Microsoft Pushes Azure Users to Patch Linux Systems

Microsoft is warning customers that some Azure installations are vulnerable to a recently-disclosed critical Linux Exim mail server flaw that is under active attack. The warning comes after a widespread worm campaign was disclosed on Friday, targeting a flaw in the Exim mail transport agent MTA,...

Prevent the impact of a Linux worm by updating Exim (CVE-2019-10149)

This week, MSRC confirmed the presence of an active Linux worm leveraging a critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerability, CVE-2019-10149, in Linux Exim email servers running Exim version 4.87 to 4.91. Microsoft Azure infrastructure and Services are not affected; only customer’s Linux IaaS...

Partial Physical Address Leakage Advisory

Summary: A potential security vulnerability in some microprocessors may allow partial information disclosure via local access. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2019-0174 Description: Logic condition in specific microprocessors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable partial physica...

FBI Releases Article on Protected Voices Campaign

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article on the Protected Voices initiative designed to mitigate the risk of cyber influence operations targeting U.S. elections. As part of the initiative, FBI offices are coordinating with political campaigns at the local, state, and federa...

Google Is Finally Making Chrome Extensions More Secure

Third-party developers don't always build extensions with security best practices in mind. Now Google is taking steps to better protect user data...

First American Financial Corp. Data Records Leak

Krebs on Security is reporting a massive data leak by the real estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp. "The title insurance agency collects all kinds of documents from both the buyer and seller, including Social Security numbers, drivers licenses, account statements, and eve...

Google Stored G Suite Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005

Google stored G Suite passwords in plaintext for almost 15 years, the cloud giant acknowledged on Tuesday evening. G Suite, Google’s brand of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products, has more than 5 million users as of February. Google said that it recently...

Schneider Electric Modicon Controllers (Update A)

GENERAL SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS We strongly recommend the following industry cybersecurity best practices. https://www.se.com/us/en/download/document/7EN52-0390/ Locate control and safety system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from the business network. Install...

Why Isn't GDPR Being Enforced?

Politico has a long article making the case that the lead GDPR regulator, Ireland, has too cozy a relationship with Silicon Valley tech companies to effectively regulate their privacy practices. Despite its vows to beef up its threadbare regulatory apparatus, Ireland has a long history of caterin...

Sophisticated threats plague ailing healthcare industry

The healthcare industry is no longer circling the drain, but it's still in critical condition. While many organizations in healthcare have aimed at or made positive strides toward a more robust cybersecurity and privacy posture, they still have a long way to go. In 2018, healthcare had the highes...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update (March)

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

Facebook Could Be Fined Up To $5 Billion Over Privacy Violations

Facebook expects to face a massive fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission FTC as the result of an investigation into its privacy policies—that's about one month's revenue for the social media giant. To be clear the amount of fine is not what the FTC has announced or hinted yet...

Facebook May Face $5 Billion FTC Fine for Data Misuse

UPDATE Facebook may be facing fines as high as $5 billion after a year-long Federal Trade Commission FTC investigation into its data-security practices. Though it wasn’t mentioned in its earnings call on Wednesday, the social-media giant in a release for its Q1 2019 earnings said that it was...

Call For Customer Presentations at Black Hat USA 2019!

Tell your security story to your peers at Black Hat USA 2019! Qualys is looking for customers excited to share your security story, for example: How you integrate security into DevOps Best practices for building security into modern enterprises Case studies leveraging the use of the Qualys Cloud...

Intel® Core Processors Memory Mapping Advisory

Summary: A potential security vulnerability in some microprocessors may allow information disclosure. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2019-0162 Description: Memory access in virtual memory mapping for some microprocessors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information...

Omron CX-Programmer

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.6 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit Vendor: Omron Equipment: CX-Programmer within CX-One Vulnerability: Use After Free 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute code under the privileges of the...

Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes 1.3 Million Users' Personal Data

The Georgia Institute of Technology, well known as Georgia Tech, has confirmed a data breach that has exposed personal information of 1.3 million current and former faculty members, students, staff and student applicants. In a brief note published Tuesday, Georgia Tech says an unknown outside...

Imperva Wins CRN 5-Star Partner Program 3rd Year in a Row. Here are Some Stats Behind Why.

A lot goes into building a good IT channel program. A truly-effective program should meet the vendor’s needs while also delivering attractive benefits to our partners. A successful channel program should deliver a number of key elements, including: partner profitability partner self-service acces...

MS-ISAC Releases Security Primer on LockerGoga Ransomware

The Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center MS-ISAC has released a Security Primer on LockerGoga Ransomware—a type of malicious software, or malware, designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. Ransomware can be devastating to an individual or an...

Server side request forgery (ssrf)

In BIG-IP 11.5.1-11.5.8 and 11.6.1-11.6.3, the Configuration Utility login page may not follow best security practices when handling a malicious request...