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CEO, VendorSafe
Member Since: 1/5/2015
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Kevin Watson joined VendorSafe as CEO in November 2014, bringing considerable experience in data security, managed technology services and high-growth technology companies. VendorSafe specializes in providing state-of-the-art-data cloud-based firewall solutions tailored for retailers, franchises and quick serve restaurants and has been a leader in the field for more than seven years. From 1998-2014, Kevin was co-founder and managing director of C/max Capital where he led the firm's investments in About.com (taken public then sold to Primedia), Adjoined Consulting (sold to Kanbay), Verid (sold to EMC), Concordia (sold to Kadmon) and KMC Software. Kevin received a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Cornell University.
Articles by Kevin Watson
WebAuthn, FIDO2 Infuse Browsers, Platforms with Strong Authentication
John Fontana, Standards & Identity Analyst, Yubico,  9/19/2018
Turn the NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Reality: 5 Steps
Mukul Kumar & Anupam Sahai, CISO & VP of Cyber Practice and VP Product Management, Cavirin Systems,  9/20/2018
NSS Labs Files Antitrust Suit Against Symantec, CrowdStrike, ESET, AMTSO
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor at Dark Reading,  9/19/2018
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CVE-2018-17368
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
An issue was discovered in PublicCMS V4.0.180825. For an invalid login attempt, the response length is different depending on whether the username is valid, which makes it easier to conduct brute-force attacks.
CVE-2018-17369
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
An issue was discovered in springboot_authority through 2017-03-06. There is stored XSS via the admin/role/edit roleKey, name, or description parameter.
CVE-2018-17400
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to perform Account Takeover attacks by intercepting the user name and PIN during the initial configuration of the application.
CVE-2018-17401
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to perform Account Takeover attacks by exploiting its Forgot Password feature.
CVE-2018-17402
PUBLISHED: 2018-09-23
The PhonePe wallet (aka com.PhonePe.app) application 3.0.6 through 3.3.26 for Android might allow attackers to discover the Credit/Debit card number, expiration date, and CVV number.