The UK National Cyber Security Centre has issued an alert warning that multiple actors are attempting to exploit a MobileIron vulnerability to compromise the networks of UK organisations. MobileIron issued a security patch in June 2020 for their Mobile Device Management system to resolve several vulnerabilities in their software. Included was a critical remote code […]
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An award winning security paper published this week explains a newly discovered vulnerability called SAD DNS which leaves many websites vulnerable to man-in-the-middle and impersonation attacks. DNS is the system that converts friendly website addresses (www.secureteam.co.uk) into the numeric IP addresses used by TCP/IP. SAD DNS is a flaw discovered in the DNS protocol which
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The November security patch bundle from Microsoft fixes 112 security vulnerabilities in their products, including 12 Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities. Noteworthy vulnerabilities fixed this month include: Windows Kernel Local Elevation of Privilege: CVE-2020-17087 Observed under active attack in the wild by Google, CVE-2020-17087 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that was being used in
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Adobe has issued patches for critical vulnerabilities in their Acrobat and Acrobat Reader software widely used for creating and reading PDF documents. 12 fixes are included in the latest security updates, three are rated as Critical as they can be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution. In other words, this means simply opening a specially
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Google’s Project Zero has disclosed the details of a Windows 0-day vulnerability under active attack which affects all versions from Windows 7 through to Windows 10. No patch is yet available from Microsoft but one is expected in the November 2020 patch Tuesday updates. Last week we published details of a Chrome Browser 0-day vulnerability
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Last week an SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in the popular Loginizer plugin used by over a million WordPress sites. Such was the risk, WordPress took the unusual step of forcing updates into sites that use the plug-in – even those with auto-update turned off. The flaw in Loginizer can be exploited by an attacker
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Google has issued an urgent update for Chrome which patches a zero-day vulnerability under active exploitation. The Chrome team took just one day from report of the vulnerability to issuing the patch, such is the danger posed by this flaw. The patch is included in Chrome version v86.0.4240.111 (CVE-2020-15999) – any older versions should be
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Microsoft has patched a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Visual Studio which could be exploited by creating a code repository – such as for a popular open source tool – and convincing a developer to clone and open it. The vulnerability (CVE-2020-17023) exists in the handling of the ‘package.json’ file and can be exploited to
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Sonicwall has released patches to fix a denial of service and remote code execution vulnerability in their Network Application Security appliances (virtual firewalls). The vulnerability exists in the code which handles SSL VPN access – meaning it is usually exposed to the public internet. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at Tripwire who describe the
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October’s security patch bundle from Microsoft resolves 87 vulnerabilities, 12 rated as critical. One of these is a flaw in the Windows TCP/IP stack which can result in a server crash or remote code execution simply by sending a specially crafted ICMPv6 request. While it is technically challenging to achieve a remote code execution, the
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