Lock and Code S1Ep4: coronavirus and responding to computer viruses with Akshay Bhargava

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Akshay Bhargava, Chief Product Officer of Malwarebytes, about the similarities between coronavirus and computer viruses. We discuss computer virus...

WooCommerce Falls to Fresh Card-Skimmer Malware

Credit-card-stealing criminals have set their sights on the WordPress plugin known as WooCommerce, an e-tailer platform, with a JavaScript-based card-skimming malware. Sucuri researcher Ben Martin recently investigated a skimmer attack lodged against a WooCommerce site and found that it differs...

Arbitrary Code Execution

qemu-kvm is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the way qemu-kvm handled VSCATR messages when a guest was configured for a CCID Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices USB smart card reader in passthrough mode. An attacker able to connect to the port ...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Kernel is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The Radeon GPU drivers in the Linux kernel were missing sanity checks for the Anti Aliasing AA resolve register values which could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges on systems using a graphics...

Privilege Escalation

kvm is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists as it was found that QEMU-KVM on the host did not validate all pointers provided from a guest system's QXL graphics card driver. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to cause the host to dereference an invalid pointer,...

Buffer Overflows

PC/SC Lite is vulnerable to buffer overflow in the way the pcscd daemon. It is due to a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards connected to the system, handled client requests. A local user could create a specially-crafted request that would cause...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

PC/SC Lite is vulnerable to Denial Of Service DoS.It is possible due to the way the pcscd daemon coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards connected to the system, handled client requests. A local user could create a specially-crafted request that would cause the pcscd...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

The Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments SPICE is vulnerable to Denial Of Service DoS. It was found that the libspice component of QEMU-KVM on the host did not validate all pointers provided from a guest system's QXL graphics card driver. A privileged guest user could use this...

Smart card redirection in remote sessions fails in a Windows 7 SP1-based RDP 8.1 client

Smart card redirection in remote sessions fails in a Windows 7 SP1-based RDP 8.1 client Symptoms Assume that you install the Remote Desktop Connection RDC 8.1 client update KB 2830477 on a computer that is running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. You remotely connect th...

CVE-2020-1992

A format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card LFC allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS...

CVE-2020-1992

A format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card LFC allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS...

CVE-2020-1992

The CVE-2020-1992 entry describes a format-string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with an LFC. Affected are PAN-OS 9.0 before 9.0.7 and 9.1 before 9.1.2 when WildFire is configured; PA-7000 with LFC installed and configured is required. The issue allows rem...

CVE-2020-1992 PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Varrcvr daemon network-based denial of service or privilege escalation

A format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card LFC allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS...

Online credit card skimming increased by 26 percent in March

Crisis events such as the current COVID-19 pandemic often lead to a change in habits that captures the attention of cybercriminals. With the confinement measures imposed in many countries, for example, online shopping has soared and along with it, credit card skimming. According to our data, web...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in Xeondi Technology's One Card Communication Service Client

The XIONGDY Technology OneCard Communication Service Client is a one-card management system of XIONGDY Co. An unauthorized access vulnerability exists in the Xiondi Technology One Card Communication Service Client, which can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system an...

Emerging MakeFrame Skimmer from Magecart Sets Sights on SMBs

Researchers have observed a new skimmer from the prolific Magecart Group that has been actively harvesting payment-card data from 19 different victim websites, mainly belonging to small- and medium-sized businesses SMBs, for several months. RiskIQ researchers first discovered the skimmer, dubbed...

kernel: out of bound read in DVB connexant driver.

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s CX24116 tv-card driver, where an out of bounds read occurs when checking userspace params in drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. An attacker could use this flaw to leak kernel private information to userspace...

Online Credit Card Skimmers Are Thriving During the Pandemic

As brick and mortars close due to the novel coronavirus, thieves have increasingly targeted digital checkout...

Lock and Code S1Ep3: Dishing on data privacy with Adam Kujawa

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Adam Kujawa, a director of Malwarebytes Labs, about the state of data privacy today, including how users and businesses can protect sensitive information...

Tupperware Cyberattack Stores Away Customer Payment Cards

Cybercriminals hacked the official website of Tupperware, the popular food container giant, injecting a payment card skimmer into its checkout page in hopes of stealing the credit-card details of online customers. The attackers targeted the official Tupperware.com website, which averages close to...