RHEL 8 : firefox (RHSA-2021:2742)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2742 advisory. Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox...

Watch Out! New Android Banking Trojan Steals From 112 Financial Apps

Four months after security researchers uncovered a "Tetrade" of four Brazilian banking Trojans targeting financial institutions in Brazil, Latin America, and Europe, new findings show that the criminals behind the operation have expanded their tactics to infect mobile devices with spyware...

Watch Out — Microsoft Warns Android Users About A New Ransomware

Microsoft has warned about a new strain of mobile ransomware that takes advantage of incoming call notifications and Android's Home button to lock the device behind a ransom note. The findings concern a variant of a known Android ransomware family dubbed "MalLocker.B" which has now resurfaced wit...

TrickBot Mobile App Bypasses 2‐Factor Authentication for Net Banking Services

The malware authors behind TrickBot banking Trojan have developed a new Android app that can intercept one-time authorization codes sent to Internet banking customers via SMS or relatively more secure push notifications, and complete fraudulent transactions. The Android app, called "TrickMo" by I...

Persistence – Accessibility Features

The accessibility features provide additional options on screen keyboards, magnifier, screen reading etc. that could assist people with disabilities to use Windows operating systems easier. However, this functionality can be abused to achieve persistence on a host that RDP is enabled and...

'Narrator' Windows Utility Trojanized to Gain Full System Control

A suspected Chinese advanced persistent threat APT group has been spotted attacking tech companies using a trojanized screen-reader application, replacing the built-in Narrator “Ease of Access” feature in Windows. According to BlackBerry Cylance, the attackers also deploy a version of the...

WebKit WebCore::AXObjectCache::handleMenuItemSelected Use-After-Free

WebKit: Use-after-free in WebCore::AXObjectCache::handleMenuItemSelected CVE-2018-4312 There is a use-after-free security vulnerability in WebKit. The vulnerability was confirmed on the ASan build of WebKit revision 233006 on OSX. Note that accessibility features need to be enabled in order to...

WebKit: use-after-free in WebCore::AccessibilityRenderObject::handleAriaExpandedChanged(CVE-2017-7043)

There is a use-after-free security vulnerability in WebKit. The vulnerability was confirmed on ASan build of WebKit nightly. Note that accessibility features need to be enabled in order to trigger this bug. On Safari on Mac this can be accomplished by opening the inspector simply opening the...

WebKit WebCore::AccessibilityNodeObject::textUnderElement Use-After-Free

WebKit: use-after-free in WebCore::AccessibilityNodeObject::textUnderElement CVE-2017-7048 There is a use-after-free security vulnerability in WebKit. The vulnerability was confirmed on ASan build of WebKit nightly. Note that accessibility features need to be enabled in order to trigger this bug...

WebKit - WebCore::AccessibilityRenderObject::handleAriaExpandedChanged Use-After-Free Exploit

Exploit for multiple platform in category dos / poc div visibility: collapse function eventhandler document.execCommand"bold", false; img.style.removeProperty"-webkit-appearance"; img.setAttribute"aria-expanded", "false"; aaa !-- =================================================================...

WebKit - 'WebCore::AccessibilityRenderObject::handleAriaExpandedChanged' Use-After-Free

div visibility: collapse function eventhandler document.execCommand"bold", false; img.style.removeProperty"-webkit-appearance"; img.setAttribute"aria-expanded", "false"; aaa !-- ================================================================= ASan log:...

Update : Backtrack Kali Linux 1.0.3 released with built-in accessibility features

BackTrack Linux, a specialized distribution of penetration testing tools, has long been a favorite of security specialists and IT pros. Security professionals have been relying on the BackTrack security distribution for many years to help them perform their assessments. A couple of weeks ago,...

Update : Backtrack Kali Linux 1.0.3 released with built-in accessibility features

BackTrack Linux, a specialized distribution of penetration testing tools, has long been a favorite of security specialists and IT pros. Security professionals have been relying on the BackTrack security distribution for many years to help them perform their assessments. A couple of weeks ago,...

Microsoft Utility Manager Local Privilege Escalation

NGSSoftware Insight Security Research Advisory Name: Microsoft Utility Manager Local Privilege Escalation Systems Affected: Windows 2000 SP3 Severity: Medium Risk Vendor URL: http://www.microsoft.com Authors: Chris Paget [email protected] Chris Anley [email protected] Sherief Hammad...