CVE-2019-14077

CVE-2019-14077 is a memory-about-out-of-bounds issue in Snapdragon SoCs where an ese transmit command can corrupt memory by using a user-supplied Response buffer. Affected products span Qualcomm-based hardware in Snapdragon Auto/Compute/Connectivity/IoT/Industrial IoT, including various Snapdrago...

CVE-2019-14043

Out of bound read in Fingerprint application due to requested data is being used without length check in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure a...

CVE-2019-14038

CVE-2019-14038 is a buffer over-read in the ADSP parse function caused by a missing check for sufficient data payload in a Qualcomm Snapdragon ADSP command response. Affected are Snapdragon products across multiple lines (Auto, Compute, Consumer IOT, Industrial IOT, IoT, Mobile, Voice & Music, We...

NSA Warns of Sandworm Backdoor Attacks on Mail Servers

The Russia-linked APT group Sandworm has been spotted exploiting a vulnerability in the internet’s top email server software, according to the National Security Agency NSA. The bug exists in the Exim Mail Transfer Agent MTA software, an open-source offering used on Linux and Unix-like systems. It...

Critical Cisco Bug in Unified CCX Allows Remote Code Execution

Cisco has hurried out a fix out for a critical remote code-execution flaw in its customer interaction management solution, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express CCX. Cisco’s Unified CCX software is touted as a “contact center in a box” that allows companies to deploy customer-care applications. Th...

Cybersecurity best practices to implement highly secured devices

Almost three years ago, we published The Seven Properties of Highly Secured Devices, which introduced a new standard for IoT security and argued, based on an analysis of best-in-class devices, that seven properties must be present on every standalone device that connects to the internet in order ...

Bluetooth Impersonation Attacks Affect Legions of Devices

Academic researchers have uncovered security vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Classic that allows attackers to spoof paired devices: They found that the bugs allow an attacker to insert a rogue device into an established Bluetooth pairing, masquerading as a trusted endpoint. This allows attackers to...

Adobe Patches Critical RCE Flaw in Character Animator App

Adobe has issued an out-of-band patch for a critical flaw in Adobe Character Animator, its application for creating live motion-capture animation videos. The flaw can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute code on affected systems. The flaw CVE-2020-9586 is found in versions 3.2 and earlier...

Ransomware Gang Arrested for Spreading Locky to Hospitals

A cybercriminal gang have been arrested for spreading the Locky ransomware among hospitals, among other crimes. In an operation spearheaded by Romania’s law enforcement department, four people have been taken into custody after their houses were raided – three in Romania and one in neighboring...

Bluetooth devices supporting LE and specific BR/EDR implementations are vulnerable to method confusion attacks

Overview Bluetooth Low Energy BLE and Basic Rate / Enhanced Data Rate BR/EDR Core Configurations are used for low-power short-range communications. To establish an encrypted connection, two Bluetooth devices must pair with each other using an agreed upon Association Model. It is possible for an...

Hoaxcalls Botnet Exploits Symantec Secure Web Gateways

Cyberattackers are targeting a post-authentication remote code-execution vulnerability in Symantec Secure Web Gateways as part of new Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnet attacks. Hoaxcalls first emerged in late March, as a variant of the Gafgyt/Bashlite family; it’s named after the domain used to host its...

This Week in Security News: How Researchers Used an App Store to Demonstrate Hacks on a Factory and Microsoft Again Surpasses 100 Vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, read about how researchers at Trend Micro used an app store to demonstrate hacks on a manufacturing facility. Also, learn about this month’s...

BEC Gang Exploits G Suite, Long Domain Names in Cyberattacks

Business email compromise BEC attacks continue to be a thorn in companies’ sides, with the FBI in its IC3 annual cybercrime report saying that the attacks cost victims $1.7 billion in 2019. Making matters worse, BEC cybergangs are turning to new tactics and tricks to avoid detection and capitaliz...

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Securing Smart Manufacturing

“Alexa, turn on the TV.” ”Get it yourself.” This nightmare scenario could play out millions of times unless people take steps to protect their IoT devices. The situation is even worse in industrial settings. Smart manufacturing, that is, Industry 4.0, relies on tight integration between IT system...

Used Tesla Components Contain Personal Information

Used Tesla components, sold on eBay, still contain personal information, even after a factory reset. This is a decades-old problem. It's a problem with used hard drives. It's a problem with used photocopiers and printers. It will be a problem with IoT devices. It'll be a problem with everything,...

Kaiji IoT malware brute-forces Linux devices for DDoS attacks

By Sudais Asif A rare aspect of this IoT malware is that it was written from scratch. Usually, we have seen IoT malware coded in C or C++ yet Kaiji... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kaiji IoT malware brute-forces Linux devices for DDoS attacks...

Microsoft Shells Out $100K for IoT Security

Microsoft has launched a bug-bounty program for its Azure Sphere offering, which is a security suite for the internet of things IoT that encompasses hardware, OS and cloud elements. The top reward will come in at $100,000. The Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge is an expansion of a program...

New Kaiji Botnet Targets IoT, Linux Devices

A new botnet has been infecting internet of things IoT devices and Linux-based servers, to then leverage them in distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. The malware, dubbed Kaiji, has been written from scratch, which researchers say is “rare in the IoT botnet landscape” today. Kaiji, which wa...

Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge Now Open

The Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge is an expansion of Azure Security Lab, announced at Black Hat in August 2019. At that time, a select group of talented researchers was invited to come and do their worst, emulating criminal hackers in a customer-safe cloud environment. This new researc...