CVE-2020-36322

A denial of service flaw was found in fusedogetattr in fs/fuse/dir.c in the kernel side of the FUSE filesystem in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. Mitigation As the FUSE module will be auto-loaded when required, its use can be disabled by preventing the modu...

Who has the fastest F1 website in 2021? Part 8

This is part 8 in a multi-part series looking at the loading performance of F1 websites. Not interested in F1? It shouldn't matter. This is just a performance review of 10 recently-built/updated sites that have broadly the same goal, but are built by different teams, and have different performanc...

CVE-2021-1386

A vulnerability in the dynamic link library DLL loading mechanism in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints Windows Connector, ClamAV for Windows, and Immunet could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack on an affected Windows system. To exploit this...

Input validation

A vulnerability in the dynamic link library DLL loading mechanism in Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints Windows Connector, ClamAV for Windows, and Immunet could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack on an affected Windows system. To exploit this...

Hackers From China Target Vietnamese Military and Government

A hacking group related to a Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam. The attacks have been attributed with low confidence to the advanced persistent threat APT called Cycldek or Goblin Panda,...

Hackers From China Target Vietnamese Military and Government

A hacking group related to a Chinese-speaking threat actor has been linked to an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam. The attacks have been attributed with low confidence to the advanced persistent threat APT called Cycldek or Goblin Panda,...

Cisco Aironet Access Points Code Execution

The vulnerability of Microprogrammed Software in Cisco Aironet Access Points is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code during the loading process...

vRealize Operations API Upload

The vulnerability of the API interface of the virtual infrastructure monitoring tool vRealize Operations is related to the unlimited loading of malicious files. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to upload malicious files...

The leap of a Cycldek-related threat actor

Introduction In the nebula of Chinese-speaking threat actors, it is quite common to see tools and methodologies being shared. One such example of this is the infamous "DLL side-loading triad": a legitimate executable, a malicious DLL to be sideloaded by it, and an encoded payload, generally dropp...

CVE-2021-1779

A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges...

CVE-2021-1779

A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges...

CVE-2021-1779

A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges...

CVE-2021-1779

CVE-2021-1779 affects the IOKit component on macOS (Big Sur 11.0.1, Catalina 10.15.7, Mojave 10.14.6). A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling, allowing an application to potentially execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Apple lists remediation in macOS B...

CVE-2021-1779: Undefined Security Weakness

A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges...

PT-2021-17898

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Pillow versions prior to 8.2.0 Description: An issue was discovered in Pillow where PSDImagePlugin.PsdImageFile lacked a sanity check on the number of input layers relative to the size of the data block. This could lead to a Denial of Service...

WebReports Unrestricted File Upload Code Execution

The vulnerability of the WebReports report server is related to the unlimited download of malicious files. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to download malicious files and execute arbitrary code...

Hackers are implanting multiple backdoors at industrial targets in Japan

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details of a sophisticated campaign that deploys malicious backdoors for the purpose of exfiltrating information from a number of industry sectors located in Japan. Dubbed "A41APT" by Kaspersky researchers, the findings delve into a new slew of attac...

Who has the fastest F1 website in 2021? Part 4

This is part 4 in a multi-part series looking at the loading performance of F1 websites. Not interested in F1? It shouldn't matter. This is just a performance review of 10 recently-built/updated sites that have broadly the same goal, but are built by different teams, and have different performanc...

Cisco IOS XE Code Execution

The vulnerability of Cisco IOS XE operating systems exists due to incorrect checking of arguments passed in the loading script. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Linux-based device...

AZL-44838 CVE-2021-20206 affecting package buildah for versions less than 1.41.4-2

An improper limitation of path name flaw was found in containernetworking/cni in versions before 0.8.1. When specifying the plugin to load in the 'type' field in the network configuration, it is possible to use special elements such as "../" separators to reference binaries elsewhere on the syste...