In hot pursuit of ‘cryware’: Defending hot wallets from attacks

The steep rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization, not surprisingly, mirrors a marked increase in threats and attacks that target or leverage cryptocurrencies. But Microsoft researchers are observing an even more interesting trend: the evolution of related malware and their techniques, and t...

In hot pursuit of ‘cryware’: Defending hot wallets from attacks

The steep rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization, not surprisingly, mirrors a marked increase in threats and attacks that target or leverage cryptocurrencies. But Microsoft researchers are observing an even more interesting trend: the evolution of related malware and their techniques, and t...

Erlang Solutions MongooseIM vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) via crafted XMPP stream

Erlang Solutions MongooseIM through 1.3.1 rev. 2 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service resource consumption via a crafted XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack...

GHSA-5V5W-44W6-Q5HV Erlang Solutions MongooseIM vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) via crafted XMPP stream

Erlang Solutions MongooseIM through 1.3.1 rev. 2 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service resource consumption via a crafted XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack...

Weak Security Controls and Practices Routinely Exploited for Initial Access

The cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA on 10 routinely exploited weak security controls, poor configurations, and bad practices that allow malicious actors to compromise...

Mobile subscription Trojans and their little tricks

Billing fraud is one of the most common sources of income for cybercriminals. There are currently a number of known mobile Trojans specializing in secretly subscribing users to paid services. They usually pay for legitimate services in a users name and scammers take a cut from the money billed...

CANs Reinvent LANs for an All-Local World

In an article I wrote over a year ago called “Securing the New Normal of Network Access,” I presented four access scenarios that modern organizations needed to enable users to stay securely connected and protected in the new normal of a work-from-anywhere world. Of course, “new” is a relative ter...

How a senior product manager is leading the passwordless movement at Microsoft

May 5, 2022, is World Password Day, a day we all use to create awareness around password security. At Microsoft, we choose to celebrate replacing passwords with better and more secure ways to sign in. I can’t think of a better person at Microsoft to represent this journey than Libby Brown, a seni...

Meet Limor Sinay: Director of Solutions Engineering

When companies are open to innovation and ongoing growth, technology is able to thrive. As the director of solutions engineering, Limor Sinay provides us with deeper insight into Akamai?s ever-evolving efforts to implement change and prioritize progressive thinking ? a goal that enables its...

german-energy-solutions.de Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2596527

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Microsoft launches Defender for Business to help protect small and medium businesses

Happy National Small Business Week1 in the United States! Small and medium businesses SMBs are the bedrock of our economy, representing 90 percent of businesses and more than 50 percent of employment worldwide.2 As we celebrate their innovation and contributions this week, it’s important to...

Which Hole to Plug First? Solving Chronic Vulnerability Patching Overload

According to folklore, witches were able to sail in a sieve, a strainer with holes in the bottom. Unfortunately, witches don't work in cybersecurity – where networks generally have so many vulnerabilities that they resemble sieves. For most of us, keeping the sieve of our networks afloat requires...

Beijing Netnifty Security Gateway has a weak password vulnerability

Beijing Netnifty Information Technology Company is a leading enterprise in the domestic information security industry, specializing in the research and development, production and sales of information security products, and providing hierarchical overall security solutions and security profession...

spmhrsolutions.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2555106

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

process-manta-mail-test.bewisesolutions.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2546622

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

lora-solutions.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2540838

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Amazon's Hotpatch for Log4j Flaw Found Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation Bug

The "hotpatch" released by Amazon Web Services AWS in response to the Log4Shell vulnerabilities could be leveraged for container escape and privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to seize control of the underlying host. "Aside from containers, unprivileged processes can also exploit the patch...

Cisco Security Manager XSS

The vulnerability in the web interface for managing software tools used to create reports for Cisco Security Manager’s deployed security solutions exists due to the lack of protective measures taken for the web page structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform...

Most Email Security Approaches Fail to Block Common Threats

On overwhelming number of security teams believe their email security systems to be ineffective against the most serious inbound threats, including ransomware. That’s according to a survey of business customers using Microsoft 365 for email commissioned by Cyren and conducted by Osterman Research...

couture.numerisolutions.ca Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-2535872

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...