Blog Posts Tagged with "Vulnerabilities"
ICS-CERT: Sielco Sistemi Winlog Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
August 03, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Researchers Carlos Mario Penagos Hollmann of IOActive, Michael Messner, and Luigi Auriemma have separately identified multiple vulnerabilities in Sielco Sistemi’s Winlog application. These vulnerabilities can be remotely exploited. Exploit code is publicly available for these vulnerabilities...
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Red Flag On Biometrics: Iris Scanners Can Be Tricked
August 02, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
Among all the various biometric traits that can be measured for machine identification, the iris is generally regarded as being the most reliable. Yet Galbally’s team of researchers has shown that even the method traditionally presumed to be foolproof is actually quite susceptible to being hacked...
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ICS-CERT: Kessler-Ellis Products Exploit POC
August 02, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
ICS-CERT has notified the affected vendor of the report and has asked the vendor to confirm the vulnerability and identify mitigations. ICS-CERT is issuing this alert to provide early notice of the report and identify baseline mitigations for reducing risks to these and other cybersecurity attacks...
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A Packet of Risks and a Small Pot of Tea
July 29, 2012 Added by:Christopher Laing
Risks are just circumstances that if they occurred, would have some impact on the business. Naturally risks can potentially disrupt the business, but if identified, planned for, and effectively managed, risks can have a beneficial impact on the business. The key word here is managed...
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NIST: Guide to Rating Software Vulnerabilities from Misuse
July 29, 2012 Added by:Headlines
A new guide from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describes a "scoring system" that computer security managers can use to assess the severity of security risks arising from software features that are designed under an assumption that users are operating these features as intended...
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To “Open Source” or “Not to Open Source”
July 27, 2012 Added by:Andrew Sanicola
Many open source products have add-ons, extensions, plug-ins etc. which make them attractive. While the core application itself is mostly secure, it is these extensions and plug-ins contributed by many diverse developers and organizations that introduce vulnerabilities into the open source product as a whole...
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Countermeasures, Weather Forecasts, and Security Metrics
July 25, 2012 Added by:Tripwire Inc
Take a look at the things you measure. In particular, take a look at the things that become part of your bonus calculations or your performance reviews. If you are being measured against things that feel more like Tracking Indicators (like a weather forecast), then it’s time to renegotiate your Metrics...
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Deploying Code Faster as a Security Feature?
July 24, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
What if deploying faster is actually a security feature? I can empathize with the frustration many security professionals feel when they find a critical issue in an application only to be told that the patch will be rushed in about 3 months. I'd certainly love to hear that the update will be shipped this afternoon...
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ICS-CERT: Invensys Winderware Intouch 10 DLL Hijack
July 24, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Independent researcher Carlos Mario Penagos Hollmann has identified an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability, commonly referred to as a dll hijack, in Invensys’s Wonderware InTouch application. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution...
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The "Compliance Society"
July 23, 2012 Added by:Bob Radvanovsky
I am quickly growing weary of the fact that individuals claiming to be "cybersecurity" or "critical infrastructure" subject-matter experts (or "SMEs"), are indicating that adherence to a regulatory requirement or compliance governance means that something is "secured". Let's get one thing straight...
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ICS-CERT: OSIsoft Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
July 23, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
ICS-CERT has received a report from OSIsoft concerning a stack-based buffer overflow in the PI OPC DA Interface software that could cause the software to crash or allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability was discovered during a software assessment requested by OSIsoft and funded by DHS...
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Coders Rights at Risk in the European Parliament
July 18, 2012 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
By identifying and disclosing vulnerabilities, coders are able to improve security for every user who depends on information systems for their daily life and work. Yet recently, European Parliament debated legislation that threatens to create legal woes for researchers who expose security flaws...
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ICS-CERT: Tridium Niagara Vulnerabilities
July 16, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Researchers have notified ICS-CERT of a directory traversal and weak credential storage vulnerability with proof-of-concept exploit code for Tridium Niagara AX Framework software that is exploitable by downloading and decrypting the file containing the user credentials from the server...
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Yahoo Voices Accounts Exposed and Available to the General Public
July 13, 2012 Added by:Marc Quibell
If Yahoo took "security very seriously" this probably may not have happened. This is obviously a fail in their IT Security practices, on many accounts, beginning with the SQL Injection attack used to compromise the server - yes, it only took one server to compromise for this to occur...
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Vulnerability Scans too Disruptive to Conduct Regularly
July 12, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“Evidently, active vulnerability scanning can cause huge management headaches due to its disruptive nature and information overload, so scanners tend to be used primarily for ‘spot checks’ that aren’t effective at minimizing risks. Critical vulnerabilities have to be identified, prioritized, and remediated daily..."
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Web Application Firewalls: There is No Spoon
July 12, 2012 Added by:Wendy Nather
I agree that some apps can't be remediated in a short time span, others can't ever be fixed, and so on - for those exigencies a WAF is better than nothing. However, I would caution anyone against deciding that the wave of the future is to rely on the WAF or other network-based security device for application security...
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