KRACK Vulnerability Puts Medical Devices At Risk

A slew of devices from medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) are vulnerable to the infamous KRACK key-reinstallation attack, potentially enabling hackers to change and exfiltrate patient records. The KRACK vulnerability, discovered last October, is an industry-wide glitch in the Read More …

Faulty Patch for Oracle WebLogic Flaw Opens Updated Servers to Hackers Again

Earlier this month, Oracle patched a highly critical Java deserialization remote code execution vulnerability in its WebLogic Server component of Fusion Middleware that could allow attackers to easily gain complete control of a vulnerable server. However, a security researcher, who operates through Read More …

Another Critical Flaw Found In Drupal Core—Patch Your Sites Immediately

It’s time to update your Drupal websites, once again. For the second time within a month, Drupal has been found vulnerable to another critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to pull off advanced attacks including cookie theft, keylogging, phishing and Read More …

Automated Bots Growing Tool For Hackers

The use of automated bots is becoming more prevalent for novice attackers as tools become more available, researchers found. A honeypot experiment, detailed by Cybereason at this year’s RSA Conference, showed the commoditization of using bots to perform low-level tasks. The Read More …

Hackers Found Using A New Code Injection Technique to Evade Detection

While performing in-depth analysis of various malware samples, security researchers at Cyberbit found a new code injection technique, dubbed Early Bird, being used by at least three different sophisticated malware that helped attackers evade detection. As its name suggests, Early Bird Read More …

Cisco mess from 2017 becomes tool for state-sponsored infrastructure attacks and defacements

Cisco’s Smart Install software has become the vector for a series of infrastructure attacks and politically-motivated defacements. Cisco’s own Talos security limb reports that bad actors, some likely state-supported, have been scanning Switchzilla devices to see if they run Smart Read More …

Critical Code Execution Flaw Found in CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault

A critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault application that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system with the privileges of the web application. Enterprise password manager (EPV) solutions help organizations securely manage Read More …