21 million free VPN users’ data exposed

Detailed credentials for more than 21 million mobile VPN app users were swiped and advertised for sale online last week, offered by a cyber thief who allegedly stole user data collected by the VPN apps themselves. The data includes email addresses, randomly generated password strings, payment...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 89.0.4389.72 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 updates. Thi...

Apache Releases Security Advisory for Tomcat

The Apache Software Foundation has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in multiple versions of Apache Tomcat 9.0. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive information. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Apache security advisory for...

Is Your Browser Extension a Botnet Backdoor?

A company that rents out access to more than 10 million Web browsers so that clients can hide their true Internet addresses has built its network by paying browser extension makers to quietly include its code in their creations. This story examines the lopsided economics of extension development,...

CVE-2021-25122

When responding to new h2c connection requests, Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.41 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.61 could duplicate request headers and a limited amount of request body from one request to another meaning user A and user B could both see the results of user A's...

CVE-2021-25122 Apache Tomcat h2c request mix-up

When responding to new h2c connection requests, Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.41 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.61 could duplicate request headers and a limited amount of request body from one request to another meaning user A and user B could both see the results of user A's...

Amazon Dismisses Claims Alexa 'Skills' Can Bypass Security Vetting Process

Researchers warn Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa is vulnerable to malicious third-party “skills” – voice assistant capabilities developed by third parties – that could leave smart-speaker owners vulnerable to a wide range of cyberattacks. The security-threat claim is roundly dismissed by Amazon...

Stalkerware Volumes Remain Concerningly High, Despite Bans

Tens of thousands of mobile users were infected by the class of software known generically as stalkerware last year. According to just-published research by Kaspersky, 2020 lockdowns related to the global COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on installations, but the scourge of privacy-busting software...

TikTok pays $92 million to end data theft lawsuit

TikTok, the now widely popular social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover, short video clips has been enjoying explosive growth since it appeared in 2017. Since then, it hasn’t stopped growing—more so during the current pandemic. While we can no longer categorize TikTo...

The Problem with Treating Data as a Commodity

Excellent Brookings paper: "Why data ownership is the wrong approach to protecting privacy." From the introduction: Treating data like it is property fails to recognize either the value that varieties of personal information serve or the abiding interest that individuals have in their personal...

NSA Releases Guidance on Zero Trust Security Model

The National Security Agency NSA has released Cybersecurity Information Sheet: Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model, which provides information about, and recommendations for, implementing Zero Trust within networks. The Zero Trust security model is a coordinated system management strategy that...

Cisco Releases Security Updates 

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Cisco 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 Cisco Advisories and apply the necessary updates: Cisco...

Mozilla Patches Bugs in Firefox, Now Blocks Cross-Site Cookie Tracking

The Mozilla Foundation has released its latest version of the Firefox browser, which comes with new privacy protections to squash cross-site cookie tracking, as well as a slew of security vulnerability fixes. Firefox 86, released on Tuesday, includes what it touts as a privacy-bolstering feature...

ansible: user data leak in snmp_facts module

A flaw was found in ansible. The 'authkey' and 'privkey' credentials are disclosed by default and not protected by nolog feature when using the snmpfacts module. Attackers could take advantage of this information to steal the SNMP credentials. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data...

Online Trackers Increasingly Switching to Invasive CNAME Cloaking Technique

With browser makers steadily clamping down on third-party tracking, advertising technology companies are increasingly embracing a DNS technique to evade such defenses, thereby posing a threat to web security and privacy. Called CNAME Cloaking, the practice of blurring the distinction between...

Online Trackers Increasingly Switching to Invasive CNAME Cloaking Technique

With browser makers steadily clamping down on third-party tracking, advertising technology companies are increasingly embracing a DNS technique to evade such defenses, thereby posing a threat to web security and privacy. Called CNAME Cloaking, the practice of blurring the distinction between...

VMware Releases Multiple Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities—CVE-2021-21972, CVE-2021-21973, CVE-2021-21974—in ESXi, vCenter Server, and Cloud Foundation. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and...

Design/Logic Flaw

Brave is an open source web browser with a focus on privacy and security. In Brave versions 1.17.73-1.20.103, the CNAME adblocking feature added in Brave 1.17.73 accidentally initiated DNS requests that bypassed the Brave Tor proxy. Users with adblocking enabled would leak DNS requests from Tor...

CVE-2021-21323

Brave Browser vulnerability CVE-2021-21323 involves a DNS leak tied to the CNAME-based adblocking feature. Affected: Brave Desktop/Brave browser versions 1.17.73–1.20.103. Root cause: the CNAME adblocking flow could initiate DNS requests that bypassed the Brave Tor proxy, causing DNS traffic from...

CVE-2021-21323 Regression in DNS leakage from Tor windows

Brave is an open source web browser with a focus on privacy and security. In Brave versions 1.17.73-1.20.103, the CNAME adblocking feature added in Brave 1.17.73 accidentally initiated DNS requests that bypassed the Brave Tor proxy. Users with adblocking enabled would leak DNS requests from Tor...