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S3 Ep136: Navigating a manic malware maelstrom

25 May, 2023 bust, cybercrime, Denial of Service, Hacking, Law & order, Malware, Naked Security Podcast, podcast, PyPI, Security News, supply chain, Uncategorized 0 Comments

by Paul Ducklin A PYTHON PERSPECTIVE VORTEX No audio player below? Listen directly on Soundcloud. With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and anywhere that good podcasts are found. Or just . . . Read more

How to prevent fork bombs on your Linux development servers

28 Mar, 2023 Denial of Service, denial of service attack, Developer, dos attack, fork, fork bomb, Linux, linux servers, networking, Security, Security News 0 Comments

Learn how to protect your Linux server from the fork bomb denial-of-service attack with this video tutorial by Jack Wallen. [embedded content] Even though the Linux platform you develop on is considered very secure, it doesn’t mean it’s 100% guaranteed to be safe. Case in point: the fork bomb. A . . . Read more

Multiple Industrial Control System Vendors Warn of Critical Bugs

18 Nov, 2020 Buffer Overflow, claroty, Critical Infrastructure, Denial of Service, EtherNet/IP, ICS, industrial control system, johnson controls, Real Time Automation, Schneider Electric, Security News, Sensormatic Electronics, Vulnerabilities 0 Comments

Four industrial control system vendors each announced vulnerabilities that ranged from critical to high-severity. Industrial control system firms Real Time Automation and Paradox both warned of critical vulnerabilities Tuesday that opened systems up to remote attacks by adversaries. Flaws are rated 9.8 out of 10 in severity by the industry . . . Read more

High-Severity Cisco DoS Flaw Can Immobilize ASR Routers

11 Nov, 2020 Cisco, Cisco ASR 9000 series, cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XR, CVE-2020-26070, Denial of Service, DoS, high severity flaw, patch, Security News, Vulnerabilities, Web Security 0 Comments

The flaw stems from an issue with the ingress packet processing function of Cisco IOS XR software. A high-severity flaw in Cisco’s IOS XR software could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to cripple Cisco Aggregation Services Routers (ASR). The flaw stems from Cisco IOS XR, a train of Cisco Systems’ widely . . . Read more

WordPress Sites Open to Code Injection Attacks via Welcart e-Commerce Bug

06 Nov, 2020 Bug, Code Injection, Denial of Service, e-commerce, information disclosure, patch, PHP Object Injection, plugin, Security News, security vulnerability, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, welcart, WordFence, wordpress 0 Comments

The shopping cart application contains a PHP object-injection bug. A security vulnerability in the Welcart e-Commerce plugin opens up websites to code injection. This can lead to payment skimmers being installed, crashing of the site or information retrieval via SQL injection, researchers said. Welcart e-Commerce is a free WordPress plugin . . . Read more

Nvidia Warns Gamers of Severe GeForce Experience Flaws

23 Oct, 2020 Bug, code execution, CVE-2020-5977, CVE-2020-5990, Denial of Service, DoS, enthusiast gaming, gamer, geforce experience, GeForce GTX graphics card, GPU, graphics driver, Hacks, high severity flaw, Nvidia, Nvidia GeForce 3.20.5.70, Security News, security vulnerability, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, Windows 0 Comments

Versions of Nvidia GeForce Experience for Windows prior to 3.20.5.70 are affected by a high-severity bug that could enable code execution, denial of service and more.

Cisco Warns of Severe DoS Flaws in Network Security Software

21 Oct, 2020 Adaptive Security Appliance, Bugs, Cisco, Cross-site request forgery, CSRF, CVE-2020-3456, CVE-2020-3499, CVE-2020-3562, CVE-2020-3563, CVE-2020-3571, Denial of Service, DoS, firepower threat defense, Patches, Security News, Security Vulnerabilities, Vulnerabilities, Web Security 0 Comments

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Critical SonicWall VPN Portal Bug Allows DoS, Worming RCE

14 Oct, 2020 Cloud Security, Craig Young, critical bug, CVE-2020-5135, Denial of Service, DoS, Exploit, Network Security Appliance, pre-authentication, RCE, remote code execution, Security News, security vulnerability, SonicWall, stack-based buffer overflow, Tripwire, trivial, vpn portal, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, worm 0 Comments

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DDoS Attacks Skyrocket as Pandemic Bites

16 Sep, 2020 coronavirus, COVID-19, Cyberattacks, DDoS, Denial of Service, Healthcare, internet usage, NeuStar, Pandemic, Security News, trend report, volumetric attacks, Web Security, work from home 0 Comments

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