Achieve Continuous Security and Compliance with the CIS Critical Security Controls

For InfoSec pros, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the constant noise from cybersecurity industry players — vendors, research firms, consultants, industry groups, government regulators and media outlets. A good antidote for this hyperactive chatter is to refocus on foundational InfoSec practices...

Best Practices for Deployment of CITRIX SD-WAN

To configure the management access of SDWAN in a secure manner. https://docs.netscaler.com/en-us/citrix-sd-wan Citrix SD-WAN editions are typically deployed in an enterprise private network. We recommend that you deploy the Citrix SD-WAN solution wherein the management IPs are accessible only fro...

Internet Bug Bounty: Format string implementation vulnerability, resulting in code execution

In a security audit to the sprintf implementation in perl version 5.24.1 I found a major security vulnerability, here are the full details. Timeline: ====== 6th of May, 2017 - disclosure to the PERL security mailing list 8th of May, 2017 - vulnerability confirmed by PERL's security group, found...

Razer US: Database credentials leak on the https://razer-id.razerzone.com/

The tester discovered database parameters left around in a YAML file that was publicly visible. The credentials were for a database that was no longer in use and never stored sensitive data, but we consider this a good find anyway because this was out of bounds of our security practices. I...

NetScaler 10.1, 10.5, 11.0, 11.1 and 12.0 Builds Temporarily Offline

Citrix SD-WAN, formerly NetScaler SD-WAN UPDATE: New builds are now available. Please seehttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX227928 for more information. Original article text: Due to an issue found in the builds, NetScaler 10.1, 10.5, 11.0, 11.1 and 12.0 builds are not available for download...

Tor Project Brings Security Slider Feature to Android App Orfox

Tor Project developers recently bolstered Orfox, a Tor Browser for Android devices, to help privacy-conscious mobile browsers better customize their security. Tor Project developers partnered with the Guardian Project to release the first iteration of the app last December. It’s essentially an...

Legal Robot: No notification of change email feature

A security researcher suggested that we add a notification when a user changes their email - thanks @gujjuboy10x00! Thanks @danrubins for quick response and adding new feature. as discussed with @danrubins , they just wanted to add some security features and security best practices , so i suggest...

FCC Promotes Best Practices for SS7 Communications

The Federal Communications Commission FCC has released a public notice encouraging communications service providers to voluntarily use security best practices recommended by the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council CSRIC, a federal advisory committee to the FCC. Thes...

General Motors and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) iOS Client

CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: General Motors GM, Shanghai OnStar SOS Equipment: SOS iOS Client Vulnerabilities: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information, Man-in-the-Middle, Improper Authentication REPOSTED INFORMATION This advisory was originall...

Symantec VIP Access DLL Pre-Loading

SUMMARY Symantec has released an update to address an issue that was discovered in Symantec Validation & Identification Protection VIP Access for Desktop. AFFECTED PRODUCTS Symantec VIP Access --- CVE | Affected Versions | Remediation CVE-2017-6329 | Prior to 2.2.4 | Upgrade to 2.2.4 ISSUES...

Call for Papers: Qualys Security Conference 2017

Our annual user conference, QSC17, is quickly approaching and we are looking for customer presentations that showcase hot topics related to security and best practices via case studies leveraging the use of Qualys technologies. If you would like to be considered as a presenter, please send a...

Complaint Alleges Hotspot Shield VPN Engages in Deceptive Trade Practices

A complaint has been filed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging that a free VPN service marketed as a provider of secure and anonymous internet access shares user data and redirects traffic to partners, including online advertising companies. The Center for Democracy and Technology CDT...

Exploit for CVE-2017-8464

CVE-2017-8464-exp-generator this tool can generate a exp for c...

The U.S. Department of Justice is how to build a vulnerability disclosure plan framework-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The U.S. Department of Justice（DOJ criminal sector of the network security division recently created the“online system vulnerability disclosure framework”, designed to help organizations develop a formal vulnerability disclosure program. ! In fact, now more and more business organizations have...

Three Telltale Signs a Hacker Has Been in Your Account

Imperva’s latest Hacker Intelligence Initiative HII report, Beyond Takeover - Stories from a Hacked Account, was just released. With this research, we set forth to learn about the dynamics of phishing attacks from the victim’s perspective and shed some light on attacker practices. Our intent was ...

Considerations When Creating a Platform Layer in Citrix App Layering 4-x or higher

The objective of this article is to inform Citrix customers and partners about the best practices when creating a Platform Layer in Citrix App Layering 4.x. The Platform Layer is used to install drivers and software specific to a particular platform like PVS or MCS. The Platform Layer enables App...

Cleaning House: Maintaining an accurate and relevant vulnerability management program

When Nexpose launched in the early 2000s, technology was vastly different from the world we live in today: most people connected to the internet over dial-up modems, personal computers were shared within the household, and televisions were still set-top boxes. Technology has evolved dramatically...

Countdown to GDPR: Prioritize Vulnerability Remediation

The EU’s GDPR General Data Protection Regulation demands that organizations stringently protect EU residents’ data they hold, share and process, which requires having solid InfoSec practices, including threat prioritization. No, there is no specific mention of prioritization of vulnerability...

AWS CIS Benchmark Tool: Prowler

Tool based on AWS-CLI commands for AWS account hardening, following guidelines of the CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark 1.1 . It covers hardening and security best practices for all regions related to: Identity and Access Management 24 checks Logging 8 checks Monitoring 15 checks...

Websites Grabbing User-Form Data Before It's Submitted

Websites are sending information prematurely: ...we discovered NaviStone's code on sites run by Acurian, Quicken Loans, a continuing education center, a clothing store for plus-sized women, and a host of other retailers. Using Javascript, those sites were transmitting information from people as...