Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Dubbed NAT Slipstreaming, the attack can be triggered when the victim visits a specially crafted website, exploiting the browser and Application Level Gateway (ALG), a connection tracking mechanism present in firewalls, NATs, and routers. According to the researcher, the attack chains “internal IP extraction via timing attack or WebRTC, automated remote MTU and IP fragmentation…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: CSO

Despite a recent decline in attacks, ransomware still poses significant threats to enterprises, as the attacks against healthcare organizations demonstrated this month. It is also becoming more capable. In particular, ransomware writers are aware that backups are an effective defense and are modifying their malware to track down and eliminate the backups. Ransomware targeting backups…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: CSO

It’s almost the end of October, which means another national cybersecurity awareness month (NCSAM) is about to end. What? You didn’t know it was national cybersecurity awareness month? You’re not alone and that’s the problem I have with this annual October “celebration.” Now I wasn’t always this much of a Debbie Downer about NCSAM. In…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

While almost 95 percent of cybersecurity issues can be traced back to human error, such as accidentally clicking on a malicious link, most governments have not invested enough to educate their citizens about the risks, according to a report from the Oliver Wyman Forum. Cyber risk literacy of the population Cyber literacy, along with financial…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

A failing cybersecurity market is contributing to ineffective performance of cybersecurity technology, a Debate Security research reveals. Based on over 100 comprehensive interviews with business and cybersecurity leaders from large enterprises, together with vendors, assessment organizations, government agencies, industry associations and regulators, the research shines a light on why technology vendors are not incentivized to…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Dark Reading

For the second straight quarter this year, Oracle’s latest critical patch update (CPU) released this week contained more than 400 security patches addressing vulnerabilities in a wide range of the company’s product sets. With 402 patches, Oracle’s October 2020 CPU was slightly smaller than its previous one in July, which contained a record-breaking 444 security…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Trustwave released a report which depicts how technology trends, compromise risks and regulations are shaping how organizations’ data is stored and protected. Data protection strategy The report is based on a recent survey of 966 full-time IT professionals who are cybersecurity decision makers or security influencers within their organizations. Over 75% of respondents work in…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

We are beginning to shift away from what has long been our first and last line of defense: the password. It’s an exciting time. Since the beginning, passwords have aggravated people. Meanwhile, passwords have become the de facto first step in most attacks. Yet I can’t help but think, what will the consequences of our…