VMware Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review...

Oracle Releases October 2020 Security Bulletin

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for October 2020 to address 402 vulnerabilities across multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users a...

NSA Releases Advisory on Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Exploiting Publicly Known Vulnerabilities

The National Security Agency NSA has released a cybersecurity advisory on Chinese state-sponsored malicious cyber activity. This advisory provides 25 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs known to be recently leveraged, or scanned-for, by Chinese state-sponsored cyber actors to enable...

NCSC Releases Alert on Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerability

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an Alert to address a vulnerability—CVE-2020-16952—affecting Microsoft SharePoint server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Applying patches from Microsoft’s October 2020...

Microsoft Releases Security Updates to Address Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released security updates to address remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA...

CVE-2020-1777

CVE-2020-1777 affects OTRS: agent names reveal in chat interfaces and ticket transcripts when masking real agent names is configured. Affected versions: OTRS 7.0.21 and earlier, 8.0.6 and earlier. CVSS metrics indicate a MEDIUM severity: CVSS v3.1 base score 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A...

Zoom Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption After Setbacks

Video-conferencing giant Zoom is rolling out a technical preview of its end-to-end encryption E2EE next week. Zoom has faced various controversies around its encryption policies over the past year, including several lawsuits alleging that the company falsely told users that it offers full...

Carnival Corp. Ransomware Attack Affects Three Cruise Lines

Hackers accessed personal information of guests, employees and crew for three cruise line brands and the casino operations of Carnival Corp. in a ransomware attack the company suffered on Aug. 15, officials have confirmed. Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Seabourn were the brands...

How private is a private window?

Privacy How private is a private window? Share October 15th, 2020 Alice and Bob find themselves in a shared living-space, where long-held secrets are at risk of being revealed. TL;DR: skip to the conclusions to see what Alice learned. The Privacy Problem Alice and Bob recently decided to take the...

Juniper Networks Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Juniper Networks 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. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to...

Microsoft Addresses Windows TCP/IP RCE/DoS Vulnerability

Microsoft has released a security update to address a protocol vulnerability—CVE-2020-16898—in Windows Transmission Control Protocol TCP/IP stack handling of Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take...

Apache Releases Security Updates for Apache Tomcat

The Apache Software Foundation has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review Apache...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting Flash Player. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review Adobe Security Bulleti...

Google Responds to Warrants for “About” Searches

One of the things we learned from the Snowden documents is that the NSA conducts "about" searches. That is, searches based on activities and not identifiers. A normal search would be on a name, or IP address, or phone number. An about search would something like "show me anyone that has used this...

Microsoft Releases October 2020 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s...

You Are Here: Giving Your Users the Local Experience They Deserve

Locality matters for most things in life: weather, health care, shopping, product reviews, dinner reservations, social networking, data privacy, news, sports ... the list goes on and on in our ever more connected lives. From direct user interaction on your flagship website or app to IoT device da...

Amazon's Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy

Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: All private support requests to ███████ are being disclosed at https://███████

Hello DoD Team Summary: I have found out that all personal requests made to https://█████ form are being disclosed to the public at https://███████, which posses a critical privacy issue. Description: While searching my name at google "naglinagli" i have encountered a weird mention of my xss...

Fitbit Spyware Steals Personal Data via Watch Face

A wide-open app-building API would allow an attacker to build a malicious application that could access Fitbit user data, and send it to any server. Kev Breen, director of cyber threat research for Immersive Labs, created a proof-of-concept for just that scenario, after realizing that Fitbit...

This Week in Security News: A Look Inside the Bulletproof Hosting Business and Amazon Prime Day Spurs Spike in Phishing, Fraud Attacks

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how cybercriminals secure their assets and survive in the business in a new Trend Micro report. Also, read about a how...