CVE-2019-14865

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure for example by setting RLIMIT, causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots...

CVE-2019-14865

A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. A local attacker could run this utility under resource pressure for example by setting RLIMIT, causing grub2 configuration files to be truncated and leaving the system unbootable on subsequent reboots. Mitigation Remove the...

How Do We Bring Equality to Data Ownership and Usage?

Computational biologist Laura Boykin says scientists are “asleep at the wheel”; activist Malkia Devich-Cyril says citizens also need to pressure technology companies to change...

On the IoT road: perks, benefits and security of moving smartly

Kaspersky has repeatedly investigated security issues related to IoT technologies for instance, here, or here. Earlier this year our experts have even gained foothold in the security of biomechanical prosthetic devices. The same implies to smart car security: our own research has indicated that...

Friday Squid Blogging: When the Octopus and Squid Lost Their Shells

Cephalopod ancestors once had shells. When did they lose them? With the molecular clock technique, which allowed him to use DNA to map out the evolutionary history of the cephalopods, he found that today's cuttlefish, squids and octopuses began to appear 160 to 100 million years ago, during the...

CVE-2017-11578

It was discovered as a part of the research on IoT devices in the most recent firmware for Blipcare device that the device allows to connect to web management interface on a non-SSL connection using plain text HTTP protocol. The user uses the web management interface of the device to provide the...

CVE-2017-11579

In the most recent firmware for Blipcare, the device provides an open Wireless network called "Blip" for communicating with the device. The user connects to this open Wireless network and uses the web management interface of the device to provide the user's Wi-Fi credentials so that the device ca...

Design/Logic Flaw

In the most recent firmware for Blipcare, the device provides an open Wireless network called "Blip" for communicating with the device. The user connects to this open Wireless network and uses the web management interface of the device to provide the user's Wi-Fi credentials so that the device ca...

Design/Logic Flaw

It was discovered as a part of the research on IoT devices in the most recent firmware for Blipcare device that the device allows to connect to web management interface on a non-SSL connection using plain text HTTP protocol. The user uses the web management interface of the device to provide the...

CVE-2017-11579

The CVE-2017-11579 entry concerns Blipcare devices offering an open Wireless network named “Blip” for management. The firmware allows users to connect to this network to submit Wi‑Fi credentials, enabling the device to access the Internet. A nearby attacker can sniff credentials and may connect t...

CVE-2017-11579

In the most recent firmware for Blipcare, the device provides an open Wireless network called "Blip" for communicating with the device. The user connects to this open Wireless network and uses the web management interface of the device to provide the user's Wi-Fi credentials so that the device ca...

CVE-2017-11578

It was discovered as a part of the research on IoT devices in the most recent firmware for Blipcare device that the device allows to connect to web management interface on a non-SSL connection using plain text HTTP protocol. The user uses the web management interface of the device to provide the...

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...