Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, a virtual conference hosted by The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology SSIT, July 23-25, 2021. I’m speaking at DEFCON 29, August 5-8, 2021. Im speaking via Internet ...

The vulnerability of the microprogrammed software of Western Digital’s WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo storage devices arises from the failure to eliminate the special components used in the operating system commands. This vulnerability allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary commands.

The vulnerability of the microprogrammed software for Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo exists due to the lack of measures taken to neutralize the special elements used in the operating system’s command set. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute...

The vulnerability of Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo disk storage devices stems from authentication procedures that have flaws. This allows attackers to reset the device to its factory settings.

The vulnerability of the microprogrammed software in Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo storage devices is related to deficiencies in authentication procedures. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to cause service failures remotely...

BIOPASS RAT Uses Live Streaming Steal Victims’ Data

Online gambling companies in China are being targeted by a new remote access trojan RAT which, in addition to its predictable features — like file assessment and exfiltration — takes the novel approach of using live streaming to spy on the screens of its victims. The malware was identified by a...

Akamai Helps Q-dance Bring Its Tribe to Defqon.1 at Home -- a Global Virtual Festival Experience

By: Ina Christova Every year, Q-dance part of the ID&T group, a Dutch electronic music experience company, delights its die-hard fans or their "tribe" at the world's largest hardstyle festival, Defqon.1. Helicopters, simulated earthquakes, special moments like Power Hour, and amazing shows make u...

MGASA-2021-0313 Updated live packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated live packages fix security vulnerabilities: Live555 before 2019.08.16 has a Use-After-Free because GenericMediaServer::createNewClientSessionWithId can generate the same client session ID in succession, which is mishandled by the MPEG1or2 and Matroska file demultiplexors CVE-2019-15232...

`export default thing` is different to `export { thing as default }`

Dominic Elm DM'd me on Twitter to ask me questions about circular dependencies, and, well, I didn't know the answer. After some testing, discussion, and ahem chatting to the V8 team, we figured it out, but I learned something new about JavaScript along the way. I'm going to leave the circular...

Kudos Live has a flawed logic vulnerability

Kudou Live, formerly Fanxing Live, is an online video interactive performing arts platform created by Kudou in 2012. There is a logic flaw vulnerability in Kudou Live, which can be exploited by attackers to hijack plaintext messages and inject malicious programs into Kudou Live upgrade, leading t...

Episode 124: PrintNightmare 0Day Exploit Accidentally Leaked Online

Security researchers accidentally leaked zero-day exploit code for a new Windows bug, now called PrintNightmare, while easily exploitable vulnerabilities in the ProfilePress plugin, previously called WP User Avatar, were patched quickly. An unprotected cloud database containing over 814 million...

Western Digital My Book Live End of Life (EOL) Detection

The remote Western Digital My Book Live device has reached the End of Life EOL / End of Updates EOU and should not be used anymore. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

Western Digital WD My Book Live Operating System Command Injection Vulnerability

Western Digital WD My Book Live is a network storage device from Western Digital. An operating system command injection vulnerability exists in all versions of Western Digital WD My Book Live. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute commands...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2021:2198-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2198-1 advisory. This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-57 fixes several issues. The following issues were fixed: - CVE-2021-3489: Fixed an issue where the eBP...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Western Digital WD My Book Live

Western Digital WD My Book Live is a network storage device from Western Digital. A security vulnerability exists in Western Digital WD My Book Live 2.x and earlier versions and WD My Book Live Duo, which stems from the fact that the products have an administrator API that can be exploited by an...

CVE-2021-35941

Western Digital WD My Book Live 2.x and later and WD My Book Live Duo all versions have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472...

CVE-2021-35941

Western Digital WD My Book Live 2.x and later and WD My Book Live Duo all versions have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472...

Authentication flaw

Western Digital WD My Book Live 2.x and later and WD My Book Live Duo all versions have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472...

CVE-2021-35941

Western Digital WD My Book Live 2.x and later and WD My Book Live Duo all versions have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472...

CVE-2021-35941

CVE-2021-35941 affects Western Digital WD My Book Live (2.x and later) and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions). The issue is an unauthenticated administrator API that can perform a system factory restore, as described in public records and exploited in the wild in June 2021. CVSS metrics (3.1) ind...

CVE-2021-35941

Western Digital WD My Book Live 2.x and later and WD My Book Live Duo all versions have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability...