Security News > 2020 > October
A credential-phishing email campaign is making the rounds, using the lure of coronavirus tax relief to scam people into giving up their personal information. The emails purport to contain an important document about COVID-19 relief funds from the IRS. Clicking the link in the email leads readers to a SharePoint form that they were told to complete before accessing the document, according to Chetan Anand, co-founder and architect at Armorblox.
QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that could enable potential attackers to take over unpatched QNAP network-attached storage devices. Helpdesk is the built-in app that comes with QNAP's NAS devices and allows admins to submit help requests to the QNAP support team over the Internet.
Could your cable TV device spy on you? Vulnerability found and patched in Comcast TV remote. Security firm Guardicore reverse-engineered the firmware update process for Comcast's XR11 remote to take control of the device.
A voice-activated TV remote can be turned into a covert home surveillance device, according to researchers from infosec firm Guardicore who probed the device to show that a man-in-the-middle attack could compromise it. Guardicore discovered an attack vector on US telco giant Comcast's Xfinity XR11 voice remote - of which around 18 million units have been sold - that allowed malicious people to turn it into an eavesdropping device.
A security flaw allowing attackers to remotely snoop in on victims' private conversations was found to stem from an unexpected device - their TV remotes. The flaw stems from Comcast's XR11, a popular voice-activated remote control for cable TV, which has more than 18 million units deployed across the U.S. The remote enables users to say the channel or content they want to watch rather than keying in the channel number or typing to search.
Single sign on provider Okta is opening its platform to third-party developers with a new Okta Devices SDK and an accompanying API that it said will allow developers to "Leverage the power of Okta Verify to build customized, secure, and seamless login experiences for their customers." Announced at Okta Showcase 2020, the new SDK was built for a mobile-first world that Okta said requires organizations to constantly deliver new bespoke and custom-tailored experiences for customers.
Three vulnerabilities affecting HP Device Manager, an application for remote management of HP Thin Client devices, could be chained together to achieve unauthenticated remote command execution as SYSTEM, security researcher Nick Bloor has found. HP Device Manager allows IT admins to remotely deploy, update, and manage thousands of HP Thin Clients through a single console.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warns of an increase in attacks targeting state and local governments with the Emotet Trojan. Active for over a decade, Emotet is a Trojan mainly used to drop additional malware onto compromised systems.
To assess the greatest cybersecurity threats companies are facing today, and the 10 trends they should watch out for in 2021, Getapp, the software recommendation company, talked to 83 IT security managers for its Annual Data Security Report. Data breaches are four times more common for companies that allow access to company data.
A researcher at privileged access management solutions provider CyberArk has discovered vulnerabilities in the products of 10 cybersecurity vendors. The research focused on vulnerabilities that can allow an attacker or a piece of malware to escalate privileges using symlink attacks or DLL hijacking.