A week in security (June 17 – June 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Microsoft Recall delayed after privacy and security concerns Almost everything you always wanted to know about cybersecurity, but were too afraid to ask, with Tjitske de Vries: Lock and Code S05E13 43% of couples experience pressure to share logins and locations,...

Patch Tuesday - February 2024

Microsoft is addressing 73 vulnerabilities this February 2024 Patch Tuesday, including two actually, three! zero-day/exploited-in-the-wild vulnerabilities, both of which are already included on the CISA KEV list. Today also brings patches for two critical remote code execution RCE vulnerabilities...

KLA63367 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Browser

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Browser. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service, spoof user interface, gain privileges, bypass security restrictions. Below is a complete list of...

CVE-2021-33971

Qihoo 360 https://www.360.cn/ Qihoo 360 Safeguard https://www.360.cn/ Qihoo 360 Total Security http://www.360totalsecurity.com/ is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: execute arbitrary code local. The component is: This is a set of vulnerabilities affecting popular software, "360...

SUSE CVE-2011-2995

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.23 and 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption and application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknow...

SUSE CVE-2014-1548

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption and application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors...

SUSE CVE-2016-2804

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption and application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors...

JSA10412 - VU#261869 - Clientless PCS products break web browser's domain-based security models

Ivanti 4th of March 2024 - This isn't an active SA and any new edits are part of an article maintenance project. Clientless PCS products from multiple vendors operate in a way that breaks fundamental browser security mechanisms. An attacker could use these devices to bypass authentication or...

The Bug Report – July 2022 Edition

The Bug Report – July 2022 Edition By Trellix · August 3, 2022 This story was also written by Kasimir Schulz and Jesse Chick Your Cybersecurity Comic Relief Why am I here? Welcome to the Bug Report, Heat Wave Edition! In the face of chronic irritability and soggy-pants syndrome, we are back at it...

GHSA-5PG8-F89X-WJCX Credentials transmitted in plain text by Jenkins Logstash Plugin

Logstash Plugin stores credentials in its global configuration file jenkins.plugins.logstash.LogstashConfiguration.xml on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. While the credentials are stored encrypted on disk, they are transmitted in plain text as part of the configuration form b...

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0821-1 Security update for MozillaFirefox

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: Firefox Extended Support Release 91.7.0 ESR bsc1196900: - CVE-2022-26383: Browser window spoof using fullscreen mode - CVE-2022-26384: iframe allow-scripts sandbox bypass - CVE-2022-26387: Time-of-check time-of-use bug when verifying add-...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4906-1] chromium security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4906-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Gilbert April 27, 2021 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Patch Tuesday - November 2020

Jumping right back to a triple digit volume of vulnerabilities resolved, Microsoft covers 112 CVEs this November affecting products ranging from our standard Windows Operating Systems and Microsoft Office products to some new entries such as Azure Sphere. Microsoft CVE-2020-17087: Windows Kernel...

Browser Bugs Exploited to Install 2 New Backdoors on Targeted Computers

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about a new watering hole attack targeting the Korean diaspora that exploits vulnerabilities in web browsers such as Google Chrome and Internet Explorer to deploy malware for espionage purposes. Dubbed "Operation Earth Kitsune" by Trend Micro, the...

Over A Billion Malicious Ad Impressions Exploit WebKit Flaw to Target Apple Users

The infamous eGobbler hacking group that surfaced online earlier this year with massive malvertising campaigns has now been caught running a new campaign exploiting two browser vulnerabilities to show intrusive pop-up ads and forcefully redirect users to malicious websites. To be noted, hackers...

Over A Billion Malicious Ad Impressions Exploit WebKit Flaw to Target Apple Users

The infamous eGobbler hacking group that surfaced online earlier this year with massive malvertising campaigns has now been caught running a new campaign exploiting two browser vulnerabilities to show intrusive pop-up ads and forcefully redirect users to malicious websites. To be noted, hackers...

1-Click iPhone and Android Exploits Target Tibetan Users via WhatsApp

A team of Canadian cybersecurity researchers has uncovered a sophisticated and targeted mobile hacking campaign that is targeting high-profile members of various Tibetan groups with one-click exploits for iOS and Android devices. Dubbed Poison Carp by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, the...

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:3687-1 Security update for MozillaThunderbird

This update for Mozilla Thunderbird to version 60.2.1 fixes multiple issues. Multiple security issues were fixed in the Mozilla platform as advised in MFSA 2018-25 and MFSA 2018-28. In general, these flaws cannot be exploited through email in Thunderbird because scripting is disabled when reading...

A week in security (September 24 – 30)

Last week on Labs was a busy one. We discussed how SMS phishing attacks target the job market, issued a warning for TV Licensing phishes, commented on how Apple confused Safari users with recent changes to how OSX handles browser extensions, and elaborated on holes found in Mojave’s privacy...

The Problems and Promise of WebAssembly

Posted by Natalie Silvanovich, Project Zero WebAssembly is a format that allows code written in assembly-like instructions to be run from JavaScript. It has recently been implemented in all four major browsers. We reviewed each browser’s WebAssembly implementation and found three vulnerabilities...