Command injection

An issue was discovered in Poly formerly Polycom HDX 3.1.13. A feature exists that allows the creation of a server / client certificate, or the upload of the user certificate, on the administrator's page. The value received from the user is the factor value of a shell script on the equipment. By...

Microsoft Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability

A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio as it includes a reply URL that is not secured by SSL. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could compromise the access tokens, exposing security and privacy risks. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would nee...

FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (62f2182c-5f7a-11ea-abb7-001b217b3468)

Gitlab reports : Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read Account Takeover Through Expired Link Server Side Request Forgery Through Deprecated Service Group Two-Factor Authentication Requirement Bypass Stored XSS in Merge Request Pages Stored XSS in Merge Request Submission Form Stored XSS in...

Fill your Boots with credential stuffing protections

Yet again another company suffers a ‘hack’ that turns out to be nothing more than a credential stuffing attack. This time Boots have stopped customers using advantage card points to pay for products. This is after 600,000 Tesco accounts were compromised in the same way. No systems at Boots were...

IT executives prioritize Multi-Factor Authentication in 2020

In 2020, many IT executives will roll out or expand their implementation of Multi-Factor Authentication MFA to better safeguard identities. This is one of the key findings of a survey conducted by Pulse Q&A for Microsoft in October 2019.1 Specifically, 59 percent of executives will implement or...

A Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

More than 200 million records containing a wide range of property-related information on US residents were left exposed on a database that was accessible on the web without requiring any password or authentication. The exposed data — a mix of personal and demographic details — included the name,...

Gitlab -- Multiple Vulnerabilities

Gitlab reports: Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Read Account Takeover Through Expired Link Server Side Request Forgery Through Deprecated Service Group Two-Factor Authentication Requirement Bypass Stored XSS in Merge Request Pages Stored XSS in Merge Request Submission Form Stored XSS in Fi...

Microsoft identity acronyms—what do they mean and how do they relate to each other?

As a security advisor working with one to three Chief Information Security Officers CISOs each week, the topic of identity comes up often. These are smart people who have often been in industry for decades. They have their own vocabulary of acronyms that only security professionals know such as...

How to set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Article Applicability This article concerns a feature only available in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 5 and older. The option to backup to OneDrive was deprecated in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6. As an alternative, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6 has introduced an Object Storage...

Page Speed Optimization Best Practices

By Uzair Amir It’s a known fact that Google uses page speed as a ranking factor. Besides, pages that load quickly have 3x lower bounce rates and higher average time on page. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Page Speed Optimization Best Practices...

Ring Makes 2-Factor Authentication Mandatory Following Recent Hacks

Smart doorbells and cameras bring a great sense of security to your home, especially when you're away, but even a thought that someone could be spying on you through the same surveillance system would shiver up your spine. Following several recent reports of hackers gaining access to people's...

Ring Makes 2-Factor Authentication Mandatory Following Recent Hacks

Smart doorbells and cameras bring a great sense of security to your home, especially when you're away, but even a thought that someone could be spying on you through the same surveillance system would shiver up your spine. Following several recent reports of hackers gaining access to people's...

FC Barcelona Suffers Likely Credential-Stuffing Attack on Twitter

Just ahead of its Champion’s League Round of 16 appearance next week, FC Barcelona’s official Twitter account was hacked in an apparent credential-stuffing attack. The strike resulted in account takeover and bogus tweets being sent out. The hacking collective known as OurMine, which made headline...

OpenSSH now supports FIDO U2F security keys for 2-factor authentication

Here's excellent news for sysadmins. You can now use a physical security key as hardware-based two-factor authentication to securely log into a remote system via SSH protocol. OpenSSH, one of the most widely used open-source implementations of the Secure Shell SSH Protocol, yesterday announced th...

OpenSSH now supports FIDO U2F security keys for 2-factor authentication

Here's excellent news for sysadmins. You can now use a physical security key as hardware-based two-factor authentication to securely log into a remote system via SSH protocol. OpenSSH, one of the most widely used open-source implementations of the Secure Shell SSH Protocol, yesterday announced th...

Business Email Compromise. What to do

The FBI has just released it’s annual Internet Crime Report for 2019, it makes for some really interesting and depressing reading. The mainstream media focused on the headline figure of $3.5Bn in losses in 2019, but what caught my eye is the Business Email Compromise BEC or CEO Fraud stats. I...

CVE-2014-4198

A Two-Factor Authentication Bypass Vulnerability exists in BS-Client Private Client 2.4 and 2.5 via an XML request that neglects the use of ADPswID and AD parameters, which could let a malicious user access privileged function...

Authentication flaw

A Two-Factor Authentication Bypass Vulnerability exists in BS-Client Private Client 2.4 and 2.5 via an XML request that neglects the use of ADPswID and AD parameters, which could let a malicious user access privileged function...

CVE-2014-4198

The vulnerability CVE-2014-4198 affects BS-Client Private Client, versions 2.4 and 2.5. A flaw in the authentication flow allows a two-factor bypass via an XML request that omits ADPswID and AD parameters, enabling a malicious user to access privileged functions. Root cause stated as improper han...

Changing the Monolith—Part 4: Quick tech wins for a cloud-first world

You may have heard that identity is the “new” perimeter. Indeed, with the proliferation of phishing attacks over the past few years, one of the best ways to secure data is to ensure that identity—the primary way we access data—can be trusted. How do we secure identity? Start by evaluating how use...