CVE-2021-20454 – Alert Detail – Security Database

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details about a high-severity flaw in the HP OMEN driver software that impacts millions of gaming computers worldwide, leaving them open to an array of attacks. Tracked as CVE-2021-3437 (CVSS score: 7.8), the vulnerabilities could allow threat actors to escalate privileges to kernel mode without requiring administrator permissions, allowing them…

Kaseya did not negotiate with cyber criminals and pay a ransom following the REvil ransomware attack on July 2 which compromised about 60 MSPs and 1,500 end users. On Monday, the vendor confirmed on its website that it “did not pay a ransom – either directly or indirectly through a third party – to obtain…

In this episode, Tripwire’s Brent Holder and Raymond Kirk discuss what cloud security means today. Breaking down the different aspects of cloud security controls, they cover the technology, security implications and risks with cloud use. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5UDKiGLlzxhiGnd6FtvEnmStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-tripwire-cybersecurity-podcastRSS: https://tripwire.libsyn.com/rssYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgTfY3TXF9YKE9pUKp57pGSTaapTLpvC3 Tim Erlin: On the latest episode of the Tripwire Cybersecurity Podcast, I had the pleasure…

Google Chrome urgently requires an update to patch a severe vulnerability. You may be tired of updating Chrome (the latest urgent update was just last month), but it’s that time again, and with good reason: Cybercriminals have already exploited this vulnerability. What is CVE-2021-21193? On March 12, Google released stable build 89.0.4389.90 for Chrome, patching…

McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant chain by revenue, recently revealed that it was the target of a security breach. What Happened? On Friday, the burger chain said it hired external consultants to investigate unauthorized activity on an internal security system, prompted by a specific incident in which the unauthorized access was cut off a week…

E Hacking News – Latest Hacker News and IT Security News 8. May 2021 Security researchers have found extreme domain name system (DNS) fixes that hackers may use to conduct constructive denial-of-service attacks on authoritative DNS servers. The bug they refer to as TsuNAME has been discovered by researchers from SIDN Labs and InternetNZ. The…