A Comprehensive Assessment of the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD)

Most nations need to protect sensitive data for any number of reasons. Assuring legal compliance, protecting national security, preventing abuse and prejudice, improving global competitiveness, and upholding ethical standards are all vital requirements. Data privacy enhances the safety, security,...

BackDoorSim - An Educational Into Remote Administration Tools

BackdoorSim is a remote administration and monitoring tool designed for educational and testing purposes. It consists of two main components: ControlServer and BackdoorClient. The server controls the client, allowing for various operations like file transfer, system monitoring, and more. Disclaim...

A week in security (February 19 – February 25)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Joomla! patches XSS flaws that could lead to remote code execution Update now! ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerability needs your attention Why ransomware gangs love using RMM tools—and how to stop them Signal to shield user phone numbers by default Vibrator virus...

The vulnerability of Core Data components in iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, macOS operating systems allows attackers to circumvent privacy settings.

The vulnerability of Core Data components in iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and macOS is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to bypass privacy settings...

A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech

A student investigation at the University of Waterloo uncovered a system that scanned countless undergrads without consent...

FTC Slams Avast with $16.5 Million Fine for Selling Users' Browsing Data

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC has hit antivirus vendor Avast with a $16.5 million fine over charges that the firm sold users' browsing data to advertisers after claiming its products would block online tracking. In addition, the company has been banned from selling or licensing any web...

CVE-2024-25129

The CodeQL CLI repo holds binaries for the CodeQL command line interface CLI. Prior to version 2.16.3, an XML parser used by the CodeQL CLI to read various auxiliary files is vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. If a vulnerable version of the CLI is used to process either a maliciously...

Xxe

The CodeQL CLI repo holds binaries for the CodeQL command line interface CLI. Prior to version 2.16.3, an XML parser used by the CodeQL CLI to read various auxiliary files is vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. If a vulnerable version of the CLI is used to process either a maliciously...

CVE-2024-25129 Limited data exfiltration in CodeQL CLI

The CodeQL CLI repo holds binaries for the CodeQL command line interface CLI. Prior to version 2.16.3, an XML parser used by the CodeQL CLI to read various auxiliary files is vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. If a vulnerable version of the CLI is used to process either a maliciously...

CVE-2024-25129 Limited data exfiltration in CodeQL CLI

The CodeQL CLI repo holds binaries for the CodeQL command line interface CLI. Prior to version 2.16.3, an XML parser used by the CodeQL CLI to read various auxiliary files is vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. If a vulnerable version of the CLI is used to process either a maliciously...

CVE-2024-25129 Limited data exfiltration in CodeQL CLI

The CodeQL CLI repo holds binaries for the CodeQL command line interface CLI. Prior to version 2.16.3, an XML parser used by the CodeQL CLI to read various auxiliary files is vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. If a vulnerable version of the CLI is used to process either a maliciously...

Code injection

Discourse Calendar adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic on the open-source discussion platform Discourse. Prior to version 0.4, event invitees created in topics in private categories or PMs private messages can be retrieved by anyone, even if they're not logg...

Signal to shield user phone numbers by default

Chat app Signal will shield user’s phone numbers by default from now on. And, it will no longer be necessary to exchange phone numbers when people want to connect through the app. In November, we reported that Signal was testing usernames to eliminate the need to share your phone number. Signal h...

SUSE CVE-2024-25711

diffoscope before 256 allows directory traversal via an embedded filename in a GPG file. Contents of any file, such as ../.ssh/idrsa, may be disclosed to an attacker. This occurs because the value of the gpg --use-embedded-filenames option is trusted...

CVE-2024-26138

The CVE concerns the XWiki licensor application, where the Licenses.Code.LicenseJSON document is publicly accessible and exposes admins’ license information, including the instance ID and license owner’s name and email. This data exposure could enable correlation of active installations and targe...

Signal Introduces Usernames, Allowing Users to Keep Their Phone Numbers Private

End-to-end encrypted E2EE messaging app Signal said it's piloting a new feature that allows users to create unique usernames not to be confused with profile names and keep the phone numbers away from prying eyes. "If you use Signal, your phone number will no longer be visible to everyone you chat...

CVE-2023-42878

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data...

CVE-2023-42889

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.1, macOS Monterey 12.7.1, macOS Ventura 13.6.1. An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences...

CVE-2023-42939

A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. A user's private browsing activity may be unexpectedly saved in the App Privacy Report...

CVE-2023-42878

A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. An app may be able to access sensitive user data...