Signal Messenger Bug Lets Callers Auto-Connect Calls Without Receivers' Interaction

Almost every application contains security vulnerabilities, some of which you may find today, but others would remain invisible until someone else finds and exploits them—which is the harsh reality of cybersecurity and its current state. And when we say this, Signal Private Messenger —promoted as...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11748

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

CVE-2019-11748

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

CVE-2019-11748

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

CVE-2019-11748

CVE-2019-11748 affects Firefox WebRTC permissions: persisted access to microphone/camera could be exploited when in a third‑party context. Root cause: permissions were kept across navigations, enabling invisibly embedded resources to reuse user consent. Impact: user prompts are now required per u...

CVE-2019-11748

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

CVE-2019-11748: Improper Preservation of Permissions

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

1-Click iPhone and Android Exploits Target Tibetan Users via WhatsApp

A team of Canadian cybersecurity researchers has uncovered a sophisticated and targeted mobile hacking campaign that is targeting high-profile members of various Tibetan groups with one-click exploits for iOS and Android devices. Dubbed Poison Carp by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, the...

Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Expose Children Location Data

What if the tech intended to ensure that your kids, senior citizens, and pets are safe even when they're out of sight inadvertently expose them to stalkers? An estimated 600,000 GPS tracking devices for sale on Amazon and other large online merchants for $25–$50 have been found vulnerable to a...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox (CNVD-2019-30442)

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser from the Mozilla Foundation in the United States. An unspecified vulnerability exists in Mozilla Firefox prior to version 69, which can be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and access microphone and camera resources...

Mozilla: Persistence of WebRTC permissions in a third party context

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

CVE-2019-11748

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11748

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

CVE-2019-11748

WebRTC in Firefox will honor persisted permissions given to sites for access to microphone and camera resources even when in a third-party context. In light of recent high profile vulnerabilities in other software, a decision was made to no longer persist these permissions. This avoids the...

PT-2019-5156

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 69 Firefox ESR versions prior to 68.1 Description The issue is related to the improper assignment of access permissions for critical resources in Firefox, specifically concerning WebRTC permissions for microphone and...

Of hoodies and headphones: a spotlight on risks surrounding audio output devices

More than a decade ago, cardiologists from the Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston presented their findings at the American Heart Association AHA Scientific Sessions 2008 about MP3 headphones causing disruptions with heart devices—such as the pacemaker and the implantable cardioverter...

Recovering Smartphone Typing from Microphone Sounds

Yet another side-channel attack on smartphones: "Hearing your touch: A new acoustic side channel on smartphones," by Ilia Shumailov, Laurent Simon, Jeff Yan, and Ross Anderson. Abstract: We present the first acoustic side-channel attack that recovers what users type on the virtual keyboard of the...

Latest iOS 12.2 Update Patches Some Serious Security Vulnerabilities

Apple on Monday released iOS 12.2 to patch a total of 51 security vulnerabilities in its mobile operating system that affects iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation. A majority of vulnerabilities Apple patched this month reside in its web rendering engine WebKit,...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : freerdp (SUSE-SU-2019:0539-1)

This update for freerdp to version 2.0.0rc4 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-0886: Fix a remote code execution vulnerability CredSSP bsc1085416, bsc1087240, bsc1104918 CVE-2018-8789: Fix several denial of service vulnerabilities in the in the NTLM Authentication modul...

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...