Security

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2020
VMware addresses flaws exploited at recent Tianfu Cup

VMware has addressed two serious ESXi vulnerabilities that were demonstrated at the Tianfu Cup International PWN Contest. VMware has released patches for two serious ESXi vulnerabilities that were disclosed during the 2020 Tianfu Cup International PWN Contest. The Tianfu Cup is the most important hacking contest held in China, the total bonus of the contest […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2020
Drupal addressed CVE-2020-13671 Remote Code Execution flaw

Drupal development team has released security updates to address a remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-13671. The Drupal development team has released security updates to fix a remote code execution vulnerability related caused by the failure to properly sanitize the names of uploaded files. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-13671, has been classified as critical […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2020
Cisco fixed flaws in WebEx that allow ghost participants in meetings

Cisco has addressed three flaws in Webex Meetings that would have allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to join ongoing meetings as ghost participants. Cisco has addressed three vulnerabilities in Webex Meetings (CVE-2020-3441, CVE-2020-3471, and CVE-2020-3419) that would have allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to join ongoing meetings as ghost participants. “A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Meetings and Cisco Webex Meetings Server […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2020
The Defeated President Trump fired CISA chief Chris Krebs

President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, Director of the CISA, over his statement claiming the recent presidential election the most secure in US history. Former President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), over his statement calling the 2020 presidential election the most secure in US history. Former President Trump […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2020
Expert publicly discloses PoC code for critical RCE issues in Cisco Security Manager

Cisco released multiple advisories related to security issues in Cisco Security Manager (CSM) that affect the recently released 4.22 version. Cisco published multiple security advisories related to critical vulnerabilities affecting the Cisco Security Manager (CSM), including the recently released version 4.22. Cisco Security Manager provides a comprehensive management solution for CISCO devices, including intrusion prevention systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2020
246869 Windows systems are still vulnerable to the BlueKeep flaw

In May 2019, Microsoft disclosed the BlueKeep vulnerability, more than a year later over 245,000 Windows systems still remain unpatched. Over a year ago Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for May 2019 addressed nearly 80 vulnerabilities, including the BlueKeep flaw. The issue is a remote code execution flaw in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) that can be exploited by […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2020
“At-Risk Meeting Notifier Zoom” feature alerts meeting organizers of Zoombombing risk

The popular video conferencing application Zoom implemented the new “At-Risk Meeting Notifier” feature to warn of Zoombombing threat. Zoom announced the launch a new feature dubbed “At-Risk Meeting Notifier” to warn conference organizers of potential Zoombombing attacks. The feature scans the web for links to Zoom meetings that have been posted online and warn organizers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2020
CISA Chief Chris Krebs expects to be fired by the White House

Chris Krebs, the director of DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, expecting to be fired as White House frustrations hit agency protecting elections. Chris Krebs, the director of DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) expects the White House to fire him, as the Trump administration continues a purge of officials that are considered disloyal […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2020
Security flaws in Schneider Electric PLCs allow full take over

Schneider Electric released advisories for multiple flaws, including issues that can allow taking control of Modicon M221 PLCs. Schneider Electric released security advisories for multiple vulnerabilities impacting various products, including four issues that can be exploited by attackers to take control of Modicon M221 programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Four encryption and authentication issues in Modicon […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2020
Swedish court suspended the ban on Huawei equipment

A Swedish administrative court has suspended the ban on Huawei equipment from the national 5G network. A Swedish administrative court ins Stockholm has suspended the decision to ban Huawei equipment from the country’s 5G network. In October, Sweden announced the ban of Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from building its 5G network infrastructure. The ban aims at […]