WHO Targeted in Espionage Attempt, COVID-19 Cyberattacks Spike

The World Health Organization WHO has attracted the notice of cybercriminals as the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic continues to play out, with a doubling of attacks recently, according to officials there. Problematically, evidence has also now apparently surfaced that the DarkHotel APT group has tri...

The vulnerability of Intel microprocessor microprogramming software, related to insufficient testing of privileged states, allows attackers to enhance their privileges or disclose protected information.

The vulnerability of Intel microprogramming software is related to insufficient testing of exception states. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges or disclose protected information...

Insulet Omnipod

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.3 ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit/public exploits are known for this vulnerability Vendor: Insulet Equipment: Omnipod Insulin Management System Vulnerability: Improper Access Control 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an...

2019: Looking Back at Ransomware

In security, 2016 was “The Year of Ransomware.” Since then, ransomware has only gotten more pervasive, costing billions in damages. In that vein, 2019 could have been referred to as “The Year of Ransoming Governments.” More than 70 state and local governments across the U.S. suffered ransomware...

A Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

More than 200 million records containing a wide range of property-related information on US residents were left exposed on a database that was accessible on the web without requiring any password or authentication. The exposed data — a mix of personal and demographic details — included the name,...

Firefox enables DNS-over-HTTPS by default (with Cloudflare) for all U.S. users

If you use the Firefox web browser, here's an important update that you need to be aware of. Starting today, Mozilla is activating the DNS-over-HTTPS security feature by default for all Firefox users in the U.S. by automatically changing their DNS server configuration in the settings. That means,...

Spacelabs Xhibit Telemetry Receiver (XTR)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/Low skill level to exploit/Public exploits known Vendor: Spacelabs Equipment: Xhibit Telemetry Receiver Vulnerability: Improper Input Validation 2. RISK EVALUATION A remote code execution vulnerability called BlueKeep CVE-2019-0708...

Wawa Breach: Hackers Put 30 Million Stolen Payment Card Details for Sale

Remember the recent payment card breach at Wawa convenience stores? If you're among those millions of customers who shopped at any of 850 Wawa stores last year but haven't yet hotlisted your cards, it's high time to take immediate action. That's because hackers have finally put up payment card...

The vulnerability of microprogramming software for Intel Xeon processors allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of Intel Xeon processor microprogramming software is related to insufficient testing of unusual or exceptional states. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failures...

Adding Some Salt to Our Network – Part 2

How our configuration management actually works Following a previous post which explained why we needed a configuration management system, this post explores how we built and implemented our configuration management using SaltStack. It describes the structure of our configuration and the toolset ...

The vulnerability of Check Point Security Gateway’s security gateway, related to deficiencies in handling exceptional states, allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of Check Point Security Gateway’s security gateway is related to deficiencies in handling exceptional states when the Threat Prevention Forensics feature is enabled. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to cause service failures...

United States government-funded phones come pre-installed with unremovable malware

UPDATE: January 10, 2020 At time of original publication, we were not yet able to replicate the malware Android./Trojan.HiddenAds being dropped on our test device, though multiple users had reported that a variant of HiddenAds suddenly installed on their UMX mobile phone. As of today, we are now...

FBI Taps Apple to Unlock Pensacola Shooter's iPhone

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is once again asking Apple to help unlock the iPhone of a potential terrorist. The FBI is looking to crack two iPhones that they believe were owned by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the Saudi-born suspect in the shooting attack that killed three people in December ...

Hackers Behind GozNym Malware Sentenced for Stealing $100 Million

Three members of an international organized cybercrime group that was behind a multi-million dollar theft primarily against U.S. businesses and financial institutions have been sentenced to prison, the U.S. Justice Department announced. The criminals used the GozNym banking Trojan to break into...

British Hacker Accused of Blackmailing healthcare Firms Extradited to U.S.

A British man suspected to be a member of 'The Dark Overlord ,' an infamous international hacking group, has finally been extradited to the United States after being held for over two years in the United Kingdom. Nathan Francis Wyatt , 39, appeared in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, on...

CVE-2019-19537

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where there is a race condition bug that can be caused by a malicious USB device in the USB character device driver layer. An attacker who can hotplug at least two devices of this class can cause a use-after-free situation. Mitigation Many Character devices c...

The vulnerability of Intel Ethernet Series 700 controller microprogramming software, related to deficiencies in handling exceptional states, allows a intruder to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of Intel Ethernet Controller Series 700 microprogramming software is related to deficiencies in handling exceptional states. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

New Zeppelin Ransomware Targeting Tech and Health Companies

A new variant of Vega ransomware family, dubbed Zeppelin, has recently been spotted in the wild targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. However, if you reside in Russia or some other ex-USSR countries like Ukraine, Belorussia, and Kazakhstan,...

PT-2019-5579 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL Pro Edition versions prior to 19.4 Description: The issue is related to an improper conditions check in the Linux kernel driver, which may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local...

Insecure Database Exposes Millions of Private SMS Messages

Tens of millions of SMS messages have been found on an unprotected database, putting the private data of hundreds of millions of people in the United States at risk for theft or exposure and leaving a communications company open for potential intrusion, security researchers discovered. Noam Rotem...