Security News

Cisco Patches Critical Flaw in Smart Licensing Solution
2020-02-20 19:40

Cisco has released patches for sixteen vulnerabilities across its products, including one rated critical, six high severity, and nine medium risk. The critical vulnerability impacts Cisco's Smart Software Manager On-Prem licensing solution and could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to access system data with high privileges.

Critical Cisco Bug Opens Software Licencing Manager to Remote Attack
2020-02-20 17:29

A critical flaw in the High Availability service of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Base has been uncovered, which would open the door to remote attackers thanks to its use of a static, default password, even if the platform isn't directly connected to the internet. Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Base is used to manage a customer or partner's product licenses, providing near real-time visibility and reporting of the Cisco licenses that an organization purchases and consumes.

Critical Adobe Flaws Fixed in Out-of-Band Update
2020-02-20 13:26

Adobe has issued unscheduled patches for two critical vulnerabilities that, if exploited, enable an attacker to execute remote code on targeted devices. The two apps affected by the critical flaws are Adobe After Effects, a visual effects and motion graphics app used for post-production film making and video game production, and Adobe Media Encoder, an application to help with media processing requirements for audio and video.

Adobe Patches Critical Bugs Affecting Media Encoder and After Effects
2020-02-20 10:07

Adobe today released out-of-band software updates for After Effects and Media Encoder applications that patch a total of two new critical vulnerabilities. The bug in Adobe After Effects, an application for creating motion graphics and special effects used in the video, was discovered by security researcher Matt Powell and reported to Adobe via Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative project.

Adobe Patches Critical Bugs Affecting Media Encoder and After Effects
2020-02-20 02:09

Adobe today released out-of-band software updates for After Effects and Media Encoder applications that patch a total of two new critical vulnerabilities. The bug in Adobe After Effects, an application for creating motion graphics and special effects used in the video, was discovered by security researcher Matt Powell and reported to Adobe via Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative project.

US Govt Warns Critical Industries After Ransomware Hits Gas Pipeline Facility
2020-02-19 11:43

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency earlier today issued a warning to all industries operating critical infrastructures about a new ransomware threat that if left unaddressed could have severe consequences. The advisory comes in response to a cyberattack targeting an unnamed natural gas compression facility that employed spear-phishing to deliver ransomware to the company's internal network, encrypting critical data and knocking servers out of operation for almost two days.

US Govt Warns Critical Industries After Ransomware Hits Gas Pipeline Facility
2020-02-19 03:43

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency earlier today issued a warning to all industries operating critical infrastructures about a new ransomware threat that if left unaddressed could have severe consequences. The advisory comes in response to a cyberattack targeting an unnamed natural gas compression facility that employed spear-phishing to deliver ransomware to the company's internal network, encrypting critical data and knocking servers out of operation for almost two days.

Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers
2020-02-17 21:15

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, could let unauthenticated remote attackers compromise a wide range of websites and blogs. The vulnerable plugin in question is 'ThemeGrill Demo Importer' that comes with free as well as premium themes sold by the software development company ThemeGrill.

Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers
2020-02-17 13:15

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, could let unauthenticated remote attackers compromise a wide range of websites and blogs. The vulnerable plugin in question is 'ThemeGrill Demo Importer' that comes with free as well as premium themes sold by the software development company ThemeGrill.

Control Risks and Everbridge join forces to help orgs manage the full lifecycle of a critical event
2020-02-14 01:00

Control Risks, a leading global risk consultancy and Everbridge, the global leader in critical event management, announced the formation of a new strategic alliance. The companies will combine Control Risks' deep operational security risk and all-hazards crisis management expertise with Everbridge's holistic technology platform for correlating risk intelligence to manage the full lifecycle of a critical event - from awareness and assessment to remediation, response and recovery.