CVE-2019-2786

CVE-2019-2786 affects Oracle Java SE/Java SE Embedded Security component (and related Utilities) with affected Java versions including Java 7/8/11 lines and embedded variants. The CVE describes an unauthenticated network-based vulnerability that can lead to read access to a subset of Java data, w...

CVE-2019-2750

The CVE-2019-2750 entry concerns the MICROS Retail-J component of Oracle Retail Applications (Internal Operations). Affected versions are 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2 and 13.1. The vulnerability is exploitable over network via HTTP by an unauthenticated attacker and can lead to unauthorized data access...

CVE-2019-2599

CVE-2019-2599 concerns a vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft Products, specifically the PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools component (subcomponent: Pagelet Wizard). Affected are versioned releases 8.55, 8.56 and 8.57. The issue allows a low-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to pot...

CVE-2019-2561

CVE-2019-2561 is a vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Xstore Office component of Oracle Retail Applications (Internal Operations). Affected versions are 7.0 and 7.1. The issue enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access over HTTP to access or modify Oracle Retail Xstore Office data, p...

CVE-2019-2666

CVE-2019-2666 affects Oracle E-Business Suite One-to-One Fulfillment, Print Server subcomponent, versions 12.1.1–12.1.3 and 12.2.3–12.2.8. An unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP can compromise the component; however, successful attacks require user interaction. The vulnerability...

Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement

Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to settle a series of state and federal investigations into the massive 2017 data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans—that's almost...

Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement

Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to settle a series of state and federal investigations into the massive 2017 data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans—that's almost...

How Account Takeover Botnets Outsmart Traditional Security Controls

Account Takeover ATO describes when an online account is accessed and/ or used by someone other than its legitimate owner, usually for malicious purposes. Account Takeover attacks happen when an attacker is trying to get unauthorized access to an account or when the account has already been...

Tackling the Collaboration Conundrum

It’s 8 a.m. and you’ve just polished off a full cup of dark-roast coffee to jump-start your day. After booting up your PC, you instinctively open up Outlook, along with Slack or Teams or TeamViewer. While chatting with a co-worker, you recall that you need to send administrative credentials to he...

What You Should Know About the Equifax Data Breach Settlement

Big-three credit bureau Equifax has reportedly agreed to pay at least $650 million to settle lawsuits stemming from a 2017 breach that let intruders steal personal and financial data on roughly 148 million Americans. Here's a brief primer that attempts to break down what this settlement means for...

Large-Scale Government Hacks Hit Russia, Bulgaria

A pair of notable hacks on government targets have come to light: One, an attack affecting nearly the entire country of Bulgaria; and two, a hack of Russia’s main security agency FSB that represents the largest data heist ever experienced there. In Bulgaria, cybercriminals were able to infiltrate...

Countdown to Black Hat: Top 10 Sessions to Attend — #7

Black Hat USA 2019 is just weeks away, and with scores of training courses and research briefings to choose from, planning your schedule can be a challenge. To help you, we’re posting a weekly recommendation on our blog, and explaining why we think Qualys customers could find it useful and...

Equifax to Pay $700 Million in 2017 Data Breach Settlement

Equifax will pay as much as $700 million to settle federal and state investigations on the heels of its infamous 2017 breach, which exposed the data of almost 150 million customers. The consumer credit reporting agency on Monday said it will dish out $300 million to cover free credit monitoring...

QuickBooks Cloud Hosting Firm iNSYNQ Hit in Ransomware Attack

Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ says it is trying to recover from a ransomware attack that shut down its network and has left customers unable to access their accounting data for the past three days. Unfortunately for iNSYNQ, the company appears to be turning a deaf ear to the increasingly anxious...

Slack data breach: Company resets thousands of passwords

By Uzair Amir Slack data breach took place in 2015 but the company became aware of the incident recently through its bug bounty program. Slack has suffered a data breach in which thousands of users have been affected. As a result, the company is resetting passwords of thousands of impacted users...

Slack Resets Passwords For Users Who Hadn't Changed It Since 2015 Breach

If you use Slack, a popular cloud-based team collaboration server, and recently received an email from the company about a security incident, don't panic and read this article before taking any action. Slack has been sending a "password reset" notification email to all those users who had not yet...

No man’s land: How a Magecart group is running a web skimming operation from a war zone

Our Threat Intelligence team has been monitoring the activities of a number of threat actors involved in the theft of credit card data. Often referred to under the Magecart moniker, these groups use simple pieces of JavaScript code skimmers typically injected into compromised e-commerce websites ...

Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers

Eastern European country Bulgaria has suffered the biggest data breach in its history that compromised personal and financial information of 5 million adult citizens out of its total population of 7 million people. According to multiple sources in local Bulgarian media, an unknown hacker earlier...

Hacker Stole Data of Over 70% Bulgarian Citizens from Tax Agency Servers

Eastern European country Bulgaria has suffered the biggest data breach in its history that compromised personal and financial information of 5 million adult citizens out of its total population of 7 million people. According to multiple sources in local Bulgarian media, an unknown hacker earlier...

Hackers used Samsung website to access Sprint’s customer data

By Uzair Amir Sprint Corporation, an American telecommunications company has announced that it has suffered a data breach after unknown hackers accessed customer accounts credentials using the Samsung.com “add a line” website. Originally, the company was informed about the breach on June 22nd,...