CERT/CC Releases Information on Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on CVE-2020-1472, a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain Active Directory domain administrator access. Although Microsoft provided...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Media Encoder

Adobe has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in Media Encoder. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Adobe Security Bulletin an...

Privacy Analysis of Ambient Light Sensors

Interesting privacy analysis of the Ambient Light Sensor API. And a blog post. Especially note the "Lessons Learned" section...

Consumer advice: Giggle vulnerability

Another week passes and another organisation chooses to deny a critical vulnerability in their site rather than fix it. I’m talking of course about Giggle, the social network site designed as a safe space for women to, “give girls choice, control, consent and connection”. If you are not aware, ov...

Chinese Government-affiliated Malicious Cyber Actors Targeting U.S. Government Agencies

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have issued an advisory about Chinese Ministry of State Security MSS-affiliated cyber threat actors targeting U.S. government agencies. Through the National Cybersecurity Protection System, CISA has...

Exploit for Netlogon Remote Protocol Vulnerability, CVE-2020-1472

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is aware of publicly available exploit code for CVE-2020-1472, an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft’s Netlogon. Although Microsoft provided patches for CVE-2020-1472 in August 2020, unpatched systems will be an attractive...

The Best Privacy-Friendly Alternatives to Google Maps

Google Maps is arguably the easiest mapping service to use, but that doesn't mean it's the most secure...

Govt.-Backed Contact-Tracing Apps Raise Privacy Hackles

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is echoing lawmaker concerns that California is not taking privacy seriously enough, as state legislators mull launching a COVID-19 exposure-notification app based on Apple and Google’s smartphone technology. The U.S. nonprofit, which is aimed at protecting...

Top Security and Data Privacy Regulations for Financial Services

Regulatory compliance has become an increasingly more important part of the financial services industry in recent years. And it’s a trend that’s likely to continue due to the upsurge in cloud computing, the use of mobile applications, and a shift to IoT devices, all of which are driving exponenti...

ACSC Releases Annual Cyber Threat Report for 2019–2020

The Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC has released its annual report on key cyber threats and statistics from 2019–2020. The report highlights that phishing and spearphishing are still the most common cyberattacks, and ransomware has become a significant threat to operations across multiple...

CVE-2019-14115

u'Information disclosure issue occurs as in current logic as secure touch is released without clearing the display session which can result in user reading the secure input while touch is in non-secure domain as secure display is active' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon...

CVE-2019-14115

CVE-2019-14115 affects Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms (listed APQ/SDM/SC families) where information disclosure could occur when secure touch is released without clearing the secure display session, potentially allowing a user to read secure input while touch is in a non-secure domain. Root cause:...

CVE-2019-14115

u'Information disclosure issue occurs as in current logic as secure touch is released without clearing the display session which can result in user reading the secure input while touch is in non-secure domain as secure display is active' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon...

Microsoft Releases September 2020 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote 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 review Microsoft’s...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 85.0.4183.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

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. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following...

Digital Education: The cyberrisks of the online classroom

This past spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, online learning became the new norm as universities and classrooms around the world were forced to close their doors. By April 29, 2020, more than 1.2 billion children across 186 countries were impacted by school closures. Shortly after school...

ALPINE-CVE-2020-25125

GnuPG 2.2.21 and 2.2.22 and Gpg4win 3.1.12 has an array overflow, leading to a crash or possibly unspecified other impact, when a victim imports an attacker's OpenPGP key, and this key has AEAD preferences. The overflow is caused by a g10/key-check.c error. NOTE: GnuPG 2.3.x is unaffected. GnuPG...

Google Ups Product-Abuse Bug Bounties

Google is increasing the reward amounts in its bug-bounty program for reports focusing on potential attacks in the product-abuse space, to top out at $13,337 per report. Product abuse is when a threat actor uses a legitimate service in a way that enables social-engineering or other cyberattacks...

GHSA-36C4-4R89-6WHG Prototype Pollution in @commercial/subtext

Versions of @commercial/subtext prior to 5.1.2 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. A multipart payload can be constructed in a way that one of the parts’ content can be set as the entire payload object’s prototype. If this prototype contains data, it may bypass other validation rules which...