DOS

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2018
Wireshark fixed three flaws that can crash it via malicious packet trace files

The Wireshark team has addressed three serious vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to crash the analyzer. The Wireshark development team has fixed three serious flaws that could be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to trigger a DoS condition in the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer. The three vulnerabilities […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2018
Linux Kernel Project rolled out security updates to fix two DoS vulnerabilities

Linux kernel maintainers have rolled out security updates for two DoS vulnerabilities tracked as SegmentSmack and FragmentSmack. Linux kernel maintainers have released security patches that address two vulnerabilities, tracked as two bugs are known as SegmentSmack (CVE-2018-5390) and FragmentSmack (CVE-2018-5391). potentially exploitable to trigger a DoS condition. The vulnerabilities reside the Linux kernel’s TCP stack, an attacker can […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2018
BIND DNS software includes a security feature that could be abused to cause DoS condition

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) announced the presence of a serious flaw in the BIND DNS software that can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-5740 was discovered by Tony Finch of the University of Cambridge. The flaw has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.5, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2018
Apache Software Foundation fixes important flaws in Apache Tomcat

The Apache Software Foundation has rolled out security updates for the Tomcat application server that address several flaws. The Apache Software Foundation has released security updates for the Tomcat application server that address several vulnerabilities, including issues that trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or can lead to information disclosure. Apache Tomcat is an open-source Java Servlet Container that implements […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2018
Cisco security updates address five critical issues in NX-OS Software

Cisco released security patches for more than 30 vulnerabilities, including five Critical arbitrary code execution issues affecting the NX-OS Software Cisco released security patches for more than 30 vulnerabilities including five Critical arbitrary code execution issues affecting the NX-API feature of NX-OS Software (CVE-2018-0301) and the Fabric Services component of FXOS Software and NX-OS Software […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2018
Hacking more than 400 Axis camera models by chaining 3 flaws

Researchers from cybersecurity firm VDOO have discovered several vulnerabilities affecting nearly 400 security cameras from Axis Communications. Researchers from cybersecurity firm VDOO have conducted a study on IoT devices and discovered seven vulnerabilities in cameras manufactured by Axis Communications. According to the vendor, nearly 400 models are affected by the issue and Axis has released […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2018
Crashing HDDs by launching an attack with sonic and ultrasonic signals

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan and Zhejiang University has devised a method to cause physical damage to hard drives by using sonic and ultrasonic signals. An attacker just needs to play ultrasonic sounds through a built-in speaker of a target computer or by using a speaker in its proximity. The principle is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2018
Internet Systems Consortium rolled out security updates to address 2 flaws in BIND DNS Software

On Friday, the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) announced security updates for BIND DNS software that address two vulnerabilities rated with a “medium” severity rating. Both vulnerabilities could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, the first issue tracked as CVE-2018-5737 can also cause severe operational problems such as degradation of the service. “A problem […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2018
SAFERVPN CVE-2018-10308 VULNERABILITY, FROM DOS TO DEANONYMIZATION

Researchers Paulos Yibelo explored a vulnerability he found in SaferVPN Chrome Extension. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-10308 should help malicious actors to retrieve vital information such as IP addresses when a user visits a website. After my last month’s finding in Hotspot Shield, I decided to look at and audit more VPNs to see how […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2018
Talos experts found many high severity flaws in Moxa EDR-810 industrial routers

Security experts at Cisco’s Talos group have discovered a total of 17 vulnerabilities in Moxa EDR-810 industrial routers manufactured by Moxa. The Moxa EDR-810 is an integrated industrial multiport router that implements firewall, NAT, VPN and managed Layer 2 switch capabilities. These devices are used in industrial environments to protect systems such as PLC and SCADA systems […]