EMC Data Protection Advisor Hardcoded Password Vulnerability

EMC Data Protection Advisor contains undocumented accounts with hard-coded passwords that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. Versions 6.3.x and 6.4.x are affected. EMC Data Protection Advisor Hardcoded Password Vulnerability EMC Identifier:...

EMC Data Protection Advisor Application Service Static Credentials Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of EMC Data Protection Advisor. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the EMC DPA Application service, which listens on TCP port 9002 by default. T...

Three Ways to Use Data Classification Scan Results

In July we launched Classifier, a free data classification tool that allows you to quickly and easily uncover sensitive data in your databases. Since its launch, the tool has been widely used around the globe, which comes as no surprise given the heightened focus on data protection. Furthermore,...

Lessons Learned from the Equifax Disaster

143 million U.S. consumers, Equifax.com users who may have been affected by the the worst data breach in history are receiving all sorts of advice including a free TrustedID product license from Equifax. But despite numerous public reports about the incident, there are still many important...

The Equifax Breach from a Geo Political Perspective

The Equifax breach stole names, addresses, birth dates, and credit card numbers for over 200,000 consumers. One might immediately assume that cyber criminals made the attack in order to sell the information to identity thieves who will run up fraudulent charges, file fake tax returns, defraud...

Encryption: Pros and Cons

The expression “when you are a hammer, everything is a nail” has a curious background. The concept belongs to a generalized law of the instrument which is a cognitive bias that occurs by being overly familiar with certain tools, and the likelihood of force-fitting problems to the tools at hand. A...

Facebook slapped with $1.43 million fine for violating users' privacy in Spain

Facebook is once again in trouble regarding its users' privacy. The social media giant has recently been heavily fined once again for a series of privacy violations in Spain. Recently, Google also incurred a record-breaking fine of $2.7 billion €2.42 billion by the European antitrust officials fo...

The vulnerability of the backup tool for virtual machines in vSphere Data Protection, caused by deserialization issues, allows a perpetrator to execute commands on the device.

The vulnerability of the backup tool for vSphere Data Protection stems from deserialization issues. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute commands on the device remotely...

The vulnerability of the iOS operating system, due to errors in processing NAS messages, allows a perpetrator to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the iOS operating system arises due to buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of the information protected during the processing of Downlink NAS messages in Qualcomm Telephony. Th...

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) Multiple Vulnerabilities

VMware vSphere Data Protection VDP is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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 CPE =...

Data Protection and the GDPR Job Market

The May 2018 deadline for full GDPR compliance will be upon us all before we know it. The GDPR will affect all organizations—regardless of their location—that handle personal data coming out of the EU. Article 37 of the GDPR requires organizations to retain a data protection officer DPO if, among...

EMC Data Protection Advisor RequestHistoryResource orderby SQL Injection Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of EMC Data Protection Advisor. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be easily bypassed. The specific flaw exists within...

EMC Data Protection Advisor ScheduledReportResource Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of EMC Data Protection Advisor. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be easily bypassed. The specific flaw exists within...

EMC Data Protection Advisor ReportQueueResource orderby SQL Injection Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of EMC Data Protection Advisor. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be easily bypassed. The specific flaw exists within...

EMC Data Protection Advisor BaseRestEntityResource orderby SQL Injection Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of EMC Data Protection Advisor. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be easily bypassed. The specific flaw exists within...

Targeted Attack Landscape: A Continuing Threat

When planning the cyber defenses of an organization, it's important to factor in the total threat landscape - including continuing threats as well as emerging security issues. In this way, organizations can create a more holistic data protection posture. While not seen in many headlines currently...

Ransomware is Here to Stay: So How Do I Protect My Data?

Ransomware is the gift that keeps on giving for cybercriminals. Google research revealed recently that online extortionists have managed to grab more than $25 million from their victims over the past two years. Other estimates suggest businesses and netizens handed over as much as $1 billion in...

VMware VDP Known SSH Key Exploit

VMware vSphere Data Protection appliances 5.5.x through 6.1.x contain a known ssh private key for the local user admin who is a sudoer without password. This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'net/ssh'...

Visit Trend Micro at VMworld 2017

Trend Micro will be at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas on August 27th – 31st, showing why experience matters when it comes to automated security for your data center and cloud environments. Stop by our booth, 610, to chat with our security experts, and enter our daily draws to win a Phantom 3 Drone! Se...

Hacker Publishes iOS Secure Enclave Firmware Decryption Key

A hacker Thursday afternoon published what he says is the decryption key for Apple iOS’ Secure Enclave Processor SEP firmware. The hacker, identified only as xerub, told Threatpost that the key unlocks only the SEP firmware, and that this would not impact user data. “Everybody can look and poke a...