How much personalization is too much?

This story originally ran in The Parallax on January 25, 2019, and was written by Dan Tynan. In 2012, when Target used data analytics to identify customers who were expecting a baby, then mailed them coupons for maternity clothing and nursery furniture, it inadvertently revealed a teenage girl’s...

Black Hat 2019: Ethical Hackers Must Protect Digital Human Rights

LAS VEGAS – At a time when technology is being utilized for human-rights abuses, the security space needs to turn its focus to public interest defense technology, security stalwarts urged during Black Hat USA 2019. Security has long focused on protecting company data and providing cyber-defense f...

Internet connected cars can be hacked to gridlock major cities

By Sudais Hacking Internet Connected Cars - a near possibility for cybercriminals to cause major havoc. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Internet connected cars can be hacked to gridlock major cities...

CVE-2019-1901

A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP subsystem of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an adjacent, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition or execute arbitrary code with root privileges. T...

PT-2019-2986 · Cisco · Cisco Nexus 9000 Series

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure ACI Mode Switch Software versions prior to 13.27f or any 14.x release. Description: A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP subsystem could allow an adjacent,...

On the IoT road: perks, benefits and security of moving smartly

Kaspersky has repeatedly investigated security issues related to IoT technologies for instance, here, or here. Earlier this year our experts have even gained foothold in the security of biomechanical prosthetic devices. The same implies to smart car security: our own research has indicated that...

Samsung asks users to scan their Smart TVs for malware – Here’s how to

By Waqas Samsung tweeted and then deleted that tweet stating that users should scan their Smart TVs for malware “every few weeks.” Smart devices are vulnerable to all sorts of digital threats, and this is not a hidden reality as we often hear about internet connected devices getting hacked or...

IoT Security Regulation is on the Horizon

LONDON, UK – Internet of things IoT device security continues to worry the tech industry – however, experts believe that the right type of global regulation could be key for ensuring security standards. The question is when those regulatory efforts will be fleshed out. Ken Munro, with Pen Test...

The vulnerability of the Enterprise Resource Management System “Galaktika ERP” relates to insufficient protection of the website structure, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser of the connected client.

The vulnerability of the component that allows sending messages to connected users in the enterprise resource management system Galaktika ERP is related to insufficient protection of the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary JavaScript...

CVE-2019-11895 Improper access control in the JSON-RPC interface of the Bosch Smart Home Controller (SHC)

A potential improper access control vulnerability exists in the JSON-RPC interface of the Bosch Smart Home Controller SHC before 9.8.905 that may result in a successful denial of service of the SHC and connected sensors and actuators. In order to exploit the vulnerability, the adversary needs to...

Extinguishing the IoT Insecurity Dumpster Fire

It’s no secret IoT security has been a dumpster fire. Last week, it was reported two million IP security cameras, baby monitors and smart doorbells have serious IoT flaws with no known patches. The list, of course, is added to a long list of IoT nightmares that have been reported over the past fi...

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CVE-2019-11321

An issue was discovered in Motorola CX2 1.01 and M2 1.01. The router opens TCP port 8010. Users can send hnap requests to this port without authentication to obtain information such as the MAC addresses of connected client devices...

KACE K1000 Remote Code Execution

Added: 04/16/2019 Background KACE Systems Management Appliance manages, secures, and services network-connected devices. Problem A vulnerability in KACE Systems Management Appliance K1000 could allow unauthenticated command execution. Resolution Upgrade to the latest version of your KACE Systems...

CVE-2018-12638

An issue was discovered in the Bose Soundtouch app 18.1.4 for iOS. There is no frontend input validation of the device name. A malicious device name can execute JavaScript on the registered Bose User Account if a speaker has been connected to the app...

How Radio Frequency Technology is Putting the Industrial Sector at Risk

Each industry has its own unique security risks. The banking and health care sectors, for example, deal with some considerably sensitive financial and client data, and therefore must put robust protections in place to ensure its safety. The industrial sector, however, is a bit different. For many...

RSAC 2019: For Domestic Abuse, IoT Devices Pose New Threat

SAN FRANCISCO – The influx of connected products in the home – from smart thermometers to connected locks – presents a disturbing new threat surface for victims of domestic abuse. That’s what Lisa Green, senior director of operations at Independent Security Evaluators, is warning conference-goers...

Booter Boss Interviewed in 2014 Pleads Guilty

A 20-year-old Illinois man has pleaded guilty to running multiple DDoS-for-hire services that launched millions of attacks over several years. The plea deal comes almost exactly five years after KrebsOnSecurity interviewed both the admitted felon and his father and urged the latter to take a more...

CVE-2018-18492: Mozilla Firefox Select Element Use-After-Free

Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation. A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection, which gets garbage collected, and results in a potentially...

Design/Logic Flaw

Secure boot bypass and memory extraction can be achieved on Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0 devices. During startup, the AM335x secure boot feature decrypts and executes firmware. Secure boot can be bypassed by starting with certain commands to the USB serial port. Although a power cycle occurs, thi...