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March 17, 2022 14:00

Threat Source newsletter (March 17, 2022) — Channelling productive worry to help Ukraine

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Cisco Talos continues to be heads-down working on the current Ukraine situation. This is incredibly difficult for everyone across the globe, especially for those directly affected. But that doesn’t mean those of us w

March 10, 2022 14:00

Talos Threat Source newsletter (March 10, 2022) — Fake social media posts spread in wake of Ukraine invasion

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter — complete with a new format and feel. First off, it goes without saying, but we’re all heartbroken by the crisis happening in Ukraine. Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine, our employees and their families, as

March 8, 2022 14:15

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for March 2022 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft released another relatively light security update Tuesday, disclosing 71 vulnerabilities, including fixes for issues in Azure and the Office suite of products. March’s Patch Tuesday only included two critical vulnerabilities, which is notable considering there weren’t a

March 7, 2022 11:45

Deep dive: Vulnerabilities in ZTE router could lead to complete attacker control of the device

Cisco Talos’ vulnerability research team disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in the ZTE MF971R wireless hotspot and router in October. Several months removed from that disclosure and ZTE’s patch, we decided to take an even closer look at two of these vulnerabilities — CVE-2021-217

February 24, 2022 09:00

Vulnerability Spotlight: Vulnerabilities in Gerbv could lead to code execution, information disclosure

Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Gerbv file viewing software that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary remote code or disclose sensitive information. Gerbv is an open-source

February 24, 2022 07:00

Vulnerability Spotlight: Vulnerabilities in Lansweeper could lead to JavaScript, SQL injections

Marcin “Icewall” Noga of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Lansweeper IT asset management solution that could allow an attacker to inject JavaScript or SQL code on the targeted device. Lansweeper gather

February 23, 2022 11:58

Vulnerability Spotlight: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Accusoft ImageGear could lead to code execution

Francesco Benvenuto and Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos and another team member discovered these vulnerabilities. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Accusoft ImageGear. The ImageGear library is a document-imaging developer toolkit that allows users to c

February 16, 2022 14:09

Vulnerability Spotlight: Vulnerability in Hancom Office could lead to memory corruption, code execution

Marcin “Icewall” Noga of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Cisco Talos recently discovered a vulnerability in Hancom Office — a popular software suite in South Korea — that could allow an attacker to corrupt memory on the targeted machine or execute remote code. Han

February 11, 2022 16:22

Vulnerability Spotlight: Vulnerabilities in Moxa MXView could allow attacker to view sensitive information, bypass login

Patrick DeSantis of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Cisco Talos recently discovered two vulnerabilities in Moxa's MXview network management software that could allow an attacker to view sensitive data or bypass the need to log into the device. MXview is design