Access misconfiguration opens 3D printers to remote attacks

Spurred by a report coming from a regular reader, SANS ISC handlers Richard Porter and Xavier Mertens searched for OctoPrint interfaces for 3D printers exposed online and found over 3,700 that are accessible without authentication. The danger of public… Continue reading Access misconfiguration opens 3D printers to remote attacks

Smart homes can be easily hacked via unsecured MQTT servers

The Internet of Things is full of security holes, and the latest one has been pointed out by Avast researcher Martin Hron: unsecured MQTT servers. What is MQTT? The Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol is a messaging protocol that’… Continue reading Smart homes can be easily hacked via unsecured MQTT servers

Public Google Groups Leaking Sensitive Data at Thousands of Orgs

The exposed information includes accounts payable and invoice data, customer support emails, password-recovery mails, links to employee manuals, staffing schedules and other internal resources. Continue reading Public Google Groups Leaking Sensitive Data at Thousands of Orgs

NameCheap to Notify Customers of Misconfiguration Issue that Allowed Subdomain Creation on Any Hosted Account

NameCheap has said it intends to notify customers of a misconfiguration issue that allowed customers to create subdomains for any hosted account. Richard Kirkendall, CEO for the ICANN-accredited registrar, said on Twitter that the company is currently … Continue reading NameCheap to Notify Customers of Misconfiguration Issue that Allowed Subdomain Creation on Any Hosted Account

Top 10 OWASP pt.2 – Application Security Weekly #02

This week, Paul and Keith discuss the last of the top ten most critical web application security risks! They discuss security misconfiguration, insecure deserialization, insufficient logging and monitoring, and more on this episode of Application Secur… Continue reading Top 10 OWASP pt.2 – Application Security Weekly #02

Apple Fixes MacOS High Sierra Root Access Vulnerability

Apple has released an emergency fix for an embarrassing vulnerability that allowed people to access the highest privileges account on Mac computers without a password. The vulnerability was disclosed by a user Tuesday on Twitter. He noticed that when p… Continue reading Apple Fixes MacOS High Sierra Root Access Vulnerability