Smart Doorbells on Amazon, eBay, Harbor Serious Security Issues

Researchers have found serious security and privacy issues in 11 different smart doorbells, distributed via online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay, which could be exploited by attackers to physically switch off the devices. Smart doorbells, which connect to a smartphone and alert users when...

Baidu Mobile Apps in Google Play Leak Sensitive Data

Multiple Android mobile apps found in Google Play, including Baidu Search Box and Baidu Maps, were found by researchers to be leaking data that could be used to track users – even if they switch devices. The apps have each been downloaded millions of times, according to Palo Alto Unit 42...

Lock and Code S1Ep20: Tracking the charities that track you online with Chris Boyd

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Chris Boyd, lead malware intelligence analyst for Malwarebytes, about charity organizations and online ad tracking. Though many might assume that these t...

Fedora: Security Advisory for tor (FEDORA-2020-e9a96ec860)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: tor-0.4.4.6-1.fc32

The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor's users employ this network by connecting through a series of virtual tunnels rather than makin g a direct connection, thus allowing both organizations and...

Facebook Messenger Bug Lets Hackers Listen to You Before You Pick Up the Call

Facebook has patched a bug in its widely installed Messenger app for Android that could have allowed a remote attacker to call unsuspecting targets and listen to them before even they picked up the audio call. The flaw was discovered and reported to Facebook by Natalie Silvanovich of Google's...

GaussDB Kernel: Dynamic Data Anonymization

Dynamic data anonymization can flexibly protect privacy data based on customized anonymization policies. Therefore, you are advised to enable enablesecuritypolicy. Copyright C 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by...

Robot Vacuums Suck Up Sensitive Audio in ‘LidarPhone’ Hack

Researchers have uncovered a new attack that lets bad actors snoop in on homeowners’ private conversations – through their robot vacuums. The vacuums, which utilize smart sensors in order to autonomously operate, have gained traction over the past few years. The attack, called “LidarPhone” by...

GO SMS Pro Android App Exposes Private Photos, Videos and Messages

A security weakness discovered in the GO SMS Pro Android app can be exploited to publicly expose media sent using the app, according to researchers. The GO SMS Pro application is a popular messenger app with more than 100 million downloads from the Google Play store. Researchers at Trustwave...

CVE-2020-25703

The participants table download in Moodle always included user emails, but should have only done so when users' emails are not hidden. Versions affected: 3.9 to 3.9.2, 3.8 to 3.8.5 and 3.7 to 3.7.8. This is fixed in moodle 3.9.3, 3.8.6, 3.7.9, and 3.10...

CVE-2020-25703

The CVE-2020-25703 issue affects Moodle: the participants table download erroneously included user emails even when emails were hidden. Affected Moodle branches: 3.9 up to 3.9.2, 3.8 up to 3.8.5, and 3.7 up to 3.7.8. Root cause: exposure of email data via export functionality (participants table ...

The US Military Buys Commercial Location Data

Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide. The U.S. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. The most popular app among a group Motherboard analyzed...

WARNING: Unpatched Bug in GO SMS Pro App Exposes Millions of Media Messages

GO SMS Pro, a popular messaging app for Android with over 100 million installs, has been found to have an unpatched security flaw that publicly exposes media transferred between users, including private voice messages, photos, and videos. "This means any sensitive media shared between users of th...

CVE-2020-8278

Improper access control in Nextcloud Social app version 0.3.1 allowed to read posts of any user...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 87.0.4280.66 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities. Some of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrato...

VMware Releases Security Updates for VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator

VMware has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators t...

Drupal Releases Security Updates

Drupal has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in Drupal 7, 8.8 and earlier, 8.9, and 9.0. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to...

LAPD Bans Facial Recognition, Citing Privacy Concerns

The Los Angeles Police Department LAPD has banned the use of commercial facial-recognition services – citing “public trust” considerations. The move comes in the wake of a report that showed that more than 25 employees of the department had performed 475 searches so far using the Clearview AI, an...

How to Optimize Your App Settings for Privacy

By Uzair Amir In order to protect users' privacy, developers must keep their apps' security in mind and put their apps through regression testing. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Optimize Your App Settings for Privacy...