CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with MEDNAX’s Don Cox

With over 30 years of experience in the technology landscape, Don Cox knows what it takes to be a leader in the industry. Currently residing as the CISO at MEDNAX, the physician-led healthcare organization headquartered in Sunrise, FL, Cox is responsible for cyber operations and engineering,...

PT-2019-11767 · Jenkins · Jenkins Gitlab Authentication Plugin +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Jenkins Gitlab Authentication Plugin version 1.4 and earlier Description: A session fixation issue allows unauthorized attackers to impersonate another user if they can control the pre-authentication session. This is due to a vulnerability in...

New Facebook ad reporting tool launches in UK

Last year, well-known consumer advice expert Martin Lewis decided to take Facebook to court for defamation. The cause? Multiple bogus adverts placed on the social network featuring his likeness, appearing via the ad network Outbrain. As a trusted face in consumer causes, scammers bolting Lewis'...

Consumers Urged to Junk Insecure IoT Devices

More than 2 million connected security cameras, baby monitors and other IoT devices have serious vulnerabilities that have been publicly disclosed for more than two months – yet they are still without a patch or even any vendor response. Security researcher Paul Marrapese, who disclosed the flaws...

Strategic Guidance for CISOs on Cybersecurity

Leading analyst firm ESG highlights three key cybersecurity focus areas along with actionable advice for CISOs...

PT-2021-2516 · Tor +4 · Tor +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Tor versions prior to 0.4.5.7 Description: The issue allows a remote participant in the Tor directory protocol to exhaust CPU resources on a target. This is related to an error in the resource consumption control mechanism of the Tor browser'...

Defending Democracies Against Information Attacks

To better understand influence attacks, we proposed an approach that models democracy itself as an information system and explains how democracies are vulnerable to certain forms of information attacks that autocracies naturally resist. Our model combines ideas from both international security an...

Practical advice for earning higher Microsoft bounty awards

This year at the Nullcon International Security Conference I shared practical advice for how security researchers can maximize the impact of their security vulnerability submissions and earn higher bounty awards under the Microsoft Bounty Program. For those who couldn’t be there, I had two core...

BBC Inside Out. Consumer advice for the ‘smart’ homeowner

We were recently asked to demonstrate security flaws in a smart home for the BBC Inside Out TV show. We’ve done this before, so what was different? This home was by far the most connected we had looked at. Typically, homes have a few smart devices; a smart thermostat, CCTV, maybe a doorbell and...

CVE-2018-17192

CVE-2018-17192 affects Apache NiFi where the X-Frame-Options headers were inconsistently applied on HTTP responses, leading to duplicate or missing security headers and potential clickjacking. The issue is documented across multiple sources, with mitigations indicating that a fix was applied in N...

Your Personal Data is Already Stolen

In an excellent blog post, Brian Krebs makes clear something I have been saying for a while: Likewise for individuals, it pays to accept two unfortunate and harsh realities: Reality 1: Bad guys already have access to personal data points that you may believe should be secret but which nevertheles...

Humble Bundle alerts customers to subscription reveal bug

You’ll want to check your mailbox if you have a Humble Bundle account, as they’re notifying some customers of a bug used to gather subscriber information. Click to enlarge The mail reads as follows: Hello, Last week, we discovered someone using a bug in our code to access limited non-personal...

Consumer Advice: Kids GPS tracker watch security

Parents are advised to rethink using GPS tracking watches for their children as a result of serious security concerns. Tracker watches can be worn by children and report their position to their parents via a mobile app. They are designed to increase child safety: you always know where your child...

online.advice.co.th XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-681619 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| online.advice.co.th Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33412: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58692 First Published: 2018 August 14 17:55 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33412 may contain the following files: Name |...

How to Solve the Developer vs. Cybersecurity Team Battle

There is an ongoing tension between developers and security teams in many organizations. On one hand, developers face mounting pressure to build rich, feature-driven applications on nearly impossible timelines to remain competitive. On the other hand, security teams face rising pressures of their...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33050: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 25, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58291 First Published: 2018 June 25 19:17 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33050 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Security Bulletin: IBM Emptoris Sourcing is affected by open redirect vulnerability (CVE-2016-0329).

Summary IBM Emptoris Sourcing product-help system contains an open redirect vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-0329 DESCRIPTION: IBM Emptoris Sourcing could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID32965: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on June 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58166 First Published: 2018 June 13 16:34 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID32965 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Software Advice 1.0 Cross Site Scripting

Exploit Title: Reflected XSS at Software Advice Date: 27.05.2018 Exploit Author: Ismail Tasdelen Vendor Homepage: https://www.softwareadvice.com/ Software Link: Software Advice Website Version: 1.0 Tested on: Kali Linux Reflected XSS Payload : '-confirmIsmail Tasdelen-' HTTP REQUEST HEADER :...