Anatomy of a Security Update

The Microsoft Security Response Center is part of the defender community and on the front line of security response for our customers and the company. Our mission is to protect customers and Microsoft from current and emerging threats related to security and privacy. We monitor threats and provid...

Moodle sensitive information disclosure

A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.5.1, 3.4.4, 3.3.7. No option existed to omit logs from data privacy exports, which may contain details of other users who interacted with the requester...

GHSA-WMVQ-Q9H8-7J4G Moodle sensitive information disclosure

A flaw was found in moodle before versions 3.5.1, 3.4.4, 3.3.7. No option existed to omit logs from data privacy exports, which may contain details of other users who interacted with the requester...

GHSA-4G62-MFWX-4Q48 slixmpp Incorrect Access Control

slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub options profile, used for the configuration of default access model that can result in all of the contacts of...

GHSA-Q53J-C866-H9MW Moodle doesn't properly check role

user/view.php in Moodle 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.9.x before 1.9.8 does not properly check a role, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the full names of other users via the course profile page...

CISA Temporarily Removes CVE-2022-26925 from Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog

CISA is temporarily removing CVE-2022-26925 from its Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog due to a risk of authentication failures when the May 10, 2022 Microsoft rollup update is applied to domain controllers. After installing May 10, 2022 rollup update on domain controllers, organizations migh...

CVE-2021-27772

Users are able to read group conversations without actively taking part in them. Next to one to one conversations, users are able to start group conversations with multiple users. It was found possible to obtain the contents of these group conversations without being part of it. This could lead t...

CVE-2021-27772

CVE-2021-27772 concerns an authorization flaw in HCL Sametime (notably in versions around 11.6 per connected CNVD/CNNVD records) that allows users to read contents of group conversations without participating . The underlying issue enables leakage of confidential information discussed in private ...

Surveillance by Driverless Car

San Francisco police are using autonomous vehicles as mobile surveillance cameras. Privacy advocates say the revelation that police are actively using AV footage is cause for alarm. “This is very concerning,” Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF senior staff attorney Adam Schwartz told Motherboard...

Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US

Clearview AI, a facial recognition software and surveillance company, is permanently banned from selling its faceprint database within the United States. The company also cannot sell its database to state and law enforcement entities in Illinois for five years. This is a historic win for the...

Android and Chrome Users Can Soon Generate Virtual Credit Cards to Protect Real Ones

Google on Wednesday took to its annual developer conference to announce a host of privacy and security updates, including support for virtual credit cards on Android and Chrome. "When you use autofill to enter your payment details at checkout, virtual cards will add an additional layer of securit...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Adobe Security Bulletins and apply the necessary...

Android 13 Tries to Make Privacy and Security a No-Brainer

With its latest mobile OS update, Google aims to simplify the adoption of Android’s protective features for users and developers alike...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 101.0.4951.64 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Release Note and apply the necessary update. Thi...

CVE-2022-20115

In broadcastServiceStateChanged of TelephonyRegistry.java, there is a possible way to learn base station information without location permission due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed...

Client side scanning may cost more than it delivers

On May 11, 2022, the EU will publicize a proposal for a law on mandatory chat control. The European Commission wants all providers of email, chat and messaging services to search for suspicious messages in a fully automated way and forward them to the police in the fight against child pornography...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Pipelines

Microsoft has released a security advisory to address a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Pipelines. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review...

U.S. Government Attributes Cyberattacks on SATCOM Networks to Russian State-Sponsored Malicious Cyber Actors

CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have updated the joint cybersecurity advisory, Strengthening Cybersecurity of SATCOM Network Providers and Customers, originally released March 17, 2022, with U.S. government attribution to Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber actors. The United...

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly added...

SUSE-SU-2022:1577-1 Security update for MozillaFirefox

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: This update contains the Firefox Extended Support Release 91.1.0 ESR. Fixed: Various stability, functionality, and security fixes MFSA 2021-40 bsc1190269, bsc1190274: CVE-2021-38492: Navigating to mk: URL scheme could load Internet Explor...