Introducing the 2020 Vulnerability Intelligence Report: 50 CVEs that Made Headlines in 2020

2020 was a tumultuous year for vulnerability risk management. Defenders had to contend with a growing volume of high-priority security threats, many of them in internet-facing technologies deployed to enable and secure a suddenly remote workforce. New communications from the U.S. National Securit...

Akamai Startup Program: Fostering Innovation

Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, continues to focus on innovation by launching Cohort 2 of the Akamai Startup program. Started in India in 2019, the Akamai Startup program leverages the startup ecosystem to drive Akamai's strategic priorities...

Is IoT ever really yours?

When we buy a product, we generally assume that it’s ours and that we own it, right? The question of ownership gets quite interesting when we look at music – you might remember the alleged 2012 spat between Bruce Willis and Apple over ownership of iTunes purchases. It gets even more interesting...

D-Link, IoT Devices Under Attack By Tor-Based Gafgyt Variant

Researchers have discovered what they say is the first variant of the Gafgyt botnet family to cloak its activity using the Tor network. Gafgyt, a botnet that was uncovered in 2014, has become infamous for launching large-scale distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. Researchers first discover...

Microsoft brings advanced hardware security to Server and Edge with Secured-core

A cursory look at recent headlines reveals two clear trends. First, organizations around the world are embracing digital transformation using technologies across cloud and edge computing to better serve their customers and thrive in fast-paced environments. Second, attackers are constantly...

Microsoft brings advanced hardware security to Server and Edge with Secured-core

A cursory look at recent headlines reveals two clear trends. First, organizations around the world are embracing digital transformation using technologies across cloud and edge computing to better serve their customers and thrive in fast-paced environments. Second, attackers are constantly...

CVE-2021-24087

Azure IoT CLI extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability...

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Azure IoT CLI extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability...

CVE-2021-24087 Azure IoT CLI extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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CVE-2021-24087

CVE-2021-24087 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting the Azure IoT CLI extension. The CVE is documented by NVD with CVSSv3.1 base score 7.8 (high) and a local, low-attack-complexity vector, indicating attacker requires local access and low privileges to exploit, with no user intera...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM MessageGateway (CVE-2020-14803, CVE-2020-27221)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Runtime Environment Java Version 8.0 used by IBM MessageGateway These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January, 2021. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-14803 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE coul...

Daycare Webcam Service Exposes 12,000 User Accounts

NurseryCam, a webcam service used across 40 daycare centers in the U.K. by parents who want to keep a watchful eye on their babies, has shut down following a data breach. The breach exposed the personal data of about 12,000 users to an attacker who said he or she was trying to improve the service...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java Runtime affects IBM MessageGateway

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM Runtime Environment Java Version 8.0 used by IBM MessageGateway. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October, 2020. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-14782 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the...

Securing Azure datacenters with continuous IoT/OT monitoring

Figure 1: Industrial cooling system for datacenters. As more intelligent devices and machinery become connected to the internet, Operational Technology OT and the Internet of Things IoT have become part of your enterprise network infrastructure—and a growing security risk. With every new factory...

Securing Azure datacenters with continuous IoT/OT monitoring

Figure 1: Industrial cooling system for datacenters. As more intelligent devices and machinery become connected to the internet, Operational Technology OT and the Internet of Things IoT have become part of your enterprise network infrastructure—and a growing security risk. With every new factory...

CVE-2020-11297

Denial of service in WLAN module due to improper check of subtypes in logic where excessive frames are dropped in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile,...

CVE-2020-3664

Out of bound read access in hypervisor due to an invalid read access attempt by passing invalid addresses in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructu...

CVE-2020-11281

Allowing RTT frames to be linked with non randomized MAC address by comparing the sequence numbers can lead to information disclosure. in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT,...

CVE-2020-11277

Possible race condition during async fastrpc session after sending RPC message due to the fastrpc ctx gets free during async session in Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile...

CVE-2020-11253

Arbitrary memory write issue in video driver while setting the internal buffers in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile...