Security

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2020
CVE-2020-3446 default credentials bug exposes Cisco ENCS, CSP Appliances to hack

Cisco addressed a critical default credentials vulnerability (CVE-2020-3446) affecting some configurations of its ENCS 5400-W series and CSP 5000-W series appliances. Cisco fixed a critical default credentials vulnerability impacting some configurations of its ENCS 5400-W series and CSP 5000-W series appliances. Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is technology developed by Cisco Systems that optimizes […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2020
A flaw in Concrete5 CMS could have allowed website takeover

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Concrete5 CMS exposed numerous servers to full takeover, experts warn. A recently addressed remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Concrete5 CMS exposed numerous websites to attacks. Concrete5 is an open-source content management system (CMS) designed for ease of use, for users with a minimum of technical […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
Critical flaw in Jenkins Server can cause information disclosure

A critical vulnerability in Jenkins server software could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information disclosure. A critical vulnerability in Jenkins server software, tracked as  CVE-2019-17638, could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information disclosure. Jenkins is the most popular open source automation server, it is maintained by CloudBees and the Jenkins community. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2020
Citrix fixed flaws in XenMobile that will be likely exploited soon

Citrix addressed multiple vulnerabilities in Citrix Endpoint Management (XenMobile) that can be exploited by an attacker to gain administrative privileges on affected systems. The Citrix Endpoint Management (CEM), formerly XenMobile, is software that provides mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM). The vulnerabilities that impacted the Citrix XenMobile were tracked as CVE-2020-8208, CVE-2020-8209, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2020
Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday fixed actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday updates addressed 120 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days that have been exploited in attacks. Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday updates have addressed 120 flaws, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited in attacks in the wild. The two issues are a Windows spoofing bug and a remote code execution flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2020
Adobe Acrobat and Reader affected by critical flaws

Adobe has released security updates to address twenty-six vulnerabilities in the Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Lightroom products. Adobe has released security updates to address tens of vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Lightroom products. Eleven out of twenty-six flaws are rated as ‘Critical’ because they could be exploited by attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2020
FBI is warning of cyber attacks against Windows 7 systems that reached end-of-life

The FBI warned private industry partners of risks impacting companies running Windows 7 after the Microsoft OS reached the end of life on January 14. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning companies running Windows 7 systems of the greater risk of getting hacked because the Microsoft OS has reached the end of life on January 14. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2020 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Cyber Defense Magazine august 2020 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition
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Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
NSA releases a guide to reduce location tracking risks

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is warning of risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The United States National Security Agency (NSA) published a new guide to warn of the risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The guide, titled […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
Flaw in popular NodeJS ‘express-fileupload’ module allows DoS attacks and code injection

Expert found a flaw in a popular NodeJS module that can allow attackers to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on a server or get arbitrary code execution. The NodeJS module “express-fileupload,” which has more that 7.3 million times downloads from the npm repository. The NodeJS module is affected by a ‘Prototype Pollution’ CVE-2020-7699 vulnerability that can allow attackers to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on a […]