Cyber Security Week in Review (March 15)
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — March 2019: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
Vulnerability Spotlight: Privilege escalation bug in CleanMyMac X's helper service
Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Executive summary CleanMyMac X contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in its helper service due to improper updating. The application fails to remove the vulnerable components upon upgrading to the latest version
The sights and sounds of Cisco Talos at RSA 2019
An estimated 45,000 people attended this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco to hear talks from some of the greatest minds in security. As always, Cisco and Talos had a massive presence at the conference, topping off the week with a keynote address featuring Matt Watchinski,
Cyber Security Week in Review (March 8)
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple local vulnerabilities in Pixar Renderman
Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Executive summary The MacOS version of Pixar Renderman contains three local vulnerabilities in its install helper tool. An attacker could exploit these bugs to escalate their privileges to root. Renderman is a rende
Cisco, Talos tout importance of IoT security at RSA keynote
Beers with Talos Ep. #48: Loaders or trojans, plus an RSA preview
