The Role of Human Error in Cyberattacks

One surefire way to guarantee cybersecurity is to restrict access to or stay off the internet. Unfortunately, this isn’t a feasible option, since the internet is such a crucial part of day-to-day life. As such, companies work to protect their data with endpoint security, selecting reputable web...

WordPress Human Presence plugin <= 2.0.8 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability found by Ricardo Sanchez in WordPress Human Presence plugin versions = 2.0.8. Solution 11 September 2019 - we were unable to find a patched version of this plugin...

Ellipsis Human Presence Technology <= 2.0.8 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

The 'page' GET parameter of the inc/protected-forms-table.php file was affected by a reflected XSS vulnerability. http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/ellipsis-human-presence-technology/inc/protected-forms-table.php?&page="%20alert"XSS"...

Sentrifugo Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Sentrifugo is a human resource management system. The system includes functions for human resources management, performance appraisal, recruitment management and asset management. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Sentrifugo version 3.2. The vulnerability stems from the WEB applicati...

Apple Changes the Way It Listens to Your Siri Recordings Following Privacy Concerns

Apple today announced some major changes to its controversial 'Siri audio grading program' following criticism for employing humans to listen to audio recordings of users collected via its voice-controlled Siri personal assistant without their knowledge or consent. The move came a month after The...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in We*** Interface of Shared Human Resource Management System

Dongguan City, the same share software technology limited company is a focus on manufacturing, commercial circulation, government departments, enterprises and institutions, such as management software research and development and service company. The We interface of Tongxiang Human Resources...

File upload vulnerability in the shared human resources management system

Dongguan City, the same share software technology limited company is a focus on manufacturing, commercial circulation, government departments, enterprises and institutions, such as management software development and service company. There is a file upload vulnerability in the same share human...

Arbitrary file read vulnerability in shared human resources management system

Dongguan City, the same share software technology limited company is a focus on manufacturing, commercial circulation, government departments, enterprises and institutions, such as management software development and service company. The same share of human resources management system there are...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in w** Page of Shared Human Resources Management System

Dongguan City, the same share software technology limited company is a focus on manufacturing, commercial circulation, government departments, enterprises and institutions, such as management software research and development and service company. The same share of human resources management syste...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : java-1.7.0-openjdk Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0148)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has java-1.7.0-openjdk packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Libraries. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u201, 8u192 and 11.0.1;...

Advantech WebAccess HMI Designer suffers from dll hijacking vulnerability

Advantech WebAccess HMI Designer is software that creates complete solutions for all HMI products and HMI applications including the TPC/WebOP/UNO series. Advantech WebAccess HMI Designer suffers from a dll hijacking vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to load a malicious dll and...

Black Hat 2019: Ethical Hackers Must Protect Digital Human Rights

LAS VEGAS – At a time when technology is being utilized for human-rights abuses, the security space needs to turn its focus to public interest defense technology, security stalwarts urged during Black Hat USA 2019. Security has long focused on protecting company data and providing cyber-defense f...

PT-2019-4477 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 5.2.10 Description: The issue is related to a use-after-free bug in the Linux kernel, specifically in the drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c driver. This bug can be triggered by a malicious USB device, potentially...

How brain-machine interface (BMI) technology could create an Internet of Thoughts

She plugged the extension for car transportation in the brain-machine interface connectors at the right side of her head, and off she went. The traffic was relatively slow, so there was no need to stop working. She answered a few more emails, then unplugged her work extension. Weekend mode could...

Regulating International Trade in Commercial Spyware

Siena Anstis, Ronald J. Deibert, and John Scott-Railton of Citizen Lab published an editorial calling for regulating the international trade in commercial surveillance systems until we can figure out how to curb human rights abuses. Any regime of rigorous human rights safeguards that would make a...

How to write an information security analyst job description

By Owais Sultan One of the diverse critical tools in the human resource department is a job description. It’s one of the paramount tools that aid in an employer’s staffing programs. Job description usually stipulates the duties, responsibilities any relevant skills required, the level of training...

Advantech WebAccess HMI Designer Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

Advantech WebAccess HMI Designer is a human machine interface HMI runtime development software. An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in Advantech WebAccess HMI Designer version 2.1.9.23 and earlier versions, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a...

SAP ERP HCM Remote Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

SAP ERP HCM is a set of enterprise human resource management solutions from SAP. A security vulnerability exists in SAP ERP HCM version 3.0, which stems from the program's failure to perform authorized checks on reports of payroll data. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to gain access t...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4076-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4076-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Serial Attached SCSI SAS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use...

ThreatList: Human Error is Behind One Quarter of Data Breaches

One quarter of all data breaches last year were caused by human error. The average cost of all breach in the same time period was $3.92 million, a 1.5 percent increase from the year before. Click to enlarge. That’s according to the 14th annual Cost of a Data Breach report from the Ponemon Institu...