DoS attacks

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The research, named Project Memoria, was conducted by enterprise device security firm Forescout in collaboration with others. It resulted in the discovery of the vulnerabilities tracked as Ripple20, AMNESIA:33, NUMBER:JACK, NAME:WRECK, INFRA:HALT, and NUCLEUS:13. TCP/IP stacks are leveraged by a wide range of devices for communication, including medical products, industrial control systems (ICS), printers, and…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The security holes, identified by a researcher who uses the online moniker “kimiya,” were discovered in the Tellus Lite V-Simulator and V-Server Lite products, which are used worldwide to remotely monitor and operate factories. Versions prior to 4.0.12.0 are affected. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday published an advisory to inform…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-25218, affects BIND versions 9.16.19, 9.17.16, and 9.16.19-S1. Patches are included in versions ​​9.16.20, 9.17.17 and 9.16.20-S1. Workarounds are also available. It’s worth noting that while the existence of the vulnerability was made public on August 18, customers received a notification one week in advance. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

IoT security company Forescout on Tuesday revealed that four popular TCP/IP stacks — specifically FreeBSD, Siemens’ Nucleus, IPnet and NetX — are affected by a total of nine DNS-related flaws that can be exploited for remote code execution (including to take control of targeted devices), DoS attacks, and DNS cache poisoning. The vulnerabilities, collectively tracked…