Security

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2020
VMware fixes several flaws in its ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and NSX-T

VMware patched several flaws in its ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and NSX-T products, including a critical code execution vulnerability. VMware has fixed several vulnerabilities in its ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and NSX-T products, including a critical flaw that allows arbitrary code execution. The critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3992, is a use-after-free issue that affects the OpenSLP service […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2020
Adobe releases a new set of out-of-band patches for its products

Adobe has released a second out-of-band security update to address critical vulnerabilities affecting several products.  Adobe has released a second out-of-band security update to fix critical vulnerabilities that impact numerous products of the IT giant.  The flaws impact Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Marketo, Animate, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, InDesign, and the Creative Cloud […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2020
Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE from building its 5G infrastructure

Sweden is banning Chinese tech giant Huawei and ZTE from building new 5G wireless networks due to national security concerns. Another state, Sweden, announced the ban of Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from building its 5G network infrastructure. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority announced this week that four wireless carriers bidding for frequencies […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2020
U.S. Charges Russia GRU Intelligence Officers for notorious attacks, including NotPetya

The U.S. DoJ announced charges against six Russian intelligence officers for their role in several major cyberattacks carried out over the last years. The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against six members of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency for their alleged role in several major cyberattacks conducted over the past years. The defendants are Yuriy […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2020
Microsoft released out-of-band Windows fixes for 2 RCE issues

Microsoft released two out-of-band security updates to address remote code execution (RCE) bugs in the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. Microsoft has released two out-of-band security updates to address two remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities that affect the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code. The two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-17022 and CVE-2020-17023, have been rated […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2020
TikTok launched a public bug bounty program

Chinese video-sharing social networking service TikTok announced this week the launch of a public bug bounty program in collaboration with HackerOne. The popular Chinese video-sharing social networking service TikTok has launched this week a public bug bounty program through the HackerOne platform. White hat hackers are invited to report security flaws in TikTok websites, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2020
UK NCSC recommends organizations to fix CVE-2020-16952 SharePoint RCE flaw asap

The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to urge organizations to patch CVE-2020-16952 RCE vulnerability in MS SharePoint Server. The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to warn of the risks of the exploitation for the CVE-2020-16952 remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server and urges organizations to address […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2020
Juniper fixes tens of flaws affecting the Junos OS

Juniper Networks has addressed tens of vulnerabilities, including serious flaws that can be exploited to take over vulnerable systems. Juniper Networks has addressed tens of vulnerabilities, including serious issues that can be exploited to take control of vulnerable systems. The vendor has published 40 security advisories related to security vulnerabilities in the Junos OS operating system […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2020
Adobe fixes Magento flaws that can lead to code execution

Adobe released a series of out-of-band security fixes to address multiple Magento vulnerabilities that lead to code execution, customer list tampering. Adobe has released a series of out-of-band security fixes to address multiple Magento vulnerabilities that lead to code execution, customer list tampering. Eight of the vulnerabilities are considered either critical or important, only one […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2020
Zoom now supports end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) calls

The Video conferencing platform Zoom announced the implementation of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and its availability starting next week. The popular Video conferencing platform Zoom announced the availability of the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) starting next week. The new E2EE feature will be made available for both paid and free accounts. “We’re excited to announce that starting next week, Zoom’s end-to-end […]