Insider Attack on Home Surveillance Systems

No one who reads this blog regularly will be surprised: A former employee of prominent home security company ADT has admitted that he hacked into the surveillance feeds of dozens of customer homes, doing so primarily to spy on naked women or to leer at unsuspecting couples while they had sex. …...

GitLab: Change project visibility to a restricted option

Summary When a GitLab administrator on gitlab.com or a private instance has restricted a project visibility option, the project visibility can still be changed to that option. This can be done using the API route. The same applies to groups. They can also be set to for example internal on the...

A week in security (January 18 – January 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy, we provided information about Malwarebytes being targeted by the same threat actor that was implicated in the SolarWinds breach, we told the story of ZeroLogon, looked at the pros and cons of Zoom watermarking,...

Massive privacy risk as hacker sold 2 million MyFreeCams user records

By Deeba Ahmed The same hacker also sold almost 19,000 customers' records stolen from a Hong Kong-based online shop. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Massive privacy risk as hacker sold 2 million MyFreeCams user records...

ADT Tech Hacks Home-Security Cameras to Spy on Women

Former ADT employee Telesforo Aviles took note when there were attractive women at a home he serviced in the Dallas area. Then he would add his personal email address to their accounts so he could have around-the-clock access to their most private moments, according to the U.S. Attorneys’ Office...

Are TikTok’s new settings enough to keep kids safe?

TikTok, the now widely popular social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover, amateur short clips—usually something akin to music videos—has been enjoying explosive growth since it appeared in 2017. Since then, it hasn’t stopped growing—more so during the current pandemic...

Principles for personal information security legislation

It goes without saying that the 117th US Congress has a lot to get done and many legitimate priorities are competing for finite legislative attention. Cybersecurity will be in this mix. In the wake of the SolarWinds attack, President-elect Biden issued a statement emphasizing that his...

Parler Finds a Reprieve in Russia—but Not a Solution

The far-right platform still hasn’t found a US-based home. Where it lands could have serious consequences for its users’ privacy...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 88.0.4324.96 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 and apply the necessary updates. This...

Drupal Releases Security Updates

Drupal has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting Drupal. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review Drupal Advisory SA-CORE-2021-001 and apply the necessary updates or mitigations...

Oracle Releases January 2021 Security Bulletin

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for January 2021 to address 329 vulnerabilities across multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Oracle January 2021...

Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping

By Deeba Ahmed Although patched now, if exploited, these vulnerabilities posed a major threat to user's privacy and security. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping...

CVE-2020-36192

The CVE-2020-36192 entry concerns the Source Integration plugin for MantisBT prior to version 2.4.1. The underlying issue allows an attacker to access the Summary field of private issues (private or in private projects) when they are tied to an existing Changeset. The leakage is observable on vie...

Transferring data between smartphones seamlessly

By Sudais Asif Apple is strict on privacy which is a positive thing to do but what if you would like to transfer or backup WhatsApp data from an iPhone to a PC? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Transferring data between smartphones seamlessly...

What’s up with WhatsApp’s privacy policy?

WhatsApp has been in the news recently after changes to its privacy policy caused a surge of interest in rival messaging app Signal. Initial reports may have worried a lot of folks, leading to inevitable clarifications and corrections. But what, you may ask, actually happened? Is there a problem?...

Apple macOS Big Sur has an unspecified vulnerability

Apple macOS Big Sur is a mobile application app from Apple USA. A security vulnerability exists in Apple macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, which can be exploited by an attacker to allow a malicious application to bypass the Privacy preference...

Bumble: Bumble API exposes read status of chat messages

Summary The Bumble app allows matches to chat with each other. In the mobile apps it is possible to see whether a message has been delivered the webapp does not offer this feature, but the read status of messages is never disclosed. However, by issuing a POST request to the API endpoint at...

WhatsApp Delays Controversial 'Data-Sharing' Privacy Policy Update By 3 Months

WhatsApp said on Friday that it wouldn't enforce its recently announced controversial data sharing policy update until May 15. Originally set to go into effect next month on February 8, the three-month delay comes following "a lot of misinformation" about a revision to its privacy policy that...

NSA Suggests Enterprises Use 'Designated' DNS-over-HTTPS' Resolvers

The U.S. National Security Agency NSA on Friday said DNS over HTTPS DoH — if configured appropriately in enterprise environments — can help prevent "numerous" initial access, command-and-control, and exfiltration techniques used by threat actors. "DNS over Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Transpo...

CES 2021 Gadgets: Worst in Privacy and Security Awards

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was hampered by the pandemic, but that didn’t stop an expert panel from convening to award this year’s dubious CES 2021 Worst in Show honors in the context of gadget privacy and security. Overall trends from the week included ever-connected devices constantly...