Jan 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananFirmware Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in Planet Technology's WGS-804HPT industrial switches that could be chained to achieve pre-authentication remote code execution on susceptible devices. "These switches are widely used in building and home automation systems for a variety of networking … [Read more...] about Critical Flaws in WGS-804HPT Switches Enable RCE and Network Exploitation
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Google Chrome Switches to ML-KEM for Post-Quantum Cryptography Defense
Sep 17, 2024Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Quantum Computing Google has announced that it will be switching from KYBER to ML-KEM in its Chrome web browser as part of its ongoing efforts to defend against the risk posed by cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs). "Chrome will offer a key share prediction for hybrid ML-KEM (codepoint 0x11EC)," David Adrian, … [Read more...] about Google Chrome Switches to ML-KEM for Post-Quantum Cryptography Defense
Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches
Jan 13, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Network Security Juniper Networks has released updates to fix a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-21591, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. "An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS SRX Series and EX … [Read more...] about Critical RCE Vulnerability Uncovered in Juniper SRX Firewalls and EX Switches
Critical TLStorm 2.0 Bugs Affect Widely-Used Aruba and Avaya Network Switches
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed as many as five severe security flaws in the implementation of TLS protocol in several models of Aruba and Avaya network switches that could be abused to gain remote access to enterprise networks and steal valuable information. The findings follow the March disclosure of TLStorm, a set of three critical flaws in APC Smart-UPS devices that … [Read more...] about Critical TLStorm 2.0 Bugs Affect Widely-Used Aruba and Avaya Network Switches