Android Ad-Fraud Scheme

BuzzFeed is reporting on a scheme where fraudsters buy legitimate Android apps, track users' behavior in order to mimic it in a way that evades bot detectors, and then uses bots to perpetuate an ad-fraud scheme. After being provided with a list of the apps and websites connected to the scheme,...

Reading Privileged Memory with a Side Channel - Lenovo Support US

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Coalfire Teams with Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) for Fall Summit

The Department of Homeland Security DHS charged the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council HSCC with serving as a partnership between the private and public healthcare sectors. To that end, two unique councils were formed: The Healthcare and Public Health Government Coordinating...

Privacy Regulation Could Be a Test for States’ Rights

When the California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA passed in June, security experts applauded the state legislation as a win for consumers. The ruling gave residents certain rights around how their personal data can be stored, accessed, sold and deleted. But months later in September, the U.S. Chamber...

Best Practices for Ultra-Low Latency Streaming Using Chunked-Encoded and Chunk-Transferred CMAF

Over the last 15 years, live streaming services have grown from novelties & experiments in to profitable businesses serving an ever-growing cohort of cord-cutters and cord-nevers. Initial streaming implementations mimicked the workflows of the broadcast world, using custom servers to deliver...

Let’s Continue the Skills Gap Conversation

Most analysis is that the cybersecurity skills gap or shortage is getting worse. ESG reported in CSOOnline that 2018 had the highest levels, at 51%, where organizations "claimed their organization had a problematic shortage of cybersecurity skills." It’s a complex problem, but I believe with...

Chinese Supply Chain Hardware Attack

Bloomberg is reporting about a Chinese espionage operating involving inserting a tiny chip into computer products made in China. I've written about alternate link this threat more generally. Supply-chain security is an insurmountably hard problem. Our IT industry is inexorably international, and...

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Asset Management is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. (CVE-2018-1686)

Summary IBM Maximo Asset Management is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. Vulnerability Details CVEID:...

Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with Asset and Service Management

Summary IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, Maximo Industry Solutions including Maximo for Energy Optimization, Maximo for Government, Maximo for Nuclear Power, Maximo for Transportation, Maximo for Life...

ThreatList: Password Hygiene Remains Lackluster in Global Businesses

When it comes to password behaviors in the workplace, the average business is doing just an okay job, scoring a middling score in a credentials-security benchmarking analysis of organizations’ habits. Notably, the data also shows that password-sharing is still prevalent in the workplace – althoug...

Intel CSME / SPS and TXE Vulnerabilities - Lenovo Support US

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Power Management Controller (PMC) Security Vulnerability in Systems using specific Intel® CSME or SPS firmware versions - Lenovo Support US

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Accelerating PCI Data Security Standard projects with Deep Security as a Service

Does your organization need to meet PCI DSS requirements? Are you struggling with multiple security tools? Or stretching your already overstretched team to prepare for an audit? Time to hit the accelerator with Trend Micro! If your applications deal with credit or payment card data, you need to g...

Once Popular Online Ad Format Opens Top Tier Sites to XSS Attacks

Certain types of online ads that expand, contract and pop-open aren’t just annoying – they can sometimes be dangerous. The ads in question are called expandable ads, which use what is called iFrame Busters code. The ads, together with iFrame Buster code, are designed to break the limits of a...

Leading in Privacy

On September 24, I was pleased to represent Coalfire and private-sector expertise by attending the kickoff for the Privacy Framework at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. The event was attended by notable leaders in the industry and government: The Departments of Transportation and...

BIOS Modules Unprotected by Intel Boot Guard Vulnerable to Physical Attack - Lenovo Support US

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BIOS Modules Unprotected by Intel Boot Guard Vulnerable to Physical Attack - US

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-20527 Potential Impact: Elevation of privilege Severity: High Scope of Impact: Industry-wide CVE Identifier: CVE-2018-9062, CVE-2018-12169 Summary Description: An attacker with unfettered physical access to a system and the skill to disassemble it, may attach a...

Intel CSME / SPS and TXE Vulnerabilities - US

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-22810 Potential Impact: Elevation of privilege, information disclosure, denial of service Severity: High Scope of Impact: Industry-wide CVE Identifier: CVE-2018-3655, CVE-2018-3657, CVE-2018-3658, CVE-2018-3659, CVE-2018-3616 Summary Description: Intel has disclosed...

Power Management Controller (PMC) Security Vulnerability in Systems using specific Intel® CMSE or SPS firmware versions - US

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-22678 Potential Impact: Elevation of Privilege; Information Disclosure Severity: High Scope of Impact: Industry-wide - Systems using specific Intel® Converged Security and Management Engine CSME or Intel® Server Platform Services SPS firmware versions CVE Identifier:...

State Government Online Payment Service Exposes 14M Customers

Details on more than 14 million customer records have been exposed thanks to a security oversight at GovPayNow.com, which as its name implies provides a platform for online payment systems for state and local governments. The company, which according to its website “handles more than 2.1 million...