VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.x / 6.0.x < 6.0.7 / 6.1.x < 6.1.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0001

The version of VMware vSphere Data Protection installed on the remote host is 5.x or 6.0.x prior to 6.0.7, or it is 6.1.x prior to 6.1.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid105586; scriptversion"1.9"...

VMware vSphere Data Protection Directory Traversal Vulnerability

VMware vSphere Data Protection is a backup and recovery solution. A directory traversal security vulnerability exists in VMware vSphere Data Protection, which could be exploited by remote attackers to submit a special request to view the contents of system files...

VMware vSphere Data Protection Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

VMware vSphere Data Protection is a backup and recovery solution. A security vulnerability exists in VMware vSphere Data Protection that allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability to submit a special request to upload arbitrary files to the server...

Three Reasons Why GDPR Encourages Pseudonymization

The General Data Protection Regulation GDPR is the European Union’s new data regulation designed to provide individuals with rights and protections over their personal data that is collected or created by businesses or government entities. It unifies data protection regulation across all member...

VMware Issues 3 Critical Patches for vSphere Data Protection

VMware, a Dell Technologies subsidiary, released several patches Tuesday fixing critical vulnerabilities affecting its vSphere cloud computing virtualization platform. The bugs address three vulnerabilities in VMware’s vSphere Data Protection VDP, a backup and recovery solution used with its...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vSphere Data Protection. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0001 and apply the...

VMSA-2018-0001:vSphere Data Protection (VDP) updates address multiple security issues.

VMSA-2018-0001 vSphere Data Protection VDP updates address multiple security issues. VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0001 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Critical VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: vSphere Data Protection VDP updates address multiple...

IBM Security Guardium Resource Error Vulnerability

IBM Security Guardium is a suite of platforms from IBM in the United States that provide data protection capabilities. The platform includes features such as custom UI, report management and streamlined audit process building. A resource error vulnerability exists in IBM Security Guardium. An...

DevOps in the Cloud: How Data Masking Helps Speed Development, Securely

Many articles have discussed the benefits of DevOps in the cloud. For example, the centralization of cloud computing provides DevOps automation with a standard platform for testing and development; the tight integration between DevOps tools and cloud platforms lowers the cost associated with...

Update Rollup 14 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager

Update Rollup 14 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager Introduction This article describes the issues that are fixed in Update Rollup 14 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager. This article also contains the installation instructions for this update.Note Existing...

National Tax Security Awareness Week: IRS Helps Taxpayers Protect Against Cyber Criminals

As part of National Tax Security Awareness Week—November 27 to December 1—the Internal Revenue Service IRS is releasing daily security tips to help taxpayers protect their data and identities against tax-related identity theft. US-CERT encourages taxpayers to visit the IRS National Tax Security...

Tips for Making Your Business Secure from Digital Crimes

By Carolina Things may be going well for your business and if This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Tips for Making Your Business Secure from Digital Crimes...

Australia’s “Essential Eight” is Critical to Meet 2018 Cybersecurity Mandates & Privacy Laws

Christopher Strand, Carbon Black’s security risk and compliance officer recently wrote a blog discussing how the new mandatory data breach notification rule in the Privacy Amendment Notifiable Data Breaches Bill 2016, helps bring attention to cybersecurity solutions and focus on the practices...

Women in Tech and Career Spotlight: Shu White

Up next in our series featuring women in technology at Imperva is a spotlight on Shu White, the company’s vice president and deputy general counsel. Hailing from a legal background, I found her perspective particularly unique. Read below for Shu’s take on the cybersecurity industry, the inspiring...

Pursuing The Right to be Left Alone

The three pillars of privacy, defined in “The Right to Privacy” 4 Harvard L.R. 193 Dec 15, 1890, are 1 the right to know what information is gathered about you, 2 the right to know how it will be used, and 3 the right to be left alone. The European Union has incorporated these principles into the...

How To Budget For Cyber Security in 2018

As Q4 begins in earnest, now is the time to start making considerations for next year's budgets. This is especially true for the company's IT and cyber security budgets - a difficult decision with so many robust technologies and new threats emerging. Compounding this problem is the fact that many...

GDPR Talk Dominates Barcelona’s  PCI DSS Community Conference

Recently, I returned from the European PCI DSS community conference in Barcelona. As always, the conference featured analysis of current hot topics within the PCI community and was helpful for any security professional looking to learn about the latest advancements in data security and protection...

PT-2017-3964 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.15.0-91.92 Description: The issue is related to the lack of protection for service data in the i915 module of the Linux kernel, which can be exploited to gain unauthorized access to protected information. This...

The vulnerability of the ChakraCore JavaScript script handler lies in the lack of protection for service data, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the JavaScript ChakraCore virtual machine’s kernel is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

November 6, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Daylight Saving” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! November 6, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: CBS Evening News Scroll ...