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Dayal’s appointment to this newly created role demonstrates Tenable’s strong, ongoing commitment to the India and SAARC region.

Today, I’m delighted to announce the appointment of Diwakar Dayal to the newly created role of Managing Director, Tenable India and the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region. Dayal will oversee strategic direction, channel expansion and sales growth for Tenable in the region.

Updated August 23: A working proof of concept (PoC) has been discovered and verified on Github by Tenable’s research team. In addition, there are indications that attackers are already probing for vulnerable Apache Struts instances.

A new vulnerability discovered in the Oracle Database JavaVM component can result in complete database compromise and shell access to the underlying server.

A new exploit demonstrated by Checkpoint Research at DEF CON last week leverages vulnerabilities in all-in-one printers, potentially allowing attackers to take control of other devices on the network.

Background

Checkpoint Research published a proof of concept (PoC) for exploiting two remote code execution vulnerabilities on HP All-in-One printers solely through the printer’s fax line. These critical vulnerabilities score CVSS v3 as 9.8 and include CVE-2018-5924 and CVE-2018-5925.

Our latest research examines real-world vulnerability assessment practices at 2,100 organizations to understand how defenders are approaching this crucial step in cyber hygiene.

For our latest research study, "Cyber Defender Strategies: What Your Vulnerability Assessment Practices Reveal," we explore how organizations are practicing vulnerability assessment (VA), and what these practices teach us about cyber maturity.