Remote Desktop Protocol Clients Rife with Remote Code-Execution Flaws

UPDATE LAS VEGAS — Multiple critical vulnerabilities in the commonly used Remote Desktop Protocol RDP would allow a malicious actor to achieve remote code-execution over a client’s computer. According to Check Point research released Tuesday at the CPX360 event in Las Vegas, both open-source and...

The APT Name Game: How Grim Threat Actors Get Goofy Monikers

What’s in a name? When it comes to advanced persistent threat groups, it is often quite a bit. While their monikers’ may seem whimsical – Fancy Bear, Nomadic Octopus, Ocean Lotus and Darkhotel – the reality is these are not arbitrary names. In fact, many are similar to schoolyard nicknames or a...

RHEL 7 : systemd (RHSA-2019:0271)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0271 advisory. The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update

An update for systemd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Google Pulls Data-Chugging App From iOS Devices

Google has found itself in hot water for a research app that may have violated Apple’s policies by collecting user data in exchange for gift cards. The tech giant said it has now disabled Screenwise Meter“audience measurement” app – which voluntarily collects data from users’ phones, browsers and...

Apple Blasts Facebook Over Data-Sucking 'Research' App

Apple has revoked Facebook’s enterprise iOS developer certificate on the heels of a “Facebook Research” VPN app that was being distributed to consumers; the app paid teens and Millennial users in exchange for being able to track their phone and web activity, and has been available since 2016. App...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with Ritter Insurance Marketing’s Dan McLellan

Dan McLellan is a Network Support Specialist at Ritter Insurance Marketing, and uses the Carbon Black community to increase his security knowledge and share information with his colleagues. Having access to insights from other security professionals has not only shortened the time he spends tryin...

Facebook Paid Teens $20 to Install 'Research' App That Collects Private Data

If you are thinking that Facebook is sitting quietly after being forced to remove its Onavo VPN app from Apple's App Store, then you are mistaken. It turns out that Facebook is paying teenagers around $20 a month to use its VPN app that aggressively monitors their smartphone and web activity and...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update

An update for systemd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Interview with a malware hunter: Jérôme Segura

In our series "Interview with a malware hunter," our feature role today goes to Jérôme Segura, Malwarebytes’ Head of Threat Intelligence and world-renowned exploit kits researcher. The goal of this series is to introduce our readers to our malware intelligence crew by involving them in these Q&A...

BD FACSLyric (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.8 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Becton, Dickinson and Company BD Equipment: FACSLyric Vulnerability: Improper Access Control 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated medical device advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSMA-19-029-02 BD...

Fuzzing para-virtualized devices in Hyper-V

Introduction Hyper-V is the backbone of Azure, running on its Hosts to provide efficient and fair sharing of resources, but also isolation. That’s why we, in the vulnerability research team for Windows, have been working in the background for years now helping secure Hyper-V. And why Microsoft...

LabKey Vulnerabilities Threaten Medical Research Data

A trio of vulnerabilities in a popular open source medical data collaboration tool leaves important healthcare research data and potentially subject information open to multiple cross site scripting XSS attacks. The flaws are serious as they allow an attacker to retrieve user credentials once a...

exploitdb-bin-sploitsss

This is an official repository of The Exploit Database, a project sponsored by Offensive Security. The repository contains a collection of public exploits and corresponding vulnerable software, developed for use by penetration testers and vulnerability researchers. It is intended to serve as the...

Beers with Talos EP44: Fun with 2018’s Worst and Talks We Want to Hear

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 44 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Ep. 44 show notes: Recorded Jan. 7, 2019 Most of the episode after an extended roundtable — we all had a lot to get out after tim...

The Advanced Persistent Threat files: APT10

We've heard a lot about Advanced Persistent Threats APTs over the past few years. As a refresher, APTs are prolonged, aimed attacks on specific targets with the intention to compromise their systems and gain information from or about that target. While the targets may be anyone or anything—a...

CentOS Update for libgudev1-219-62.el7_ CESA-2019:0049 centos7

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4367-1] systemd security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4367-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso January 13, 2019 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Google Removes 85 Adware Apps That Infect 9 Million Android Users

Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after finding out that they were pushing aggressive, full-screen adware to Android users. With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adware has traditionally been used to aggressively...

seismic.research.um.edu.mt XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-719733 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| seismic.research.um.edu.mt Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3...