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Cisco has released a new batch of security fixes for a number of its products, including its Smart Software Manager On-Prem solution and its Email Security and Content Security Management Appliances. The critical flaw is in the High Availability service of the Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem.
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.
Cisco has released fixes to address 17 vulnerabilities across its networking and unified communications lines. The lone critical bulletin is for CVE-2020-3158, a bug caused by the presence of a high-privilege account with a static password present in the Cisco Smart Software Manager tool.
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In the 7 years since, threats have become exponentially more advanced, launched by well-funded cyber-criminal groups and nation-state proxies and leveraging automation and AI. And yet the people hacking into Ring cameras weren't highly-technical or using AI. They were Script Kiddies using credentials found and traded on the Dark Web to access devices that did not use 2FA or other additional security mechanisms. As a threat analyst, I have helped companies identify hundreds of IoT devices, from insecure smart refrigerators and CCTV cameras, to compromised video conferencing systems and biometric scanners.
Many Philips Hue smart light bulbs have a firmware flaw that leads hackers into an entire network, Check Point Research found. Security firm Check Point Research has released its findings that many Philips Hue smart light bulbs have a flaw in their firmware, which allows attackers to take control of an individual bulb, push malicious firmware to it, and spread other malicious software throughout a network.
Researchers have demonstrated an ability to compromise an IoT smart bulb, and then use malware from the internet-connected bulb to infiltrate the rest of a network - regardless of whether that is a home or office. In 2016, earlier researchers were able to compromise Philips Hue lightbulbs with malicious firmware, and then propagate to other adjacent lightbulbs.
There are over a hundred potential ways hackers can ruin your life by having access to your WiFi network that's also connected to your computers, smartphones, and other smart devices. In the latest research shared with The Hacker News, Check Point experts today revealed a new high-severity vulnerability affecting Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited over-the-air from over 100 meters away to gain entry into a targeted WiFi network.
There are over a hundred potential ways hackers can ruin your life by having access to your WiFi network that's also connected to your computers, smartphones, and other smart devices. In the latest research shared with The Hacker News, Check Point experts today revealed a new high-severity vulnerability affecting Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited over-the-air from over 100 meters away to gain entry into a targeted WiFi network.
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