Tara Seals, Author at AZGAD WEBSITE SECURITY BLOG

‘Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk’ is installed on more than 100,000 sites — and could offer up sensitive info to attackers that aren’t even logged in.

Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-05-05 Tara Seals

Raft of Exim Security Holes Allow Linux Mail Server Takeovers

Remote code execution, privilege escalation to root and lateral movement through a victim’s environment are all on offer for the unpatched or unaware.

Government Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-05-04 Tara Seals

Pulse Secure VPNs Get a Fix for Critical Zero-Day Bugs

The security flaw tracked as CVE-2021-22893 is being used by at least two APTs likely linked to China, to attack U.S. defense targets among others.

Vulnerabilities

2021-05-04 Tara Seals

Hundreds of Millions of Dell Users at Risk from Kernel-Privilege Bugs

The privilege-escalation bug remained hidden for 12 years and has been present in all Dell PCs, tablets and notebooks shipped since 2009.

Critical Infrastructure Hacks Malware

2021-05-04 Tara Seals

Scripps Health Cyberattack Causes Widespread Hospital Outages

The San Diego-based hospital system diverted ambulances to other medical centers after a suspected ransomware attack.

Malware

2021-04-30 Tara Seals

PortDoor Espionage Malware Takes Aim at Russian Defense Sector

The stealthy backdoor is likely being used by Chinese APTs, researchers said.

Vulnerabilities

2021-04-30 Tara Seals

F5 Big-IP Vulnerable to Security-Bypass Bug

The KDC-spoofing flaw tracked as CVE-2021-23008 can be used to bypass Kerberos security and sign into the Big-IP Access Policy Manager or admin console.

Government Malware Vulnerabilities Web Security

2021-04-29 Tara Seals

Multi-Gov Task Force Plans to Take Down the Ransomware Economy

A coalition of 60 global entities (including the DoJ) has proposed a sweeping plan to hunt down and disrupt ransomware gangs by going after their financial operations.

2021-04-28 Tara Seals