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Amazon Kindle RCE Attack Starts with an Email
The “KindleDrip” attack would have allowed attackers to siphon money from unsuspecting victims.
Threat Actors Can Exploit Windows RDP Servers to Amplify DDoS Attacks
Netscout researchers identify more than 14,000 existing servers that can be abused by ‘the general attack population’ to flood organizations’ networks with traffic.
SQL Server Malware Tied to Iranian Software Firm, Researchers Allege
Researchers have traced the origins of a campaign – infecting SQL servers to mine cryptocurrency – back to an Iranian software firm.
Cisco Releases Advisories for Multiple Products
Original release date: January 21, 2021 Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco Advisories and apply the necessary updates: Cisco SD-WAN Command Injection Vulnerabilities [cisco-sa-sdwan-cmdinjm-9QMSmgcn] Cisco SD-WAN Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities cisco-sa-sdwan-bufovulns-B5NrSHbj Cisco DNA Center Command Runner Command Injection Vulnerability cisco-sa-dnac-cmdinj-erumsWh9 Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite Web UI Command Injection Vulnerabilities cisco-sa-cssm-multici-pgG5WM5A This product is provided subject to this Notification…
NVIDIA Gamers Face DoS, Data Loss from Shield TV Bugs
The company also issued patches for Tesla-based GPUs as part of an updated, separate security advisory.
Critical Cisco SD-WAN Bugs Allow RCE Attacks
Cisco is stoppering critical holes in its SD-WAN solutions and its smart software manager satellite.
Malwarebytes Hit by SolarWinds Attackers
The attack vector was not the Orion platform but rather an email-protection application for Microsoft 365.
DNSpooq Flaws Allow DNS Hijacking of Millions of Devices
Seven flaws in open-source software Dnsmasq could allow DNS cache poisoning attacks and remote code execution.
Google Research Pinpoints Security Soft Spot in Multiple Chat Platforms
Mystery of spying using popular chat apps uncovered by Google Project Zero researcher.
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 11, 2021
Original release date: January 18, 2021 The CISA Weekly Vulnerability Summary Bulletin is created using information from the NIST NVD. In some cases, the vulnerabilities in the Bulletin may not yet have assigned CVSS scores. Please visit NVD for updated vulnerability entries, which include CVSS scores once they are available. High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info agentejo — cockpit Cockpit before 0.6.1 allows an attacker to inject custom PHP code and achieve Remote Command Execution via registerCriteriaFunction in lib/MongoLite/Database.php, as demonstrated by values in JSON data to the /auth/check or /auth/requestreset…
Tractors, Pod Ice Cream and Lipstick Awarded CES 2021 Worst in Show
Expert panel awards dubious honors to 2021 Consumer Electronics Show’s biggest flops, including security and privacy failures.
Microsoft Implements Windows Zerologon Flaw ‘Enforcement Mode’
Starting Feb. 9, Microsoft will enable Domain Controller “enforcement mode” by default to address CVE-2020-1472.
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