CVE-2018-15543

An issue was discovered in the org.telegram.messenger application 4.8.11 for Android. The FingerprintManager class for Biometric validation allows authentication bypass through the callback method from onAuthenticationFailed to onAuthenticationSucceeded with null, because the fingerprint API in...

Microsoft Windows: Turn off the Windows Messenger Customer Experience Improvement Program

This policy setting specifies whether Windows Messenger collects anonymous information about how Windows Messenger software and service is used. With the Customer Experience Improvement program, users can allow Microsoft to collect anonymous information about how the product is used. This...

Soroush IM Desktop App 0.15 (beta) - Authentication Bypass

Exploit Title: Soroush IM Desktop app 0.15 - Authentication Bypass Date: 2018-06-13 Exploit Author: VortexNeoX64 Vendor Homepage: https://soroush-app.ir Software Link: https://soroush-app.ir/UploadedData/Soroush.exe Version: 0.15 BETA Tested on: Windows 10 1803 Security Issue: Attackers can unloc...

WordPress Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp and Viber plugin <= 1.0.8 - Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Cross-site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability found by ThreatPress Research Team in WordPress Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp and Viber plugin versions = 1.0.8. Solution 3 June 2018 - plugin still closed by WordPress Security team, no patched version available...

CVE-2018-11632

An issue was discovered in the MULTIDOTS Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp and Viber plugin 1.0.8 for WordPress. If an admin user can be tricked into visiting a crafted URL created by an attacker via spear phishing/social engineering, the attacker can change the plugin settings via...

Russia asks Apple to remove Telegram Messenger from the App Store

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor has threatened Apple to face the consequences if the company does not remove secure messaging app Telegram from its App Store. Back in April, the Russian government banned Telegram in the country for the company's refusal to hand over private...

Signal Desktop HTML Injection

Title: HTML tag injection in Signal-desktop Date Published: 14-05-2018 CVE Name: CVE-2018-10994 Class: Code injection Remotely Exploitable: Yes Locally Exploitable: No Vendors contacted: Signal.org Vulnerability Description: Signal-desktop is the standalone desktop version of the secure Signal...

A week in security (May 7 – May 13)

Last week on Labs, we looked at the case of a fake Android AV, an annoying adware that goes by the name of Kuik, the return of threat actors behind the Shopper Stop tech scam, a new Netflix phishing scam, the recent zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and the insufficiency of merely...

Shopify: Improper access check by Kit leads to controlling attributes of store & getting analytics by deleted Store member via dual messenger A/C

Hi, Disclaimer : - This report will be detected as a duplicate of a N/A marked report by me351154.The reason for self-close was i did not know if the scope in your policy only restricted to XSS,CSRF on kitcrm.com the domain. Issue : - A deleted store member can still use Kit via Facebook messenge...

WhatsApp Group Video Call and Instagram Video Chat Are Coming Soon

Facebook announced a whole lot of new features at its 2018 Facebook F8 developers conference, including Dating on Facebook, letting users clear their web browsing history, real-time language translation within Messenger, and many more. Besides announcing exciting features for its social media...

A New Cryptocurrency Mining Virus is Spreading Through Facebook

If you receive a link for a video, even if it looks exciting, sent by someone or your friend on Facebook messenger—just don't click on it without taking a second thought. Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro are warning users of a malicious Chrome extension which is spreading through Facebo...

A New Cryptocurrency Mining Virus is Spreading Through Facebook

If you receive a link for a video, even if it looks exciting, sent by someone or your friend on Facebook messenger—just don't click on it without taking a second thought. Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro are warning users of a malicious Chrome extension which is spreading through Facebo...

Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook scans user private messages

By Waqas If you thought your conversations on Facebook Messenger are private This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook scans user private messages...

New Android Malware Stealing Data from Popular Messenger Apps

By Waqas Almost all Instant Messaging Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Line, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android Malware Stealing Data from Popular Messenger Apps...

Adrian Lamo, ‘Homeless Hacker’ Who Turned in Chelsea Manning, Dead at 37

Adrian Lamo, the hacker probably best known for breaking into The New York Times's network and for reporting Chelsea Manning's theft of classified documents to the FBI, was found dead in a Kansas apartment on Wednesday. Lamo was widely reviled and criticized for turning in Manning, but that chapt...

Apple Promises Fix for Latest ‘Text Bomb’ Bug As Abuse Spreads

UPDATE Apple said it is working on a fix for the latest text bomb bug that crashes a number of iOS and Mac apps that display specific Telugu language characters. On Monday, it made good on the promise and announced the availability of a patch CVE-2018-4124 for iOS 11.2.6, watchOS 4.2.3, tvOS...

A Single-Character Message Can Crash Any Apple iPhone, iPad Or Mac

Only a single character can crash your iPhone and block access to the Messaging app in iOS as well as popular apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Outlook for iOS, and Gmail. First spotted by Italian Blog Mobile World, a potentially new severe bug affects not only iPhones but also a wide range...

Parat - Python Based Remote Administration Tool (RAT)

Parat is a simple remote administration tool RAT written in python. Also you can read wiki! Change log: Compatible with both python 2 and 3 versionsdont forget that may causes some error.so please share us any errors Do you want to try? Copy and paste on your terminal: git clone...

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...

Snowden Explains Why Telegram Messenger App is Unsafe

By Waqas For years, the ex-NSA National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Snowden Explains Why Telegram Messenger App is Unsafe...