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...

CVE-2017-6784

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco RV340, RV345, and RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data. The attacker could use this information to conduct additional reconnaissance attacks. The vulnerability is due to Cisco...

CVE-2017-6772

CVE-2017-6772 affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) v2.3(2). A vulnerability causes information disclosure due to insufficient protection of sensitive data. An authenticated, remote attacker can view sensitive system configuration files by logging in and navigating to certain configurat...

Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation in ThinkPad Active Protection System - us

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-15765 Potential Impact: Privilege Escalation Severity: High Scope of Impact: Lenovo Specific CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-3756 Summary Description: A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Lenovo Active Protection System for ThinkPad systems. An attacker wi...

Countdown to GDPR: IT Policy Compliance

From the first page, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation stresses the importance it places on the security and privacy of EU residents’ private information. The 88-page document opens by referring to the protection of this personal data as a “fundamental right” essential for “freedom,...

vCenter Server Appliance - Backup/Restore Recommendations

Native File-Based Backup and Restore Recommended vCenter Server Appliance Data Integrity Best Practices recommends using the native file-based backup and restore operations to protect the vCenter Server Appliance. Review: VMware vSphere User Guide: Considerations and Limitations for File-Based...

Companies Could Face $22 Million Fine If They Fail to Protect Against Hackers

Over the past few years, massive data breaches have become more frequent and so common that pretty much every week we heard about some organisation being hacked or hacker dumping tens of millions of users records. But even after this wide range of data breach incidents, many organisations fail to...

Countdown to GDPR: Manage Vulnerabilities

If your organization needs a compelling reason for establishing or enhancing its vulnerability management program, circle this date in bold, red ink on your corporate calendar: May 25, 2018. On that day, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation GDPR goes into effect, intensifying the need for...

Avoid the Liability Associated with Running End-of-Life Operating Systems (EOL)

Recent attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya have demonstrated hackers are more familiar with the vulnerabilities of unsupported systems than many organizations themselves. When new patches are released, attackers easily reverse-engineer the updates and quickly find all the weaknesses in...

Countdown to GDPR: Assess Vendor Risk

To comply with GDPR, organizations typically must overhaul and update a number of internal processes and systems, but they can’t ignore a critical area: risk from vendors and other third parties such as contractors, partners, suppliers and service providers. It’s a point that’s stressed repeatedl...

PT-2017-3924 · Oracle +7 · Mysql Server +6

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Oracle MySQL versions 5.5.57 and earlier Oracle MySQL versions 5.6.37 and earlier Oracle MySQL versions 5.7.19 and earlier Description: The issue is related to the Client programs subcomponent of Oracle MySQL and is caused by a lack of...

Over 70,000 Memcached Servers Still Vulnerable to Remote Hacking

Nothing in this world is fully secure, from our borders to cyberspace. I know vulnerabilities are bad, but the worst part comes in when people just don't care to apply patches on time. Late last year, Cisco's Talos intelligence and research group discovered three critical remote code execution RC...

EMC Data Protection Advisor < 6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to it's self-reported version number, the EMC Data Protection Advisor running on the remote host is prior to 6.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple blind SQL injection vulnerabilities exist due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input before usin...

Countdown to GDPR: Prioritize Vulnerability Remediation

The EU’s GDPR General Data Protection Regulation demands that organizations stringently protect EU residents’ data they hold, share and process, which requires having solid InfoSec practices, including threat prioritization. No, there is no specific mention of prioritization of vulnerability...

EMC Data Protection Advisor Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2017)

EMC Data Protection Advisor 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 =...

EMC Data Protection SQL Injection 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. A SQL...

EMC Data Protection 'input' Parameter Directory Traversal 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. A...