US Sanctions Pegasus-maker NSO Group and 3 Others For Selling Spyware

The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday added four companies, including Israel-based spyware companies NSO Group and Candiru, to a list of entities engaging in "malicious cyber activities." The agency said the two companies were added to the list based on evidence that "these entities developed...

Bug in Popular WinRAR Software Could Let Attackers Hack Your Computer

A new security weakness has been disclosed in the WinRAR trialware file archiver utility for Windows that could be abused by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on targeted systems, underscoring how vulnerabilities in such software could beсome a gateway for a roster of attacks. Tracked a...

Career Navigator talk for IT Hub College

Last week I gave a "Career Navigator" talk for the students of the IT Hub College in Moscow. By the way, this college has a very interesting practical information security program. If it is relevant for you, check it out. Ive never talked so much about myself in public. It was like giving advises...

New APT ChamelGang Targets Russian Energy, Aviation Orgs

A new APT group has emerged that’s specifically targeting the fuel and energy complex and aviation industry in Russia, exploiting known vulnerabilities like Microsoft Exchange Server’s ProxyShell and leveraging both new and existing malware to compromise networks. Researchers at security firm...

Security News: Exchange ProxyShell, Zoom RCE, Citrix Canceled PT Acknowledgments, Cisco No Patch Router RCEs

Hello everyone! This is a new episode with my comments on the latest Information Security news. Exchange ProxyShell I want to start with something about attacks on Exchange. ProxyShell is in the news, the LockFile ransomware compromised more than 2000 servers. On the other hand, there is basicall...

Last Week’s Security news: Cisco ASA, BIG-IQ, vSphere, Solaris, Dlink, iPhone %s, DarkRadiation, Google schema, John McAfee

Hello, today I want to experiment with a new format. I will be reading last weeks news from my @avleonovnews channel, which I found the most interesting. I do this mostly for myself, but if you like it too, then that would be great. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel and my Telegram...

Critical Flaws Hit Cisco SD-WAN vManage and HyperFlex Software

Networking equipment major Cisco has rolled out software updates to address multiple critical vulnerabilities impacting HyperFlex HX and SD-WAN vManage Software that could allow an attacker to perform command injection attacks, execute arbitrary code, and gain access to sensitive information. In ...

Critical Auth Bypass Bug Found in VMware Data Center Security Product

A critical vulnerability in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance could be exploited to bypass authentication and take control of vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2021-21982, the flaw is rated 9.1 out of a maximum of 10 in the CVSS scoring system and affects all versions of the produ...

VMware vRealize Operations Manager SSRF和文件读取漏洞（CVE-2021-21975 CVE-2021-21983）

Description On March 30, 2021, VMware published a security advisory for CVE-2021-21975 and CVE-2021-21983, two chainable vulnerabilities in its vRealize Operations Manager product. CVE-2021-21975 is an unauthenticated server-side request forgery SSRF, while CVE-2021-21983 is an authenticated...

VMware vRealize Operations updates address Server Side Request Forgery and Arbitrary File Write vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-21975, CVE-2021-21983)

1. Impacted Products VMware vRealize Operations VMware Cloud Foundation vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2. Introduction Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Operations were privately reported to VMware. Patches and Workarounds are available to address these vulnerabilities in impacted...

Atlassian JIRA 8.11.1 - User Enumeration Exploit

Title: Atlassian JIRA 8.11.1 - User Enumeration Author: Dolev Farhi Vulnerable versions: version ' print'e.g. python3 script.py https://jiratarget.com usernames.txt' sys.exit if lensys.argv 3: help server = sys.argv1 usernames = sys.argv2 randomuser = '0x00001' try: os.path.existsusernames except...

New 5G Network Flaws Let Attackers Track Users' Locations and Steal Data

As 5G networks are being gradually rolled out in major cities across the world, an analysis of its network architecture has revealed a number of potential weaknesses that could be exploited to carry out a slew of cyber assaults, including denial-of-service DoS attacks to deprive subscribers of...

MaxPatrol VM: An Ambitious Vision for Vulnerability Management Transformation

In this episode, I would like to share my thoughts about the new Vulnerability Management product by Positive Technologies - MaxPatrol VM. It was presented on November 16th, at the Standoff365 online conference full video in Russian. The presentation and concept of the product were very good. I...

User Enumeration via /ViewUserHover.jspa - CVE-2020-14181

Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow an unauthenticated user to enumerate users via an Information Disclosure vulnerability in the /ViewUserHover.jspa endpoint. This vulnerability was discovered by Mikhail Klyuchnikov of Positive Technologies. Affected versions: versio...

User Enumeration via /QueryComponentRendererValue!Default.jspa endpoint - CVE-2020-36289

Affected versions of Atlassian Jira Server and Data Center allow an unauthenticated user to enumerate users via an Information Disclosure vulnerability in the QueryComponentRendererValue!Default.jspa endpoint. This vulnerability was discovered by Mikhail Klyuchnikov of Positive Technologies. The...

Yokogawa CENTUM (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Yokogawa Equipment: CENTUM Vulnerabilities: Improper Authentication, Path Traversal 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-20-224-01...

PT-2020-31: Denial of service in F5 Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM)

Traffic Management Microkernel TMM stops responding and restarts while a BIG-IP APM virtual server processes traffic of unknown character. Advisory status: 30.04.2020 - Vendor notification date 17.12.2020 - Security advisory publication date https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51574311 Credits: T...

PT-2020-30: Multiple code execution in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC)

The vulnerabilities are caused by incorrect bounds checking when handling certain user data. Advisory status: 11.04.2020 - Vendor notification date 18.11.2020 - Security advisory publication date https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-ucs-api-rce-UXwpeDHd.html Credits: The...

PT-2020-04: Arbitrary code execution in F5 Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI)

The vulnerability allows unauthorized remote attackers to execute malicious code on the system, obtain sensitive information, or hijack traffic, as well as use the server with the Traffic Management User Interface TMUI for attacks on other internal resources of the target organization. Advisory...

Rockwell Automation MicroLogix Controllers and RSLogix 500 Software

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Rockwell Automation Equipment: MicroLogix 1400 Controllers, MicroLogix 1100 Controllers, and RSLogix 500 Software Vulnerabilities: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key, Use of a Broken or Risky...