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β€Ό CVE-2020-9247 β€Ό

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in several Huawei products. The system does not sufficiently validate certain configuration parameter which is passed from user that would cause buffer overflow. The attacker should trick the user into installing and running a malicious application with a high privilege, successful exploit may cause code execution. Affected product include Huawei HONOR 20 PRO, Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, P30, P30 Pro, Hima-L29C, Laya-AL00EP, Princeton-AL10B, Tony-AL00B, Yale-L61A, Yale-TL00B and YaleP-AL10B.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
β€Ό CVE-2020-5798 β€Ό

inSync Client installer for macOS versions v6.8.0 and prior could allow an attacker to gain privileges of a root user from a lower privileged user due to improper integrity checks and directory permissions.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
πŸ•΄ Name That Toon: Winter Forecast πŸ•΄

Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

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via "Dark Reading".
❌ QNAP High-Severity Flaws Plague NAS Systems ❌

The high-severity cross-site scripting flaws could allow remote-code injection on QNAP NAS systems.

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via "Threat Post".
πŸ•΄ Chart: Cyberthreats Follow Workers Home πŸ•΄

The COVID-19 crisis has raised the level of cyber-risk significantly over previous Dark Reading Strategic Security surveys.

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via "Dark Reading".
πŸ•΄ As DNA Synthesis Evolves, Cyber-Physical Attack Worries Grow πŸ•΄

Israeli scientists warn that cybersecurity around DNA synthesis devices needs improvement -- or else the industry risks harmful DNA produced through cyber means.

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via "Dark Reading".
β€Ό CVE-2020-26513 β€Ό

An issue was discovered in Intland codeBeamer ALM 10.x through 10.1.SP4. The ReqIF XML data, used by the codebeamer ALM application to import projects, is parsed by insecurely configured software components, which can be abused for XML External Entity Attacks.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
β€Ό CVE-2020-26122 β€Ό

Inspur NF5266M5 through 3.21.2 and other server M5 devices allow remote code execution via administrator privileges. The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) program of INSPUR server is weak in checking the firmware and lacks the signature verification mechanism, the attacker who obtains the administrator's rights can control the BMC by inserting malicious code into the firmware program and bypassing the current verification mechanism to upgrade the BMC.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
❌ Chinese Breakthrough in Quantum Computing a Warning for Security Teams ❌

China joins Google in claiming quantum supremacy with new technology, ratcheting up RSA decryption concerns.

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via "Threat Post".
❌ Healthcare in Crisis: Diagnosing Cybersecurity Shortcomings in Unprecedented Times ❌

In the early fog of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity took a back seat to keeping patients alive. Lost in the chaos was IT security.

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via "Threat Post".
❌ Insider Report: Healthcare Security Woes Balloon in COVID-Era ❌

As hackers put a bullseye on healthcare, Threatpost spotlights how hospitals, researchers and patients have been affected and how the sector is bolstering their cyber defenses.

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via "Threat Post".
πŸ” NSA Urges Orgs Patch Vulnerability Following Russian Exploitation πŸ”

Attackers have been actively exploiting a recently uncovered command injection bug in VMware products to access protected data.

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via "Digital Guardian".
🦿 Experian predicts 5 key data breach targets for 2021 🦿

The pandemic warfare will shift to vaccine supply chains, home networks, and data from telemedicine visits in the new year.

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via "Tech Republic".
πŸ•΄ NortonLifeLock Acquires Avira for $360M πŸ•΄

The all-cash transaction is expected to broaden NortonLifeLock's international presence and bring a freemium business model into its portfolio.

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via "Dark Reading".
❌ β€˜Free’ Cyberpunk 2077 Downloads Lead to Data Harvesting ❌

The hotly anticipated game -- featuring a digital Keanu Reeves as a major character -- is being used as a lure for cyberattacks.

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via "Threat Post".
❌ Europol Warns COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Vulnerable to Fraud, Theft ❌

With the promise of a widely available COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, Europol, the European Union’s law-enforcement agency, has issued a warning about the rise of vaccine-related Dark Web activity. The agency joins a chorus of security professionals that have concerns about widespread attacks on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The warning comes after Europol discovered […]

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via "Threat Post".
🦿 How cybercrime will cost the world $1 trillion this year 🦿

Including both financial losses and cybersecurity spending, the $1 trillion in costs will represent a 50% increase over 2018, says McAfee.

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via "Tech Republic".
🦿 Malwarebytes: Schools still struggling with connectivity and using last year's antivirus software 🦿

About half of IT decision makers in a new survey say they have not added any cybersecurity training for teachers and students since remote learning started.

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via "Tech Republic".
πŸ•΄ NSA Warns of Exploits Targeting Recently Disclosed VMware Vulnerability πŸ•΄

Agency urges organizations to deploy patch as soon as possible since exploit activity is hard to detect.

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via "Dark Reading".
πŸ•΄ The Magic Behind the Magic πŸ•΄

And oldie but goodie and still pretty truey.

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via "Dark Reading".
β€Ό CVE-2020-29595 β€Ό

PlugIns\IDE_ACDStd.apl in ACDSee Photo Studio Studio Professional 2021 14.0 Build 1705 has a User Mode Write AV starting at IDE_ACDStd!JPEGTransW+0x00000000000031aa.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".