IRS Releases First in a Series of Tax Security Tips

The Internal Revenue Service IRS has released the first in a series of tips intended to increase public awareness of how to protect personal and financial data online and at home. A new tip will be available each Monday through the start of the tax season in January. The first tip focuses on seve...

US-CERT Alerts Users to Holiday Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

US-CERT reminds users to remain vigilant when browsing or shopping online this holiday season. Ecards from unknown senders may contain malicious links. Fake advertisements or shipping notifications may deliver infected attachments. Spoofed email messages and fraudulent posts on social networking...

Dell Computers Contain CA Root Certificate Vulnerability

Dell personal computers using the preinstalled certificate authority CA root certificate eDellRoot contain a critical vulnerability. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to read encrypted web browser traffic HTTPS, impersonate spoof any website, or perform other attacks...

Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal Vulnerabilities (Update A)

OVERVIEW This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-15-050-01 Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal Vulnerabilities that was published February 19, 2015, on the NCCIC/ICS-CERT web site. Siemens has identified two vulnerabilities in its SIMATIC STEP 7 TIA Portal. Siemens...

Yokogawa HART Device DTM Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Alexander Bolshev of Digital Security has identified an improper input vulnerability in the CodeWrights GmbH HART Device Type Manager DTM library utilized in Yokogawa’s HART Device DTM. CodeWrights GmbH has addressed the vulnerability with a new library, which both companies have begun t...

IC3 Warns of Cyber Attacks Focused on Law Enforcement and Public Officials

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert warning that law enforcement personnel and public officials may be at an increased risk of cyber attacks. In addition to doxing the act of gathering and publishing individuals' personal information without permission, threat actors have...

Advantech EKI-1200 Buffer Overflow

OVERVIEW Enrique Nissim and Pablo Lorenzzato from Core Security Engineering Team have identified a buffer overflow vulnerability in Advantech EKI-1200 product line. Advantech has produced a patch that mitigates this vulnerability. CORE Security has tested the patch to validate that it resolves th...

GE Hydran M2 Predictable TCP Initial Sequence Vulnerability

OVERVIEW This advisory was originally posted to the US-CERT secure Portal library on February 10, 2015, and is being released to the NCCIC/ICS-CERT web site. Raheem Beyah, David Formby, and San Shin Jung of Georgia Tech, via a research project partially sponsored by the Georgia Tech National...

Apache Commons Collections Java Library Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a deserialization vulnerability in the Apache Commons Collections ACC Java library. Java applications that either directly use ACC, or contain ACC in their classpath, may be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review...

Microsoft Releases November 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 MS15-112 through...

Symantec Releases Security Update

Symantec has released an update to address vulnerabilities in Symantec Endpoint Protection version 12.1. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Security Advisory from...

Pepperl+Fuchs Hart Device DTM Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Alexander Bolshev of Digital Security has identified an improper input vulnerability in the CodeWrights GmbH HART Device Type Manager DTM library utilized in PEPPERL+FUCHS HART Device DTM. CodeWrights GmbH has addressed the vulnerability with a new library, which Pepperl+Fuchs has begun ...

Advantech Clears Hard-Coded SSH Keys from EKI Switches

Update Critical industrial switches used worldwide for automation contained hard-coded SSH keys that put devices and networks at risk. Advantech, a Taiwanese distributor, has developed new firmware for its EKI-122x series of products that disables HTTPS and SSH. SSH keys are a means by which...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR

The Mozilla Foundation has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: Firefox 42 Firefox ESR 38.4 US-CERT encourages...

Schneider Electric Multiple Products Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

OVERVIEW NCCIC/ICS-CERT received a report from Ariele Caltabiano kimiya with HP’s Zero Day Initiative ZDI concerning a buffer overflow vulnerability in Schneider Electric’s SoMove Lite software package. While addressing this vulnerability, Schneider Electric identified multiple vulnerable Schneid...

Magnetrol HART DTM Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Alexander Bolshev of Digital Security has identified an improper input validation vulnerability in the CodeWrights GmbH HART Device Type Manager DTM library extension utilized by some Magnetrol products. CodeWrights GmbH has updated its software library to mitigate this vulnerability...

Rockwell Automation FrostyURL Security Vulnerability

Rockwell Automation has patched a handful of vulnerabilities in its Allen-Bradley MicroLogix programmable logic controllers, including one that researchers say can be exploited with a single malicious URL. Members of CyberX’s research team disclosed details on the vulnerability Wednesday at the...

Belkin Router Directory Traversal Vulnerability (Oct 2015) - Active Check

Belkin Routers are prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Apache James Server 2.3.2 security vulnerability fixed

Severity: Important Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: James Server 2.3.2 Description: Apache James Server 2.3.2 has security issue that can let a user execute arbitrary system command for servers configured with file based user repositories. Mitigation: 2.3.2 users should...

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU Web Vulnerability

OVERVIEW Siemens has identified an open redirect vulnerability in the SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU family. This vulnerability was reported directly to Siemens by Ralf Spenneberg, Hendrik Schwartke, and Maik Brüggemann from OpenSource Training. Siemens has produced an update that mitigates this...