vulnerability

March 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft patches two actively exploited Windows flaws
As part of the March 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released fixes for 64 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated Critical and 45 Important. Interestingly …

Exploitation of vulnerabilities in Moxa industrial switches could disrupt communication between ICS components
Positive Technologies experts Ivan Boyko, Vyacheslav Moskvin, and Sergey Fedonin have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Moxa industrial switches in the EDS-405A, …

The reality of container escapes
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2019, Brandon Edwards, Chief Scientist at Capsule8, talks about container escapes. Here’s a transcript of the …

Researchers create system that predicts vulnerability severity from tweets
To what extent do users’ opinions about threat severity expressed online align with expert judgments and can these opinions provide an early indicator to help prioritize …

Zero-day Chrome/Windows combo actively exploited in the wild
We now know why a number of Googlers made a point to urge users to implement the latest Chrome update as soon as possible: the vulnerability (CVE-2019-5786) is definitely …

Windows Servers in danger of being compromised via WDS bug
Checkpoint has released more details about CVE-2018-8476, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting all Windows Servers since 2008 SP2. The bug was responsibly …

A third of 2018’s vulnerabilities have public exploits, 50% can be exploited remotely
Over 22,000 new vulnerabilities were disclosed during 2018, according to Risk Based Security’s 2018 Year End Vulnerability QuickView Report. While approximately 33% of …

Researchers and businesses need to work together to expose IoT vulnerabilities
As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows and smart devices gain popularity, cybercriminals will continue to find new ways to exploit all connected things. Two new vulnerabilities …

Researchers eavesdrop on DNA synthesizer to steal genetic blueprint
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have uncovered the possibility of an acoustic side-channel attack …

PDF viewers, online validation services vulnerable to digital signature spoofing attacks
Academics from Ruhr University Bochum have proven that the majority of popular PDF viewer apps and online digital signature validation services can be tricked into validating …

Cisco fixes risky flaws in HyperFlex and Prime infrastructure
Cisco has released another batch of fixes for many of its products, including HyperFlex, Prime infrastructure, WebEx, and Firepower devices. Fixed HyperFlex bugs Five of the …

Highly critical Drupal RCE flaw could lead to new Drupalgeddon, patch now!
A new Drupalgeddon might be brewing: a highly critical vulnerability affecting all versions of the popular content management framework could allow hackers to take over …