Microsoft Releases June 2020 Security Patches For 129 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft today released its June 2020 batch of software security updates that patches a total of 129 newly discovered vulnerabilities affecting various versions of Windows operating systems and related products. This is the third Patch Tuesday update since the beginning of the global Covid-19...

SolarWinds MSP PME Cache Service 1.1.14 - Insecure File Permissions

Title: SolarWinds MSP PME Cache Service 1.1.14 - Insecure File Permissions Author: Jens Regel, Schneider & Wulf EDV-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG Date: 2020-05-06 Vendor: https://www.solarwindsmsp.com/ CVE: CVE-2020-12608 GitHub: https://github.com/jensregel/Advisories/tree/master/CVE-2020-12608 CVSSv3:...

This Week in Security News: 7 Tips for Security Pros Patching in a Pandemic and Coinminer, DDoS Bot Attack Docker Daemon Ports

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 a malicious cryptocurrency miner and Distributed Denial of Service DDoS bot that targets open Docker daemon ports. Also, learn...

SolarWinds MSP PME (Patch Management Engine) Cache Service Code Execution Vulnerability

SolarWinds Advanced Monitoring Agent is a set of monitoring agent software from SolarWinds, Inc. The software is mainly used for remote monitoring and management of servers, etc. SolarWinds MSP PME Cache Service is one of the patch management engine cache service. A security vulnerability exists ...

CVE-2020-12608

An issue was discovered in SolarWinds MSP PME Patch Management Engine Cache Service before 1.1.15 in the Advanced Monitoring Agent. There are insecure file permissions for %PROGRAMDATA%\SolarWinds MSP\SolarWinds.MSP.CacheService\config. This can lead to code execution by changing the...

CVE-2020-12608

Summary (concrete details known): The vulnerability CVE-2020-12608 affects SolarWinds MSP PME (Patch Management Engine) Cache Service in the Advanced Monitoring Agent, with versions before 1.1.15. The root cause is insecure file permissions on the config directory under %PROGRAMDATA%\SolarWinds M...

SolarWinds MSP PME Cache Service Insecure File Permissions / Code Execution Exploit

SolarWinds MSP PME Cache Service versions prior to 1.1.15 suffer from insecure file permission and code execution vulnerabilities. Title: SolarWinds MSP PME Cache Service - Insecure File Permissions / Code Execution Author: Jens Regel, Schneider & Wulf EDV-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG GitHub:...

Enterprise VPN Security

Summary As organizations prepare for possible impacts of Coronavirus Disease 2019 COVID-19, many may consider alternate workplace options for their employees. Remote work options—or telework—require an enterprise virtual private network VPN solution to connect employees to an organization’s...

Serious Exchange Flaw Still Plagues 350K Servers

Over 80 percent of exposed Exchange servers are still vulnerable to a severe vulnerability – nearly two months after the flaw was patched, and after researchers warned that multiple threat groups were exploiting it. The vulnerability in question CVE-2020-0688 exists in the control panel of...

Firefox Bug Opens iPhone AirPods to Third-Party Snooping

Five high-severity bugs were fixed in the Firefox web browser with the release of version 74 by the Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday. In addition, Mozilla reported a quirky moderate-severity flaw that allows hackers to target iPhone users and collect data tied to connected AirPods, if in use. In...

mofo.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1111824 Security Researcher raviakp1004 Helped patch 667 vulnerabilities Received 4 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 5 recommendations , a holder of 4 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting mofo.com website and its...

Chris Eng: Patch Management Challenges Drive 'Security Debt'

Companies are lagging when it comes to keeping up with software security patches – causing them to fall into “security debt,” Chris Eng, chief research officer with Veracode said. Today, challenges around patch management are being worsened by applications using third-party code and open source...

Chris Eng: Patch Management Challenges Drive 'Security Debt'

Companies are lagging when it comes to keeping up with software security patches – causing them to fall into “security debt,” Chris Eng, chief research officer with Veracode said. Today, challenges around patch management are being worsened by applications using third-party code and open source...

Securing the MSP: why they’re their own worst enemy

We've previously discussed threats to managed service providers MSPs, covering their status as a valuable secondary target to both an assortment of APT groups as well as financially motivated threat groups. The problem with covering new and novel attack vectors, however, is that behind each new...

Increased Emotet Malware Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of a recent increase in targeted Emotet malware attacks. Emotet is a sophisticated Trojan that commonly functions as a downloader or dropper of other malware. Emotet primarily spreads via malicious email attachments and attempts t...

Windows Update Warning

Coalfire is issuing this notice to alert our clients about a very important set of updates that were issued by Microsoft, as well as a pre-release announcement released by Oracle. While these are commonly handled through modern enterprise patch management systems, we want to underscore the...

Xen Denial of Service Vulnerability (XSA-301)

According to its self-reported version number, the Xen Hypervisor installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper validation of input data. An authenticated, remote attack can exploit this, via a specially crafted hypercall followed by an access to an...

Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability (CVE-2020-0601) – How to Detect and Remediate

Update January 31, 2020: Client testing is now available at clienttest.ssllabs.com. Update January 15, 2020: Detection dashboard now available. Today, Microsoft released patch for CVE-2020-0601, aka Curveball, a vulnerability in windows "crypt32.dll" component that could allow attackers to perfor...

Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

Summary New vulnerabilities are continually emerging, but the best defense against attackers exploiting patched vulnerabilities is simple: keep software up to date. Timely patching is one of the most efficient and cost-effective steps an organization can take to minimize its exposure to...

Understanding the Risk of Zero-Day Exploits

To protect your home from thieves, the easiest thing you can do is lock your windows and doors every time you leave the house. Similarly, in cybersecurity, the easiest way to protect your network is to keep your hardware and applications up to date with the latest security patches. But how do you...