CVE-2019-2620

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL subcomponent: Server: Security: Privileges. Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.15 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server...

CISA Launches “Cyber Essentials” for Small Businesses and Small SLTT Governments

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has launched Cyber Essentials, an effort to assist small organizations in understanding and addressing cybersecurity risks. Developed in partnership with small businesses and small state, local, tribal, and territorial SLTT governments,...

U.S. Cyber Command Shares Seven New Malware Samples

U.S. Cyber Command has released seven malware samples to the malware aggregation tool and repository, VirusTotal. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review U.S. Cyber Command’s VirusTotal page to view the samples. CISA also recommends...

Thinking about the balance between compliance and security

Today, many organizations still struggle to adhere to General Data Protection Regulation GDPR mandates even though this landmark regulation took effect nearly two years ago. A key learning for some: being compliant does not always mean you are secure. Shifting privacy regulations, combined with...

Obfuscation as a Privacy Tool

This essay discusses the futility of opting out of surveillance, and suggests data obfuscation as an alternative. We can apply obfuscation in our own lives by using practices and technologies that make use of it, including: The secure browser Tor, which among other anti-surveillance technologies...

Cybersecurity for journalists: How to defeat threat actors and defend freedom of the press

When you’re a journalist or work for the press, there may be times when you need to take extra cybersecurity precautions—more so than your Average Joe. Whether a reporter is trying to crowd-source information without revealing their story or operating in a country where freedom of the press is a...

ownCloud 10.3.0 stable - Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category web applications Exploit Title: ownCloud 10.3.0 stable - Cross-Site Request Forgery Exploit Author: Ozer Goker Vendor Homepage: https://owncloud.org Software Link: https://owncloud.org/download/ Version: 10.3 CVE: N/A Introduction Your personal cloud...

ownCloud 10.3.0 stable - Cross-Site Request Forgery

ownCloud 10.3.0 stable - Cross-Site Request Forgery Exploit Title: ownCloud 10.3.0 stable - Cross-Site Request Forgery Date: 2019-10-31 Exploit Author: Ozer Goker Vendor Homepage: https://owncloud.org Software Link: https://owncloud.org/download/ Version: 10.3 CVE: N/A Introduction Your personal...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, and the Department of Defense DoD have identified a Trojan malware variant—referred to as HOPLIGHT—used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the...

WhatsApp Spyware Attack: Uncovering NSO Group Activity

On the heels of Facebook filing a lawsuit against Israeli company NSO Group — alleging that it was behind the massive WhatsApp hack earlier this year — privacy experts say that the move is “popping the unaccountable bubble” that commercial spyware companies have carved out for themselves. After...

Apple Releases Security Updates

Apple 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 Apple...

Australia Proposes Facial Recognition to Watch Porn

The Australian government has proposed using facial recognition to verify the age of people wanting to access pornography online. Unlike in the U.S., Australian law actually doesn’t prohibit minors from visiting adult sites, so the facial-recognition measure would be part of changing this policy...

How to Keep Your Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Voice Recordings Private

Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant now all give you ways to opt out of human transcription of your voice snippets. Do it...

FTC Provides Tips for Warding Off Hackers

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an article with tips on how protect your personal information from being stolen by hackers. In support of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM, FTC provides recommendations on how to safeguard phones, computers, accounts, and personally...

Firefox DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Enterprise Threat Protector

Recursive DNS communications are normally unencrypted between a client and a resolver. In an effort to improve user privacy and address security concerns, Mozilla announced it would begin enabling DNS over HTTPS DoH by default in its Firefox browser. However, Mozilla recognized it would be...

A week in security (October 21 – 27)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we explored a link between Magecart Group 5 and the Carbanak APT, we discussed the growing rate of robocalls threatening user privacy, and we tipped you off on how to protect yourself from doxing. We were glad to see the BBC raise awareness about stalkerware, much...

Tor Browser v9.0 - Everything you Need to Safely Browse the Internet

Tor Browser 9.0 is the first stable release based on Firefox 68 ESR and contains a number of updates to other components as well including Tor to 0.4.1.6 and OpenSSL to 1.1.1d for desktop versions and Tor to 0.4.1.5 for Android. In addition to all the needed patch rebasing and toolchain updates, ...

Tails 4.0 - Live System to Preserve Your Privacy and Anonymity

Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly. It is a complete operating system designed to be used fr...

Key Compliance Concepts for Financial Services

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX was introduced following a number of financial scandals involving huge conglomerates and obliges companies to establish internal controls to prevent fraud and abuse, holding senior managers accountable for the accuracy of financial reporting. The financial crisis in 200...

How to protect yourself from doxing

“Abandon hope all ye who enter.” This ominous inscription affixed atop the gates to Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy applies peculiarly well to describe the state of the Internet today. It’s hard to draw a parallel to the utility that the Internet has offered to modern civilization—perhaps no other...