21 nails in Exim mail server: Vulnerabilities enable ‘full remote unauthenticated code execution’, millions of servers at risk | IT Security News 5. May 2021 Nearly 4 million to be exact, say researchers Researchers at security biz Qualys discovered 21 vulnerabilities in Exim, a popular mail server, which can be chained to obtain “a full…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Patch Management Experts Stress Importance of Upgrading the Tool and Auditing Files Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 5, 2021 A patch has been issued for a serious vulnerability that affects PHP Composer – a tool used to manage and install software dependencies in the…
From the data gathered so far, it’s estimated that hundreds of millions of Dell desktops, laptops, and tablets have received the driver containing the vulnerability through various BIOS updates. Collectively tracked as CVE-2021-21551, five flaws have been discovered in DBUtil, a driver from that Dell machines. Kasif Dekel, a security researcher at cybersecurity company SentinelOne,…
The maintainers of Exim have released patches to remediate as many as 21 security vulnerabilities in its software that could enable unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete remote code execution and gain root privileges. Collectively named ’21Nails,’ the flaws include 11 vulnerabilities that require local access to the server and 10 other weaknesses that could be…
Hardware maker has issued an update to fix multiple critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities that have gone undetected since 2009. Hundreds of millions of Dell laptops, notebooks, and tablets are at risk of compromise from a set of five high-severity flaws that have been undetected since at least 2009. The flaws allow an attacker who already has…
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The maintainers of Exim have released patches to remediate as many as 21 security vulnerabilities in its software that could enable unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete remote code execution and gain root privileges. Collectively named ’21Nails,’ the flaws include 11 vulnerabilities that require local access to the server and 10 other weaknesses that could be…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Governance & Risk Management Steve Yurich, CISO of Penn National Insurance, on the Need for Frequent Scanning Suparna Goswami (gsuparna) • May 3, 2021 Steve Yurich, CISO at Penn National Insurance Effective vulnerability management requires more frequent scanning of infrastructure, says Steve…
Technical documentation and proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) code is available for a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server that could let remote attackers execute code on unpatched machines. The flaw is for one of the four that the National Security Agency (NSA) reported to Microsoft and received a fix in April. Despite being the least severe…
In the past week the Australian government’s language on China has hardened. Defence Minister Peter Dutton has said a war over Taiwan could not be discounted, that Australia was “already under attack” in the cyber domain and that he wants to have a “more frank discussion with the public” about China’s intentions. Mr Dutton said…
