2023 OWASP Top-10 Series: Introduction

In early June 2023, OWASP released the final version of the OWASP API Security Top-10 list update. At that time we published a “hot take” on this final version and followed that up with an in-depth look at the new risk ratings for 2023. Today we’re kicking off a multi-post series in which we take...

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 Programmable Logic Controller Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt (CVE-2020-28214)

A CWE-760: Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 all references, all versions, that could allow an attacker to pre-compute the hash value using dictionary attack technique such as rainbow tables, effectively disabling the protection that an unpredictab...

Schneider Electric Modicon M221 Programmable Logic Controller Small Space of Random Values (CVE-2020-7566)

A CWE-334: Small Space of Random Values vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 all references, all versions that could allow the attacker to break the encryption keys when the attacker has captured the traffic between EcoStruxure Machine - Basic software and Modicon M221 controller. This plugin onl...

Policy Compliance Library Updates, February 2020

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

Policy Compliance Library Updates, December 2019

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

Policy Compliance Library Updates, October 2019

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

Schneider Electric IIoT Monitor (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: IIoT Monitor --------- Begin Update A Part 1 of 2 -------- Vulnerabilities: Path Traversal, Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, XXE, Cryptographic Issues...

Major Carriers AT&T, Comcast Continue to Lag in EFF Privacy Report

While many companies have made strides when it comes to how they handle transparency and government requests post-Snowden, major telecoms such as AT&T and Verizon continue to lag behind. Despite publishing transparency reports within the last year, the two companies scored the lowest on the...

CanSecWest: Caution, community at play

CanSecWest, in beautiful Vancouver BC, is one of my favorite conferences each year. It’s a cozy little security con that brings together security researchers from all parts of the security ecosystem. Like a PhNeutral or a BlueHat, one never quite knows what to expect out of a CanSecWest, but we d...