(0Day) Microsoft Visual Studio asm Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on executables compiled using vulnerable installations of Microsoft Visual Studio. Attack vectors will vary depending on the nature of the executable in question, but would include opening a specially crafted file which was compiled wi...

Preparing the Internet for the Next Mega DDoS Attack

When you think of a distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack at this point in the age of the internet, you might be thinking they’re old news. But when a multi-million-dollar business can be easily taken offline by an unskilled adversary and a $5 rent-a-DDoS service, I would argue that the issue...

Post-Perimeter Security: Addressing Evolving Mobile Enterprise Threats

In the era of the cloud, enterprises house sensitive corporate data outside of the traditional perimeter; employees can access this from any endpoint, including mobile devices, and from any network. This presents a host of new challenges for companies looking to protect their sensitive informatio...

Vulnerability hunting with Semmle QL, part 2

The first part of this series introduced Semmle QL, and how the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC are using it to investigate variants of vulnerabilities reported to us. This post discusses an example of how we’ve been using it proactively, covering a security audit of an Azure firmware...

Vulnerability hunting with Semmle QL, part 2

The first part of this series introduced Semmle QL, and how the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC are using it to investigate variants of vulnerabilities reported to us. This post discusses an example of how we’ve been using it proactively, covering a security audit of an Azure firmware...

“Password Spraying”—What to Do and How to Avoid It

Cyber breaches arent the only hot topic in the cyber media--sometimes the attack tactics themselves can claim the limelight when a significant breach gains media attention. One tactic getting some attention in the news is "password spraying." We offer an overview of what it is, how to avoid it, a...

Design/Logic Flaw

Cobham Satcom Sailor 800 and 900 devices contained a vulnerability that allowed for arbitrary writing of content to the system's configuration file. This was exploitable via multiple attack vectors depending on the device's configuration. Further analysis also indicated this vulnerability could b...

CVE-2018-19393

Cobham Satcom Sailor 800 and 900 devices contained a vulnerability that allowed for arbitrary writing of content to the system's configuration file. This was exploitable via multiple attack vectors depending on the device's configuration. Further analysis also indicated this vulnerability could b...

CVE-2018-19393

Cobham Satcom Sailor 800 and 900 devices contained a vulnerability that allowed for arbitrary writing of content to the system's configuration file. This was exploitable via multiple attack vectors depending on the device's configuration. Further analysis also indicated this vulnerability could b...

How to Attack and Defend a Prosthetic Arm

The IoT world has long since grown beyond the now-ubiquitous smartwatches, smartphones, smart coffee machines, cars capable of sending tweets and Facebook posts and other stuff like fridges that send spam. Today's IoT world now boasts state-of-the-art solutions that quite literally help people...

ThreatList: $1.7M is the Average Cost of a Cyber-Attack

The average cost estimate for cleaning up a cyberattack comes in at around $1.1 million, according to a recent survey. But this is actually a rosy view: For those organizations that actually calculate versus estimate the real cost of an attack, that number increases significantly to $1.67 million...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

pixman is vulnerable to denial of service DoS attacks. The vulnerability exists as adding additional products per http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0687.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Stack-based buffer...

Microsoft Visual Studio asm Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on executables compiled using vulnerable installations of Microsoft Visual Studio. Attack vectors will vary depending on the nature of the executable in question. The specific flaw exists within the compilation of asm blocks in Visual...

CVE-2018-16167

LogonTracer 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via unspecified vectors...

TWiki 6.0.2 Cross Site Scripting

bin/statistics in TWiki 6.0.2 allows XSS via the webs parameterCVE-2018-20212 Vulnerability Type Cross Site Scripting XSS Vendor of Product: twiki Affected Product Version twiki - 6.0.2 Affected Component twiki/bin/statistics Attack Type Remote Attack Vectors /twiki/bin/statistics?webs=alert1...

PoC Exploit Compromises Microsoft Live Accounts via Subdomain Hijacking

A proof-of-concept PoC attack details how an attacker can gain access a victim’s Microsoft Live webmail session, without having the person’s credentials. It relies upon the hijack of a Microsoft-owned Live.com website subdomain. The PoC, developed by CyberInt, demonstrates what it characterizes a...

Automating Incident Prevention and Response in AWS

Information security incidents can result in reputational damage, financial losses, or a loss of system functionality for organizations at any time. Because threats and attack vectors are growing rapidly, organizations must prepare to respond to incidents in real time. The incident response IR...

CVE-2018-15591

An issue was discovered in Ivanti Workspace Control before 10.3.10.0 and RES One Workspace. A local authenticated user can bypass Application Whitelisting restrictions to execute arbitrary code by leveraging multiple unspecified attack vectors...

Authentication flaw

An issue was discovered in Ivanti Workspace Control before 10.3.10.0 and RES One Workspace. A local authenticated user can bypass Application Whitelisting restrictions to execute arbitrary code by leveraging multiple unspecified attack vectors...

CVE-2018-15591

An issue was discovered in Ivanti Workspace Control before 10.3.10.0 and RES One Workspace. A local authenticated user can bypass Application Whitelisting restrictions to execute arbitrary code by leveraging multiple unspecified attack vectors...