PT-2023-26116 · Undefined · Undefined

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No vulnerable software or affected versions specified. Description: The issue was investigated and found not to be a security issue. It was withdrawn by its CNA. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version th...

PT-2023-26121 · Undefined · Undefined

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No vulnerable software or affected versions specified. Description: The issue was initially considered but further investigation showed it was not a security issue. It was withdrawn by its CNA. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no...

PT-2023-25469 · Undefined · Undefined

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No vulnerable software or affected versions specified. Description: The issue was investigated and found not to be a security issue. It was withdrawn by its CNA. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version th...

PT-2023-26115 · Undefined · Undefined

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No vulnerable software or affected versions specified. Description: The issue was initially considered but further investigation showed it was not a security issue. It was withdrawn by its CNA. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no...

Analysis of Storm-0558 techniques for unauthorized email access

Executive summary On July 11, 2023, Microsoft published two blogs detailing a malicious campaign by a threat actor tracked as Storm-0558 that targeted customer email that weve detected and mitigated: Microsoft Security Response Center and Microsoft on the Issues. As we continue our investigation...

Tax preparation firms shared sensitive information with Meta

A group of seven US senators has sent a letter to the heads of the IRS, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the IRS watchdog, revealing that they have found evidence that reveals "a shocking breach of taxpayer privacy by tax prep companies and by Big Tech firms." According...

Microsoft mitigates China-based threat actor Storm-0558 targeting of customer email

UPDATE: Microsoft performed a comprehensive technical investigation into the acquisition of the Microsoft account consumer signing key, including how it was used to access enterprise email. Our technical investigation has concluded, and on September 6, 2023, we published our investigation finding...

Hunting for A New Stealthy Universal Rootkit Loader

In this entry, we discuss the findings of our investigation into a piece of a signed rootkit, whose main binary functions as a universal loader that enables attackers to directly load a second-stage unsigned kernel module...

CVE-2023-36360

DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none...

CVE-2023-36360

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none...

CVE-2023-36935

DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none...

Mozilla: Possibility of Deface through translation tool - www.mozilla.com

A vulnerability was discovered where credentials for a third-party translation tool used by Mozilla websites were publicly disclosed. This exposed access to translation management functions and internal documents. The issue was reported and it was advised that the disclosed passwords be changed t...

Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use

The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S. government surveillance, following similar moves by Austria, France, and Italy last year. The development comes in the aftermath of an audit initiated by the Swedish Authority for...

Criminal secure messaging system takedown: 6500+ arrests and €900 million+ seized

In 2020, we reported on how law enforcement managed to compromise a secure communications system set up by and for criminals. Now, Europol has published a progress report showing the enormous impact the infiltration of the encrypted communications tool EncroChat made. EncroChat, a company based i...

Microsoft Response to Layer 7 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks

Summary Summary Beginning in early June 2023, Microsoft identified surges in traffic against some services that temporarily impacted availability. Microsoft promptly opened an investigation and subsequently began tracking ongoing DDoS activity by the threat actor that Microsoft tracks as...

CVE-2023-34585

DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none...

Identifying the Idaho Killer

The New York Times has a long article on the investigative techniques used to identify the person who stabbed and killed four University of Idaho students. Pay attention to the techniques: The case has shown the degree to which law enforcement investigators have come to rely on the digital...

Winning the Mind Game: The Role of the Ransomware Negotiator

Get exclusive insights from a real ransomware negotiator who shares authentic stories from network hostage situations and how he managed them. The Ransomware Industry Ransomware is an industry. As such, it has its own business logic: organizations pay money, in crypto-currency, in order to regain...

CVE-2023-1601

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none...

USN-6073-9 python-os-brick regression

USN-6073-4 fixed a vulnerability in os-brick. Unfortunately the update introduced a regression with detaching volumes. The security fix has been removed pending further investigation. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Jan Wasilewski and Gorka Eguileor discovered that...