FaceApp scares point to larger data collection problems

Last week, if you thumbed your way through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you likely saw altered photos of your friends with a few extra decades written onto their faces—wrinkles added, skin sagged, hair bereft of color. Has 2019 really been that long? Not really. The photos are the work of...

Hackers Expose Russian FSB Cyberattack Projects

More nation-state activity in cyberspace, this time from Russia: Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum. Projects include: Nautilus -- a project for...

Malicious Package

Several python packages are malicious packages. The malicious libraries attempt to either collect data such as system information of the environment or open a reverse shell on remote workstations...

CVE-2019-3741

Dell EMC Unity and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.0.0.5.116 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A Unisphere user’s including the admin privilege user password is stored in a plain text in Unity Data Collection bundle logs files for troubleshooting. A local authenticated attacker...

CVE-2019-3741

Dell EMC Unity and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.0.0.5.116 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A Unisphere user’s including the admin privilege user password is stored in a plain text in Unity Data Collection bundle logs files for troubleshooting. A local authenticated attacker...

CVE-2019-3741

Dell EMC Unity and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.0.0.5.116 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A Unisphere user’s including the admin privilege user password is stored in a plain text in Unity Data Collection bundle logs files for troubleshooting. A local authenticated attacker...

The vulnerability of the PowerSCADA Expert system for data collection and process control allows a perpetrator to gain access to user account information due to insufficient protection of registration data.

The vulnerability of the PowerSCADA Expert system for data collection and process control is related to insufficient protection of registration data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to gain access to user account information...

1,300 Popular Android Apps Access Data Without Proper Permissions

Over 1,300 popular Android apps defy user permissions and gather sensitive data with no consent, according to a study by a coalition of academics from the International Computer Science Institute. The report examined popular mobile apps available through the U.S. version of the Google Play store,...

Cynet Launches Free Offering For Incident Response Service Providers

More and more, organizations take the route of outsourcing incident response to Managed Security Service Providers. This trend is distinct regardless of the organization's cyber maturity level and can be found across a wide range of cyber maturity, from small companies with no dedicated security...

Cynet Launches Free Offering For Incident Response Service Providers

More and more, organizations take the route of outsourcing incident response to Managed Security Service Providers. This trend is distinct regardless of the organization's cyber maturity level and can be found across a wide range of cyber maturity, from small companies with no dedicated security...

The vulnerability of the GPS logger data collection program, related to initialization errors, allows a violator to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the GPS logger data collection program is related to initialization errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a hacker to cause the program to terminate abnormally...

Podcast: Dating App Privacy and NASA Cyberattack

Beyond the regular drumbeat of security vulnerabilities and patches this week, a slew of stories covered varying topics ranging from NASA to Tinder. The Threatpost team broke down the most interesting stories of the week, including: A ransomware webinar hosted by Threatpost editor Tara Seals, whi...

Data, Surveillance, and the AI Arms Race

According to foreign policy experts and the defense establishment, the United States is caught in an artificial intelligence arms race with China -- one with serious implications for national security. The conventional version of this story suggests that the United States is at a disadvantage...

Microsoft Intune Data Collection

This plugin collects all data from Microsoft Intune. Binary data intunecollect.nbin...

Blackberry UEM Data Collection

This plugin collects all data from Blackberry UEM. Binary data blackberryuemcollect.nbin...

Mitsubishi QD81DL96 Communications Adapter Detection

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The top six takeaways for corporate data privacy compliance

For nearly two months, Malwarebytes Labs has led readers on a journey through data privacy laws around the world, exploring the nuances between “personal information” and “personal data,” as well as between data breach notification laws in Florida, Utah, California, and Iowa. We explored the risk...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-ceilometer security update

An update for openstack-ceilometer is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 Newton. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

Apple Defends Parental Control App Removal Amid Backlash

Apple is defending its decision to take down several highly popular parental control apps amidst a firestorm of backlash, saying it did so for “privacy and security” reasons. Apple came under scrutiny this weekend after a New York Times article alleged that the phone giant had unfairly removed or...

Consumers have few legal options for protecting privacy

There are no promises in the words, “We care about user privacy.” Yet, these words appear on privacy policy after privacy policy, serving as disingenuous banners to hide potentially invasive corporate practices, including clandestine data collection, sharing, and selling. This is no accident. It ...