The vulnerability of the multimedia framework of the Android operating system allows a perpetrator to gain access to protected data or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the multimedia framework of the Android operating system is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor, operating remotely, to gain access to protected data or execute arbitrary code within a privileged process...

EMC Data Protection Advisor Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

EMC Data Protection Advisor is data protection management software. A remote command injection vulnerability exists in the EMC Data Protection Advisor Application service implementation, which could be exploited by a remote attacker to submit a special request to execute arbitrary code in the...

EMC Data Protection Advisor < 6.4.130 Hardcoded Password Vulnerability

According to its self-reported version number, the EMC Data Protection Advisor running on the remote host is 6.3.x prior to 6.3 patch 67 or 6.4.x prior to 6.4 patch 130. It is, therefore, affected by a default credential vulnerability due to hardcoded passwords with the Apollo System Test,...

EMC Data Protection Advisor Hard Password Password Vulnerability

EMC Data Protection Advisor is a data protection management solution from EMC Corporation. The solution supports automated and centralized execution of all such data collection and analysis, as well as obtaining a single comprehensive view of the data protection environment and activities. An...

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 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 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 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...

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...

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...