Common Sense Clarity on GDPR

Having recently returned from the first phase of Carbon Black’s official General Data Protection Regulation GDPR Data Security and Privacy tour, where I participated in the data privacy and security enablement of numerous European global businesses, I’ve collected many valuable insights on the...

Leaky WWE Database Exposes Personal Data of 3M Fans

Pro wrestling giant World Wrestling Entertainment notified fans on Thursday that a database containing personal information of three million fans was left on an insecure server. According to the WWE, personal information included names, both home and email addresses, earnings, ethnicity, children...

european-microfinance.org XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-258962 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| european-microfinance.org Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

June 29, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Massachusetts” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 29, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: How the U.S. can defend its...

ec.europa.eu XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-253989 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| ec.europa.eu Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Google Hit With $2.7 Billion Antitrust Fine

Search giant Google this week was hit with a hefty $2.7 billion fine seven years in the making. Antitrust officials with the European Commission handed out the fine, which translates to €2.4 billion. Regulators with the EC claim the company abused its dominance as a search engine to push its...

European Parliament Proposes Ban On Encryption Backdoors

Prime Minister Theresa May wants tech companies, like Facebook, Apple, and Google, to create controversial 'backdoors' for police, but even somewhere she knows that it's not that easy as it sounds. The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has released a...

ISPs Should Block ‘The Pirate Bay’ Torrent Site: Top European Court Rules

The Pirate Bay — a widely popular file-sharing website predominantly used to share copyrighted material free of charge — is once again in trouble, this time in Europe. The European Union Court of Justice ECJ ruled today that Dutch ISPs can block access to The Pirate Bay, as the Swedish file-hosti...

Extending the Airplane Laptop Ban

The Department of Homeland Security is rumored to be considering extending the current travel ban on large electronics for Middle Eastern flights to European ones as well. The likely reaction of airlines will be to implement new traveler programs, effectively allowing wealthier and more frequent...

ec.europa.eu XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://ec.europa.eu/taxationcustoms/dds2/eos/aeoconsultation.jsp?Lang=%27%22--!%3E%20%3CBody%20/Onpageshow=confirmOPENBUGBOUNTY%3E=0=AEOS=AEOC=AEOF=DE=0=61==true Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 10.08.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS...

Apple Revokes Certificate Used By OSX/Dok Malware

Apple revoked a legitimate developer certificate used by hackers behind malware dubbed OSX/Dok, which was able to eavesdrop on secure HTTPS traffic of infected systems. On Sunday, Apple also rolled out an update to its XProtect built-in antimalware software to fend off existing and upcoming...

ec.europa.eu XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-222633 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| ec.europa.eu Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

IntelMQ - A solution for IT security teams for collecting and processing security feeds using a message queuing protocol

IntelMQ is a solution for IT security teams CERTs, CSIRTs, abuse departments,... for collecting and processing security feeds such as log files using a message queuing protocol. It's a community driven initiative called IHAP Incident Handling Automation Project which was conceptually designed by...

StoneDrill Disk Wiping Malware Found Targeting European Industries

A new disk wiping malware has been uncovered targeting a petroleum company in Europe, which is quite similar to the mysterious disk wiper malware Shamoon that wiped data from 35,000 computers at Saudi Arabia's national oil company in 2012. Disk wiping malware has the ability to cripple any...

Zyxel/Eir D1000 DSL Modem NewNTPServer Command Injection Over TR-064

require 'msf/core' class MetasploitModule 'Zyxel/Eir D1000 DSL Modem NewNTPServer Command Injection Over TR-064', 'Description' = %q Broadband DSL modems manufactured by Zyxel and distributed by some European ISPs are vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability when setting the 'NewNTPServer'...

Zyxel / Eir D1000 DSL Modem NewNTPServer Command Injection Over TR-064 Exploit

Broadband DSL modems manufactured by Zyxel and distributed by some European ISPs are vulnerable to a command injection vulnerability when setting the 'NewNTPServer' value using the TR-64 SOAP-based configuration protocol. In the tested case, no authentication is required to set this value on...

Hackers Steal Millions From European ATMs Using Malware That Spit Out Cash

ATM hackers who long relied on tactics of stealing payment card numbers and online banking credentials to steal millions are now targeting the bank itself to steal cash directly from the machines. Earlier this year, a gang of cyber criminals infected several ATMs with malware in Taiwan and Thaila...

WhatsApp Blasted by EU Data Protection Group Over Facebook Sharing

Yet another privacy coalition is urging WhatsApp to clarify that user information shared between the company and Facebook is compliant with data protection laws on the books in Europe. The Article 29 Working Party, comprised of representatives from data protection authorities from each EU member...

ec.europa.eu XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/beneficiaries/index.cfm?lang=en=SM=" CLICKME Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 27.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated VIP...