Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC Part 2b: Career paths and readiness

The “Lessons learned from the Microsoft SOC” blog series is designed to share our approach and experience with security operations center SOC operations, so you can use what we learned to improve your SOC. The learnings in the series come primarily from Microsoft’s corporate IT security operation...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to a...

Register for #CBConnect19 in San Diego Using Code SOCIAL50 to Receive 50% Off

In two months, hundreds of security professionals will gather in San Diego for two days of discussion around the future of endpoint security at CB Connect 2019. The event will take place at Hotel Del Coronado June 4-5 with sweeping views of Coronado beach where attendees will hear from robust...

macOS XNU - Copy-on-Write Behavior Bypass via Mount of User-Owned Filesystem Image

XNU has various interfaces that permit creating copy-on-write copies of data between processes, including out-of-line message descriptors in mach messages. It is important that the copied memory is protected against later modifications by the source process; otherwise, the source process might be...

Sextortion Bitcoin scam makes unwelcome return

Heads up: a particularly nasty sextortion Bitcoin scam from at least the middle of 2018 is making the rounds once again. The scam involves making use of old breach dumps, then emailing someone from the list and reminding them of their old password. When something lands in your mailbox with “Hey,...

Alex Stamos on Content Moderation and Security

Former Facebook CISO Alex Stamos argues that increasing political pressure on social media platforms to moderate content will give them a pretext to turn all end-to-end crypto off -- which would be more profitable for them and bad for society. If we ask tech companies to fix ancient societal ills...

‘Snowden Refugee’ Has No Regrets for Helping Whistleblower

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – Refugee families located in Hong Kong that helped shelter Edward Snowden in 2013 are under crushing pressure to cooperate with local authorities or face deportation to their countries of origin, where they face an uncertain fate. However, despite years of what their lawyer call...

Proper File Integrity Monitoring Critical in Light of Big Breaches & Regulatory Pressure

In light of the recent mega data breaches that have plagued our market over the last year, and the continued escalation of attempted cyberattacks against critical systems during peak periods i.e. the retail sector POS and payment systems, reported in the Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit TAU...

No need for lock picking tools

This is something I knocked up to show how terrible some locks are. I found this one in my garage. It was from when my wife and I went to a Download festival a couple of years back and is a lock from one of those paid-for secure storage places where you can leave your car keys, phone etc. Let's...

WAGO e!DISPLAY 7300T XSS / File Upload / Code Execution

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Remote code execution via multiple attack vectors product: WAGO e!DISPLAY 7300T - WP 4.3 480x272 PIO1 vulnerable version: FW 01 - 01.01.1001 fixed version: FW 02 CVE...

Examining & Evaluating Security Before a “Pressure Event” is Critical…Especially on a Hot Summer Day

There are countless parallels between cyber and physical security. I often use physical security to explain cyber to the uninitiated. The thick walls, soundproofed vents, locks and codes and even the key on the door to Robert Hanssen’s SCIF are mirrored by the malware detectors, firewalls next-ge...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2018:0169 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2018-0169) (deprecated)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:0169 : An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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, ...

clemcoindustries.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-458706 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| clemcoindustries.com Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention...

Cybersecurity Isn’t Always Easy & You’re Not Alone

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on ITSPmagazine.com Information security. We love this job. We have to. We fight upstream in a world where no one really cares; or, at least, no one cares enough to do the bare minimum. We peek behind the curtain and see all the really bad stuff. We...

Kang Kang Smart Blood Pressure Monitor Android app has arbitrary user password reset vulnerability

KangKang Smart Blood Pressure Monitor Android app is a blood pressure management tool client that provides users with the convenience of measuring, recording, analyzing, and viewing. KangKang Smart Blood Pressure Monitor Android app has an arbitrary user password reset vulnerability, a remote...

LinkedIn Hacker, Wanted by US & Russian, Can be Extradited to Either State

The alleged Russian hacker, who was arrested by the Czech police in Prague last October on suspicion of massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, can be extradited to either the United States or Russia, a Czech court ruled on Tuesday. Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, a 29-years-old Russian national, ...

Consuming Cyber-security: The Beginning of a New Era

Overview Can you imagine anyone buying a car without airbags and without seat belts? I bet you can't! So why is it that we buy computers without Antivirus software already installed, home routers without a firewall already installed or connected devices IoT that are lacking proper security...

Fedora 25 : webkitgtk4 (2017-0beb752b6e)

This update addresses the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2017-2350, CVE-2017-2354, CVE-2017-2355, CVE-2017-2356, CVE-2017-2362, CVE-2017-2363, CVE-2017-2364, CVE-2017-2365, CVE-2017-2366, CVE-2017-2369, CVE-2017-2371, CVE-2017-2373 Additional fixes : - Make accelerating compositing mode...

Regulation May Be Best Answer to IoT Insecurity

One thing technologists overtly shun is the prospect of government regulation. But recent DDoS attacks carried out by botnets of connected things have spooked some people of influence in security to the point where intervention by lawmakers may be inevitable. Testifying before subcommittees of th...