Industrial Control Gateways: It’s Like Exploiting in the 1990s

Industrial control gateways play a critical role in industrial infrastructure, linking systems and sensors that communicate using protocols such as Modbus or serial to IP networks for easier remote management and monitoring. However, many such devices… Continue reading Industrial Control Gateways: It’s Like Exploiting in the 1990s

Cisco’s Latest Patches Address Critical Flaws, Hardcoded Password

Cisco Systems released a new batch of security patches that fix 29 vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, four of which pose a critical risk and eight are rated important. One of the critical flaws affects Cisco’s Policy Suite Cluster Man… Continue reading Cisco’s Latest Patches Address Critical Flaws, Hardcoded Password

Adobe Issues Over 100 Patches for Flash, Acrobat and Reader

The company issued fixes for 112 vulnerabilities in products spanning from Flash Player, Acrobat and Reader, Experience Manager, to Adobe Connect. Continue reading Adobe Issues Over 100 Patches for Flash, Acrobat and Reader

Cisco Patches Critical Flaws in Switch and Firewall OS

Cisco Systems patched another series of critical flaws this week, this time in its FXOS and NX-OS operating systems, which are used by switches, firewalls, security appliances and unified computing systems. The Cisco Firepower eXtensible Operating Sys… Continue reading Cisco Patches Critical Flaws in Switch and Firewall OS

Cisco patches critical flaws in many of its switches and security appliances

Switchzilla has released 24 security advisories to document and patch critical and high-severity flaws recently found in hundreds of devices, including switches, firewalls and security appliances. On June 20, the networking giant published a knowledgeb… Continue reading Cisco patches critical flaws in many of its switches and security appliances

China Cyberespionage Group Hacks Satellite, Telecom and Defense Firms

Over the past year, a known cyberespionage group from China has been targeting satellite communications companies, telecom operators and defense firms from the United States and Southeast Asia. The group, tracked as Thrip by researchers from Symantec,… Continue reading China Cyberespionage Group Hacks Satellite, Telecom and Defense Firms

Zip Slip Flaw Affects Thousands of Open-Source Projects

An exploit allows attackers to remotely overwrite archive files with their own content, and from there pivot to achieving remote command execution on the machine. Continue reading Zip Slip Flaw Affects Thousands of Open-Source Projects

Widely Used WebEx Clients Have Critical Vulnerability

Cisco Systems has released security updates for the software clients installed by users who attend WebEx-based meetings to fix a critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to compromise their computers. “An attacker could exploit t… Continue reading Widely Used WebEx Clients Have Critical Vulnerability