Lianya Networks B2C website building system has a logic flaw vulnerability

Guangzhou Lianya Network Technology Co., Ltd. a technology-based network company. Lianya Networks B2C website builder system has a logic flaw vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to view other people's order information...

Americans Concerned and Confused Over Privacy, Survey Reveals

Call it a case of Facebook privacy breach fatigue. When asked, Americans say companies do a worse job than the government when it comes to protecting data collected on their behalf. They also complain potential risks they face because of data collection by companies outweigh the benefits. The...

WhatsApp Remote Code Execution Triggered by Videos

Facebook has quietly patched a vulnerability in the popular WhatsApp messaging platform, which could be exploited to launch remote-code-execution or denial-of-service attacks on victims. Attackers can exploit the flaw merely by sending a target user a video — specifically, a specially crafted MP4...

How Facebook’s Anti-Revenge Porn Tools Failed Katie Hill

Despite automated systems and zero tolerance policies, it's easy to find photos of the former representative weeks after they were published without her consent...

Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem

Content warning: This piece contains brief descriptions of domestic violence and assault against women and children. In the past five years, only two stalkerware developers, both of whom designed, marketed, and sold tools favored by domestic abusers to pry into victims’ private lives, have faced...

How to Lock Down Your Health and Fitness Data

Apps like FitBit and Apple Health collect some of the most sensitive data you have. Here's how to control what they can see and what they can do with it...

Hackers Discovered Only After Maxing Out Victim's Cloud Storage

A border privacy win, a suspect Army app, and more of the week's top security news...

James Clapper: Lessons Learned in a Post-Snowden World

LAS VEGAS – The 2013 leaks by Edward Snowden highlight holes in the U.S. government around transparency and proactively dealing with insider threats, former national intelligence director James Clapper acknowledged. The U.S. intelligence community needs to be more transparent with the public, whi...

Stealthy Malware Flies Under AV Radar with Advanced Obfuscation

Researchers warn hackers are putting a new spin on old injection techniques and successfully end-running endpoint protection. They are tracking a campaign, that kicked off in January, that is still going strong exploiting weaknesses in web browsers. The objective is to hide in the background of...

Reminder: Malware Can Exploit Improper Configurations

Protect yourself from unwanted—and potentially harmful—files or programs by adhering to vendor-recommended configurations for hardware and software. Doing so in addition to maintaining regular patch maintenance, will help give your systems and networks the best security possible. The Cybersecurit...

CVE-2019-15349

The Tecno Camon Android device with a build fingerprint of TECNO/H612/TECNO-ID5a:8.1.0/O11019/F-180828V106:user/release-keys contains a pre-installed platform app with a package name of com.lovelyfont.defcontainer versionCode=7, versionName=7.0.11. This app contains an exported service named...

CVE-2019-15345

The CVE-2019-15345 issue affects the Tecno Camon iClick. A pre-installed platform app com.lovelyfont.defcontainer (versionCode 7, versionName 7.0.8) exposes an exported service com.lovelyfont.manager.service.FunctionService that lets any co-located app supply a path to a Dex file, which it will d...

CVE-2019-15341

The Tecno Camon iAir 2 Plus Android device with a build fingerprint of TECNO/H622/TECNO-ID3k:8.1.0/O11019/E-180914V83:user/release-keys contains a pre-installed platform app with a package name of com.lovelyfont.defcontainer versionCode=7, versionName=7.0.11. This app contains an exported service...

California's Domino Effect on U.S. Privacy Regulation

LAS VEGAS – The California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA, which goes into effect in January 2020, will implement strict requirements for companies to create more transparency about how user data is being used and disseminated. Microsoft’s acknowledgement this week that it will extend CCPA to all of i...

Download: The Comprehensive Compliance Guide

A large part of the CISO/CIO responsibility is ensuring compliance standards are met. As one of the main drivers of security product purchase and implementation, regulation comes in many different shapes and sizes. Some standards provide clear consequences for failure to meet them. Others provide...

Brave Browser - Next Generation Secure, Fast And Private Web Browser with Adblocker

The Brave Privacy Browser is your fast, safe private web browser with ad blocker, private tabs and pop-up blocker. Browse without being tracked by advertisers, malware and pop-ups. Fast & Secure Web Browser No external plugins or settings! Brave privacy browser simply provides the most secure,...

ENFUSE 2019: Security Regulations, Insider Threats, and IoT Privacy Risks

LAS VEGAS – From insider threats, Internet of Things insecurity, to medical device hacking, ENFUSE 2019 broke down the top privacy and security issues help desks are seeing today. It also tackle what regulatory efforts are being developed to address those threats. Threatpost editor Lindsey...

NCSC-NZ Releases Annual Cyber Threat Report

The New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NZ has released their annual report detailing cyber threats and incidents affecting New Zealand from July 2018 to June 2019. During this period, NCSC-NZ recorded an increase in the severity of cybersecurity incidents—particularly from...

Consumer Data Privacy Rights: Emerging Tech Blurs Lines

LAS VEGAS – From drones to facial recognition, new technology applications are introducing unique consumer privacy issues for civil society — and U.S. lawmakers and legal teams are struggling to keep up. Privacy is a fundamental human right for consumers, but new ways in which data is collected a...

Secure Your Digital Transformation

Digital transformation DX is on the mind, IT budget sheet, and board meeting agenda for the majority of enterprise-level organizations. The term digital transformation is becoming ubiquitous, but its definition can be ambiguous. Within the context of this blog, DX refers to how organizations...