Android App Verification Issues Pave Way For Phishing Attacks

A design issue in the way some popular password manager tools verify legitimate Android apps could be harnessed to help attackers launch successful phishing attacks on users. Researchers with the University of Genoa and Eurecom inspected popular mobile password tools that sync with Android...

Google Vows Privacy Changes in Chrome Browser After User Backlash

Google took steps to quiet critics Wednesday after irking them earlier this week when data privacy issues tied to Chrome 69 came to light. On Sunday, Matthew Green, a cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins University, blasted Google for what he said were questionable privacy policies in...

Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Security Technology and GDPR

Many of our customers conducting business in Europe are concerned about how the new General Data Protection Regulation "GDPR" impacts the ability to protect their organization's data, network and IT system resources. In particular, many worry that the requirements of GDPR will restrict their...

AT&T Faces $224M Legal Challenge Over SIM-Jacking Rings

Cryptocurrency investor and Dogecoin founder Michael Terpin has filed a $223.8 million lawsuit against AT&T, alleging the mobile phone giant turned a blind eye to SIM fraud. Terpin alleges that more than 3 million cryptocurrency tokens worth $24 million were lifted from his digital wallet at an...

Google Tracks its Users Even if They Opt-Out of Tracking

Google is tracking you, even if you turn off tracking: Google says that will prevent the company from remembering where you've been. Google's support page on the subject states: "You can turn off Location History at any time. With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored." Tha...

Consumer DNA Testing Takes a Step Towards Privacy, Transparency

A group of well-known genetic testing providers have partnered with the Future of Privacy Forum FPF to establish privacy guidelines for handling information about what is arguably the most personal private information there is: DNA. Consumer-grade DNA testing – i.e., services that allow folks at...

Mozilla: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames

A compromised IPC child process can escape the content sandbox and list the names of arbitrary files on the file system without user consent or interaction. This could result in exposure of private local files. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60, Thunderbird 52.9, Firefox ESR 60.1, Firefox...

Mozilla: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames

A compromised IPC child process can escape the content sandbox and list the names of arbitrary files on the file system without user consent or interaction. This could result in exposure of private local files. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60, Thunderbird 52.9, Firefox ESR 60.1, Firefox...

Uber driver recorded passengers & live-streamed videos on Twitch

By Carolina What is shocking about this incident is that what the Uber driver did was legal under Missouri law. Jason Gargac, an Uber and Lyft driver from St Louis Missouri, USA recorded and live-streamed his passengers' activities on the video-sharing website Twitch, without their consent and...

The Pirate Bay is silently mining cryptocurrency without user consent

By Waqas After being offline for over a week, The Pirate Bay This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Pirate Bay is silently mining cryptocurrency without user consent...

More Federal Agencies Wrapped Up in Facebook Data Privacy Probe

The Securities and Exchange Commission, FBI, and the Department of Justice are now reportedly investigating the social media giant after it failed to disclose that more than the data of 70 million platform users had leaked through a third-party application, sources told the Washington Post, Monda...

Mozilla: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames

A compromised IPC child process can escape the content sandbox and list the names of arbitrary files on the file system without user consent or interaction. This could result in exposure of private local files. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60, Thunderbird 52.9, Firefox ESR 60.1, Firefox...

Knowage Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Knowage formerly SpagoBI is an open source suite for modern business analytics on traditional resources and big data systems from Knowage Italy. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in Knowage 6.1.1. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability with the help of a form to send a...

CVE-2016-9075

An issue where WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API to elevate privilege due to privileged pages being allowed in the permissions list. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox 50...

CVE-2018-5105

WebExtensions can bypass user prompts to first save and then open an arbitrarily downloaded file. This can result in an executable file running with local user privileges without explicit user consent. This vulnerability affects Firefox 58...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

In the Open Build Service OBS before version 2.4.6 the CSRF protection is incorrectly disabled in the web interface, allowing for requests without the user's consent...

Facebook Defends Against Device-Integrated APIs Policy, But Concerns Remain

Facebook is hitting back against a New York Times article alleging that it struck deals enabling phone-makers to access users’ personal information. The incident is yet another blow to the social media giant as it continues to deal with questions and outrage over its data privacy policies. The...

Facebook Accused of Giving Over 60 Device-Makers Deep Access to User Data

After being embroiled into controversies over its data sharing practices, it turns out that Facebook had granted inappropriate access to its users' data to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung. According to a lengthy report published by The New...

What Will GDPR’s Impact Be On U.S. Consumer Privacy?

Will General Data Protection Regulation rules that go in effect on Friday impact the privacy of U.S. citizens? It depends who you ask, but the odds-on-favorite answer is “not by much.” The Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal in March led to a firehose of rebuke against social media platforms,...

Shining a Light on OAuth Abuse with PwnAuth

Introduction Spear phishing attacks are seen as one of the biggest cyber threats to an organization. It only takes one employee to enter their credentials or run some malware for an entire organization to become compromised. As such, companies devote significant resources to preventing credential...