Can a simple link in a phishing email allow hackers to pwn hundreds of consumer routers in an automated attack. Find out why some Brazilian organizations know the answer to that question in today's Daily Byte video. (Episode Runtime: 1:47) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdrE93lID8 EPISODE REFERENCES: Spam campaign targets routers of specific carrier … [Read more...]
Printer Doom Hack – WSWiR Episode 122
Apple Patches, Kindle XSS, and Doom Printer Hack If you want to stay current with the Internet "threatscape," our weekly video can help. It summarizes each week's top information and network security news in one convenient place. Subscribe today! Today's episode covers, Apple and Adobe security updates, a cross-site scripting flaw that affects Kindle users, and an interesting … [Read more...]
SQL Server Update Fixes XSS and DoS Vulnerability
Severity: Medium Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: Most current versions of SQL Server How an attacker exploits it: Various, including enticing someone to click a specially crafted link Impact: In the worst case, an attacker can steal your web cookie, hijack your web session, or essentially take any action you could on the SQL server What to do: Deploy the appropriate … [Read more...]
Hardware Malware – WSWiR Episode 112
Tons of Patches, Facebook Botnets, and Infected Hand Scanners After a couple weeks of hiatus, we're finally back with our weekly security news summary video. If you want to learn about all the week's important security news from one convenience resource, this is the place to get it. This episode covers the latest popular software security updates from the last two weeks, and … [Read more...]
Microsoft Service Bus DoS Mostly Affects Enterprise Web Developers.
Among this week's Microsoft security bulletins is one that likely only affects a small subset of Microsoft customers, and thus not worth a full security alert. Microsoft Service Bus is a messaging component that ships with server versions of Windows, providing enterprise developers with the means to create message-driven applications. According to Microsoft's bulletin, Service … [Read more...]
