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt (CVE-2020-28214)

A CWE-760: Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 all references, all versions, that could allow an attacker to pre-compute the hash value using dictionary attack technique such as rainbow tables, effectively disabling the protection that an unpredictab...

Schneider Electric Modicon X80 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2021-22749)

A CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability exists in Modicon X80 BMXNOR0200H RTU SV1.70 IR22 and prior that could cause information leak concerning the current RTU configuration including communication parameters dedicated to telemetry, when a specially...

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 Programmable Logic Controller Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CVE-2020-7567)

A CWE-311: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 all references, all versions that could allow the attacker to find the password hash when the attacker has captured the traffic between EcoStruxure Machine - Basic software and Modicon M221 controller and broke t...

Phoenix Contact Classic Line Controllers Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity (CVE-2022-31800)

An unauthenticated, remote attacker could upload malicious logic to devices based on ProConOS/ProConOS eCLR in order to gain full control over the device. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information. %NASLMINLEVEL 80900 C...

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Control Expert, Process Expert, Modicon M340, M580 and M580 CPU (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: EcoStruxure Control Expert, EcoStruxure Process Expert, Modicon M340 CPU, Modicon M580 CPU, Modicon Momentum Unity M1E Processor, Modicon MC80 Vulnerability: Authentication Bypass by...

Cyber Security Is Not a Losing Game – If You Start Right Now

Reality has a way of asserting itself, irrespective of any personal or commercial choices we make, good or bad. For example, just recently, the city services of Antwerp in Belgium were the victim of a highly disruptive cyberattack. As usual, everyone cried "foul play" and suggested that proper...

PT-2022-6079 · Rockwell Automation · Compactlogix +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Rockwell Automation controllers affected versions not specified Rockwell Automation CompactLogix, ControlLogix, GuardLogix affected versions not specified Description: A vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation controllers that allows ...

Implementing Defense in Depth to Prevent and Mitigate Cyber Attacks

The increased use of information technology in our everyday life and business has led to cyber-attacks becoming more sophisticated and large-scale. For organizations to thrive in this era of technology, they must develop robust security strategies to detect and mitigate attacks. Defense in depth ...

Impacket and Exfiltration Tool Used to Steal Sensitive Information from Defense Industrial Base Organization

Summary Actions to Help Protect Against APT Cyber Activity: • Enforce multifactor authentication MFA on all user accounts. • Implement network segmentation to separate network segments based on role and functionality. • Update software, including operating systems, applications, and firmware, on...

PT-2022-6636 · Cisco · Cisco Wireless Lan Controller +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Aironet Access Points affected versions not specified Cisco Wireless LAN Controller WLC affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to insufficient access control in the software of Cisco Aironet Access Points and...

ALSA-2022:6439 Moderate: booth security update

The Booth cluster ticket manager is a component to bridge high availability clusters spanning multiple sites, in particular, to provide decision inputs to local Pacemaker cluster resource managers. It operates as a distributed consensus-based service, presumably on a separate physical network...

Phoenix Contact Classic Line Controllers

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Phoenix Contact Equipment: ILC, AXC, RFC, PC WORX, FC Vulnerability: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an...

Researchers Demonstrate Ransomware for IoT Devices That Targets IT and OT Networks

As ransomware infections have evolved from purely encrypting data to schemes such as double and triple extortion, a new attack vector is likely to set the stage for future campaigns. Called Ransomware for IoT or R4IoT by Forescout, it's a "novel, proof-of-concept ransomware that exploits an IoT...