There has been discovered a vulnerability in the default mail application (MobileMail) for iOS. The vulnerability allows an attacker to send an email to a victim (you) and without any action from you, the email will launch code prepared by the attacker on your device. The fix for this is not released yet, it has […]
Published: 2020-03-23 MITRE CVE-2020- (TBD) Microsoft is warning about a vulnerability they have detected used in targeted attacks and that there is no patch for yet. No patch and detected in use, a place for the scary word “zero-day”, but this is not a tabloid. “Two remote code execution vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Windows when […]
This blog post is a summary of this week’s Information Security News put together by our Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). Helpdesksecurity writes “A time of chaos is a time for opportunity for unscrupulous individuals and groups, and COVID-19 is seemingly an unmissable boon for cyber crooks. We’ve already covered a variety of COVID-19-themed scams, […]
Our customers’ business continuity is of paramount importance for Basefarm. We are fully aware that several of our clients provide services that are absolutely critical for our society. Basefarm is following the ongoing outbreak closely and is constantly considering the implications for secure operations for us and our customers. There are several ways that this […]
Published: 2020-03-10 MITRE CVE-2020-0852 “A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. For example, the file could then take actions […]
Published: 2020-03-10 MITRE CVE-2020-0796 As of writing, Microsoft has not released any official information, but FortiGuard writes that there exists a “(…) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Microsoft SMB Servers. The vulnerability is due to an error when the vulnerable software handles a maliciously crafted compressed data packet. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to […]
This blog post is a summary of this week’s Information Security News put together by our Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). “Qihoo 360, one of the most prominent cybersecurity firms, today published a new report accusing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to be behind an 11-year-long hacking campaign against several Chinese industries and government […]
Published: 02/11/2020 | Last Updated : 02/11/2020 MITRE CVE-2020-0688 “A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange Server when the server fails to properly create unique keys at install time. Knowledge of a the validation key allows an authenticated user with a mailbox to pass arbitrary objects to be deserialized by the web application, […]
Published by Apache: 2020-02-24 MITRE CVE-2020-3158 “When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections to Apache Tomcat. Tomcat treats AJP connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection. If such connections are available to an attacker, they can be exploited in ways that may […]
Published by Cisco: 2020-02-19 MITRE CVE-2020-3158 “A vulnerability in the High Availability (HA) service of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access a sensitive part of the system with a high-privileged account.” The vulnerability has a CVSS Base score of 9.8, Critical. Basefarm has triaged this vulnerability and found […]