Barracuda and Microsoft: Securing applications in public cloud

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligence Security Association guest blog series. To learn more about MISA, go here. Barracuda Cloud Application Protection CAP platform features integrations with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Azure AD and Azure Security Center. A component of CAP,...

BADlnk - Reverse Shell In Shortcut File (.lnk)

Reverse Shell in Shortcut File .lnk How it works? Shortcut file Microsoft Windows 9.x LNK is a file extension for a shortcut file used by Microsoft Windows to point to an executable file. LNK stands for LiNK. Shortcut files are used as a direct link to an executable file, instead of having to...

Product update: Virtuozzo 7.0 Update 13 Hotfix 3 (7.0.13-306)

The Hotfix 3 for Virtuozzo 7.0 Update 13 provides a stability and usability bug fix. Vulnerability id: VSTOR-32856, VSTOR-32857 Unreadable files may be created when using erasure coding during the upgrade from Update 12 to 13. Fix such files with the command 'vstorage -c -A set-attr -p...

The vulnerability of the fence-agents software, related to coding errors, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the fence-agents software is related to coding errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to cause service failures...

Product release: Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform 3.5 Update 2 Hotfix 2 (3.5.2-39)

This update provides a stability fix for the metadata service. Vulnerability id: VSTOR-32856 Unreadable files may be created when using erasure coding during the upgrade from version 3.0 to 3.5...

SUSE-SU-2020:0832-1 Security update for glibc

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-1752: Fixed a use after free in glob which could have allowed a local attacker to create a specially crafted path that, when processed by the glob function, could potentially have led to arbitrary code execution bsc1167631. -...

Applied ThreadFix: Getting the Most Out of Your Training Investment

As we talked about in an earlier blog post, secure coding training for developers can be expensive. Knowledgeable individuals who are adept at training are relatively rare. Quality training materials are expensive to develop and maintain. For these reasons, solid commercial instructor-led trainin...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2099-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

Fedora 31 : phpMyAdmin (2020-a1b4afe7b5)

Version 5.0.1 2020-01-07 - issue 15719 Fixed error 500 when browsing a table when $cfg'LimitChars' used a string and not an int value - issue 14936 Fixed display NULL on numeric fields has showing empty string since 5.0.0 - issue 15722 Fix get Database structure fails with PHP error on replicated...

5 Reasons Why Programmers Should Think like Hackers

Programming has five main steps: the identification and definition of the problem, the planning of the solution for the problem, coding of the program, testing, and documentation. It's a meticulous process that cannot be completed without going through all the essential points. In all of these,...

Password Lense - Reveal Character Types In A Password

What is this? Certain characters in passwords 'O' and '0', 'I' and 'l', etc. can be hard to identify when you need to type them in and copy-paste is unavailable. Password Lense is a small web application that provides a quick and secure way to get a more informative view of your password. Feature...

ar.vlip-boxes.lv Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Security Researcher Ellesig Helped patch 56 vulnerabilities Received 2 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 1 recommendations , a holder of 2 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting ar.vlip-boxes.lv website and its users. Following coordinated...

Measuring the Security of IoT Devices

In August, CyberITL completed a large-scale survey of software security practices in the IoT environment, by looking at the compiled software. Data Collected: 22 Vendors 1,294 Products 4,956 Firmware versions 3,333,411 Binaries analyzed Date range of data: 2003-03-24 to 2019-01-24 varies by vendo...

The vulnerability of the FFmpeg multimedia library, related to the assignment of the null pointer, allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the FFmpeg multimedia library relates to the use of a zero pointer when detecting duplicate frames in a single frame incorrectly. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure by using specially crafted HEVC data...

Security update for vlc (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for vlc Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2015-1 Rating: important References: 1093732 1094893 1118586 1133290 1138354 1138933 1141522 1142161 1143547 1143549 Cross-References: CVE-2018-19857 CVE-2019-12874 CVE-2019-13602 CVE-2019-13962 CVE-2019-5439...

Security update for vlc (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for vlc Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1909-1 Rating: important References: 1093732 1094893 1118586 1133290 1138354 1138933 1141522 1142161 1143547 1143549 Cross-References: CVE-2018-19857 CVE-2019-12874 CVE-2019-13602 CVE-2019-13962 CVE-2019-5439...

Siemens SCALANCE Products (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.6 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Siemens Equipment: SCALANCE Products Vulnerabilities: Improper Adherence to Coding Standards 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled...

Information disclosure

Huawei smart phones Honor V20 with the versions before 9.0.1.161C00E161R2P2 have an information leak vulnerability. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application. Due to coding error during layer information processing, attackers can exploit this vulnerability to obtain som...

Security Advisory - Information Leak Vulnerability on Some Huawei Smart Phones

There is an information leak vulnerability on some Huawei smart phones. An attacker may trick a user into installing a malicious application. Due to coding error during layer information processing, attackers can exploit this vulnerability to obtain some layer information. Vulnerability ID:...

java-1.8.0-openjdk security update

1:1.8.0.212.b04-1 - Remove additions to EXTRACFLAGS and EXTRACPPFLAGS which are now made by upstream. - Resolves: rhbz1693468 1:1.8.0.212.b04-1 - Add JDK-8223219 to avoid -fstack-protector overriding -fstack-protector-strong - Resolves: rhbz1693468 1:1.8.0.212.b04-0 - Update to...