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...

PT-2019-19767

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GLib version 2.59.2 Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, leading to application crash, via a crafted web site. This is demonstrated by GNOME Web aka Epiphany, where the g socket client connected callback ...

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...

CVE-2018-20785

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...

PT-2019-10226

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Neato Botvac Connected version 2.2.0 Description: The issue allows for secure boot bypass and memory extraction on the affected device. During startup, the secure boot feature can be bypassed by sending specific commands to the USB serial por...

New Video Series: How a Security Operations Command Center Took On the Largest Attacks the Internet Has Ever Seen

For over two decades I've made it my mission to stop "bad guys" on the Internet. Working day in and day out alongside an amazing team of security professionals inside our global Security Operations Command Center SOCC has given me the opportunity to do just that. I'm excited to share with you our...

The vulnerability of the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences software lies in the lack of protection for operational data, which allows an attacker to gain access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences software lies in the lack of protection for sensitive data. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to protected information by sending HTTP GET requests to the vulnerable device...

Security Flaws in Children's Smart Watches

A year ago, the Norwegian Consumer Council published an excellent security analysis of children's GPS-connected smart watches. The security was terrible. Not only could parents track the children, anyone else could also track the children. A recent analysis checked if anything had improved after...

2019 and Beyond: The (Expanded) RSAC Advisory Board Weighs in on What’s Next: Pt. 2

Our first 2019 predictions post from the RSA Conference Advisory Board was not all sunshine and roses — cautious optimism was tabled by the acknowledged distance we must still travel as an industry — and our second set of predictions does not belie that theme. This trepidation does not mean we’re...

Meet Aztarna, a tool to find vulnerable Internet connected robots

By Waqas The company behind Aztarna is Alias Robotics, a cyber-security startup. Manufacturers and users of IoT robots should breathe a sigh of relief that the cyber-security startup Alias Robotics has developed a robot scanning tool that can track any robot connected to the internet and powered ...

CVE-2019-1645

A vulnerability in the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences CMX software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access sensitive data on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation checking mechanisms for certain GET requests to API's on an affected...

CVE-2019-1645

A vulnerability in the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences CMX software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access sensitive data on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation checking mechanisms for certain GET requests to API's on an affected...

CVE-2019-1645: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

A vulnerability in the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences CMX software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access sensitive data on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation checking mechanisms for certain GET requests to API's on an affected...

PT-2019-1387

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences CMX affected versions not specified Description A vulnerability in the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences CMX software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access sensitive data on an affected...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Windows operating system, related to errors in memory object handling, allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the Connected User Experience and Telemetry Service services in the Microsoft Windows operating system is related to improper handling of objects in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a local attacker to cause service failures through a specially created...

CVE-2018-8612

A Denial Of Service vulnerability exists when Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service fails to validate certain function values, aka "Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019,...