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Creating a Path to Successful Security Hygiene

Cisco Security

As a result, organizations are further assessing security posture management processes, examining vendor risk management requirements, and testing security more frequently. If you’re a security and risk management leader, the new ESG eBook is a must-read, so download the Security Hygiene and Posture Management eBook right now.

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VulnRecap 1/16/24 – Major Firewall Issues Persist

eSecurity Planet

xml through the download portal. The problem: The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced a vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint that allows a threat actor to escalate their privileges on the network. The fix: Bitdefender offers a smart home scanner app to locate vulnerable IoT devices.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – October 16, 2023 – DDoS, Microsoft, Apple & Linux Lead a Busy Week

eSecurity Planet

Additionally, isolating IoT devices and range extenders on a separate network from sensitive devices can help mitigate potential risks until a proper fix is provided by the vendor. The bug allows for a 1-click RCE attack by requiring a user to mistakenly download and open a specially crafted.CUE file.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 14, 2023 – Old or New, Vulnerabilities Need Management

eSecurity Planet

Here’s a roundup of the week’s major vulnerabilities that security teams should mitigate or patch. August 12 , 2023 Ford Auto’s TI Wi-Fi Vulnerability The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand and become a threat to connected businesses.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

Yet, Internet of Things (IoT) devices tend to be designed with the minimum computing resources required to accomplish the designed task of the device (security camera, printer, TV, etc.). While less computationally constrained than IoT, mobile devices constrain computations to avoid consuming power and draining battery life.

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Vulnerability Recap 7/8/24 – Intel, Cisco & More Face Risks

eSecurity Planet

These vulnerabilities affected diverse areas, including network infrastructure, software libraries, IoT devices, and even CPUs. Traeger addressed unauthorized controls on IoT grills before July 4th. July 1, 2024 OpenSSH Releases Security Updates to Address RCE Type of vulnerability: Signal handler race condition in OpenSSH server.

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Vulnerability Recap 6/10/24 – RCE Attacks in Major Platforms

eSecurity Planet

The problem: The Muhstik botnet exploited a severe RCE issue in Apache RocketMQ ( CVE-2023-33246 ) to attack Linux systems and IoT devices for DDoS and cryptomining. The attack starts with the execution of a shell script from a remote IP that downloads the Muhstik malware binary (“pty3”).

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