Security

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2020
Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover

Cisco addresses a critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential flaws that could lead to full router takeover. Cisco has released security updates to address critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential vulnerabilities affecting multiple router and firewall devices. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to completely […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2020
How to Extend Security Across Your Kubernetes Infrastructure

How to enhance the security across a Kubernetes Infrastructure and mitigate the risk of cyber attacks. By David Bisson The security risks surrounding containers are well-known. Container images suffer from vulnerabilities that malicious actors could exploit for the purpose of gaining access to the larger container environment, for instance. Containers might also be able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2020
Microsoft July 2020 Security Updates address 123 vulnerabilities

Microsoft July 2020 addressed 123 security flaws across 13 products, including a 17-year-old wormable issue for hijacking Microsoft Windows Server dubbed SigRed. Microsoft July 2020 addressed 123 security vulnerabilities impacting 13 products, none of them has been observed being exploited in attacks in the wild. The July 2020 security release consists of security updates for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2020
Adobe fixes over a dozen flaws in Media Encoder, Download Manager

Adobe has addressed over a dozen flaws in its Creative Cloud, Media Encoder, Genuine Service, ColdFusion and Download Manager products. Adobe has addressed over a dozen vulnerabilities in its Creative Cloud, Media Encoder, Genuine Service, ColdFusion, and Download Manager products. “Adobe has published security bulletins for Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application (APSB20-33), Adobe Media Encoder (APSB20-36), […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2020
Google updates policies to ban any ads for surveillance solutions and services

Google announced that starting from August it will update its policies to reject ads proposed by organizations offering surveillance software. Google announced the update of its Google Ads Enabling Dishonest Behavior policy to “prohibit the promotion of products or services that are marketed or targeted with the express purpose of tracking or monitoring another person […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2020
KingComposer fixes a reflected XSS impacting 100,000 WordPress sites

An XSS vulnerability in the KingComposer page builder for WordPress impacts 100,000 websites using the WordPress plugin.  Researchers at Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-15299, in the KingComposer WordPress plugin that potentially impacts 100,000 websites.  KingComposer a fast drag-and-drop page builder for WordPress websites, which comes complete with top-notch features embedded and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2020
Huawei faces 5G ban from British’s 5G network within months

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going to ban the use of equipment from the Chinese tech giant Huawei in Britain’s 5G network, reported The Daily Telegraph. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to begin phasing out the use of network equipment manufactured by the Chinese tech giant Huawei in the UK’s 5G network […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2020
Cisco Talos discloses technicals details of Chrome, Firefox flaws

Cisco’s Talos experts disclosed the details of recently patched vulnerabilities affecting the popular Chrome and Firefox web browsers. Researchers from Cisco Talos disclosed technical details of recently patched vulnerabilities affecting the popular Chrome and Firefox web browsers. The first issue, tracked as CVE-2020-6463, is a memory corruption vulnerability that affects PDFium, an open source PDF […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2020
US Cyber Command urges F5 customers to fix critical flaw in BIG-IP product

F5 Networks has published a security advisory warning customers to patch a critical flaw in BIG-IP product that is very likely to be exploited. F5 Networks has addressed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5902, that resides in undisclosed pages of Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) of the BIG-IP product. “This vulnerability allows for […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2020
Alleged cyber attacks caused fire and explosions at nuclear and military facilities in Iran

The root cause of a series of explosions at important facilities in Iran may be cyberattacks allegedly launched by Israel. A recent sequence of fires and explosions at important Iranian facilities may have been caused by cyber attacks as part of an operation conducted by Israel. Recently several major Iranian industrial facilities suffered a sequence […]