Security News
If you are running an online discussion forum based on vBulletin software, make sure it has been updated to install a newly issued security patch that fixes a critical vulnerability. Maintainers of the vBulletin project recently announced an important patch update but didn't reveal any information on the underlying security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2020-12720.
If you're using vBulletin to power your online forum(s), you should implement the newest security patches offered by the developers as soon as possible. The patches fix CVE-2020-12720, a vulnerability affecting versions 5.5.6, 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 with could be exploited without previous authentication.
Samsung this week released its May 2020 set of security updates for Android smartphones, which includes a patch for a critical vulnerability impacting all of its devices since 2014. In addition to the fixes in the Android Security Bulletin - May 2020, the phone maker's updates patch 19 vulnerabilities specific to Samsung smartphones.
Cisco's Talos threat intelligence and research group revealed on Wednesday that one of its researchers discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the CODESYS Control SoftPLC industrial controller software. CODESYS Control SoftPLC is a runtime system that converts any PC or embedded device into an IEC 61131-3-compliant industrial controller.
Firefox just published its latest now-every-fourth-Tuesday release, bringing numerous security fixes, including three denoted critical. CVE-2020-12395: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8.
Absolute, the leader in Endpoint Resilience, announced it is enabling customers to self-heal even more of their mission-critical security controls, recently adding support for applications from Tanium and Citrix to ensure they remain healthy and virtually undeletable. Early findings from Absolute's upcoming 2020 State of Endpoint Resilience Report show the typical enterprise endpoint device has more than 10 distinct endpoint security agents running - all competing for the bandwidth and resources needed to function effectively and deliver their intended value.
Google this week released the May 2020 security patches for the Android operating system, which address several critical vulnerabilities, including one affecting the System component. A total of 39 vulnerabilities were patched with the release, split into two parts: 15 received fixes as part of the 2020-05-01 security patch level, and 24 addressed with the 2020-05-05 security patch level.
Hackers targeted the publishing platform Ghost over the weekend, launching a cryptojacking attack against its servers that led to widespread outages. The attack stemmed from the exploit of critical vulnerabilities in SaltStack, used in Ghost's server management infrastructure.
Two severe security flaws have been discovered in the open-source SaltStack Salt configuration framework that could allow an adversary to execute arbitrary code on remote servers deployed in data centers and cloud environments. Built as a utility to monitor and update the state of servers, Salt employs a master-slave architecture that automates the process of pushing out configuration and software updates from a central repository using a "Master" node that deploys the changes to a target group of "Minions" en masse.
Two severe security flaws have been discovered in the open-source SaltStack Salt configuration framework that could allow an adversary to execute arbitrary code on remote servers deployed in data centers and cloud environments. Built as a utility to monitor and update the state of servers, Salt employs a master-slave architecture that automates the process of pushing out configuration and software updates from a central repository using a "Master" node that deploys the changes to a target group of "Minions" en masse.