Satellite communications equipment security

Introduction Satcoms are the game changer in maritime cyber security. In the past, satellite connectivity was so expensive as to be prohibitive for all but the most essential communication. Crew personal email and social media access was a pipe dream. However, now that ship operators have access ...

CVE-2018-5559

In Rapid7 Komand version 0.41.0 and prior, certain endpoints that are able to list the always encrypted-at-rest connection data could return some configurations of connection data without obscuring sensitive data from the API response sent over an encrypted channel. This issue does not affect...

CVE-2018-17877

A lottery smart contract implementation for Greedy 599, an Ethereum gambling game, generates a random value that is predictable via an external contract call. The developer used the extcodesize function to prevent a malicious contract from being called, but the attacker can bypass it by writing t...

Alexa Eavesdropping Flub Re-Sparks Voice Assistant Privacy Debate

After an Alexa-enabled Echo device recorded and shared a private conversation of its unknowing owners, the tech industry – and the public – is casting a wary eye on voice assistant privacy issues. On Thursday, news emerged that a Portland family’s Echo device had recorded a conversation of them –...

DDoS attacks are growing: What can businesses do?

Depending on the type and size of your organization, a DDoS Distributed Denial of Service attack can be anything from a small nuisance to something that can break your revenue stream and damage it permanently. A DDoS attack can cripple some online businesses for a period of time long enough to se...

How to Enable and Collect Logging for Citrix Workspace App (CWA) for Mac

This article is intended for Citrix administrators and technical teams only. Non-admin users must contact their company’s Help Desk/IT support team and can refer to CTX297149 for more information. Citrix Workspace App CWA for Maclogging This article provides an overview of logging features...

Using standalone Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows with a Microsoft Failover Cluster

Solution Information regarding Standalone Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows operations with a Microsoft Failover Cluster is available in the Veeam Agent Management Guide: Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows User Guide Backing Up Cluster Nodes as Individual Computers If this KB article did not resol...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6127

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Request Tracker RT 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2, when the AlwaysDownloadAttachments config setting is not in use, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file upload with an unspecified conten...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6127

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Request Tracker RT 4.x before 4.0.25, 4.2.x before 4.2.14, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2, when the AlwaysDownloadAttachments config setting is not in use, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a file upload with an unspecified conten...

CVE-2017-7563

In ARM Trusted Firmware 1.3, RO memory is always executable at AArch64 Secure EL1, allowing attackers to bypass the MTEXECUTENEVER protection mechanism. This issue occurs because of inconsistency in the number of execute-never bits one bit versus two bits...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9811

The windowsicontypefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when GSLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read via a crafted ico file...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9811

The windowsicontypefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when GSLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read via a crafted ico file...

Police Ask for Amazon Echo Data to Help Solve a Murder Case

Hey, Alexa! Who did this murder? Arkansas police are seeking help from e-commerce giant Amazon for data that may have been recorded on its Echo device belonging to a suspect in a murder case, bringing the conflict into the realm of the Internet of Things. Amazon Echo is a voice-activated smart ho...

CVE-2016-7270

The Data Provider for SQL Server in Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 mishandles a developer-supplied key, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Always Encrypted protection mechanism and obtain sensitive cleartext information by leveraging key guessability, aka ".NET Information Disclosure...

CVE-2016-7270

The Data Provider for SQL Server in Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 mishandles a developer-supplied key, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Always Encrypted protection mechanism and obtain sensitive cleartext information by leveraging key guessability, aka ".NET Information Disclosure...

.NET Framework Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft .NET 4.6.2 Framework’s Data Provider for SQL Server that could allow an attacker to access information that should be defended by the Always Encrypted feature. The vulnerability is caused when .NET Framework improperly uses a...

MS16-155: Security Update for .NET Framework (3205640)

The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server due to improper handling of developer-supplied keys. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose...

tso-brute NSE Script

TSO account brute forcer. This script relies on the NSE TN3270 library which emulates a TN3270 screen for NMAP. TSO user IDs have the following rules: - it cannot begin with a number - only contains alpha-numeric characters and @, , $. - it cannot be longer than 7 chars Script Arguments...

Android Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-07469)

Android is a cell phone operating system based on the Linux open kernel. A security vulnerability exists in providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in versions of Android prior to 2016-09-01. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability via a constructed application can bypass the always-on VPN sta...

CVE-2016-3887

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOWCONFIGVPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712...