Mozilla Patches Certificate Pinning Vulnerability in Firefox

As expected, Mozilla patched a highly scrutinized flaw in its automated update process for add-ons in Firefox, specifically around the expiration of certificate pins. The vulnerability allowed attackers to intercept encrypted browser traffic, inject a malicious NoScript extension update and gain...

openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-682)

Chromium was updated to 51.0.2704.79 to fix the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools ...

CVE-2016-1694

browser/browsingdata/browsingdataremover.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 deletes HPKP pins during cache clearing, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof web sites via a valid certificate from an arbitrary recognized Certification Authority...

Design/Logic Flaw

browser/browsingdata/browsingdataremover.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 deletes HPKP pins during cache clearing, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof web sites via a valid certificate from an arbitrary recognized Certification Authority...

CVE-2016-1694

browser/browsingdata/browsingdataremover.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 deletes HPKP pins during cache clearing, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof web sites via a valid certificate from an arbitrary recognized Certification Authority...

CVE-2016-1694

browser/browsingdata/browsingdataremover.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 deletes HPKP pins during cache clearing, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof web sites via a valid certificate from an arbitrary recognized Certification Authority...

CVE-2016-1694

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CVE-2016-1694

CVE-2016-1694 affects Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, where browser/browsing_data/browsing_data_remover.cc deletes HPKP pins during cache cleanup. This undermines certificate pinning, enabling remote attackers to spoof websites by presenting a valid certificate from any trusted CA. The public ...

Security update for Chromium (important)

Chromium was updated to 51.0.2704.63 to fix the following vulnerabilities boo981886: - CVE-2016-1672: Cross-origin bypass in extension bindings - CVE-2016-1673: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1674: Cross-origin bypass in extensions - CVE-2016-1675: Cross-origin bypass in Blink -...

Security update for Chromium (important)

Chromium was updated to 51.0.2704.63 to fix the following vulnerabilities boo981886: - CVE-2016-1672: Cross-origin bypass in extension bindings - CVE-2016-1673: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1674: Cross-origin bypass in extensions - CVE-2016-1675: Cross-origin bypass in Blink -...

CVE-2016-1694

browser/browsingdata/browsingdataremover.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 deletes HPKP pins during cache clearing, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof web sites via a valid certificate from an arbitrary recognized Certification Authority...

Download Free Windows 10 for the Internet of Things and Raspberry Pi 2

In the month of February 2015, second generation Raspberry Pi was made available and was commonly known as Raspberry Pi 2. Buzz was that Windows 10 will be supporting the hardware for its compatibility with the smart objects, popularly known as the ‘Internet of Things’. So, finally the Free versi...

Neverquest Trojan Adds New Targets, Capabilities

Researchers have found some recent modifications to the Neverquest banking Trojan that indicate the malware is no longer just targeting online banking sites, but also is going after social media, retailers and some game portals. The new changes also give the Trojan the ability to insert extra...

Starbucks' iOS app storing user credentials in plain text

Watch out, coffee drinkers. If you are one of those 10 million Starbucks customers, who purchases drinks and food directly from their Smartphones, this news is for you! If you use Starbucks’ official iOS app, you should know that the company is not encrypting any of your information, including yo...

Encrypted PINs Stolen in Target Data Breach

Target confirmed this morning that encrypted PIN data was stolen in the Black Friday data breach that exposed 40 million accounts to fraud. Spokesperson Molly Snyder said the ongoing forensics investigation confirmed that PIN data was accessed as well, contrary to previous claims made by the reta...

[Avivore] The Twitter-searching Data Miner

Avivore is a Python-based tool that searches Twitter for keywords and then parses any tweets that are found. When parsing, it looks for the following sort of data: Phone numbers in NPA-NXX format ex: 604-555-1212 IPv4 addresses 127.0.0.1 Blackberry PINs ABCDEF12 It presently uses a SQLite backend...

Citadel Banking Malware Targets Payza Payment Service

A new variant of Citadel malware is making the rounds that is targeting Payza, a money transfer service popular all over the world, especially in developing nations that are under-serviced when it comes to accessing the Internet. The payment processing company bills itself as “your money’s gatewa...

Hackers stole Credit Card details from 63 'Barnes & Noble' stores

Over 60 Barnes & Noble stores have been used by hackers to gain the credit card data, including the PINs, of customers. The New York company is warning customers to check for unauthorized transactions and to change their personal identification numbers or PINs. It hasn't said how many accounts ma...

Banking System Vulnerability - 3 million bank accounts hacked in Iran

Banking System Vulnerability - 3 million bank accounts hacked in Iran Iran's Central Bank has announced that the electronic information of 3 million customers of 10 Iranian banks have been compromised. These banks now require their customers to change their ATM pin numbers before they can access...

WiFi Protected Setup Flaw Can Lead to Compromise of Router PINs

The US-CERT is warning about a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup standard that reduces the number of attempts it would take an attacker to brute-force the PIN for a wireless router’s setup process. The flaw results in too much information about the PIN being returned to an attacker and...