Coordinated Ransomware Attack Hits 23 Texas Government Agencies

UPDATE Up to 22 Texas entities – the majority of which are local governments – were hit by a ransomware attack on Friday that Texas officials say is part of a targeted attack launched by a single threat actor. Details remain scant about the specific agencies hit by the ransomware attacks, which...

FortiAP Bleeding Bit Vulnerability

Some FortiAP models are vulnerable to the Bleeding Bit Vulnerability CVE-2018-16986 present in the Texas Instruments WiFi chips...

Panic after hackers take control of emergency tornado alarms in Texas

By Waqas On March 12th, at around 2:30 a.m., residents of two Texas towns panicked after hearing tornado alarm that went off until 4:00 a.m. They were disturbed because the alarms repeatedly went on and off for about one and a half hours, thanks to hackers - Finally, related authorities were able...

RSA Conference 2019: BleedingBit Flaws Continue to Plague Firms

UPDATE SAN FRANCISCO – Mobile key platform UniKey has patched vulnerabilities related to the infamous BleedingBit attack in its platform. BleedingBit is an issue in Bluetooth Low-Energy chips made by Texas Instruments and used in millions of wireless access points, which was disclosed in November...

A city in Texas is using paper after suffering ransomware attack

By Waqas Another day, another devastating ransomware attack; this time, computers at The City Hall of Del Rio, Texas have suffered a massive ransomware attack forcing authorities to completely shut down the targeted network. The attack took place on Thursday, January 10th after which the City's...

Social Security Number scammers are at it again

The Federal Trade Commission FTC once again sounded the alarm in mid-December about the latest Social Security Number SSN scam that continues to affect thousands of Americans. While most of us were only able to read about this type of scam in the past, the FTC now has an audio recording of an SSN...

The vulnerability of the OAD update mechanism of Texas Instruments’ microprogrammable microcontrollers’ Bluetooth Low Energy technology allows a intruder to gain full control over the device.

The vulnerability of the OAD Over the Air firmware Download update mechanism of Texas Instruments’ Bluetooth Low Energy microcontroller software is due to the repeated release of memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a hacker to gain full control over the device...

tahc.texas.gov XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-700282 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| tahc.texas.gov Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| hidden...

U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves are Abusing USPS’s Mail Scanning Service

A year ago, KrebsOnSecurity warned that "Informed Delivery," a new offering from the U.S. Postal Service USPS that lets residents view scanned images of all incoming mail, was likely to be abused by identity thieves and other fraudsters unless the USPS beefed up security around the program and ma...

CVE-2018-16986

Texas Instruments BLE-STACK v2.2.1 for SimpleLink CC2640 and CC2650 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers a buffer overflow...

CVE-2018-16986

CVE-2018-16986 (TI BLE-STACK 2.2.1) affects Texas Instruments BLE-STACK used in SimpleLink CC2640/CC2650. A malformed BLE packet can trigger a buffer overflow, enabling remote arbitrary code execution. Connected docs also describe a related BLE chip vulnerability (CVE-2018-7080) in TI chips (CC26...

Bluetooth Chip Bugs Affect Enterprise Wi-Fi, as Hackers Exploit Cisco 0-Day

In this latest roundup of cyber security news, we look at serious Bluetooth chip-level bugs, a zero-day vulnerability on Cisco software, a raft of Apple security fixes, and a massive customer data breach at Cathay Pacific. Enterprise Wi-Fi access points vulnerable to Bluetooth bug A pair of...

Buffer overflow

Texas Instruments BLE-STACK v2.2.1 for SimpleLink CC2640 and CC2650 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers a buffer overflow...

CVE-2018-16986

Texas Instruments BLE-STACK v2.2.1 for SimpleLink CC2640 and CC2650 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers a buffer overflow...

CVE-2018-16986

Texas Instruments BLE-STACK v2.2.1 for SimpleLink CC2640 and CC2650 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers a buffer overflow...

CVE-2018-16986: Out-of-bounds Write

Texas Instruments BLE-STACK v2.2.1 for SimpleLink CC2640 and CC2650 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers a buffer overflow...

Two New Bluetooth Chip Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Remote Attacks

Security researchers have unveiled details of two critical vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low Energy BLE chips embedded in millions of access points and networking devices used by enterprises around the world. Dubbed BleedingBit , the set of two vulnerabilities could allow remote attackers to execu...

Two New Bluetooth Chip Flaws Expose Millions of Devices to Remote Attacks

Security researchers have unveiled details of two critical vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low Energy BLE chips embedded in millions of access points and networking devices used by enterprises around the world. Dubbed BleedingBit, the set of two vulnerabilities could allow remote attackers to execut...

Two Zero-Day Bugs Open Millions of Wireless Access Points to Attack

UPDATE Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth Low-Energy chips made by Texas Instruments and used in millions of wireless access points open corporate networks to crippling stealth attacks. Adversaries can exploit the bugs by simply being approximately 100 to 300 feet from the vulnerable...

Texas Instruments Bluetooth Low Energy Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

On November 1st, 2018, Armis announced the presence of a Remote Code Execution RCE or Denial of Service DoS vulnerability in the Bluetooth Low Energy BLE Stack on Texas Instruments TI chips CC2640 and CC2650. This vulnerability has been assigned the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE ID of...