CVE-2020-8861

The CVE-2020-8861 issue affects D-Link DAP-1330 1.10B01 BETA Wi‑Fi range extenders. It arises from incorrect handling of HNAP login requests and cookies, enabling network‑adjacent attackers to bypass authentication. The vulnerability has been described as allowing the attacker to execute arbitrar...

D-Link DAP-1330 HNAP Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1330 Wi-Fi range extenders. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of HNAP login requests. The issue results fr...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4285-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4285-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacke...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4286-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4286-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacke...

USN-4286-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-4286-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on...

USN-4286-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2019-14615 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Softmac USB Prism54 devi...

USN-4285-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2019-14615 It was discovered that the HSA Linux kernel driver for AMD GPU devices did not...

News Wrap: Valentine's Day Scams and Emotet's Wi-Fi Hack

Threatpost editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch break down the top stories for this week, ended Feb. 14, including: Recent phishing scams – including ones with a romance hook – continue to trick victims, showing that phishing tactics still work in stealing millions from individuals,...

This Week in Security News: February 2020 Patch Tuesday Update and Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket Leaks 36,000 Inmate Records

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the more than 140 February Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and Adobe. Also, read about how an unsecured and unencrypted...

CVE-2019-3998

Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel in SimpliSafe SS3 firmware 1.4 allows a local, unauthenticated attacker to modify the Wi-Fi network the base station connects to...

Authentication flaw

Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel in SimpliSafe SS3 firmware 1.4 allows a local, unauthenticated attacker to modify the Wi-Fi network the base station connects to...

CVE-2019-3998

Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel in SimpliSafe SS3 firmware 1.4 allows a local, unauthenticated attacker to modify the Wi-Fi network the base station connects to...

CVE-2019-3998

The CVE-2019-3998 issue affects SimpliSafe SS3 firmware 1.4, enabling a local, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and alter the Wi‑Fi network the base station uses. Root cause is described as an authentication bypass via an alternate path or channel. Documented impacts indicate the...

TP-Link Wi-Fi extender User-Agent Header Injection CVE-2019-7406

A pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in TP-Link Wi-Fi extenders allows commands to be executed as root. The injection occurs when the User-Agent header of a request is passed to an execve system call. TP-Link RE365 Wi-Fi extender with firmware version 1.0.2, build 20180213 Rel...

Emotet Malware Now Hacks Nearby Wi-Fi Networks to Infect New Victims

Emotet, the notorious trojan behind a number of botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, has found a new attack vector: using already infected devices to identify new victims that are connected to nearby Wi-Fi networks. According to researchers at Binary Defense, the newly discovered...

Emotet Now Hacks Nearby Wi-Fi Networks to Spread Like a Worm

A newly uncovered Emotet malware sample has the ability to spread to insecure Wi-Fi networks that are located nearby to an infected device. If the malware can spread to these nearby Wi-Fi networks, it then attempts to infect devices connected to them — a tactic that can rapidly escalate Emotet’s...

Designing the Smart Experience at Akamai HQ

We are now 90 days out from a major milestone for Akamai: the opening of our new headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The state-of-the-art tower in the tech hub of Kendall Square is particularly exciting for me in my dual roles as CIO and SVP of Global Services & Support, because it marks th...

CVE-2019-15126

An issue was discovered on Broadcom Wi-Fi client devices. Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors related to state transitions in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for a...

CVE-2019-15126

An issue was discovered on Broadcom Wi-Fi client devices. Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors related to state transitions in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for a...

CVE-2019-15126

CVE-2019-15126 affects Broadcom Wi‑Fi client devices. Timed and handcrafted WLAN traffic can trigger state‑transition errors, causing improper layer‑2 Wi‑Fi encryption and potential information disclosure over the air for a discrete traffic set. Connected docs reference Broadcom/Keystroke‑style e...