Race condition

In startInput of AudioPolicyInterfaceImpl.cpp, there is a possible way of erroneously displaying the microphone privacy indicator due to a race condition. This could lead to false user expectations. User interaction is needed for exploitation...

CVE-2023-21262

In startInput of AudioPolicyInterfaceImpl.cpp, there is a possible way of erroneously displaying the microphone privacy indicator due to a race condition. This could lead to false user expectations. User interaction is needed for exploitation...

CVE-2023-21262

Consolidated evidence across CVE-2023-21262 entries shows a race condition in the startInput function of AudioPolicyInterfaceImpl.cpp that can cause the microphone privacy indicator to be displayed incorrectly. This could mislead users about mic activity and state. Exploitation, if any, is noted ...

CVE-2023-20942

In openMmapStream of AudioFlinger.cpp, there is a possible way to record audio without displaying the microphone privacy indicator due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for...

CVE-2023-20942

The CVE-2023-20942 issue affects Android’s AudioFlinger.cpp, specifically in openMmapStream, where a logic error can allow recording audio without showing the microphone privacy indicator. This vulnerability enables local privilege escalation with no extra execution privileges and requires no use...

Google Is Using Its Vast Data Stores to Train AI

No surprise, but Google just changed its privacy policy to reflect broader uses of all the surveillance data it has captured over the years: Research and development: Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and...

Proposed Massachusetts law to ban sale of your mobile location data

Cellular location phone data may be banned from sale in the state of Massachusetts, under a proposed law set to ruffle some data broker feathers. The selling of location data has long been a point of contention for privacy experts. As with so much bulk user data, claims of anonymity from the...

PT-2023-18045 · Unknown · Audiopolicyinterfaceimpl

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: AudioPolicyInterfaceImpl affected versions not specified Description: A race condition in the startInput function of AudioPolicyInterfaceImpl.cpp may cause the microphone privacy indicator to be displayed incorrectly, potentially leading to...

CVE-2023-24881 Microsoft Teams Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Privacy of Printing Services

The Washington Post has an article about popular printing services, and whether or not they read your documents and mine the data when you use them for printing: Ideally, printing services should avoid storing the content of your files, or at least delete daily. Print services should also...

CVE-2023-1936

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.7 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1, which allows an attacker to leak the email address of a user who created a service desk issue...

A week in security (July 3 - 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: How kids pay the price for ransomware attacks on education Solar monitoring systems exposed: Secure your devices Warning issued over vulnerability in cardiac device monitoring software Update Android now! Google patches three actively exploited zero-days Malicious ...

amtrevision.dk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3495955

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Two Spyware Apps on Google Play with 1.5 Million Users Sending Data to China

Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware, putting the privacy and security of up to 1.5 million Android users at risk. These apps engage in deceptive behaviour and secretly send sensitive user data to malicious servers in China. Pradeo, a leading mobile...

Two Spyware Apps on Google Play with 1.5 Million Users Sending Data to China

Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware, putting the privacy and security of up to 1.5 million Android users at risk. These apps engage in deceptive behaviour and secretly send sensitive user data to malicious servers in China. Pradeo, a leading mobile...

How Threads' Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter's (and Its Rivals')

Want to try out Meta’s new social media app? Here’s more context on what personal data is collected by Threads and similar social media apps...

Debunking misinformation about Opera’s browsers

Privacy, Security Debunking misinformation about Opera’s browsers Share July 6th, 2023 At Opera, we take the privacy and security of our users very seriously. As a European company, we have to be compliant with the GDPR – one of the strongest, if not the strongest, data protection frameworks in t...

CVE-2023-36827

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform for managing the fulfillment of data privacy requests in a runtime environment, and the enforcement of privacy regulations in code. A path traversal directory traversal vulnerability affects fides versions lower than version 2.15.1, allowing...

Path traversal

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform for managing the fulfillment of data privacy requests in a runtime environment, and the enforcement of privacy regulations in code. A path traversal directory traversal vulnerability affects fides versions lower than version 2.15.1, allowing...

PYSEC-2023-107

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform for managing the fulfillment of data privacy requests in a runtime environment, and the enforcement of privacy regulations in code. A path traversal directory traversal vulnerability affects fides versions lower than version 2.15.1, allowing...