CVE-2019-12410

While investigating UBSAN errors in https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/5365 it was discovered Apache Arrow versions 0.12.0 to 0.14.1, left memory Array data uninitialized when reading RLE null data from parquet. This affected the C++, Python, Ruby and R implementations. The uninitialized memory...

British Airways E-Ticketing Flaw Exposes Passenger Flight, Personal Data

A security bug discovered in British Airways’ e-ticketing system has the potential to expose passengers’ data, including their flight booking details and personal information. Researchers on Tuesday said that check-in links being sent by British Airways to their passengers via email are unencrypt...

Warning as small planes found vulnerable to hacking

By Uzair Amir The IT security researchers at Rapid7 have reported a critical vulnerability in the modern flight systems of small planes allowing hackers with physical access to take control of targeted aircraft. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Warning as small planes foun...

DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks

What could be more horrifying than knowing that a hacker can trick the plane's electronic systems into displaying false flight data to the pilot, which could eventually result in loss of control? Of course, the attacker would never wish to be on the same flight, so in this article, we are going t...

DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks

What could be more horrifying than knowing that a hacker can trick the plane's electronic systems into displaying false flight data to the pilot, which could eventually result in loss of control? Of course, the attacker would never wish to be on the same flight, so in this article, we are going t...

CVE-2019-5630

CVE-2019-5630 affects Rapid7 Nexpose InsightVM Security Console. The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in API endpoints that can be exploited via Flash to bypass a cross-domain pre-flight OPTIONS request. Affected versions are 6.5.0 through 6.5.68. The issue arises from insuffi...

CVE-2019-7554

An issue was discovered in PHP Scripts Mall API Based Travel Booking 3.4.7. There is Reflected XSS via the flight-results.php d2 parameter...

CVE-2019-7554

An issue was discovered in PHP Scripts Mall API Based Travel Booking 3.4.7. There is Reflected XSS via the flight-results.php d2 parameter...

Cross site scripting

An issue was discovered in PHP Scripts Mall API Based Travel Booking 3.4.7. There is Reflected XSS via the flight-results.php d2 parameter...

New Class of CPU Flaws Affect Almost Every Intel Processor Since 2011

Academic researchers today disclosed details of the newest class of speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities in Intel processors that impacts all modern chips, including the chips used in Apple devices. After the discovery of Spectre and Meltdown processor vulnerabilities earlier last...

The Latest in Creepy Spyware

The Nest home alarm system shipped with a secret microphone, which -- according to the company -- was only an accidental secret: On Tuesday, a Google spokesperson told Business Insider the company had made an "error." "The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have bee...

British Airways Entertainment System Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The British Airways Entertainment System is an in-flight audio-visual entertainment system. A security vulnerability exists in the British Airways Entertainment System installed on Boeing 777-36NER and other aircraft, which arises from a program that does not prevent the USB charge/digit transfer...

Flight Booking System Flaw Affected Customers of 141 Airlines Worldwide

Almost half of the fight travelers around the world were found exposed to a critical security vulnerability discovered in online flight ticket booking system that allowed remote hackers to access and modify their travel details and even claim their frequent flyer miles. Israeli network security...

Flight Booking System Flaw Affected Customers of 141 Airlines Worldwide

Almost half of the fight travelers around the world were found exposed to a critical security vulnerability discovered in online flight ticket booking system that allowed remote hackers to access and modify their travel details and even claim their frequent flyer miles. Israeli network security...

Pan Am Flight 103: Robert Mueller’s 30-Year Search for Justice

Known as the Lockerbie bombing, in December 1988 a bomb downed a Pan Am jet, leaving 270 dead. It was the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists. As the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, Robert Mueller oversaw the case. And for him, it was personal...

Drone Denial-of-Service Attack against Gatwick Airport

Someone is flying a drone over Gatwick Airport in order to disrupt service: Chris Woodroofe, Gatwick's chief operating officer, said on Thursday afternoon there had been another drone sighting which meant it was impossible to say when the airport would reopen. He told BBC News: "There are 110,000...

Here's How Hackers Could Have Spied On Your DJI Drone Account

Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point today revealed details of a potential dangerous vulnerability in DJI Drone web app that could have allowed attackers access user accounts and synced sensitive information within it, including flight records, location, live video camera feed, and photos tak...

Hackers disrupt UK’s Bristol Airport flight info screens after ransomware attack

By Uzair Amir The ransomware attack disrupted the screens for two days. In a nasty ransomware attack, flight information screens at the United Kingdom's Bristol airport were taken over and hijacked by malicious hackers on September 15th Friday morning. The ransomware attack forced the airport sta...

Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bristol Airport's Flight Display Screens

Bristol Airport has blamed a ransomware attack for causing a blackout of flight information screens for two days over the weekend. The airport said that the attack started Friday morning, taking out several computers over the airport network, including its in-house display screens which provide...

Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bristol Airport's Flight Display Screens

Bristol Airport has blamed a ransomware attack for causing a blackout of flight information screens for two days over the weekend. The airport said that the attack started Friday morning, taking out several computers over the airport network, including its in-house display screens which provide...