Cyberthreats to financial institutions 2019: overview and predictions

Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Threat Predictions for 2019 Threat predictions for industrial security in 2019 Cryptocurrency threat predictions for 2019 Introduction – key events in 2018 The past year has been extremely eventful in terms of the digital threats faced by financial institutions:...

Closing the Gap: An Exciting Initiative to Drive More Gender Diversity in Tech

We all know there’s a global IT skills crisis. In cybersecurity things are even worse, with a shortfall of nearly three million roles estimated today — 500,000 of which are in North America. Today women comprise just 24% of the workforce yet half of the global population. Why is this? Women were...

high-tech-promotion.info Open Redirect vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-698920 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| high-tech-promotion.info Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| Open Redirect / CWE-601 CVSSv3 Score:| hidden...

New Boom in Facial Recognition Tech Prompts Privacy Alarms

Somewhat quietly over the past couple of years there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial recognition systems. Now facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. Last...

VMSA-2018-0028:VMware vRealize Log Insight updates address an authorization bypass vulnerability

VMSA-2018-0028 VMware vRealize Log Insight updates address an authorization bypass vulnerability VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0028 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Moderate VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vRealize Log Insight updates address...

Browlock flies under the radar with complete obfuscation

Browlocks are the main driving force behind tech support scams, using a combination of malvertising and clever browser locker tricks to fool users. In fact, the effects can be so convincing that people call the rogue Microsoft support number for help because they believe their computer has been...

Feds accuse Chinese firm of stealing trade secrets of US tech giant

By Uzair Amir The US Justice Department has accused China to be involved in industrial espionage. According to a press release from the department, the Chinese government has made memory chips that store data its centralized science and technology strategy only to cover its espionage activities. ...

Akamai mentors next generations of girls in tech

This summer Akamai hosted Girls Who Code for its fourth year in a row. Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. Akamai sponsored the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion program this past summer by providing the facilities an...

Paper and the Case for Going Low-Tech in the Voting Booth

When considered as a form of tech, paper has a killer feature set: It’s intuitive, it doesn’t crash, and it doesn’t need a power source...

Privacy Regulation Could Be a Test for States’ Rights

When the California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA passed in June, security experts applauded the state legislation as a win for consumers. The ruling gave residents certain rights around how their personal data can be stored, accessed, sold and deleted. But months later in September, the U.S. Chamber...

5 Takeaways From the #CbConnect18 “Women in Cybersecurity” Keynote

Wow, what a great few days here at Cb Connect. Sometimes with conferences, you go out with one problem to solve and leave with 50. Cb Connect really exposed some great ways to solve problems, no matter the size of the team or the Cb product in house. I also had some great takeaways from the 'Wome...

Threats in the Netherlands

Introduction On October 4, 2018, the MIVD held a press conference about an intercepted cyberattack on the OPWC in the Netherlands, allegedly by the advanced threat actor Sofacy also known as APT28 or Fancy Bear, among others. According to the MIVD, four suspects were caught red handed trying to...

‘Secure by Design’ & SB-327. Standards for a secure IoT?

The ‘Secure by Design’ guidance for consumer IoT security from the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport DCMS is coming shortly. In the meantime we’ve seen SB-327 from California legislators, mandating some basic security standards for consumer smart tech. Both are big steps...

CVE-2018-17562

Multi-Tech FaxFinder before 5.1.6 has SQL Injection via a status/calldetails?oid= URI, allowing an attacker to extract the underlying database schema to further disclose other fax server information through different injection points...

Sql injection

Multi-Tech FaxFinder before 5.1.6 has SQL Injection via a status/calldetails?oid= URI, allowing an attacker to extract the underlying database schema to further disclose other fax server information through different injection points...

CVE-2018-17562

Multi-Tech FaxFinder before 5.1.6 has SQL Injection via a status/calldetails?oid= URI, allowing an attacker to extract the underlying database schema to further disclose other fax server information through different injection points...

CVE-2018-17562

CVE-2018-17562 affects Multi-Tech FaxFinder prior to 5.1.6. The flaw is a SQL Injection through a URI endpoint (status/call_details?oid=), enabling an attacker to extract the underlying database schema and reveal other fax server information via additional injection points. Documented CVSS detail...

CVE-2018-17562: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Multi-Tech FaxFinder before 5.1.6 has SQL Injection via a status/calldetails?oid= URI, allowing an attacker to extract the underlying database schema to further disclose other fax server information through different injection points...

A week in security (September 24 – 30)

Last week on Labs was a busy one. We discussed how SMS phishing attacks target the job market, issued a warning for TV Licensing phishes, commented on how Apple confused Safari users with recent changes to how OSX handles browser extensions, and elaborated on holes found in Mojave’s privacy...

Major Tech Companies Finally Endorse Federal Privacy Regulation

The major tech companies, scared that states like California might impose actual privacy regulations, have now decided that they can better lobby the federal government for much weaker national legislation that will preempt any stricter state measures. I'm sure they'll still do all they can to...