vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Spotlight: LibOFX Tag Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability was discovered by Cory Duplantis of Talos Update 9/20/2017: A patch is now available to fix this issue. Overview LibOFX is an open source implementation of OFX (Open Financial Exchange) an open format used by financial institutions to share financial data with clients. As an imple…
The Internet of Vulnerable Things
Technological progress is resulting in computing systems that are smaller, cheaper and consuming less power. These micro-computing systems are able to be integrated into everyday objects; when coupled with ubiquitous wireless connectivity these devices form the “Internet of Things”. The IoT has the…
Cisco Coverage for Shadow Brokers 2017-04-14 Information Release
On Friday, April 14, the actor group identifying itself as the Shadow Brokers released new information containing exploits for vulnerabilities that affect various versions of Microsoft Windows as well as applications such as Lotus Domino. Additionally, the release included previously unknown tools,…
March 2017 Cisco IOS & IOS XE Software Bundled Publication
Today, we released the first Cisco IOS & IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2017. (As a reminder, Cisco discloses vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software on a predictable schedule—the fourth Wednesday of March and September in each calendar year). Today’s edition…
Vulnerability Spoltlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Aerospike NoSQL Database Server
Vulnerabilities discovered by Talos Talos is releasing multiple vulnerabilities discovered in the Aerospike Database Server. These vulnerabilities range from Denial of Service to potential remote code execution. This software is used by various companies that require a high performance NoSQL datab…
Keeping Up with Security Vulnerability Disclosures with the Cisco PSIRT openVuln API
The Cisco PSIRT openVuln API is a RESTful API that allows customers to obtain Cisco security vulnerability information in different machine-consumable formats. It supports industrywide security standards such as the Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF), Open Vulnerability and Assessment L…
Guidelines and Practices for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination Open to Review
Recent cyber attacks on organizations around the world have demonstrated the need for consistency in managing security vulnerabilities. To answer that demand, the Industry Consortium for the Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST)…
Vulnerability Spotlight: Exploiting the Aerospike Database Server
Vulnerabilities discovered by Talos Talos is disclosing multiple vulnerabilities discovered in the Aerospike Database Server. These vulnerabilities range from memory disclosure to potential remote code execution. This software is used by various companies that require a high performance NoSQL databa…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – December 2016
The final patch Tuesday of 2016 has arrived. Today, Microsoft has released their monthly set of security bulletins designed to address security vulnerabilities within their products. This month’s release contains 12 bulletins addressing 48 vulnerabilities. Six bulletins are rated critical and…