Spoofing Bug Highlights Cybersecurity for Digital Vaccine Passports

Three weeks after an independent researcher found a critical bug in the Services Australia COVID-19 digital vaccine certificate that would allow an attacker to falsify someone’s vaccine status, it still hasn’t been fixed. Researcher Richard Nelson looked into the security behind a new digital...

The strangest cybersecurity events of 2020: a look back

This year is finally coming to an end, and it only took us about eight consecutive months of March to get here. There is a ton to talk about, and that’s without even discussing the literal global pandemic. You see, 2020s news stories were the pressure-cooker product of mania, chaos, and the...

Zero-Day Coverage Update – Week of July 16, 2018

One night this week, I came across one of my favorite movies Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The world had gone crazy after the reclusive Willy Wonka announces that he has hidden five golden tickets in chocolate Wonka Bars that promised a factory tour and a lifetime supply of chocolate...

Zero-Day Coverage Update – Week of July 2, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation GDPR has been up and running for a couple of months now and your organization is compliant. It’s time to take a little break – well, not so fast! Late last week, the State of California passed a new data privacy law called the California Consumer Privacy Act...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 25, 2018

I have never reverse engineered anything, but I did dismantle a Betamax VCR and put it back together without an instruction manual. My little brother liked to use the tape slot as a garage for his Hot Wheels® toy cars. We were usually able to take out the cars without any issues, but one day, he...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 18, 2018

As I pull together the list of zero-day filters for this blog, I see all types of vulnerabilities from various vendors. My interest is always piqued when I see a vulnerability affecting a security company. The Zero Day Initiative’s ZDI interest was also piqued when the researcher Pagefault...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 11, 2018

As a native Texan, I’ve seen more than my fair share of bugs - actual physical bugs that love the hot, humid Texas climate and my curly hair for some reason. The Zero Day Initiative ZDI sees many bugs of the software variety, including those that affect SCADA control systems. Fritz Sands recently...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 4, 2018

It was a busy day yesterday, with Adobe issuing four emergency patches for their Flash Player, including one for a zero-day being actively exploited in the wild. Adobe has indicated that CVE-2018-5002 was discovered being used in limited, targeted attacks on Windows users in the wild. The attacks...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 28, 2018

I ended up at an urgent care clinic earlier this week and found out I have strep throat. The doctor who examined me asked me what medicine I had taken prior to my visit to help alleviate my throat pain, to which I replied, “I took a multi-symptom liquid medicine because the pain was keeping me...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 7, 2018

This week marked National Teacher Appreciation Week here in the United States. I was happy to see that many other countries celebrate educators in all the other months of the year. All of us have at least one teacher, instructor or professor who really made a difference in our lives. There are tw...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 30, 2018

When I was little, I discovered the joy of jumping on the bed. While it was fun to jump on the bed, I wanted to make it more challenging so I started to imitate the ski jumpers I had seen during the 1976 Winter Olympics and jump from my parents’ dresser to the bed. I quickly found out there’s a...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 23, 2018

I was having dinner with friends recently and one of the newer members of the group asked me what I did for a living. I told him that I worked for a cybersecurity company and his reply was, “I don’t need to worry about security – I have a MacBook.” I thought that at any second, Rod Serling was...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 9, 2018

The interviewing process can be mentally draining. You have to look your best, say the right things, and prove that you’re the best person for the job. When I interview candidates, I love to come up with the one crazy question that isn’t on the usual list of questions that might be asked. I...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of March 12, 2018

This week marked the 11th annual Pwn2Own contest held during the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver and while the contest had fewer entries compared to previous years, it was still an exciting event filled with a little drama. Over the course of two days, the Zero Day Initiative awarded $267,000...

A View of Upcoming Threat Coverage from Pwn2Own 2018

This blog will be updated throughout the competition so keep tracking for the latest updates on upcoming threat coverage! St. Patrick’s Day is coming up later this week, but the contestants at Pwn2Own 2018 will need more than luck on their side. They will need to dive into their expert hacking...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of February 12, 2018

Valentine’s Day was earlier this week, and there was so much love in the air. There was also a lot of love in the Trend Micro world as our teams worked diligently to make sure our customers were protected from this month’s bevy of critical vulnerabilities across several vendors. This week, we foc...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 22, 2018

Yesterday, the Zero Day Initiative ZDI announced the dates and contest rules for Pwn2Own 2018. Last year, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the event and the 11th year is going to be bigger than ever! Pwn2Own will be returning to Vancouver, BC, at the CanSecWest Conference on March 14-16, 201...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 1, 2018

Happy New Year! It’s out with the old, in with the new, right? Except we all know that the old tends to stick around, especially when it comes to vulnerabilities and patching them. Trend Micro predicts that that 2018’s biggest attacks will originate from known vulnerabilities. And speaking of kno...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 25, 2017

Last Sunday, my day could be best described by the lyrics of Sammy Hagar’s song “I Can’t Drive 55.” I was issued a ticket for an alleged speeding infraction. I usually drive about 10 mph over the speed limit, but my “alleged” lead foot got the best of me and so did the Texas Highway Patrol. C’est...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 4, 2017

It snowed in Austin, Texas last night. It’s not a big deal for those of you who live in areas where you’re used to snow, but for those of us who are native Texans, it’s a big deal. Funny enough, I had scheduled a maintenance appointment for later today to make sure our heater is in working order...