Category: alerts

Out of eight agencies, four were given D grades in a report for the Senate, while the Feds overall got a C-.  Read more

Original release date: August 5, 2021 VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to gain access to confidential information. CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0016 and apply the necessary updates or workaround. This product is provided subject to this Notification and… Read more

Original release date: August 5, 2021 CISA has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory detailing multiple vulnerabilities in InterNiche products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the ICS Advisory ICSA-21-217-01 HCC Embedded InterNiche TCP/IP Stack NicheLite and apply the… Read more

Researchers show how to circumvent Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication using a spoofed USB camera. Read more

A researcher was able to remotely control the lights, bed and ventilation in “smart” hotel rooms via Nasnos vulnerabilities. Read more

Were we work-from-home clicking zombies? Steganography attacks snagged three out of eight recipients. Nasty CAPTCHAs suckered 50 times more clicks during 2020. Read more

Original release date: August 3, 2021 CISA has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisory detailing multiple vulnerabilities in Swisslog Healthcare Translogic Pneumatic Tube Systems (PTS). An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the ICS Medical Advisory ICSMA-21-215-01 Swisslog Translogic… Read more

Original release date: August 2, 2021 | Last revised: August 3, 2021 The National Security Agency (NSA) and CISA have released Kubernetes Hardening Guidance, a cybersecurity technical report detailing the complexities of securely managing Kubernetes—an open-source, container-orchestration system used to automate deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications.  This report describes the security challenges associated with… Read more

Cyberespionage campaigns linked to China attacked telecoms via ProxyLogon bugs, stealing call records and maintaining persistence, as far back as 2017. Read more

Podcast: Blood samples aren’t martinis. You can’t shake them. But bugs in pneumatic control systems could lead to that, RCE or ransomware. Read more