Watch Out! Zyxel Firewalls and VPNs Under Active Cyberattack

Taiwanese networking equipment company Zyxel is warning customers of an ongoing attack targeting a "small subset" of its security products such as firewall and VPN servers. Attributing the attacks to a "sophisticated threat actor," the firm noted that the attacks single out appliances that have...

ThroughTek P2P SDK

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: ThroughTek Equipment: P2P SDK Vulnerability: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information 2. RISK EVALUATION ThroughTek supplies multiple original equipment manufacturers of IP cameras with P2P...

Siemens Mendix SAML Module

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Equipment: Mendix SAML Module Vulnerability: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate...

Rockwell Automation Micro800 and MicroLogix 1400

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Rockwell Automation Equipment: Micro800, MicroLogix 1400 Vulnerability: Channel Accessible by Non-endpoint 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial-of-service conditions, which...

Advantech WISE-PaaS RMM

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.1 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Advantech Equipment: WISE-PaaS/RMM Vulnerability: Use of Hard-coded Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information...

CISA Emergency Directive 21-03: VPN Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited

On April 20, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA released an alert on the exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities with Alert AA21-110A: Exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities, as well as Emergency Directive ED...

Cassia Networks Access Controller

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 6.2 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Cassia Networks Equipment: Access Controller Vulnerability: Path Traversal 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read any file from the Access Controller server. 3...

Mitsubishi Electric GOT (Update A)

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.9 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Equipment: GOT Vulnerability: Improper Authentication 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-21-112-02 Mitsubishi Electric GOT that was published...

Exploit for Improper Authentication in Ivanti Connect_Secure

CVE-2021-22893 THIS IS NOT A REAL EXPLOIT IT IS A HONEYPOC ht...

Siemens SINEMA Remote Connect Server

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Equipment: SINEMA Remote Connect Server Vulnerabilities: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime, Infinite Loop 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities...

5 common VPN myths busted

Virtual Private Networks VPNs are popular but often misunderstood. There are many misconceptions about them—misconceptions that may be stopping people from adding a useful layer to their security and privacy defenses. So, let’s do some myth busting. 1. VPNs are for illegal activity Some people...

ProSoft Technology ICX35

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.2 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: ProSoft Technology Equipment: ICX35-HWC-A and ICX35-HWC-E Vulnerability: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an...

Advantech BB-ESWGP506-2SFP-T

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Advantech Equipment: BB-ESWGP506-2SFP-T Vulnerability: Use of Hard-coded Credentials 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized...

Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Micrologix 1100

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Rockwell Automation Equipment: Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 Vulnerability: Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability...

A week in security (January 11 – January 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at IoT problems, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, and how cybercriminals want access to your cloud services. We also explored how VPNs can protect your privacy, and asked if MSPs have picked the right PSA. Other cybersecurity news Hot phishing targets: Some...

Apple Removes macOS Feature That Allowed Apps to Bypass Firewall Security

Apple has removed a controversial feature from its macOS operating system that allowed the company's own first-party apps to bypass content filters, VPNs, and third-party firewalls. Called "ContentFilterExclusionList," it included a list of as many as 50 Apple apps like iCloud, Maps, Music,...

Patrick Wardle on Hackers Leveraging 'Powerful' iOS Bugs in High-Level Attacks

A recently uncovered zer0-click Apple zero-day flaw, used in a spyware campaign against Al Jazeera journalists, shed light this week on the impact of Apple security issues being abused by bad actors. In 2020, the security research community saw an array of “powerful” Apple bugs afflicting iOS,...

Advanced Persistent Threat Actors Targeting U.S. Think Tanks

Summary This Advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge ATT &CK® framework. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FB...

Apple Lets Some of its Big Sur macOS Apps Bypass Firewall and VPNs

Apple is facing the heat for a new feature in macOS Big Sur that allows many of its own apps to bypass firewalls and VPNs, thereby potentially allowing malware to exploit the same shortcoming to access sensitive data stored on users' systems and transmit them to remote servers. The issue was firs...

Some Apple Apps on macOS Big Sur Bypass Content Filters, VPNs

Security researchers are blasting Apple for a feature in the latest Big Sur release of macOS that allows some Apple apps to bypass content filters and VPNs. They say it is a liability that can be exploited by threat actors to bypass firewalls and give them access to people’s systems and expose...