Security News

Critical Auth Bypass Bug Affect NETGEAR Smart Switches — Patch and PoC Released
2021-09-06 03:33

Networking, storage and security solutions provider Netgear on Friday issued patches to address three security vulnerabilities affecting its smart switches that could be abused by an adversary to gain full control of a vulnerable device. The flaws, which were discovered and reported to Netgear by Google security engineer Gynvael Coldwind, impact the following models -.

Cisco Issues Patch for Critical Enterprise NFVIS Flaw — PoC Exploit Available
2021-09-04 00:07

Cisco has patched a critical security vulnerability impacting its Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of an affected system. The network equipment maker said it's aware of a publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code targeting the vulnerability, but added it's not detected any successful weaponization attempts in the wild.

Patched: Critical bug with public PoC exploit in Cisco infrastructure virtualization software (CVE-2021-34746)
2021-09-03 09:23

A critical vulnerability that affects Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software has been patched and Cisco is urging enterprise admins to quickly upgrade to a fixed version, as proof-of-concept exploit code is already available. The bug could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass authentication and log in to an affected device as an administrator.

Cisco Patches Critical Authentication Bug With Public Exploit
2021-09-02 15:41

Cisco has patched a near-max critical bug in its NFVIS software for which there's a publicly available proof-of-concept exploit. On Wednesday, Cisco released patches for the flaw - an authentication bypass vulnerability in Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software that's tracked as CVE-2021-34746.

Cisco fixes critical authentication bypass bug with public exploit
2021-09-02 12:14

Cisco has addressed an almost maximum severity authentication bypass Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software vulnerability with public proof-of-concept exploit code.CVE-2021-34746 is caused by incomplete validation of user-supplied input passed to an authentication script during the sign-in process which allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to log into unpatched device as an administrator.

Critical infrastructure today: Complex challenges and rising threats
2021-09-02 05:30

Cyber attacks against critical national infrastructure are escalating. The most frequently-discussed aspect of critical infrastructure events are availability impacts: stopping or interrupting a process or organization.

Critical Azure Cosmos DB Bug Allows Full Cloud Account Takeover
2021-08-27 16:49

A critical security vulnerability in Microsoft's Azure cloud database platform - Cosmos DB - could have allowed full remote takeover of accounts, with admin rights to read, write and delete any information to a database instance. "Azure Cosmos DB built-in Jupyter Notebooks are directly integrated into the Azure portal and your Azure Cosmos DB accounts, making them convenient and easy to use," according to Microsoft's documentation.

Microsoft warns Azure customers of critical Cosmos DB vulnerability
2021-08-27 12:52

Microsoft has warned thousands of Azure customers that a now-fixed critical vulnerability found in Cosmos DB allowed any user to remotely take over other users' databases by giving them full admin access without requiring authorization. "Microsoft has recently become aware of a vulnerability in Azure Cosmos DB that could potentially allow a user to gain access to another customer's resources by using the account's primary read-write key," the company told customers.

Critical Cosmos Database Flaw Affected Thousands of Microsoft Azure Customers
2021-08-27 00:59

Cloud infrastructure security company Wiz on Thursday revealed details of a now-fixed Azure Cosmos database vulnerability that could have been potentially exploited to grant any Azure user full admin access to other customers' database instances without any authorization. Cosmos DB is Microsoft's proprietary NoSQL database that's advertised as "a fully managed service" that "Takes database administration off your hands with automatic management, updates and patching."

Critical Cosmos Database Flaw Affected Thousands of Microsoft Azure Customers
2021-08-27 00:59

Cloud infrastructure security company Wiz on Thursday revealed details of a now-fixed Azure Cosmos database vulnerability that could have been potentially exploited to grant any Azure user full admin access to other customers' database instances without any authorization. Cosmos DB is Microsoft's proprietary NoSQL database that's advertised as "a fully managed service" that "Takes database administration off your hands with automatic management, updates and patching."