RSA Conference 2019: NIST's Privacy Framework Starts to Take Shape

Data privacy has been thrust into the limelight with the passage of the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe last year and a string of high-profile consumer privacy snafus. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has plans to help companies address data privacy with the...

ICSJWG Spring Meeting and Call for Abstracts (Deadline Extended)

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

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 72.0.3626.121 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses a vulnerability that a remote attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. This vulnerability was detected in exploits in the wild. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2019-033

This module addresses the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR that came into effect 25th May 2018, and the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications from 2012. It provides a banner where you can gather consent from the user when the website stores cookies on their computer or...

RSA Conference 2019: Cryptographers' Panel Decries Adi Shamir's Visa Issues

SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s RSA Conference Cryptographers’ Panel started on a sour note when it was announced that longtime participant Adi Shamir, one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm, would be absent because of visa issues with the U.S. Department of State. Shamir, who addressed the...

RSA Conference 2019: Microsoft, Google, Twitter on Federal Privacy Regs

SAN FRANCISCO – With the advent of General Data Protection Regulation in Europe and state measures like the California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA of 2018 talk about a comprehensive U.S. privacy law has grown louder. However, some privacy advocates fear that any such federal legislation will be a...

X (Formerly Twitter): Twitter ID exposure via error-based side-channel attack

Twitter ID Confirmator === Summary Recently I discovered a privacy-related vulnerability in Twitter. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can identify a user when they visit a malicious website. Description Threat model: The attacker knows the victim’s Twitter ID/username and aims at...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released multiple security updates to address vulnerabilities in various Cisco products. An attacker could exploit some of those vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review...

Android TV exposed the bug or cause of the user's private photos leaked-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Recently, Twitter users prashanth broke the news, said he found the Android TV's a bug, or lead to users private photos being leaked. When he connected to a Vu Android TV, and select the“switch to another account”, turned out to be able to view all with this TV the name of the person and the...

FreeBSD : slixmpp -- improper access control (526d9642-3ae7-11e9-a669-8c164582fbac)

NVD reports : slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub options profile, used for the configuration of default access model that can result in all of th...

RSAC 2019: Most Consumers Say ‘No’ to Cumbersome Data Privacy Practices

Despite high-profile headlines about companies such as Facebook and Google abusing consumers’ personal information, it turns out that the average American is still not implementing a full cadre of best practices for keeping data safe. According to survey findings from research released at the RSA...

Labs survey finds privacy concerns, distrust of social media rampant with all age groups

Before Cambridge Analytica made Facebook an unwilling accomplice to a scandal by appropriating and misusing more than 50 million users’ data, the public was already living in relative unease over the privacy of their information online. The Cambridge Analytica incident, along with other, seemingl...

A week in security (February 25 – March 3)

Last week, we delved into the realm of K-12 schools and security, explored the world of compromised websites and Golang bruteforcers, and examined the possible realms of pay for privacy. We also looked at identity management solutions, Google’s Universal Read Gadget, and did the deepest of dives...

The Latest in Creepy Spyware

The Nest home alarm system shipped with a secret microphone, which -- according to the company -- was only an accidental secret: On Tuesday, a Google spokesperson told Business Insider the company had made an "error." "The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have bee...

HTTP/2 Will be Automatically Enabled by Default on the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform

Users demand digital experiences that are fast, secure and visually engaging. To deliver on user expectations, companies craft web experiences that are richer and more interactive with the goal of driving more engagement. The result is increasingly complex websites that are comprised of high...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: tor-0.3.4.11-1.fc28

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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: tor-0.3.5.8-1.fc29

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...

Podcast: RSA Conference 2019 Preview

The RSA 2019 conference is right around the corner, kicking off next week in San Francisco. As they prepare to cover the show, Threatpost editors Lindsey O’Donnell, Tom Spring and Tara Seals break down the biggest news, stories and trends – from artificial intelligence and government security to...

This Week in Security News: Instagram Hackers and Enterprise Threats

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how a group of hackers is stealing popular Instagram profiles. Also, learn about old and new cybersecurity issues inundated enterprise...

Vulnerabilities in the "ac***" interface of Jaime's youth culture and social networking platform

Jaime is a social app under Beijing Blueberry Season Technology Co. The "ac" interface of the Cumulus youth culture social platform has an overstepping access vulnerability, which allows you to overstepping your authority to view other people's account information by traversing the parameters of...