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🕴 3 Tips For Successfully Running Tech Outside the IT Department 🕴

When marketing opts for "extra-departmental IT," coordination and communication are required to keep things secured.

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via "Dark Reading".
🕴 Security Hiring Plans Remain Constant Despite Pandemic 🕴

Although we saw workforce gains this year, 56% of businesses surveyed report staff shortages are putting their organization at risk.

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via "Dark Reading".
CVE-2020-26218

touchbase.ai before version 2.0 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject HTML payloads which could result in defacement, user redirection to a malicious webpage/website etc. The issue is patched in version 2.0.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-26219

touchbase.ai before version 2.0 is vulnerable to Open Redirect. Impacts can be many, and vary from theft of information and credentials, to the redirection to malicious websites containing attacker-controlled content, which in some cases even cause XSS attacks. So even though an open redirection might sound harmless at first, the impacts of it can be severe should it be exploitable. The issue is fixed in version 2.0.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
🕴 Want to Avoid an Extreme Cyberloss? Focus on the Basics 🕴

New analysis of attacks and breaches -- to the tune of more than $20 million in damages and losses of at least 20 million records -- underscores the importance of planning for these events.

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via "Dark Reading".
🕴 NSF-Funded Research Aims to Help Disrupt Cybercrime Supply Chains 🕴

The National Science Foundation awarded a grant to Georgia State University (GSU) to come up with innovative ways to thwart the supply chains for counterfeiting, loan- and unemployment fraud.

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via "Dark Reading".
CVE-2020-26221

touchbase.ai before version 2.0 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability allows an attacker to send malicious JavaScript code which could result in hijacking of the user's cookie/session tokens, redirecting the user to a malicious webpage and performing unintended browser action. The issue is patched in version 2.0.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-1999

A vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Network PAN-OS signature-based threat detection engine that allows an attacker to communicate with devices in the network in a way that is not analyzed for threats by sending data through specifically crafted TCP packets. This technique evades signature-based threat detection. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.17; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.11; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.5; All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-26220

toucbase.ai before version 2.0 leaks information by not stripping exif data from images. Anyone with access to the uploaded image of other users could obtain its geolocation, device, and software version data etc (if present. The issue is fixed in version 2.0.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-5992

NVIDIA GeForce NOW application software on Windows, all versions prior to 2.0.25.119, contains a vulnerability in its open-source software dependency in which the OpenSSL library is vulnerable to binary planting attacks by a local user, which may lead to code execution or escalation of privileges.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-2022

An information exposure vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks Panorama software that discloses the token for the Panorama web interface administrator's session to a managed device when the Panorama administrator performs a context switch into that device. This vulnerability allows an attacker to gain privileged access to the Panorama web interface. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.17; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.11; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.5.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-2048

An information exposure through log file vulnerability exists where the password for the configured system proxy server for a PAN-OS appliance may be displayed in cleartext when using the CLI in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.17; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.11; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.2.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-2000

An OS command injection and memory corruption vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface that allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code and OS commands with root privileges. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-2050

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the GlobalProtect SSL VPN component of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that allows an attacker to bypass all client certificate checks with an invalid certificate. A remote attacker can successfully authenticate as any user and gain access to restricted VPN network resources when the gateway or portal is configured to rely entirely on certificate-based authentication. Impacted features that use SSL VPN with client certificate verification are: GlobalProtect Gateway, GlobalProtect Portal, GlobalProtect Clientless VPN In configurations where client certificate verification is used in conjunction with other authentication methods, the protections added by the certificate check are ignored as a result of this issue. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.17; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.11; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.5; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-7770

This affects the package json8 before 1.0.3. The function adds in the target object the property specified in the path, however it does not properly check the key being set, leading to a prototype pollution.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
🕴 Like the Energizer Bunny, Trickbot Goes On and On 🕴

Recent efforts to take down the virulent botnet have been largely -- but not entirely -- successful.

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via "Dark Reading".
From Triton to Stuxnet: Preparing for OT Incident Response

Lesley Carhart, with Dragos, gives Threatpost a behind-the-scenes look at how industrial companies are faring during the COVID-19 pandemic - and how they can prepare for future threats.

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via "Threat Post".
🦿 New survey details IT challenges, shadow IT risks, 2021 outlook, and more 🦿

The report also illustrates a shift in the way workers perceive IT. Half of the respondent employees said they "had more empathy, had more respect or were more grateful for IT."

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via "Tech Republic".
2 More Google Chrome Zero-Days Under Active Exploitation

Browser users are once again being asked to patch severe vulnerabilities that can lead to remote code execution.

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via "Threat Post".
🦿 How to combat the latest and most aggressive botnets and malware 🦿

Launching more sophisticated botnets, malware, and other threats, cybercriminals are getting more ruthless, says Nuspire.

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via "Tech Republic".
🕴 5 Steps Every Company Should Take to Avoid Data Theft Risk 🕴

It's never been easier for employees to download company data and take it with them to their next gig.

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via "Dark Reading".