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experts. A recently published report mentions that a severe vulnerability in the Linux operating system could allow a nearby device to use a
to lock or compromise the target machine. The vulnerability resides in the RTLWIFI driver, used for compatibil…
Continue ReadingBy Rick Anderson, delivery director, Wind River. While ATM security is not necessarily “life critical” as with many other industries (think transportation, medical and some industrial applications) there are certainly financial and identity theft risks…
Continue Reading. It sounds familiar, but I don’t think Humphrey Bogart is running the gin joint this time around. Questionable Casablanca references aside, Amnesty International has reported another attack against human rights workers. In this case, a pair of Morocca…
Continue ReadingMS-ISAC ADVISORY NUMBER: 2019-112 DATE(S) ISSUED: 10/18/2019 OVERVIEW: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cisco products, the most severe of which could allow for remote unauthorized access with elevated privileges on the affected system.
Continue ReadingA potentially dangerous vulnerability was discovered in the Linux Kernel, affecting Realtek Wi-Fi chips that could have been used to crash or compromise any systems running Linux. Security researcher Nico Waisman discovered the flaw, now dubbed CVE-201…
Continue ReadingSecurity Advisory. This security advisory describes one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow. Severity: Medium. CVSSv3: [PCI] CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13537. CWE-ID: Description. CWE-121 – Stack-based Buffer Overflow The vulnerability all…
Continue ReadingA potentially serious vulnerability in Linux may make it possible for nearby devices to use Wi-Fi signals to crash or fully compromise vulnerable machines, a security researcher said. The flaw is located in the RTLWIFI driver, which is used to support …
Continue ReadingA recent survey from auto shopping and research site CarGurus.com asked consumers questions about their knowledge of connected car security. The results were startling: consumers scored an average grade of a failing 49%. When this is paired with Upstre…
Continue Readingexperts states that a relatively old WiFi vulnerability affects millions of Amazon Echo and Kindle devices from different generations. This flaw, known as a
, allows threat actors to deploy Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks to access a WiFi network wit…
Continue ReadingCisco Systems has released a security update stomping out critical and high-severity flaws impacting its Aironet access points, which are entry-level wireless access points (APs) used by mid-size enterprises in their offices or small warehouses. It als…
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