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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 →

Businesses unprepared for Windows 10 migration, fear vulnerability to cyber threats

A new WinMagic study has found that organisations are largely unprepared for when support of older versions of Microsoft’s Windows OS will be withdrawn in January 2020. When questioned about their lack of readiness for the obligatory migration to Windows 10, respondents cited IT security and fears of being exposed to a cyber security vulnerability as two areas of concern. The study was carried out at IP Expo in London in October 2018. One hundred … More →

Week in review: First-ever UEFI rootkit, Apple DEP vulnerability, new tactics subvert traditional security measures

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: What do you mean by storage encryption? Depending on the threat context and how you define “storage encryption,” it can be a highly effective control or a complete waste of resources. Phorpiex bots target remote access servers to deliver ransomware Threat actors are brute-forcing their way into enterprise endpoints running server-side remote access applications and attempting to spread the GandCrab ransomware onto … More →

Apple DEP vulnerability lets attackers access orgs’ resources, info

An authentication weakness in Apple’s ​Device Enrollment Program​ (DEP) may allow attackers to enroll any device into an organization’s Mobile Device Management server and, consequently, to obtain privileged access to the private resources of an organization or even full VPN access to internal systems. In addition to this, the provided DEP profile may contain information about the organization (email addresses, phone numbers) that could be used to mount successful social engineering attacks against company employees. … More →