vulnerabilities

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The project, called D3FEND, is available through the non-profit Mitre Corporation as a catalog of defensive cybersecurity techniques and their relationships to offensive/adversary techniques. The primary goal of the initial D3FEND release is to help standardize the vocabulary used to describe defensive cybersecurity technology functionality. Mitre described D3FEND as an “early stage experimental research project”…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Week

Google announced end-to-end encryption is now available in Android, but only for one-on-one conversations between users of the Messages app. “No matter who you’re messaging with, the information you share is personal. End-to-end encryption in Messages helps keep your conversations more secure while sending. It ensures that no one can read the content of your…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The flaw, classified as high severity and tracked as CVE-2021-3560, impacts polkit, an authorization service that is present by default in many Linux distributions. The security hole was discovered by Kevin Backhouse of the GitHub Security Lab. On Thursday, the researcher published a blog post detailing his findings, as well as a video showing the…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Ten of the issues were reported by external security researchers: one rated critical severity, seven high severity, and two medium severity. All are patched in Chrome 91.0.4472.101 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The most severe of these is CVE-2021-30544, a critical use-after-free bug that impacts BFCache, a browser optimization meant to enable instant back and…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Cisco describes Smart Install as a plug-and-play configuration and image-management feature that provides zero-touch deployment for new switches. Smart Install can be very useful for organizations, but it can also pose a serious security risk. Once a device has been set up through Smart Install, the feature remains enabled and it can be accessed without…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Working in collaboration with bug bounty platform Bugcrowd and government technology contractor Endyna, CISA introduced its VDP platform to help Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies identify and address vulnerabilities in critical systems. The platform was launched in support of Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 20-01, through which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) instructed all…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Fancy Product Designer is a premium plugin for online stores that provides users with the ability to customize products with images and PDF files uploaded from various devices. The plugin provides various other customization options as well. This week, Wordfence discovered that threat actors are targeting an unpatched critical vulnerability in Fancy Product Designer. The…