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Vulnerability found in Guard Provider, Xiaomi’s pre-installed security app

Check Point Research discovered a vulnerability in one of the preinstalled apps on devices manufactured by one of the world’s biggest mobile vendors, Xiaomi. The vulnerability would have allowed an attacker to carry out a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) attack and inject any rogue code he chooses such as password stealing, ransomware, tracking or any other kind of malware onto the device. The vulnerability is in the pre-installed security app, Guard Provider, which should protect the phone … More →

How to build an effective vulnerability management program

The concept of vulnerability management has undergone a number of changes in the last few years. It is no longer simply a synonym for vulnerability assessment, but has grown to include vulnerability prioritization, remediation and reporting. It has also grown in scope: vulnerabilities don’t just affect IT networks and databases, but also applications, cloud infrastructures, container environments, the mobile infrastructure, IoT devices and OT networks. It is now expected that a comprehensive enterprise vulnerability management … More →

Denial of Service vulnerability discovered in Triconex TriStation Software Suite Emulator

Applied Risk ICS Security Consultant Tom Westenberg discovered a DoS vulnerability in an emulated version of the Triconex TriStation Software Suite. Triconex is a Schneider Electric brand which supplies systems and products in regards to critical control and industrial safety-shutdown technology. The Triconex Emulator is software that allows users to emulate and execute TriStation 1131 applications without connecting to a Tricon, Trident, or Tri-GP controller. Using the Emulator, users can test applications in an offline … More →

Researchers create system that predicts vulnerability severity from tweets

To what extent do users’ opinions about threat severity expressed online align with expert judgments and can these opinions provide an early indicator to help prioritize threats based on their severity? A group of researchers from Ohio State University, Leidos and FireEye wanted to answer those questions, so they: Annotated a collection of tweets describing software vulnerabilities with opinions on threat severity Matched tweets to NVD records, i.e. CVEs (by using CVE numbers in the … More →

Tripwire launches vulnerability management as a service

Tripwire, a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, announced the expansion of Tripwire ExpertOps to include vulnerability management as a managed service. With this addition, organizations with limited in-house cybersecurity resources can take advantage of the Tripwire ExpertOps service to maintain a strong foundation of security, from vulnerability management (VM) to security configuration management (SCM) and file integrity monitoring (FIM). Tripwire ExpertOps reduces the workload and complexity of … More →

Researcher releases PoC for Windows VCF file RCE vulnerability

A vulnerability that exists in the way Windows processes VCard files (.vcf) can be exploited by remote attackers to achieve execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems, security researcher John Page has shared. What’s a VCard? VCF is a standard file format used for storing contact information for individuals and businesses. They can contain the contact’s name, address, email address, phone number, their business or personal web page, etc. They are often used to quickly share … More →

Vulnerability discovered in safety controller configuration software

Gjoko Krstic, an Applied Risk researcher, has discovered a vulnerability in Pilz PNOZmulti Configurator software that allows a local attacker to read sensitive data in clear-text. The software is used to configure safety controllers, providing the user with the ability to modify elements such as IP addresses, download and upload project files and run other setup functions. The tool can be found on engineering workstations which are used to configure safety controllers. The software is … More →

Week in review: The lessons of Conficker, holiday season cybercrime, IoT vulnerability discovery

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Don’t accept risk with a pocket veto No security professional wants to accept risk. If we had our way, the organization would mitigate or avoid all risks. But that’s almost never the case in the real world. Risks often must be accepted. Adobe plugs critical RCE Flash Player flaw, update ASAP! Exploitation may be imminent The flaw affects Flash Player 31.0.0.148 and … More →

Helping researchers with IoT firmware vulnerability discovery

John Toterhi, a security researcher with IoT security company Finite State, believes that many of the security problems plaguing IoT devices are solvable problems through transparency. “Manufacturers who make their firmware public and follow GPL practices are doing themselves a huge favor: by making firmware public, manufacturers are enabling a world-wide network of the best security talent to find bugs, disclose them responsibly, and improve security for their customers. Without this transparency they exclude so … More →

High risk vulnerability discovered in Sauter CASE Suite building automation software

Applied Risk researcher, Gjoko Krstic, has identified a security vulnerability in the Sauter CASE Suite, a software package used to handle building automation projects with energy-efficient strategies and methods. The Sauter CASE Suite is a building management software that is used for project engineering and control functions of building management systems within both office and industrial environments. The application suffers from an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability, which can be used to cause a Denial … More →