The Last Watchdog
JUNE 2, 2021
Each private key serves a narrow function: it gives the same type of authenticity and level of access to each user. All the attacker needs to do, he says, is to take over the account of a legitimate user to attain deep access to a lot of sensitive information stored in the cloud. Attribute-based access. This creates exposure.
Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 19, 2019
OTA -- over-the-air updates) were stored in a publicly accessible AWS S3 bucket that also lacked TLS encryption (CVE-2019-16270, CVE-2019-16274). Arbitrary code execution: unauthenticated root shell access through Android Debug Bridge (ADB) leads to arbitrary code execution and system administration (CVE-2019-16273).
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IT Governance
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
So, whether you’re a developer using a web application scanning tool to assess your own work, or a systems administrator doing your monthly due diligence checks with a vulnerability scanner, or a third-party security company performing a penetration test , you’re likely to use the CVSS. IoT and similar devices have ‘embedded systems’.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 4, 2019
In the case of Microsoft’s flagship OS, it turns out that because Windows is written largely in the C and C ++ programming languages, it permits deep access to the memory addresses where software code is executed, at the OS level. PowerShell in the hands of an intruder with privileged access is a game changer.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
OCTOBER 15, 2019
With a quick tap on your phone, the app sends a code to the after-school program supervisor so the car can be accessed at pickup. With this seamless interaction of the latest IoT technologies, “smart cities” are redefining the way we live and work. To pick your daughter up from school, you call a driverless car.
Krebs on Security
JULY 25, 2023
Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. Usually, these users have no idea their systems are compromised. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 29, 2022
These were all obscure open-source components that, over time, became deeply embedded in enterprise systems across the breadth of the Internet, only to have a gaping vulnerability discovered in them late in the game. Its rather mundane function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon, later.
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