Understanding influences shaping the cybersecurity landscape, enabling digital transformation, and helping to protect our planet

The accelerated rate of digital transformation we have seen this past year presents both challenges and endless opportunities for individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments around the world. Cybersecurity is the underpinning of helping protect these opportunities. By examining the...

Cyberattacks Target COVID-19 Vaccine 'Cold-Chain' Orgs

A sophisticated, global phishing campaign has been targeting the credentials of organizations associated with the COVID-19 “cold-chain” – companies that ensure the safe preservation of vaccines by making sure they are stored and transported in temperature-controlled environments. The phishing...

serenity:FuzzGIFLoader: Global-buffer-overflow in Gfx::decode_frame

Detailed Report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=6281737226944512 Project: serenity Fuzzing Engine: afl Fuzz Target: FuzzGIFLoader Job Type: aflasanserenity Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Global-buffer-overflow READ 4 Crash Address: 0x000000784fb0 Crash State: Gfx::decodeframe...

Hackers Are Targeting the Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Cold Chain’

As vaccines await US approval, a sophisticated global phishing campaign has tried to harvest credentials from companies involved in their distribution...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4658-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4658-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the binder IPC implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4657-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4657-1 advisory. Elena Petrova discovered that the pin controller device tree implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle string references. A local attack...

Akamai Foundation and Employee Resource Groups Unite

Written by Kara DiGiacomo, Executive Director, Akamai Foundation and Marco Irizarry, Global Manger, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Responsibility On Giving Tuesday, we celebrate joining others in a global movement to give, collaborate, and transform communities and the world. As we think about h...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-php73-php security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for rh-php73-php is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability...

Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 - (GREGsvc.exe) Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 - 'GREGsvc.exe' Unquoted Service Path Discovery by: Emmanuel Lujan Vendor Homepage: https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/home Tested Version: 1.0.0.3 Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path Tested on OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Step to...

Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 - 'GREGsvc.exe' Unquoted Service Path

Exploit Title: Global Registration Service 1.0.0.3 - 'GREGsvc.exe' Unquoted Service Path Discovery by: Emmanuel Lujan Discovery Date: 2020-11-26 Vendor Homepage: https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/home Tested Version: 1.0.0.3 Vulnerability Type: Unquoted Service Path Tested on OS: Windows 7 Ho...

Digitally Signed Bandook Trojan Reemerges in Global Spy Campaign

A wave of targeted cyberattack campaigns bent on espionage is cresting around the globe, using a strain of a 13-year old backdoor trojan named Bandook. According to Check Point Research, Bandook was last spotted being used in 2015 and 2017/2018, in the “Operation Manul” and “Dark Caracal”...

Virtual Hackathon Generates Next Generation of Imperva Innovation

“How do we run a global hackathon amid a global pandemic?” That was my first thought when I began planning the 2020 Imperva Hackathon earlier this year. While the event is designed to foster innovation and uncover new ideas, in a global company like ours it’s also about making new friends and...

Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 1: The Platform

This is Part 1 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai's DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management...

Potential privilege escalation in Ops Manager API

Specially crafted API calls may allow an authenticated user who holds Organization Owner privilege to obtain an API key with Global Role privilege. This issue affects MongoDB Ops Manager v4.2 versions 4.2.0-4.2.17, v4.3 versions 4.3.0-4.3.9 and v4.4 versions 4.4.0-4.4.2...

The vulnerability of the Security component of the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core application allows a perpetrator to gain unauthorized access to protected information, to modify, add, or delete data, or to cause service interruptions.

The vulnerability of the Security component of the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Global Payroll Core application is related to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability may allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain unauthorized access to protected information, to modif...

CVE-2020-7927

Specially crafted API calls may allow an authenticated user who holds Organization Owner privilege to obtain an API key with Global Role privilege. This issue affects MongoDB Ops Manager v4.2 versions prior to and including 4.2.17, MongoDB Ops Manager v4.3 versions prior to and including 4.3.9 an...

CVE-2020-7927

Specially crafted API calls may allow an authenticated user who holds Organization Owner privilege to obtain an API key with Global Role privilege. This issue affects MongoDB Ops Manager v4.2 versions prior to and including 4.2.17, MongoDB Ops Manager v4.3 versions prior to and including 4.3.9 an...

CVE-2020-7927

Specially crafted API calls may allow an authenticated user who holds Organization Owner privilege to obtain an API key with Global Role privilege. This issue affects MongoDB Ops Manager v4.2 versions prior to and including 4.2.17, MongoDB Ops Manager v4.3 versions prior to and including 4.3.9 an...

CVE-2020-7927 Potential privilege escalation in Ops Manager API

Specially crafted API calls may allow an authenticated user who holds Organization Owner privilege to obtain an API key with Global Role privilege. This issue affects MongoDB Ops Manager v4.2 versions prior to and including 4.2.17, MongoDB Ops Manager v4.3 versions prior to and including 4.3.9 an...

MongoDB Ops Manager Authorization Issues Vulnerability

MongoDB Ops Manager is a solution from MongoDB, Inc. that supports the management, monitoring, and backup of MongoDB deployments. An authorization issue vulnerability exists in MongoDB Ops Manager that stems from a specially designed API call that could allow an authenticated user holding...