Last Week’s Security News: Black Hat Pwnie Awards, iPhone Checks Photos, Evil Windows Print Server, Cisco VPN Routers Takeovers

Hello everyone! Last Weeks Security News, August 1 - August 8. Black Hat Pwnie Awards Last week was more quiet than normal with Black Hat USA and DEF CON security conferences. I would like to start with the Pwnie Awards, which are held annually at Black Hat. Its like an Oscar or Tony in the...

How security can keep media and sources safe

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest Voice of the Community blog series post, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Runa Sandvik, an expert on journalistic...

How security can keep media and sources safe

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest Voice of the Community blog series post, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Runa Sandvik, an expert on journalistic...

Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMessage and iCloud Storage

Apples announcement that its going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. Here are five news stories. I have been following the details, and discussing it in several different email lists. I dont have time right now to delve into the details, but wanted to post something...

SAP Releases August 2021 Security Updates

SAP has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review SAP Security Notes for August 2021 and apply the necessary...

Citrix Releases Security Update for ShareFile Storage Zones Controller

Citrix has released a security update to address a vulnerability affecting Citrix ShareFile storage zones controller. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain access to sensitive information. CISA recommends users and administrators review Citrix Security Bulletin CTX322787 and apply...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9404)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9404 advisory. - seqfile: disallow extremely large seq buffer allocations Eric Sandeen Orabug: 33135632 CVE-2021-33909 - Bluetooth: fix the erroneous flushwork...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Firefox 91...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products 

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Adobe products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Adobe Security Bulletins and apply the necessa...

Microsoft Releases August 2021 Security Updates

Updated: August 24, 2021 CISA is aware of open source reporting on the active exploitation of CVE-2021-36942 PetitPotam. To address this vulnerability, Microsoft released a patch and mitigation guidance as part of its August 2021 security updates. CISA strongly encourages users and administrators...

Intel Releases Multiple Security Updates

Intel has released security updates to address vulnerabilities multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Intel advisories and apply the necessary updates: NUC 9...

A week in security (August 2 – August 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: RDP brute force attacks explained The 3 biggest threats reaching for your antivirus software’s off switch Zoom and gloom? Video comms org agrees to settle for $85m COVID-19 vaccine appointment system attacked in Italy Chrome casts away the padlock - is it good...

Apple’s search for child abuse imagery raises serious privacy questions

The Internet has been on fire since the August 4 discovery disclosed publicly by Mathew Green that Apple will be monitoring photos uploaded to iCloud for child sexual abuse material CSAM. Some see this as a great move by Apple that will protect children. Others view this as a potentially dangerou...

Zoom Settlement: An $85M Business Case for Security Investment

Ransomware isn’t the only way lax security can cost a business eight figures in damage. Zoom just lost an $85 million class-action lawsuit this week for its cybersecurity missteps, proving that even the most essential and relied-upon brands can be tripped up by inadequate security. More...

Apple to Scan Every Device for Child Abuse Content — But Experts Fear for Privacy

Apple on Thursday said it's introducing new child safety features in iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS as part of its efforts to limit the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material CSAM in the U.S. To that effect, the iPhone maker said it intends to begin client-side scanning of images shared via every...

CVE-2021-37381

Southsoft GMIS 5.0 is vulnerable to CSRF attacks. Attackers can access other users' private information such as photos through CSRF. For example: any student's photo information can be accessed through /gmis/S1/student/grgl/PotoImageShow/?bh=2. Among them, the code in 1 is a random string generat...

Ivanti Releases Security Update for Pulse Connect Secure

Ivanti has released Pulse Connect Secure system software version 9.1R12 to address multiple vulnerabilities an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Ivanti's Security Advisory SA44858 and apply the necessary update. This...

Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem

Vulnerabilities in Signal, Facebook Messenger, Google Duo, and more all point to a pervasive privacy issue...

Apple Walks a Privacy Tightrope to Spot Child Abuse in iCloud

With a new capability to search for illegal material not just in the cloud but on user devices, the company may have opened up a new front in the encryption wars...

Amazon will pay you $10 for your palm prints. Should you be worried?

Retail giant Amazon recently offered to pay $10 USD for your palm prints. Would you offer them your hand? Many seem to home in and seethe over the price being too little for something as priceless and unique as their palm print, not realizing that when it does come to registering biometric data i...