Join us at Black Hat USA 2020!

Qualys is excited to present two sponsored sessions at the Black Hat USA 2020 virtual event, open to all attendees with the free Business Hall pass. Register or log in to Black Hat USA 2020, and then view and register for these free sessions. Join us to learn about our new multi-vector EDR soluti...

Black Hat USA 2020: Critical Meetup.com Flaws Reveal Common AppSec Holes

Critical flaws in the popular Meetup platform were revealed Monday as part of research unleashed at this week’s Black Hat USA 2020. The flaws, which have been patched, enable the full takeover of Meetup “Groups” by threat actors, who can also redirects payments and carryout other malicious action...

Meetup Critical Flaws Allow 'Group' Takeover, Payment Theft

A popular online social service, Meetup, has fixed several critical flaws in its website. If exploited, the flaws could have enabled attackers to hijack any Meetup “group,” access the group’s member details and even redirect Meetup payments to an attacker-owned PayPal account. Meetup is a service...

Black Hat USA 2020 Preview: Election Security, COVID Disinformation and More

Despite COVID-19 pushing the Black Hat USA 2020 conference to go virtual for the first time, you can expect a steady stream of new security research, threat intel and an impressive lineup of high-profile speakers. This year’s conference kicks off with Matt Blaze, McDevitt Chair in Computer Scienc...

Black Hat 2020: See you in the Cloud!

It hardly feels like summer without the annual trip to Las Vegas for Black Hat USA. With this year’s event being totally cloud based, we won’t have the chance to catch up with security researchers, industry partners, and customers in person, an opportunity we look forward to every year. We’ll sti...

Black Hat 2020: See you in the Cloud!

It hardly feels like summer without the annual trip to Las Vegas for Black Hat USA. With this year’s event being totally cloud based, we won’t have the chance to catch up with security researchers, industry partners, and customers in person, an opportunity we look forward to every year. We’ll sti...

Black Hat 2020: See you in the Cloud!

It hardly feels like summer without the annual trip to Las Vegas for Black Hat USA. With this year’s event being totally cloud based, we won’t have the chance to catch up with security researchers, industry partners, and customers in person, an opportunity we look forward to every year. We’ll sti...

Carbon Black EDR’s All-New Live Query Capability and Enhanced Fileless Visibility

VMware Carbon Black is excited to announce that VMware Carbon Black EDR formerly CB Response, recently named by Gartner as a 2020 Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Detection and Response solutions, now features enhanced insight into fileless activity via Microsoft’s AMSI and a brand new Live Query...

IBM QRadar SIEM Carbon Black Response Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

IBM QRadar SIEM is an IBM USA solution that utilizes security intelligence to protect assets and information from advanced threats. The solution provides oversight of the entire scope of the IT architecture, generates detailed reports on data access and user activity, etc. Carbon Black Response i...

Apple Security Research Device Program Draws Mixed Reactions

Apple’s long anticipated Security Research Device program has launched, giving select security researchers access to testable iPhones that will make it easier for them to find iOS vulnerabilities. The program offers security researchers specially configured iPhones with shell access, and special...

Diebold ATM Terminals Jackpotted Using Machine’s Own Software

Cybercriminals are using software from leading ATM manufacturer Diebold in a series of hacks against cash terminals across Europe, forcing the machines to dispense cash to crooks. Criminals using a black-box device common with these type of attacks have increased their activity across Europe by...

DroneSploit - Drone Pentesting Framework Console

This CLI framework is based on sploitkit and is an attempt to gather hacking techniques and exploits especially focused on drone hacking. For the ease of use, the interface has a layout that looks like Metasploit. Black Hat Europe Arsenal 2019 presentation Also see articles: Black Hat Europe: New...

Security Bulletin: Carbon Black Response application add on to IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to cross site scripting (CVE-2020-4275)

Summary Carbon Black Response application add on to IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to cross site scripting. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-4275 DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar SIEM s vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI...

Google VP boycotts Black Hat 2020 because of its name

By Zara Khan Google VP withdraws from the Black Hat 2020 virtual... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google VP boycotts Black Hat 2020 because of its name...

Alina Point-of-Sale Malware Spotted in Ongoing Campaign

A venerable point-of-sale POS malware called Alina that’s been around since 2012 is back in circulation, with a new trick for stealing credit- and debit-card data: Domain Name System DNS tunneling. DNS is the mechanism by which numeric IP addresses are linked to website names; DNS translates...

Experts Denounce Racial Bias of Crime-Predictive Facial-Recognition AI

More than 1,000 technology experts and academics from organizations such as MIT, Microsoft, Harvard and Google have signed an open letter denouncing a forthcoming paper describing artificial intelligence AI algorithms that can predict crime based only on a person’s face, calling it out for...

Broad, Ongoing Cyberattacks Targeting Australia Underscore Need for Behavioral-Based Cybersecurity

On Friday the Australian Federal Government detailed sustained ‘copy-paste’ threats on government and business throughout the country. According to the Government: “‘Copy-paste compromises’ is derived from … heavy use of proof-of-concept exploit code, web shells and other tools copied almost...

Broad, Ongoing Cyberattacks Targeting Australia Underscore Need for Behavioral-Based Cybersecurity

On Friday the Australian Federal Government detailed sustained ‘copy-paste’ threats on government and business throughout the country. According to the Government: “‘Copy-paste compromises’ is derived from … heavy use of proof-of-concept exploit code, web shells and other tools copied almost...

VMware Carbon Black and Dell Extend Endpoint Security Below the OS

As endpoint security continues to evolve and thwart legacy attack techniques, cyber criminals are always trying to stay one step ahead to avoid detection and gain a persistent foothold in their targets’ infrastructure. Some sophisticated attackers are gaining traction through the malicious...

VMware Carbon Black and Dell Extend Endpoint Security Below the OS

As endpoint security continues to evolve and thwart legacy attack techniques, cyber criminals are always trying to stay one step ahead to avoid detection and gain a persistent foothold in their targets’ infrastructure. Some sophisticated attackers are gaining traction through the malicious...