Apple Releases Security Updates for OS X El Capitan, Safari, and iOS

Apple has released security updates for OS X El Capitan, Safari, and iOS to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code. Available updates include: OS X El Capitan 10.11 for Mac OS X v10.6.8 and later Safari 9 for OS ...

DHS Alerts to Continuing Browser Cookie Vulnerabilities

In case didn’t know or need a reminder, browser cookies aren’t exactly impervious to attack. The DHS-sponsored CERT at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University this week dropped an alert that warns users about the continued prevalence of a class of cookie vulnerabilities...

Supplement to ICSA-15-237-02 EasyIO-30P-SF Hard-Coded Credential Vulnerability

OVERVIEW This advisory supplement was originally posted to the US-CERT secure Portal library on August 25, 2015, and is being released to the NCCIC/ICS-CERT web site. This advisory supplement is to accompany the ICS-CERT advisory titled ICSA‑15‑237‑02 EasyIO-30PF-SF Hard-Coded Credential...

Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX-based Devices NTP Vulnerabilities

OVERVIEW Siemens has reported to NCCIC/ICS-CERT that NTP daemon vulnerabilities exist in the Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX-based devices. Siemens has produced firmware updates to mitigate these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely. AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following Siemens...

Cisco Semiannual Security Advisory Bundle

Cisco has released its semiannual IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory bundle to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to bypass user authentication or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

eWON Vulnerabilities

OVERVIEW Independent researcher Karn Ganeshen has identified several vulnerabilities in the eWON sa industrial router. eWON sa has produced an updated firmware to mitigate these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely. AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following eWON router firmwar...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Prime Collaboration Assurance, Prime Collaboration Provisioning, and TelePresence Server software. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to escalate privileges, obtain sensitive information, or cause a...

Schneider Electric StruxureWare Building Expert Security Patch

Industrial control manufacturer Schneider Electric has published new firmware for its StruxureWare Building Expert building automation system that patches a remotely exploitable vulnerability. Researcher Artyom Kurbatov discovered that the system transmits user credentials in plaintext between th...

Advantech EKI Vulnerabilities (Update B)

OVERVIEW This updated advisory is a follow-up to the updated advisory titled ICSA-15-344-01A Advantech EKI Vulnerabilities that was published December 15, 2015, on the NCCIC/ICS-CERT web site. --------- Begin Update B Part 1 of 3 -------- HD Moore of Rapid7 identified several vulnerabilities in...

Series of Buffer Overflows Plague Many Yokogawa OCS Products

There is a series of stack buffer overflows in nearly 20 ICS products manufactured by Japanese vendor Yokogawa that can lead to remote code execution. The bugs affect a long list of the company’s products, which are used in a variety of industries around the world. The Yokogawa products are mainl...

IC3 Issues Alert on IoT Devices

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert to individuals and businesses about the security risks involved with the Internet of Things IoT. IoT refers to the emerging network of devices e.g., smart TVs, home automation systems that connect to one another via the Internet, often...

Microsoft Releases September 2015 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released 12 updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft Security Bulletins MS15-094 through...

Warning! Seagate Wireless Hard Drives Have a Secret Backdoor for Hackers

Several of Seagate's 3rd generation Wireless Hard drives have a secret backdoor for hackers that puts users' data at risk. A Recent study done by the security researchers at Tangible Security firm disclosed an “undocumented Telnet services” with a hard-coded password in Seagate Wireless Hard...

SearchBlox File Exfiltration Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Oana Murarasu of Ixia has identified a file exfiltration vulnerability in SearchBlox’s web-based proprietary search engine application. SearchBlox has produced a new version to mitigate this vulnerability. This vulnerability could be exploited remotely. AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following...

Caution! Hackers Can Easily Hijack Popular Baby Monitors to Watch Your Kids

Several video baby monitors from six different manufacturers were under scrutiny for in-depth security testing, and the outcome was negative. Yes, they lacked in serving basic security through their devices. At the High Technology Crime Investigation Association HTCIA conference on September 2,...

Schneider Electric ProClima ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities

OVERVIEW Ariele Caltabiano, working with HP’s Zero Day Initiative, has identified 11 remote code execution vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric’s ProClima F1 Bookview ActiveX control application. Schneider Electric has produced an update to mitigate these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities...

Popular Belkin Wi-Fi Routers vulnerable to Hackers

US-CERT has outlined about Wireless routers developed by Belkin supposedly containing several vulnerabilities. CERT in their Vulnerability Note VU201168 Vulnerability ID said, that Belkin’s N600 DB Wireless Dual-Band N+ Router, model F9K1102 v2 with firmware version 2.10.17 and very likely earlie...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Integrated Management Controller IMC Supervisor and the UCS Director formally known as Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access or...

Filet-o-Firewall UPnP Security Vulnerability in Home Routers

Security vulnerabilities in UPnP continue to crop up and continue to put millions of home networking devices at risk for compromise. The latest was revealed in early August, but prompted an advisory yesterday from the DHS-sponsored CERT at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 45.0.2454.85 to address multiple vulnerabilities for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releases page...