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Automating Agent-less Vulnerability Assessment for Intune Enrolled Mobile Devices
Most Mobile Device Management solutions lack critical functionality such as vulnerability assessment and patch management. Integration with a popular MDM like Microsoft Intune allows Qualys to provide automated onboarding and continuous scanning of your mobile devices, among other functions to...
Analytics Are Essential for Effective Database Security
We have all heard the saying, “early detection is critical.” This is true in most aspects of our daily lives; in everything from medical diagnosis, automobile issues, a leaky roof, credit card fraud, etc. It should come as no surprise that this is especially true in the context of data security...
[updated] You can update now: Microsoft patches 97 bugs including 6 zero-days and a wormable one
How time flies sometimes. Microsoft yesterday released the first patch Tuesday security updates of the year 2022. The update includes fixes for six zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 97 bugs. This includes two Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerabilities affecting open source libraries. None of...
First Patch Tuesday of 2022 Brings Fix for a Critical 'Wormable' Windows Vulnerability
Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its first set of updates for 2022 by plugging 96 security holes across its software ecosystem, while urging customers to prioritize patching for what it calls a critical "wormable" vulnerability. Of the 96 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 89 are rated...
Microsoft Faces Wormable, Critical RCE Bug & 6 Zero-Days
Microsoft has addressed a total of 97 security vulnerabilities in its January 2022 Patch Tuesday update – nine of them rated critical – including six that are listed as publicly known zero-days. The fixes cover a swath of the computing giant’s portfolio, including: Microsoft Windows and Windows...
Google Releases New Chrome Update to Patch Dozens of New Browser Vulnerabilities
Google has rolled out the first round of updates to its Chrome web browser for 2022 to fix 37 security issues, one of which is rated Critical in severity and could be exploited to pass arbitrary code and gain control over a victim's system. Tracked as CVE-2022-0096, the flaw relates to a...
Omron CX-One
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Omron Equipment: CX-One Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow arbitrary code execution. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS The...
What the Rise in Cyber-Recon Means for Your Security Strategy
As we move into 2022, bad actors are ramping up their reconnaissance efforts to ensure more successful and more impactful cyberattacks. And that means more zero-day exploits are on the horizon. When seen through an attack chain such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework, campaigns are frequently discusse...
Apache released a patch to address the critical zero-day vulnerability in log4j
THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here. A zero-day remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2021-44228 was discovered in Apache log4j affecting versions 2.0 to 2.14.1. Apache log4j is a java logging package used by millions of applications. Cloud services such as...
2021 in Review, Part 1: 5 Cybersecurity Topics that Made News
Its been another chaotic year in cybersecurity, as protecting web applications and stopping sensitive data breaches remain top-of-mind issues and continue to generate headline news. As 2021 comes to a close, cybersecurity and all the industries it serves is dealing with an unprecedented zero-day...
The 5 Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, and the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, it’s time to take stock of what resonated with our 1 million+ monthly visitors this year, with an eye to summing up some hot trends gleaned from looking at the most-read stories on the Threatpost site. While 2020 was all about...
4-Year-Old Microsoft Azure Zero-Day Exposes Web App Source Code
The Microsoft Azure App Service has a four-year-old vulnerability that could reveal the source code of web apps written in PHP, Python, Ruby or Node, researchers said, that were deployed using Local Git. The bug has almost certainly been exploited in the wild as a zero-day, according to an analys...
FBI: Another Zoho ManageEngine Zero-Day Under Active Attack
Another Zoho ManageEngine zero-day vulnerability is under active attack from an APT group, this time looking to override legitimate functions of servers running ManageEngine Desktop Central and elevate privileges — with an ultimate goal of dropping malware onto organizations’ networks, the FBI ha...
Convergence Ahoy: Get Ready for Cloud-Based Ransomware
The two types of cyberattacks that have dominated the news over the past year have been ransomware, and software and service supply-chain attacks. The former have mainly been perpetrated by criminal enterprises looking to turn a quick profit. In contrast, the latter attacks have primarily been th...
Siemens Healthineers syngo fastView (Update A)
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Siemens Healthineers, a subsidiary of Siemens Equipment: syngo fastView --------- Begin Update A Part 1 of 2 -------- Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Write, Write-what-where Condition --------- End Update A Part 1 of 2...
Actively Exploited Microsoft Zero-Day Allows App Spoofing, Malware Delivery
Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in the wild to deliver Emotet, Trickbot and more in the form of fake applications. The patch came as part of the computing giant’s December Patch Tuesday update, which included a total of 67 fixes for security vulnerabilities. Th...
Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (December 2021) – Microsoft 83 Vulnerabilities with 7 Critical, 1 Actively Exploited. Adobe 60 Vulnerabilities, 28 critical.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – December 2021 Microsoft patched 83 vulnerabilities in their December 2021 Patch Tuesday release, of which seven 7 are rated as critical severity. This months release includes one 1 Zero Day known to be actively exploited. Products impacted by Microsofts December security...
Update Google Chrome to Patch New Zero-Day Exploit Detected in the Wild
Google has rolled out fixes for five security vulnerabilities in its Chrome web browser, including one which it says is being exploited in the wild, making it the 17th such weakness to be disclosed since the start of the year. Tracked as CVE-2021-4102, the flaw relates to a use-after-free bug in...
