Vulnerability Spotlight – LibBPG Image Decoding Code Execution

By Talos Group Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0259 / CVE-2016-8710. An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in libbpg library. A crafted BPG image decoded by libbpg can cause an integer underflow vulnerability causing an out of bounds heap write leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Vulnerability Spotlight – LibBPG Image Decoding Code Execution

By Talos Group Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0259 / CVE-2016-8710. An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in libbpg library. A crafted BPG image decoded by libbpg can cause an integer underflow vulnerability causing an out of bounds heap write leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Welcome to the OT World

By Munawar Hossain It may have come to you in an email or perhaps during a 1:1 with your boss but either way the news probably caught you by surprise. You will be taking your security skills to the industrial side of the house. Congratulations! And good luck – you are going to need it. Much of what […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Welcome to the OT World

By Munawar Hossain It may have come to you in an email or perhaps during a 1:1 with your boss but either way the news probably caught you by surprise. You will be taking your security skills to the industrial side of the house. Congratulations! And good luck – you are going to need it. Much of what […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Privacy Is a Basic Human Right… and Good for Business, Too

By Michelle Dennedy We humans love to share and communicate. From the beginning of recorded history, we’ve sought connection, culture, and commerce by sharing aspects of ourselves with others. But we also want to be left alone without undue interference to lead our lives. So how do we solve this dichotomy? First off, let me emphatically say that […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Privacy Is a Basic Human Right… and Good for Business, Too

By Michelle Dennedy We humans love to share and communicate. From the beginning of recorded history, we’ve sought connection, culture, and commerce by sharing aspects of ourselves with others. But we also want to be left alone without undue interference to lead our lives. So how do we solve this dichotomy? First off, let me emphatically say that […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

What if your network could do it all? Be digital-ready AND secure your business.

By Dan Stotts Networks today are supposed to be digital-ready, meaning fast and agile to propel business into a world where everything is connected. Getting there has hit some major speedbumps due to highly publicized hacks. And this has started a virtual arms race, where no expense is spared to deploy numerous, disparate security solutions. Yet somehow, the […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

What if your network could do it all? Be digital-ready AND secure your business.

By Dan Stotts Networks today are supposed to be digital-ready, meaning fast and agile to propel business into a world where everything is connected. Getting there has hit some major speedbumps due to highly publicized hacks. And this has started a virtual arms race, where no expense is spared to deploy numerous, disparate security solutions. Yet somehow, the […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC jpeg Decoder Vulnerability

By Talos Group Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0259 / CVE-2016-9041 an uninitialized memory vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of the largest and well known PDF readers available today. This particular vulnerability is associated with the JPEG Decoder functionality embedded in the application. A specially crafted […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC jpeg Decoder Vulnerability

By Talos Group Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0259 / CVE-2016-9041 an uninitialized memory vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of the largest and well known PDF readers available today. This particular vulnerability is associated with the JPEG Decoder functionality embedded in the application. A specially crafted […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice