Year in Review: Rapid7 Cybersecurity Research

Welcome to 2023, a year that sounds so futuristic it is hard to believe it is real. But real it is, and make no mistake, threat actors are still out there, working hard to get into networks the world over. So, at the start of the new year, I am reminded of two particular phrases: Those who do not...

PT-2022-8323 · 3S Smart Software Solutions +1 · Codesys Development System +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Pilz PMC programming tool versions 3.x through 3.5.16 Description: A security issue allows an attacker to change a user's password without knowing the current password. This is possible in the Pilz PMC programming tool, which is based on the...

GHSA-MHHF-VGWH-FW9H Passeo uses insecure random number generator

Impact Everyone below v1.0.5 is impacted by this flaw, of confidentiality being at risk due to the passwords being easily able to be guessed with Passeo's use of the random library. It is recommended to change any passwords made with Passeo before v1.0.5 and upgrade to v1.0.5, and v1.0.5 patches...

PT-2022-16247 · Check Point · Check Point Ipsec Vpn Blade

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Check Point IPsec VPN blade affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns a brute-force attack vulnerability when the IPsec VPN blade's portal is configured for username/password authentication, allowing attackers to target...

XWiki Platform 安全漏洞

XWiki Platform is the French company XWiki's set of Wiki platform for creating Web collaboration applications. The XWiki Platform suffers from an information disclosure vulnerability that originates from the fact that when using XWiki's "Reset forgotten password" feature, passwords are stored in...

CVE-2022-45868

The web-based admin console in H2 Database Engine before 2.2.220 can be started via the CLI with the argument -webAdminPassword, which allows the user to specify the password in cleartext for the web admin console. Consequently, a local user or an attacker that has obtained local access through...

CVE-2022-45392

Jenkins NS-ND Integration Performance Publisher Plugin 4.8.0.143 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by attackers with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system...

The Worrying Rise of Cybercrime as a Service (CaaS)

What is CaaS? Put simply, Cybercrime as a Service CaaS means black hat hackers for hire. Now, any ex-employee with a grudge, any disgruntled customer, any troubled ex-partner, or vindictive competitor, literally anyone with the right browser, can hire a dark web bad actor to perform...

CVE-2022-3754 Weak Password Requirements in thorsten/phpmyfaq

Weak Password Requirements in GitHub repository thorsten/phpmyfaq prior to 3.1.8...

New Research: We’re Still Terrible at Passwords; Making it Easy for Attackers

Passwords, amirite? We all have them. Probably a lot of them. And they are among the most important lines of defense against nefarious attackers seeking access to our online accounts. Sadly, as we all know too well, password health isn’t exactly our collective strong suit and too often we hear...

Credential stuffers take aim at Final Fantasy XIV players

Square Enix, the company behind video games like Final Fantasy XIV, reports that a third party is attempting to gain access to its Account Management System. How is this happening, and what are the risks? More importantly, what do you need to do to ensure your accounts are safe from harm?...

CVE-2022-3376

Weak Password Requirements in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.5.0a4...

CVE-2022-3287

CVE-2022-3287 affects fwupd where the Redfish plugin saved the auto-generated BMC password to /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf with insufficient access restriction, enabling any local user to read the password. Impact is confidentiality of credentials (high), with no remote exploitation details provided i...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3055

Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page...

Windows 11 pulls ahead of Windows 10 in anti-phishing stakes

Some new security additions and changes have been announced for users of Windows, but youll have to be using Windows 11 to get the most out of them. Windows 10 users may find that this is going to be a case of falling behind the herd ever so slightly. Anti-phishing tools Enhanced phishing...

Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.43

Abstract Cross reference list for security vulnerabilities fixed in WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack 6.1.0.43 Content VULNERABILITY DETAILS: CVE ID:CVE-2011-1376 PM49712 DESCRIPTION: IBM Websphere Application Server, when running on IBM i operating systems, applies insecure permissions to...

PT-2022-14472 · Grandstream · Grandstream Gsd3710

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Grandstream GSD3710 version 1.0.11.13 Description: The issue allows an attacker with knowledge of user and password to overflow the stack, as it does not check the parameter length before using the strcopy instruction. This could lead to an...

Security Bulletin: Default Password Requirements are weak on new installations of IBM Maximo Asset Management (CVE-2015-1934)

Summary On new installations of Maximo Asset Management, default password requirements are weak. The vulnerability has been fixed for new installations of Maximo Asset Management. Customers are advised to protect existing installations by strengthening password requirements via instructions in th...

Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 8, 2022) — Why there is no one-stop-shop solution for protecting passwords

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. It seems like there’s at least one major password breach every month — if not more. Most recently, there was an incident at Plex where all users had to reset their passwords. Many users pay for a password management...

Blink1Control2 uses weak password encryption

The Blink1Control2 application = 2.2.7 uses weak password encryption and an insecure method of storage. Version 2.2.9 fixes the issue...