Google to Make Account Login Mandatory for New Fitbit Users in 2023

Wearable technology company Fitbit has announced a new clause that requires users to switch to a Google account "sometime" in 2023. "In 2023, we plan to launch Google accounts on Fitbit, which will enable use of Fitbit with a Google account," the Google-owned fitness devices maker said. The switc...

Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 8, 2022) — Why there is no one-stop-shop solution for protecting passwords

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. It seems like there’s at least one major password breach every month — if not more. Most recently, there was an incident at Plex where all users had to reset their passwords. Many users pay for a password management...

Google flags man as sex abuser after he sends photos of child to doctor

Mark noticed something was wrong with his son. His penis was hurting and appeared to be swollen. Since it was a Saturday during the pandemic, an emergency consultation was scheduled by video. So the doctor could assess the problem ahead of time, the parents were advised to send photos of their...

Cisco Confirms It's Been Hacked by Yanluowang Ransomware Gang

Networking equipment major Cisco on Wednesday confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack on May 24, 2022 after the attackers got hold of an employee's personal Google account that contained passwords synced from their web browser. "Initial access to the Cisco VPN was achieved via the successful...

Cisco Confirms Network Breach Via Hacked Employee Google Account

Cisco Systems revealed details of a May hack by the Yanluowang ransomware group that leveraged a compromised employee’s Google account. The networking giant is calling the attack a “potential compromise” in a Wednesday post by the company’s own Cisco Talos threat research arm. “During the...

GSD-2022-1002519 Information Leakage in Analytics version curent as of 2022-05-19

In the Google Analytics admin web interface, current as of 2022-05-19 an information leakage exists in the Account Access Management and Property Access Management that can be used, resulting in an attacker determining if a Google-hosted email address is in fact a Google account or a google group...

What to Do If You Can’t Log In to Your Google Account

Locked out of your calendar or Gmail? Here’s how to get unstuck—and prevent it from happening in the first place...

YouTube channels of Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, and other musicians compromised

Some of the biggest stars around have seen content placed on their YouTube accounts without permission over the last couple of days. Taylor Swift has around 40 million subscribers. Justin Bieber? 68 million. Harry Styles, a respectable 12 million. You can even add Eminem and Michael Jackson to th...

CVE-2021-30528

Use after free in WebAuthentication in Google Chrome on Android prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process of a user who had saved a credit card in their Google account to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page...

Android Malware Bypasses 2FA And Targets Telegram, Gmail Passwords

Researchers have uncovered a threat group launching surveillance campaigns that target victims’ personal device data, browser credentials and Telegram messaging application files. One notable tool in the group’s arsenal is an Android malware that collects all two-factor authentication 2FA securit...

Researchers Uncover 6-Year Cyber Espionage Campaign Targeting Iranian Dissidents

Capping off a busy week of charges and sanctions against Iranian hackers, a new research offers insight into what's a six-year-long ongoing surveillance campaign targeting Iranian expats and dissidents with an intention to pilfer sensitive information. The threat actor, suspected to be of Iranian...

Cloudtopolis - Cracking Hashes In The Cloud For Free

Cloudtopolis is a tool that facilitates the installation and provisioning of Hashtopolis on the Google Cloud Shell platform, quickly and completely unattended and also, free!. Requirements Have 1 Google account at least. Installation Cloudtopolis installation is carried out in two phases: Phase 1...

Stripo Inc: multiple email usage -my.stripo.email-

I first went to the "my.stripo.emai" view and registered with my google account. Then I entered the profile. I have replaced my email with an email that is not registered with your google account.I received a verification message on the email I changed. The button was not clicked. I copied it by...

Google Maps: online interventions with offline ramifications

The places where online life directly intersection with that lived offline will be forever fascinating, illustrated perfectly through a recent performance piece involving Google Maps, a cart, and an awful lot of mobile phones. Simon Weckert, an artist based in Berlin, Germany, showed how a little...

X (Formerly Twitter): Viral Direct Message Clickjacking via link truncation leading to capture of both Google credentials & installation of malicious 3rd party Twitter App

Summary: Viral Direct Message Clickjacking via link truncation leading to capture of both Google credentials & installation of malicious 3rd party Twitter App Description: Because very long links in direct messages are truncated after 38 characters the malicious actors were able to provide a...

Khan Academy: Khan Academy ClickJacking to Steal Users's Credintials

DESCRIPTION 1. It ask to login to https://alerta.khanacademy.org with google account. 2. It doesn't give access to any normal user. 3. That's why after trying to login with GOOGLE account it shows a error message prompt with user's sensitive information including email, code/access token and clie...

GitLab: Full access to internal Gitlab instances at redash.gitlab.com, dashboards.gitlab.com, prometheus.gitlab.com

Summary: Lack of proper ticket trick security leads to internal access on Gitlab instances. I did not use support.gitlab.com instead just using [email protected] email was suffice. Description: Getting a [email protected] Google Account After the Ticket Trick attack that Inti reported and...

CVE-2018-7911

Some Huawei smart phones ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.106C00, 8.0.0.113SP2C00, 8.0.0.113SP3C00, 8.0.0.113SP7C00, 8.0.0.118C00, 8.0.0.120SP2C00, 8.0.0.125SP1C00, 8.0.0.125SP3C00, 8.0.0.126SP2C00, 8.0.0.126SP5C00, 8.0.0.127SP1C00, 8.0.0.128SP2C00, ALP-AL00B-RSC 1.0.0.2, BLA-TL00B 8.0.0.113SP7C01, 8.0.0.118C01,...

Security feature bypass

Some Huawei smart phones ALP-AL00B 8.0.0.106C00, 8.0.0.113SP2C00, 8.0.0.113SP3C00, 8.0.0.113SP7C00, 8.0.0.118C00, 8.0.0.120SP2C00, 8.0.0.125SP1C00, 8.0.0.125SP3C00, 8.0.0.126SP2C00, 8.0.0.126SP5C00, 8.0.0.127SP1C00, 8.0.0.128SP2C00, ALP-AL00B-RSC 1.0.0.2, BLA-TL00B 8.0.0.113SP7C01, 8.0.0.118C01,...

Google 'Titan Security Key' Is Now On Sale For $50

Google just made its Titan Security Key available on its store for $50. First announced last month at Google Cloud Next '18 convention, Titan Security Key is a tiny USB device—similar to Yubico's YubiKey—that offers hardware-based two-factor authentication 2FA for online accounts with the highest...