Security

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

Cyber Defense Magazine June 2020 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with over 165 pages of excellent content. Cyber Defense Magazine June 2020 Edition has arrived. Tips, tricks, ideas, secrets and insider information on the best practices in cybersecurity.  Please read it and share it with your friends.  With much appreciation to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2020
IP-in-IP flaw affects devices from Cisco and other vendors

A flaw in the IP-in-IP tunneling protocol that can be exploited for DoS attacks and to bypass security controls impact devices from Cisco and other vendors. A vulnerability that affects the IP-in-IP tunneling protocol (aka IP Encapsulation within IP) implemented by Cisco and other vendors could be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and to bypass […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2020
Apple fixes CVE-2020-9859 zero-day used in recent Unc0ver jailbreak

This week Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability that had been used to jailbreak iPhones devices. Apple released security patches to address the CVE-2020-9859 zero-day vulnerability in the iOS kernel that had been used to jailbreak iPhones. The flaw was discovered by a team of cyber-security researchers and hackers that also […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2020
VMware addresses Fusion flaw introduced in the attempt to fix CVE-2020-3950 issue

VMware has released an update to address a privilege escalation flaw in VMware for the macOS version of Fusion that was introduced by a previous patch. In March, VMware patched a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-3950) in Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) and Horizon Client for Mac. The CVE-2020-3950 is a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 31, 2020
ENISA published “Proactive detection – Measures and information sources” report

EU Agency for Cybersecurity ENISA has published a new report of the proactive detection of incidents, including measures and information sources. The EU Agency for Cybersecurity ENISA has published a new report and accompanying repository on measures and information sources that could help security experts and operators of IT and critical infrastructure to proactively detect […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2020
API Security and Hackers: What’s the Need?

API Security – There is a considerable demand for data-centric projects, that is why companies have quickly opened their data to their ecosystem through REST or SOAP APIs. APIs work as doors for a company – closely guarding data of an organization. However, there are some challenges created: how do we hold the doors open […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2020
NSA warns Russia-linked APT group is exploiting Exim flaw since 2019

The U.S. NSA warns that Russia-linked APT group known as Sandworm Team have been exploiting a critical flaw in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA). The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is warning that Russia-linked APT group tracked Sandworm Team has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149) in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software since […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2020
Bugs in open-source libraries impact 70% of modern software

70 percent of mobile and desktop applications that today we use are affected at least by one security flaw that is present in open-source libraries. According to the Veracode’s annual State of Software Security report, 70 percent of mobile and desktop applications being used today have at least one security flaw that is the result of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2020
Cisco fixed a critical issue in the Unified Contact Center Express

Cisco has released several security patches, including one for a critical issue, tracked as CVE-2020-3280, in the call-center software Unified Contact Center Express. Cisco released a set of security patches, including one for a critical flaw in its call-center software Unified Contact Center Express, tracked as CVE-2020-3280. The CVE-2020-3280 vulnerability is a remote code execution issue that […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2020
Unc0ver is the first jailbreak that works on all recent iOS versions since 2014

A team of hackers and cyber-security researchers have released a new jailbreak package dubbed Unc0ver for iOS devices. A team of cyber-security researchers and hackers have released a new jailbreak package dubbed Unc0ver (from the name of the team that devised it) that works on all recent iOS versions.devices, even those running the current iOS […]