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FBI Recommends Securing Your Smart TVs and IoT Devices The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recommends making sure that Internet of Things (IoT) devices and smart TVs in your home are properly configured to protect them and your other devices from potential attackers.  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-recommends-securing-your-smart-tvs-and-iot-devices/

VMware Releases Security Updates for ESXi and Horizon DaaS VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability in ESXi and Horizon DaaS. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2019-0022 and apply the necessary updates and workarounds. https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/12/06/vmware-releases-security-updates-esxi-and-horizon-daas

CVE-2019-14899 flaw allows hijacking #VPN connections on #Linux, #Unix systems Researchers discovered a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-14899 that can be exploited to hijack active TCP connections in a VPN tunnel https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/94764/hacking/cve-2019-14899-vpn-flaw.html

Múltiples vulnerabilidades en productos de Netgear Fecha de publicación: 05/12/2019 Importancia: 5 - Crítica Descripción:  Netgear ha publicado 21 vulnerabilidades, 1 de severidad crítica y 20 de severidad alta, que afectan a sus productos. Solución:  Acceder a la página de soporte de Netgear, y descargar la última versión del firmware del dispositivo afectado. https://www.incibe-cert.es/alerta-temprana/avisos-seguridad/multiples-vulnerabilidades-productos-netgear-9

The Advantages of Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) Network managers and security teams are facing a double-edged challenge: networks are growing far more complex and expanding across multiple perimeters just as threat vectors become increasingly difficult to detect and threats grow more sophisticated. The Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) offers a solution. According to Cisco ASA reviews and Cisco Firepower NGFW reviews on IT Central Station, they enable greater visibility into the network and applications while improving threat mitigation. https://blogs.cisco.com/security/the-advantages-of-next-generation-firewalls

#Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for #WindowsHello for Business Microsoft has released a Security Advisory to address an issue in Windows Hello for Business (WHfB). An attacker could exploit this issue on devices that were affected by CVE-2017-15361, also known as Return of Coppersmith’s Attack (ROCA), to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft Security Advisories ADV190026 and ADV170012 and apply the recommended mitigations. https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/12/05/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-windows-hello-business

Cómo te levantan 100.000€ sin pestañear – Análisis forense de una «Estafa al CEO» (I) https://www.securityartwork.es/2019/12/03/como-te-levantan-100-000e-sin-pestanear-analisis-forense-de-una-estafa-al-ceo-i/ Cómo te levantan 100.000€ sin pestañear – Análisis forense de una «Estafa al CEO» (II) https://www.securityartwork.es/2019/12/05/como-te-levantan-100-000e-sin-pestanear-analisis-forense-de-una-estafa-al-ceo-ii/

Verificación inadecuada de autenticación en Palo Alto PAN-OS Fecha de publicación: 05/12/2019 Importancia: 4 - Alta Recursos afectados:  PAN-OS 7.1, versiones anteriores a la 7.1.25; PAN-OS 8.0, versiones anteriores a la 8.0.20; PAN-OS 8.1, versiones anteriores a la 8.1.11; PAN-OS 9.0, versiones anteriores a la 9.0.5. Descripción:  Palo Alto ha publicado una vulnerabilidad en PAN-OS que podría permitir a un atacante escalar privilegios Solución:  Actualizar a las versiones 7.1.25, 8.0.20, 8.1.11, 9.0.5 o posteriores. https://www.incibe-cert.es/alerta-temprana/avisos-seguridad/verificacion-inadecuada-autenticacion-palo-alto-pan-os

Two malicious #Python libraries caught stealing #SSH and #GPG keys One library was available for only two days, but the second was live for nearly a year. The Python security team removed two trojanized Python libraries from PyPI (Python Package Index) that were caught stealing SSH and GPG keys from the projects of infected developers. https://www.zdnet.com/article/two-malicious-python-libraries-removed-from-pypi/

Múltiples vulnerabilidades en Liferay Fecha de publicación: 04/12/2019 Importancia: 5 - Crítica Recursos afectados:  Liferay Portal, versión 7.2.0 y anteriores. Descripción:  Se han detectado 6 vulnerabilidades, una con severidad crítica y cinco con severidades altas. Un atacante remoto podría obtener credenciales de usuario, ejecución o inyección de código, generar una condición de denegación de servicio (DoS) o realizar acciones sin autorización sobre los recursos del sistema. Solución:  Actualizar la versión Liferay Portal 7.2.1 o posterior, cuando esté disponible. https://www.incibe-cert.es/alerta-temprana/avisos-seguridad/multiples-vulnerabilidades-liferay-2

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisories for Firefox 71 and Firefox ESR 68.3. https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/12/04/mozilla-releases-security-updates-firefox-and-firefox-esr

Atlassian scrambles to fix zero-day security hole accidentally disclosed on Twitter Exposed private cert key may also be an issue for IBM Aspera Updated Twitter security celeb SwiftOnSecurity on Tuesday inadvertently disclosed a zero-day vulnerability affecting enterprise software biz Atlassian, a flaw that may be echoed in IBM's Aspera software. The SwiftOnSecurity Twitter account revealed that Atlassian provided a domain that resolved to a local server with a common SSL certificate for its Confluence cloud service, to enable the Atlassian Companion app to edit files in a preferred local application and save the files back to Confluence. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/05/atlassian_zero_day_bug/

[SECURITY] [DLA 2020-1] libonig security update Package : libonig Version : 5.9.5-3.2+deb8u4 CVE ID : CVE-2019-19012 CVE-2019-19204 CVE-2019-19246 Debian Bug : 944959 945313 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Oniguruma regular expressions library, notably used in PHP mbstring. CVE-2019-19012 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00002.html

Breaking the Rules: A Tough #Outlook for Home Page Attacks (CVE-2017-11774) Attackers have a dirty little secret that is being used to conduct big intrusions. We’ll explain how they're "unpatching" an exploit and then provide new Outlook hardening guidance that is not available elsewhere. Specifically, this blog post covers field-tested automated registry processing for registry keys to protect against attacker attempts to reverse Microsoft’s CVE-2017-11774 patch functionality. https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2019/12/breaking-the-rules-tough-outlook-for-home-page-attacks.html

#Cisco and #AWS Team Up for Better Application Performance, Enhanced Security https://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/cisco-and-aws-extend-partnership-in-campus-datacenter

Critical Vulnerability in #Microsoft #Azure Let Hackers Take Over the Complete Control of the Azure Accounts Researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Azure named “ #BlackDirect ” that allows attackers to take over the Azure user’s accounts and creating the Token with the victim’s permissions. The vulnerability specifically affected Microsoft’s OAuth 2.0 applications that allow malicious attacker access and control a victim’s account https://gbhackers.com/microsoft-azure/

Critical Flaw in #GoAhead Web Server Could Affect Wide Range of #IoT Devices Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered details of two new vulnerabilities in the GoAhead web server software, a tiny application widely embedded in hundreds of millions of Internet-connected smart devices. One of the two vulnerabilities, assigned as CVE-2019-5096, is a critical code execution flaw that can be exploited by attackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable devices and take control over them. https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/goahead-web-server-hacking.html

RHSA-2019:4056 - Security Advisory Important: kernel security update Security Advisory: Important Tema: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4056

Windows Users Beware! – More than 60% of Malicious Ads Targeting Windows Computer Systems A new report shows that 61% of malicious ads on the Internet targeting Windows computers to infect with malware or to steal the information. The malicious ads act as a platform to distribute malware, by attracting users and redirect them to malicious websites which results in downloading the malware. https://gbhackers.com/malicious-ads-windows/