Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger

If you receive a video file packed in zip archive sent by someone or your friends on your Facebook messenger — just don't click on it. Researchers from security firm Trend Micro are warning users of a new cryptocurrency mining bot which is spreading through Facebook Messenger and targeting Google...

Telegram Messenger Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Telegram Messenger is a cross-platform instant messaging program whose client is free and open source software, but whose server is proprietary software. A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger Android application. An...

CVE-2017-17715

The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak...

Directory traversal

The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak...

CVE-2017-17715

The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak...

CVE-2017-17715

The saveFile method in MediaController.java in the Telegram Messenger application before 2017-12-08 for Android allows directory traversal via a pathname obtained in a file-transfer request from a remote peer, as demonstrated by writing to tgnet.dat or tgnet.dat.bak...

CVE-2017-17715

The CVE-2017-17715 entry refers to a directory traversal vulnerability in the Telegram Messenger Android client. The flaw is in the saveFile method of MediaController.java, which, when handling a file-transfer request from a remote peer before 2017-12-08, could be exploited to traverse directorie...

Telegram Messenger for iOS and Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Telegram Messenger for iOS and Android is a suite of mobile messaging tools based on the iOS and Android platforms. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Telegram Messenger version 2.6 for iOS and Telegram Messenger version 1.8.2 for Android. The vulnerability can be exploited to obta...

Cisco Webex Messenger Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Webex Messenger could allow an authenticated, local attacker to retrieve user profile information from the affected software, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation...

Facebook WhatsApp Messenger for Android Vulnerability Local Message Disclosure Vulnerability

Facebook WhatsApp Messenger for Android is a suite of mobile applications from Facebook, Inc. in the United States based on the Android platform that utilize the web to send text messages. The application uses the contact information in the smartphone to find contacts using the program to send...

Denial of service

A denial of service vulnerability in the Android runtime android messenger. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0. Android ID: A-37742976...

CVE-2017-0780

CVE-2017-0780 is a DoS in Android's runtime (FrameSequenceDrawable) triggered when processing GIF-based frames in MMS. The root cause is a Null Pointer Exception path: acquireAndValidateBitmap can accept a null or invalid Bitmap from a custom FrameSequenceDrawable.BitmapProvider, leading to an NP...

Dissecting the Chrome Extension Facebook malware

It's been a few days since Kaspersky Lab's blog post about the Multi Platform Facebook malware that was spread through Facebook Messenger. At the same time as Kaspersky Lab were analyzing this threat, a few researchers where doing the same, including Frans Rosén, Security Advisor at Detectify...

New Campaign Uses Facebook Messenger to Distribute Malware

By Waqas A security researcher David Jacoby has revealed that Facebook Messenger This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Campaign Uses Facebook Messenger to Distribute Malware...

Adware Spreading Via Social Engineering, Facebook Messenger

Attackers have taken to Facebook Messenger with a combination of social engineering and malicious JavaScript to spread adware, something that’s likely earning them a small chunk of change in the process. David Jacoby, a senior security researcher with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis...

New multi platform malware/adware spreading via Facebook Messenger

One good thing about having a lot of Facebook friends is that you simply act as a honey pot when your friends click on malicious things. A few days ago I got a message on Facebook from a person I very rarely speak to, and I knew that something fishy was going on. After just a few minutes analyzin...

Beware of Windows/MacOS/Linux Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger

If you came across any Facebook message with a video link sent by anyone, even your friend — just don’t click on it. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted an ongoing cross-platform campaign on Facebook Messenger, where users receive a video link that redirects them to a fake website,...

IP Messenger for Win Untrustworthy Search Path Vulnerability

IP Messenger for Win is a suite of instant messaging software for LANs based on the Windows platform.Install is one of the installation programs. An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in the installer in IP Messenger for Win versions 4.60 and earlier. A remote attacker can exploit this...

CVE-2017-10820

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of IP Messenger for Win 4.60 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...

Design/Logic Flaw

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of IP Messenger for Win 4.60 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory...