Never Forget That You Are Being Watched

By David Balaban What data do Facebook, Google, and mobile apps collect, do mobile carriers listen to your calls? Read this post and find answers to these and other privacy questions as well as get tips on how to protect your personal data. It has become known that information about 257,000...

Ubiquitous Bug Allows HIPAA-Protected Malware to Hide Behind Medical Images

A bug in a 30-year-old standard used for the exchange and storage of medical images has been uncovered; it allows an adversary to embed fully-functioning executable code into the image files captured by medical devices such as CT and MRI machines. This results in hybrid files that allow malware...

Researchers: Facebook's Data-Leveraging Scandal Puts Users on Notice

On the heels of reports that Facebook leveraged its users’ data in its relationships with other companies, researchers say that the tech space needs to re-assess the value of data as it relates to user privacy measures. However, they also said that users need to take steps themselves to safeguard...

Is Your Baby Monitor Susceptible to Hacking?

There’s no doubt that digital technology, in many of its forms, brings everyday tasks much closer-to-hand. From discovering breaking news, to online shopping, to keeping tabs on your home via security cameras—everything is within the touch of a button. Even so, with the growing reach of the...

Over 100 Million JustDial Users' Personal Data Found Exposed On the Internet

An unprotected database belonging to JustDial, India's largest local search service, is leaking personally identifiable information of its every customer in real-time who accessed the service via its website, mobile app, or even by calling on its fancy "88888 88888" customer care number, The Hack...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Broadcom WiFi Chipset Drivers

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on multiple vulnerabilities in Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset drivers. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages...

ICSJWG Spring Meeting April 23–25

The Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group ICSJWG—a collaborative and coordinating body operating under the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council framework—will hold the 2019 ICSJWG Spring Meeting in Kansas City, MO, April 23–25, 2019. ICSJWG facilitates information sharing...

Drupal Releases Security Updates

Drupal has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Drupal Core. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected website. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco products. 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...

Oracle Releases April 2019 Security Bulletin

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for April 2019 to address 297 vulnerabilities across multiple products. 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...

WordPress: Add users to groups who have restricted group invites

Description: WordPress version: 5.2 BuddyPress version: 4.2.0 Through this vulnerability, an attacker could add users to groups who have set : I want to restrict Group invites to my friends only. There is no proper validation of the personal settings of the user and thus the users with such priva...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware...

Vulnerability in Multiple VPN Applications

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on a vulnerability affecting multiple Virtual Private Network VPN applications. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages...

Classification of calendar events is ignored by the activity stream (NC-SA-2019-001)

A missing check revealed the name of confidential events and private events to all users of a shared calendar...

How To Make Your Amazon Echo and Google Home as Private as Possible

With news that Amazon lets human employees listen to Alexa recordings, you might want to tighten up your smart assistant ship...

What is personal information? In legal terms, it depends

In early March, cybersecurity professionals around the world filled the San Francisco Moscone Convention Center’s sprawling exhibition halls to discuss and learn about everything infosec, from public key encryption to incident response, and from machine learning to domestic abuse. It was RSA...

Amazon Auditors Listen to Echo Recordings, Report Says

Amazon is under fire after a bombshell report revealed the company employs thousands of auditors to listen to Echo users’ voice recordings. The team exists to help improve Amazon Alexa’s comprehension of human speech, so the voice command device responds better to commands, according to a Wednesd...

Ancestry: On the Vanguard of DevOps Security

Grant Johnson, Ancestry's Director, Risk & Compliance This is a guest post by Grant Johnson, Director, Risk & Compliance at Ancestry Over the past two years, Ancestry moved its entire applications and data infrastructure from local data centers to Amazon’s cloud, and this required a new approach...

Who is managing the security of medical management apps?

One truth that is consistent across every sector—be it technology or education—is that software is vulnerable, which means that any device running software applications is also at risk. While virtually any application-running device could be compromised by an attacker, vulnerabilities in medical...

Nasty Android & iOS malware found using govt surveillance tech

By Uzair Amir The latest findings of security researchers at security firm Lookout and privacy firm Security Without Borders are not only groundbreaking but concerning. Reportedly, there is now an iOS version of a dangerous strain of Android malware, which is based on the ‘lawful intercept’...