vantage6 Security Vulnerabilities

vantage6 is a vantage6 open source priVAcy preserviNg federalTed leArningG infrastructure for Secure Insight eXchange. A security vulnerability previously existed in vantage6 version 4.2.0 that stemmed from an authenticated user being able to inject code into an algorithmic environment variable...

vantage6 安全漏洞

vantage6 is vantage6 open source an open source priVAcy preserviNg federalTed leArningG infrastructure for Secure Insight eXchange. A security vulnerability exists in vantage that stems from the fact that input is not checked to see if it is encrypted if the task is created in encrypted...

In conversation: Bruce Schneier on AI-powered mass spying

For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. And then the internet came along and made that a whole lot easier. Today, search engines collect our queries, browsers collect our device information, smartphones collect out locations...

A week in security (January 22 – January 28)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: 10 things to do to improve your online privacy Ring curtails law enforcement’s access to footage Malicious ads for restricted messaging applications target Chinese users Malwarebytes wins every MRG Effitas award for 2 years in a row AI likely to boost ransomware,...

NSA Admits Secretly Buying Your Internet Browsing Data without Warrants

The U.S. National Security Agency NSA has admitted to buying internet browsing records from data brokers to identify the websites and apps Americans use that would otherwise require a court order, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said last week. "The U.S. government should not be funding and legitimizing a...

23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months

Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk...

The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant

US spy agencies purchased Americans’ phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director...

10 things to do to improve your online privacy

1. Set up two-factor authentication Do this for as many of your online accounts as you can, especially the major ones like your email and social media accounts. Two-factor authentication 2FA adds an extra step of protection and makes it much harder for attackers to login as you. We recommend usin...

Ring curtails law enforcement’s access to footage

US law enforcement will no longer be able to request footage through the Neighbors app produced by Ring video doorbells and surveillance cameras. Until now Ring’s Request for Assistance RFA function allowed law enforcement to ask for and obtain user footage, but this function will be retired. Alo...

Chatbots and Human Conversation

For most of history, communicating with a computer has not been like communicating with a person. In their earliest years, computers required carefully constructed instructions, delivered through punch cards; then came a command-line interface, followed by menus and options and text boxes. If you...

CVE-2023-5612

Removed by vendor...

The dark side of AI data privacy: What you need to know to stay secure

This blog post examines the threats of data leakage, bias, and overcollection in AI systems, offering valuable insights and recommendations for effective risk mitigation...

GHSA-R64R-5H43-26QV Any authenticated user may obtain private message details from other users on the same instance

Summary Users can report private messages, even when they're neither sender nor recipient of the message. The API response to creating a private message report contains the private message itself, which means any user can just iterate over message ids to loudly obtain all private messages of an...

How to lock out your ex-partner from your smart home

Stalkers can use all kinds of apps, gadgets, devices, and phones to spy on their targets, which are often their ex-partners. Unfortunately, while they no doubt have many positive uses, smart home devices give stalkers an array of tools to keep an eye on their targets. If you are the partner that...

Default configuration

Tuta is an encrypted email service. In versions prior to 119.10, an attacker can attach an image in a html mail which is loaded from external resource in the default setting, which should prevent loading of external resources. When displaying emails containing external content, they should be...

CVE-2024-23330

CVE-2024-23330 affects Tuta (encrypted email service). In versions before 119.10, an attacker can cause an image in a HTML email to load from an external resource by default, despite protections intended to block external content. The issue occurs when displaying emails containing external conten...

GHSA-HCVP-2CC7-JRWR changedetection.io API endpoint is not secured with API token

Summary API endpoint /api/v1/watch//history can be accessed by any unauthorized user. Details WatchHistory resource does not have @auth.checktoken annotation, which means it can be accessed without providing x-api-key header...

CVE-2024-23217

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, watchOS 10.3. An app may be able to bypass certain Privacy preferences...

CVE-2024-23223

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of files. This issue is fixed in iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, tvOS 17.3, watchOS 10.3. An app may be able to access sensitive user data...

CVE-2024-23211

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of user preferences. This issue is fixed in watchOS 10.3, iOS 17.3 and iPadOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3, iOS 16.7.5 and iPadOS 16.7.5, Safari 17.3. A user's private browsing activity may be visible in Settings...