A week in security (September 18 – September 24)

Last week, we kept you updated on our blog about the infected versions of CCleaner that were offered as downloads on the official servers. We also warned you against a fake IRS notice that delivers a customized spying tool, some of the threats currently facing gamers, and a Netflix scam that has...

This Week in Security News

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. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

September 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Abraham Lincoln” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 22, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: 'Hacker' is the wrong...

2016 SEC Hack May Have Benefited Insider Trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the watchdog of Wall Street, said this week that hackers infiltrated one of its systems last year, something that likely facilitated insider trading. The SEC waited nearly nine months to disclose the hack. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton devoted four sentence...

September 21, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “American Revolution” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 21, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: IF I KNEW THEN…Eric O'...

SEC Discloses Hackers Broke Into Edgar Corporate Filing System Last Year

This month has been full of breaches. Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, the top U.S. markets regulator, has disclosed that hackers managed to hack into its financial document filing system and may have illegally profited from the stolen information. On Wednesday, the SEC announced...

SilverStrip CMS 3.5.3 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

SilverStripe CMS versions 3.5.3 and below suffer from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability. title: Persistent Cross-Site Scripting product: SilverStripe CMS vulnerable version: =3.5.3 fixed version: 3.6.1 impact: Medium homepage: https://www.silverstripe.org/ found: 2017-03-15 by: S...

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Cloud Key Command Injection Vulnerability

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Cloud Key wwith firmware versions 0.6.4 and below suffer from an authenticated command injection vulnerability. title: Authenticated Command Injection product: Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Cloud Key vulnerable version: Firmware version =0.6.9 CVE number: - impact: High homepage...

VLC Media Player iOS App 2.7.8 File Disclosure Vulnerability

VLC Media Player iOS application version 2.7.8 suffers from a file disclosure vulnerability. title: Local File Disclosure product: VLC media player iOS app vulnerable version: 2.7.8 fixed version: 2.8.1 CVE number: - impact: Medium homepage:...

China Bans Fundraising Through Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

China's central bank today announced an immediate ban on all ICO—Initial Coin Offering—fundraising, to prevent fraud and illegal fundraising. ICO is the hottest new thing in the blockchain world, which is an alternative to crowdfunding that lets a firm raise funding from multiple sources. The...

Progress Sitefinity 9.1 XSS / Session Management / Open Redirect

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Multiple vulnerabilities product: Progress Sitefinity vulnerable version: 9.1 fixed version: 10.1 CVE number: - impact: High homepage: http://www.sitefinity.com |...

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Cloud Key Firmware 0.6.1 Command Injection

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Authenticated Command Injection product: Ubiquiti Networks UniFi Cloud Key vulnerable version: Firmware v0.6.1 fixed version: Firmware v0.6.4 CVE number: impact: High...

phpBB 3.2.0 Server Side Request Forgery

phpBB version 3.2.0 suffers from a server-side request forgery vulnerability. ======================================================================= title: Server Side Request Forgery Vulnerability product: phpBB vulnerable version: 3.2.0 fixed version: 3.2.1 CVE number: impact: Medium homepage:...

phpBB 3.2.0 Server Side Request Forgery

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Server Side Request Forgery Vulnerability product: phpBB vulnerable version: 3.2.0 fixed version: 3.2.1 CVE number: impact: Medium homepage: https://www.phpbb.com/ found:...

RedHat Update for X.org X11 libraries RHSA-2017:1865-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

RHEL 7 : X.org X11 libraries (RHSA-2017:1865)

An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE links ...

July 28, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Animal House” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! July 28, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: 58.8 Million Voters May Opt...

Ubiquiti Networks EP-R6 / ER-X / ER-X-SFP Cross Site Scripting

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Cross-Site Scripting XSS product: Ubiquiti Networks EP-R6, ER-X, ER-X-SFP vulnerable version: Firmware v1.9.1 fixed version: Firmware v1.9.1.1 CVE number: impact: Medium...

Design/Logic Flaw

The WHM Upload Locale interface in cPanel before 56.0.51, 58.x before 58.0.52, 60.x before 60.0.45, 62.x before 62.0.27, 64.x before 64.0.33, and 66.x before 66.0.2 has XSS via a locale filename, aka SEC-297...

CVE-2017-11441

The WHM Upload Locale interface in cPanel before 56.0.51, 58.x before 58.0.52, 60.x before 60.0.45, 62.x before 62.0.27, 64.x before 64.0.33, and 66.x before 66.0.2 has XSS via a locale filename, aka SEC-297...