A Microsoft Office 365 Feature Could Help Ransomware Hackers Hold Cloud Files Hostage

A "dangerous piece of functionality" has been discovered in Microsoft 365 suite that could be potentially abused by a malicious actor to mount attacks on cloud infrastructure and ransom files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive. The cloud ransomware attack makes it possible to launch file-encryptin...

What is API Abuse ❓ Prevention measures.

APIs are paramount for constructing a steadfast and constant communication bridge that empowers devices to pass-on desired information seamlessly. Hackers adopt many ways to exploit the APIs and corrupt the targeted device. This API exploitation is a potential threat to API security and needs...

What is API Abuse ❓ Prevention measures.

APIs are paramount for constructing a steadfast and constant communication bridge that empowers devices to pass-on desired information seamlessly. Hackers adopt many ways to exploit the APIs and corrupt the targeted device. This API exploitation is a potential threat to API security and needs...

SolarWinds Attackers Spotted Using New Tactics, Malware

One year after the notorious and far-reaching SolarWinds supply-chain attacks, its orchestrators are on the offensive again. Researchers said they’ve seen the threat group – which Microsoft refers to as “Nobelium” and which is linked to Russia’s spy agency – compromising global business and...

SolarWinds APT Targets Tech Resellers in Latest Supply-Chain Cyberattacks

The SolarWinds attackers – an advanced persistent threat APT known as Nobelium – have started a new wave of supply-chain intrusions, this time using the technology reseller/service provider community to attack their targets. The activity has affected victims in North America and Europe thus far,...

Discord CDN and API Abuses Drive Wave of Malware Detections

Discord has a malware problem. And although the platform is predominantly used by gamers, it turns out even users who have never interacted with Discord are at risk. Discord creates servers or specific groups or communities of users who can send voice, text and other media messages between one...

Second colossal LinkedIn “breach” in 3 months, almost all users affected

LinkedIn has reportedly been breached—again—following reports of a massive sale of information scraped from 500M LinkedIn user profiles in the underground in May. According to Privacy Shark, the VPN company who first reported on this incident, a seller called TomLiner showed them he was in...

BlockFi: User Information Disclosure via waitlist.blockfi.com Prefinery Abuse

Summary: User Information including email address, home address, ip address, browser type and version, name, and more can be easily scraped by abusing the prefinery api behind waitlist.blockfi.com . Using a GET request and enumerating users based on the userID, the entire waitlist user group can...

Third-Party APIs: How to Prevent Enumeration Attacks

When organizations use APIs – the next frontier in cybercrime – to engage with third parties, it’s crucial they understand the associated security exposure they’re introducing. To do so, they must think like a hacker to evaluate whether or not they are introducing a problem or a solution for thei...

CVE-2019-11848

An API abuse vulnerability exists in the AT command API of ALEOS before 4.13.0, 4.9.5, 4.4.9 due to lack of length checking when handling certain user-provided values...

Design/Logic Flaw

An API abuse vulnerability exists in the AT command API of ALEOS before 4.13.0, 4.9.5, 4.4.9 due to lack of length checking when handling certain user-provided values...

CVE-2019-11848

CVE-2019-11848 is an API abuse vulnerability in the ALEOS AT Command API. The issue arises from lack of length checking when handling certain user-supplied values, affecting ALEOS versions prior to 4.13.0, 4.9.5, and 4.4.9. The connected sources corroborate the affected component (AT Command API)...

CVE-2019-11848 ALEOS AT Command API Abuse

An API abuse vulnerability exists in the AT command API of ALEOS before 4.13.0, 4.9.5, 4.4.9 due to lack of length checking when handling certain user-provided values...

CVE-2019-11848: Out-of-bounds Write

An API abuse vulnerability exists in the AT command API of ALEOS before 4.13.0, 4.9.5, 4.4.9 due to lack of length checking when handling certain user-provided values...

PT-2020-9211

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ALEOS versions prior to 4.13.0 ALEOS versions prior to 4.9.5 ALEOS versions prior to 4.4.9 Description An issue exists in the AT command API due to a lack of length checking when handling certain user-provided values, specifically in the AT...

CVE-2019-3666

API Abuse/Misuse vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Web Advisor WA prior to 4.1.1.48 allows remote unauthenticated attacker to allow the browser to navigate to restricted websites via a carefully crafted web site...

CVE-2019-3666 API Abuse Vulnerability

API Abuse/Misuse vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Web Advisor WA prior to 4.1.1.48 allows remote unauthenticated attacker to allow the browser to navigate to restricted websites via a carefully crafted web site...

CVE-2019-3666

CVE-2019-3666 affects McAfee Web Advisor (WA) web interface prior to version 4.1.1.48. The vulnerability is described as an API abuse/misuse in the WA web interface that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to induce the browser to navigate to restricted websites via a specially crafted web ...

CVE-2019-3666: Undefined Security Weakness

API Abuse/Misuse vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Web Advisor WA prior to 4.1.1.48 allows remote unauthenticated attacker to allow the browser to navigate to restricted websites via a carefully crafted web site...

PT-2019-16647

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Web Advisor versions prior to 4.1.1.48 Description The issue concerns an API Abuse/Misuse vulnerability in the web interface. This allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass restrictions and navigate to restricted websites via a...