Windows Data Sharing Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Data Sharing Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafte...

Financial threats in H1 2019

Introduction and methodology Financial cyberthreats are malicious programs that attack users of online banking services, electronic money, cryptocurrency and other similar services, as well as threats aimed at gaining access to financial organizations and their infrastructure. Kaspersky experts...

Microsoft Announces Top Contributing Partners in the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)

Today we announce the top organizational candidates for Vulnerability Top Contributors, Threat Indicator Top Submitters, and Zero-Day Top Reporting for the period of July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019. The Microsoft Active Protections Program provides security and protection to customers through...

Cooperating apps and automatic permissions are setting you up for failure

“Hey you. Someone from HR has invited you to a meeting on Thursday. Would you like me to add the appointment to the calendar?” Receiving an email notification when someone has invited you to a meeting is a feature that many professionals would not like to miss. Being able to log in at certain sit...

Match, Tinder Swipe Right For Privacy Red Flags, Say Experts

Over 70 percent of subscribers across Match.com express concern about the amount of data they share with the platform, according to a ProPrivacy.com survey. But despite those concerns, users of the service do it anyway and also remain unaware of just how much data the company collects and how the...

Google Releases Open Source Tool For Computational Privacy

Google is releasing a new open-source cryptographic tool aimed at boosting privacy around sensitive data sets. The tool, called Private Join and Compute, is designed to help companies who are working together with confidential data sets. Private Join and Compute, allows companies to share data in...

Medical industry struggles with PACS data leaks

In the medical world, sharing patient data between organizations and specialists has always been an issue. X-Rays, notes, CT scans, and any other data or related files have always existed and been shared in their physical forms slides, paperwork. When a patient needed to take results of a test to...

The SIM Swap Fix That the US Isn't Using

While foreign phone carriers are sharing data to stop SIM swap fraud, US carriers are dragging feet...

Researchers: Facebook's Data-Leveraging Scandal Puts Users on Notice

On the heels of reports that Facebook leveraged its users’ data in its relationships with other companies, researchers say that the tech space needs to re-assess the value of data as it relates to user privacy measures. However, they also said that users need to take steps themselves to safeguard...

Google Helps Police Identify Devices Close to Crime Scenes Using Location Data

It's no secret that Google tracks you everywhere, even when you keep Google's Location History feature disabled. As revealed by an Associated Press investigation in 2018, other Google apps like Maps or daily weather update service on Android allows the tech giant to continuously collect your...

Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift

Facebook is making a new and stronger commitment to privacy. Last month, the company hired three of its most vociferous critics and installed them in senior technical positions. And on Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the company will pivot to focus on private conversations over the public...

Labs survey finds privacy concerns, distrust of social media rampant with all age groups

Before Cambridge Analytica made Facebook an unwilling accomplice to a scandal by appropriating and misusing more than 50 million users’ data, the public was already living in relative unease over the privacy of their information online. The Cambridge Analytica incident, along with other, seemingl...

Cyber Security Week in Review (March 1)

Welcome to this week's Cyber Security Week in Review, where Cisco Talos runs down all of the news we think you need to know in the security world. For more news delivered to your inbox every week, sign up for our Threat Source newsletter here. Top headlines this week Drupal patched a “highly...

Will pay-for-privacy be the new normal?

Privacy is a human right, and online privacy should be no exception. Yet, as the US considers new laws to protect individuals’ online data, at least two proposals—one statewide law that can still be amended and one federal draft bill that has yet to be introduced—include an unwelcome bargain:...

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service, a data exchange service for the Windows operating system, allows attackers to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service in the Windows operating system is related to file handling errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service, a data exchange service for the Windows operating system, allows attackers to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service in the Windows operating system is related to file handling errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service, a data exchange service for the Windows operating system, allows attackers to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service in the Windows operating system is related to file handling errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service, a data exchange service for the Windows operating system, allows attackers to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Windows Data Sharing Service in the Windows operating system is related to file handling errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...

Microsoft Windows 10 - DSSVC CanonicalAndValidateFilePath Security Feature Bypass Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits Windows: DSSVC CanonicalAndValidateFilePath Security Feature Bypass Platform: Windows 10 1803 and 1809. Class: Security Feature Bypass/Elevation of Privilege Security Boundary per Windows Security Service Criteria: User boundary NOTE: This i...

Microsoft Windows 10 - DSSVC MoveFileInheritSecurity Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits Windows: DSSVC MoveFileInheritSecurity Multiple Issues EoP Platform: Windows 10 1803 and 1809. Class: Elevation of Privilege Security Boundary per Windows Security Service Criteria: User boundary NOTE: This is one of multiple issues I’m...