Author: DEFENDEDGE

In the early fog of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity took a back seat to keeping patients alive. Lost in the chaos was IT security. Read more

The high-severity cross-site scripting flaws could allow remote-code injection on QNAP NAS systems. Read more

Desktop versions of the browser received a total of eight fixes, half rated high-severity. Read more

The skimmer steals credit-card data, using steganography to hide in plain sight in seemingly benign images. Read more

Original release date: December 4, 2020 The Apache Software Foundation has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service condition. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the Apache security advisory for CVE-2020-17527 upgrade to the… Read more

VMware has issued a full patch and revised the severity level of the NSA-reported vulnerability to “important.” Read more

Original release date: December 3, 2020 VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability—CVE-2020-4006—in VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security… Read more

A new “TrickBoot” module scans for vulnerable firmware and has the ability to read, write and erase it on devices. Read more

Original release date: December 3, 2020 Iranian cyber threat actors have been continuously improving their offensive cyber capabilities. They continue to engage in more conventional offensive cyber activities ranging from website defacement, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, and theft of personally identifiable information (PII), to more advanced activities—including social media-driven influence operations, destructive malware,… Read more

Original release date: December 3, 2020 The United Kingdom (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its Annual Review 2020, which focuses on its response to evolving and challenging cyber threats. Recognizing cybersecurity as a “team sport,” the publication includes highlights of NCSC’s collaboration with many partners, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency… Read more