Explained: Android overlays and how they are used to trick people

Sometimes you’ll see the term "overlays" used in articles about malware and you might wonder what they are. In this post we will try to explain what overlays—particularly on Android devices—are, and how cybercriminals deploy them. Most of the time, overlays are used to make people think they are...

SUSE CVE-2024-5689

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

SUSE CVE-2024-5698

By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

USN-6817-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6817-3)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6817-3 advisory. Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereferenc...

com.github.vzakharchenko:cisco-radius-plugin (1.2.5), com.github.vzakharchenko:keycloak-plugins (1.2.5) +15 more potentially affected by CVE-2024-3656 via org.keycloak:keycloak-services (10.0.2)

org.keycloak:keycloak-services MAVEN version 10.0.2 is affected by a known vulnerability. The following packages have a transitive dependency on org.keycloak:keycloak-services and may be impacted: - com.github.vzakharchenko:cisco-radius-plugin 1.2.5 - com.github.vzakharchenko:keycloak-plugins 1.2...

CVE-2024-5698

By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5698

By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5689

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5689

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5698

By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5689

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5698

By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5698

By manipulating the fullscreen feature while opening a data-list, an attacker could have overlaid a text box over the address bar. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5689

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5689

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5689

Mozilla Firefox before 127 had multiple vulnerabilities including a UI spoofing issue where an overlay of the My Shots button could direct users to a phishing replica Firefox Screenshots page; this CVE-2024-5689 is identified in MFSA2024-25 as part of the fixes for Firefox 127. The affected produ...

USN-6817-2: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVE-2022-38096 Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadc...

CVE-2024-5689: Undefined Security Weakness

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...

CVE-2024-5689

In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot XXX, a website was able to overlay the 'My Shots' button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing. This vulnerability affects Firefox 127...