Security

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2021
Flaws in FortiWeb WAF expose Fortinet devices to remote hack

Fortinet has recently fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting its FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF) that can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Fortinet has recently addressed a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2021-22123) affecting its FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF), a remote, authenticated attacker can exploit it to execute arbitrary commands via the SAML server […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2021
Flaws in Dell BIOSConnect feature affect 128 device models

Flaws affecting the BIOSConnect feature of Dell Client BIOS could be exploited by a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code at the BIOS/UEFI level of the impacted device. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Eclypsium discovered multiple vulnerabilities affecting the BIOSConnect feature of Dell Client BIOS that could be exploited by a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2021
VMware releases patches for critical flaw in Carbon Black App Control

VMware released security patches to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC) for Windows. VMware released security patches for an authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21998, in Carbon Black App Control (AppC) running on Windows machines. Carbon Black App Control allows to lock down critical systems and servers to prevent […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 24, 2021
Zyxel warns customers of attacks on its enterprise firewall and VPN devices

Networking equipment giant Zyxel warns customers of a series of attacks that have been targeting some of its enterprise firewall and VPN devices. Networking equipment vendor Zyxel warned its customers of a series of attacks that have been targeting some of its enterprise firewall and VPN server solutions. The threat actors are targeting the USG, […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2021
VMware fixes privilege escalation issue in VMware Tools for Windows

VMware patched a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Tools for Windows that attackers could exploit to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. VMware patched a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21999, in VMware Tools for Windows that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability has received a […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2021
Palo Alto Networks fixes critical flaw (CVE-2021-3044) in Cortex XSOAR

Palo Alto Networks addresses a critical improper authorization vulnerability (CVE-2021-3044) affecting its Cortex XSOAR security orchestration solution, automation and response (SOAR) platform. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks discovered and addresses a critical improper authorization vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3044, that affects its Cortex XSOAR SOAR platform. The CVE-2021-3044 vulnerability received a CVSS score of 9.8. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2021
SonicWall finally fixed a flaw resulting from a partially patched 2020 zero-day

A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20019, in SonicWall VPN appliances was only partially patched last year and could allow a remote attacker to steal sensitive data. In October last year, experts reported a critical stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5135, in SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) appliances. At the time of the discovery, security experts from the Tripwire VERT […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2021
MITRE adds D3FEND defensive cybersecurity techniques to ATT&CK Framework

D3FEND is a new project promoted by MITRE Corporation to add defensive cybersecurity techniques to the ATT&CK Framework. D3FEND is a new project promoted by MITRE Corporation aimed to add a knowledge graph of cybersecurity countermeasures to the ATT&CK Framework. The project was announced this week by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), it proposes […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2021
NSA releases guidance for securing Unified Communications and VVoIP

The US National Security Agency (NSA) released guidance for securing Unified Communications/Voice and Video over IP Systems (VVoIP). NSA last week released guidance for securing their communication systems, specifically Unified Communications (UC) and Voice and Video over IP (VVoIP). Unified Communications (UC) and Voice and Video over IP (VVoIP) call-processing systems provide enterprises communications and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2021
MI5 seized Boris Johnson’s phone over security risk fears

The British intelligence agency MI5 seized Boris Johnson ‘s phone over concerns related to the availability of his number online for the last 15 years. The British Security Service, also known as MI5, has seized the mobile devices used by PM Boris Johnson over concerns that were raised after the discovery of the availability of its number […]