CVE-2018-2473: Undefined Security Weakness

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server, versions 4.1 and 4.2, when using Web Intelligence Richclient 3 tiers mode gateway allows an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service, either by crashing or flooding the service...

CVE-2018-2483: Improper Authentication

HTTP Verb Tampering is possible in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, versions 4.1 and 4.2, Central Management Console CMC by changing request method...

PT-2018-15598

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform versions 4.1 through 4.2 Description The issue allows for HTTP Verb Tampering in the Central Management Console CMC by changing the request method. Recommendations For SAP BusinessObjects...

PT-2018-15595

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform BIWorkspace versions 4.1 and 4.2 Description The issue is related to insufficient encoding of user-controlled inputs, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting XSS issue. Recommendations For version...

PT-2018-15589

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform Server versions 4.1 and 4.2 Description The issue allows an attacker to prevent legitimate users from accessing a service by either crashing or flooding it, specifically when Web Intelligence...

New Boom in Facial Recognition Tech Prompts Privacy Alarms

Somewhat quietly over the past couple of years there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial recognition systems. Now facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. Last...

Hackertarget - Tools And Network Intelligence To Help Organizations With Attack Surface Discovery

Use open source tools and network intelligence to help organizations with attack surface discovery and identification of security vulnerabilities. Identification of an organizations vulnerabilities is an impossible task without tactical intelligence on the network footprint. By combining open...

Pentagon Draws Back the Veil on APT Malware with Sudden Embrace of VirusTotal

The Pentagon has suddenly started uploading malware samples from APTs and other nation-state sources to the website VirusTotal, which is essentially a malware zoo that’s used by security pros and antivirus/malware detection engines to gain a better understanding of the threat landscape. The Cyber...

Partner Perspectives: Endpoint Phishing Incident Response with Cofense Intelligence and Cb Response

Mike Saurbaugh is the Director of Technical Alliances for Cofense. Hunting Phished Endpoints with Cofense Intelligence™ and Carbon Black Ransomware, business email compromise BEC, malware infections and credential-based theft all primarily stem from a single vector of compromise - phishing...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK (July 2018) affecting IBM Application Delivery Intelligence V5.0.5 and V5.0.4 (CVE-2016-0705, CVE 2017-3732, CVE 2017-3736, and CVE-2018-2973)

Summary Multiple vulnerabilities are identified in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition Version 1.7 and Version 1.8 that are used by IBM Application Delivery Intelligence V5.0.4 and V5.0.5 respectively. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018. Vulnerability Detai...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : IP Intelligence Feed List vulnerability (K11464209)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 11.5.6 / 11.6.3 / 12.1.2 HF1 / 13.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K11464209 advisory. - X509 certificate verification was not correctly implemented in the IP Intelligence Subscriptio...

Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability has been Identified in Websphere Application Server Shipped with Predictive Customer Intelligence (CVE-2014-7810)

Summary Websphere Application Server is shipped with Predictive Customer Intelligence. Information about a security vulnerability affecting Websphere Application Server has been published in a security bulletin. Vulnerability Details Please consult the security bulletin Security Bulletin: Potenti...

Threat Intelligence, the Dark Web and Information sharing: Supporting improved protection

There are numerous different elements and obstacles that contribute to the challenges of data protection in the current threat environment. However, a leading issue is ensuring protection against the latest, emerging attack styles and breach strategies. After all, how can an organization ensure t...

Security vulnerabilities have been identified in products shipped with IBM Planning Analytics Express and IBM Cognos Express

Summary IBM Planning Analytics and IBM Cognos Analytics are shipped with IBM Planning Analytics Express. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting IBM Planning Analytics and IBM Cognos Analytics has been published in security bulletins. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos T...

Splunk Discovery Day Moscow 2018

Today I attended the Splunk Discovery Day 2018 conference. It is something like a local equivalent of the famous Splunk .conf. More than 200 people have registered. The event was held in the luxury Baltschug Kempinski hotel in the very center of Moscow with a beautiful view of the Red Square and...

Cell Phone Security and Heads of State

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump's personal cell phone and using the information gleaned to better influence his behavior. This should surprise no one. Security experts have been talking about the potenti...

Debunking AI’s Impact on the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Artificial intelligence is the latest buzzword to take hold of the cybersecurity industry. It is being touted, among other things, as the ultimate solution to the cybersecurity skills gap. But just how accurate is this belief? Will AI be the cure to all of our cybersecurity ailments, as human...

Beers with Talos EP40: BWT XL feat. SuperMicro, Giant Patches, and More Mobile Malware

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 40 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Ep. 40 show notes: Recorded Oct. 19, 2018 — In celebration of episode No. 40 and hitting over 1 million downloads!!!, we go XL...

China's Hacking of the Border Gateway Protocol

This is a long -- and somewhat technical -- paper by Chris C. Demchak and Yuval Shavitt about China's repeated hacking of the Internet Border Gateway Protocol BGP: "China's Maxim ­ Leave No Access Point Unexploited: The Hidden Story of China Telecom's BGP Hijacking." BGP hacking is how large...

Partner Perspectives: The Power of Shared Intelligence: Juniper Sky ATP and Cb Response

Scott Emo is the Director of Field Readiness, Security, for Juniper Networks. Uncover and Mitigate the Most Sophisticated Cyber Attacks The rapid growth of emerging technologies, combined with an increasing number of connected devices running business-critical applications in highly distributed...