Is Security Human Factors Research Skewed Towards Western Ideas and Habits?

Really interesting research: "How WEIRD is Usable Privacy and Security Research?" by Ayako A. Hasegawa Daisuke Inoue, and Mitsuaki Akiyama: Abstract : In human factor fields such as human-computer interaction HCI and psychology, researchers have been concerned that participants mostly come from...

GNET G-ONX 安全漏洞

GNET G-ONX is a line of vehicle recorders from GNET. A security vulnerability exists in GNET G-ONX that originates from the ability of an unauthorized user to modify critical system settings, which could result in a privacy breach or vehicle battery damage...

1 in 10 people do nothing to stay secure and private on vacation

This year, Spring Break vacationers are packing more than their flip-flops, bucket hats, and sunglasses—they’re also packing a few cybersecurity anxieties for the trip. According to new research from Malwarebytes, 52% of people said they “worry about being scammed while traveling,” while another...

CVE-2025-2201

CVE-2025-2201 is a confirmed broken access control vulnerability affecting the IcProgress Innovación y Cualificación plugin. Reported impact includes leakage of sensitive user information (e.g., public IP addresses, messages between users). CVSS v4.0 base score is 6.9 (MEDIUM). Exploitation detai...

Mattermost Desktop App 安全漏洞

Mattermost Desktop App is a cross-platform desktop collaboration tool based on the Electron framework, supporting Windows, macOS and Linux systems, designed for team collaboration. A privilege misconfiguration vulnerability exists in Mattermost Desktop App. The vulnerability stems from declaring...

Abusing with style: Leveraging cascading style sheets for evasion and tracking

Cisco Talos has identified actors abusing Cascading Style Sheets CSS to 1 evade spam filters and detection engines, and 2 track users' actions and preferences. This blog is a follow-up to our previous report on how threat actors could abuse CSS using a technique called "hidden text salting" to...

CVE-2025-2271 IDOR in Issuetrak NewAuditID parameter via Inv_PopTrakXShow.asp

A vulnerability exists in Issuetrak v17.2.2 and prior that allows a low-privileged user to access audit results of other users by exploiting an Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR vulnerability in the Issuetrak audit component. The vulnerability enables unauthorized access to sensitive...

USN-7348-1 python3.5, python3.8 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Python ipaddress module contained incorrect information about which IP address ranges were considered “private” or “globally reachable”. This could possibly result in applications applying incorrect security policies. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu...

Android devices track you before you even sign in

Google is spying on Android users, starting from even before they have logged in to their Google account. That's what researchers from Dublin’s Trinity College found after they conducted a measurement study to investigate the cookies, identifiers and other data stored on Android devices by Google...

GHSA-6HRW-X7PR-4MP8 LF Edge eKuiper allows Stored XSS in Rules Functionality

Summary Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web applications, which can then be executed in the context of other users' browsers. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, session hijacking, and spreading of malware,...

LF Edge eKuiper allows Stored XSS in Rules Functionality

Summary Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web applications, which can then be executed in the context of other users' browsers. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, session hijacking, and spreading of malware,...

How ads weirdly know your screen brightness, headphone jack use, and location, with Tim Shott (Lock and Code S06E05)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast … Something's not right in the world of location data. In January, a location data broker named Gravy Analytics was hacked, with the alleged cybercriminal behind the attack posting an enormous amount of data online as proof. Though relatively unknown to most...

Navigating Crypto Without Sacrificing Your Privacy

Cryptocurrency offers financial freedom, but it also comes with privacy challenges. Unlike traditional banking, where transactions remain relatively…...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-57912

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - iio: pressure: zpa2326: fix information leak in triggered buffer The 'sample' local struct is used to push data to user space from a triggered buffer, but it ha...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-1013

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A race condition could have led to private browsing tabs being opened in normal browsing windows. This could have resulted in a potential privacy leak. This...

Google Rolls Out AI Scam Detection for Android to Combat Conversational Fraud

Google has announced the rollout of artificial intelligence AI-powered scam detection features to secure Android device users and their personal information. "These features specifically target conversational scams, which can often appear initially harmless before evolving into harmful situations...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-24587

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 and Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP doesn't require that all fragments of a frame are...

TikTok: Major investigation launched into platform’s use of children’s data

TikTok is the subject of yet another major investigation, reports BBC News. This time around, the UK’s Information Commissioner's Office ICO is going to look at how the data of 13 to 17-year-olds feeds the algorithm that decides what further content to show. The ICO introduced a children’s code f...

A week in security (February 24 – March 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Millions of stalkerware users exposed again PayPal’s "no-code checkout" abused by scammers Countries and companies are fighting at the expense of our data privacy Roblox called "real-life nightmare for children" as Roblox and Discord sued Android happy to check you...

Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language

Firefox browser maker Mozilla on Friday updated its Terms of Use a second time within a week following criticism overbroad language that appeared to give the company the rights to all information uploaded by users. The revised Terms of Use now states - You give Mozilla the rights necessary to...