Nextcloud: Private/confidential setting of calendar events is ignored on activity stream

https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/13331 Events that are private should not generate events for other users Events that are confidential should not leak the name to other users Impact The details are leaked to other users...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Connect and Adobe Digital Editions. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center NCCIC, part of the Cybersecuri...

Weather Channel App in a Deluge of Legal Trouble for Data Misuse

A lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that the popular Weather Channel App misled its users about how it would use the personal – and extremely precise – location data that it collects. IBM subsidiary The Weather Channel TWC markets its free app as the world’s most downloaded weather app, touting 45...

This Week in Security News: Spyware and Data Breaches

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 about a spyware that disguised itself as an Android application to gather information from users. Also, find out the biggest global da...

CERT/CC Reports Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Server

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on vulnerabilities affecting versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cente...

Google Partially Patches Flaw in Chrome for Android 3 Years After Disclosure

Google has finally patched a privacy vulnerability in its Chrome web browser for Android that exposes users' device model and firmware version, eventually enabling remote attackers to identify unpatched devices and exploit known vulnerabilities. The vulnerability, which has not yet given any CVE...

Google Partially Patches Flaw in Chrome for Android 3 Years After Disclosure

Google has finally patched a privacy vulnerability in its Chrome web browser for Android that exposes users' device model and firmware version, eventually enabling remote attackers to identify unpatched devices and exploit known vulnerabilities. The vulnerability, which has not yet given any CVE...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center NCCIC, part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...

Fedora 28 : mozilla-privacy-badger (2018-bb965553f9)

Fixed security issues with HTML5 local storage tracking detection as well as SoundCloud widget replacement. Thanks again to Cure53 for discovering and reporting these vulnerabilities. - Improved Facebook link unwrapping; now enabled on the Facebook Onion domain - Improved translations Italian,...

How Facebook Tracks Non-Users via Android Apps

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – If you quit Facebook or never joined because of its data collecting practices the odds are good the social network is still tracking you – despite your protest. Facebook collects data of non-users of its social network via dozens of mainstream Android apps that send tracking an...

Code injection

The Vivo V7 device with a build fingerprint of vivo/1718/1718:7.1.2/N2G47H/compil11021857:user/release-keys allows any app co-located on the device to set system properties as the com.android.phone user. The com.qualcomm.qti.modemtestmode app versionCode=25, versionName=7.1.2 that contains an...

CVE-2018-14984

The CVE-2018-14984 entry describes a vulnerability on the Leagoo Z5C (Android 6.0) where a pre-installed app, com.android.messaging, contains an exported BroadcastReceiver (TrackerSender). Any co-located app, even with no permissions, can send a crafted broadcast to this component, triggering pro...

CVE-2018-14986

The CVE-2018-14986 entry describes a vulnerability on the Leagoo Z5C: a pre-installed app com.android.messaging exposes an exported content provider (MessagingContentProvider) that allows any co-located, zero-permission app to read the most recent text messages from every conversation, including ...

2018: The year of the data breach tsunami

It’s tough to remember all of the data breaches that happened in 2018. But when you look at the largest and most impactful ones that were reported throughout the year, it paints a grim picture about the state of data security today. The consequences of major companies leaking sensitive data are...

35C3 Day One: Security, Art and Hacking

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – Europe’s largest hacker conference kicked off Thursday marking the 35th Chaos Communication Congress. The confab is a four-day, 24/7 celebration of everything hacker – from the latest threats to cyber-inspired art installations and discussions on how technology impacts ethics,...

We’re all Just Starting to Realize the Power of Personal Data

This year revealed consumers have a lot more to learn about what happens to their information online...

Privacy Law Showdown Between Congress and Tech Looms in 2019

Lawmakers spend the better part of 2018 talking tough to tech companies. Now the pressure is on for Congress to act...

Top 2018 Security and Privacy Stories

It was only three days into 2018 when one of the year’s biggest security stories broke about the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in modern microprocessors. From there, the calendar filled quickly with both privacy and security SNAFUs. While some of year’s privacy and security missteps were just a...

Human Rights by Design

Good essay: "Advancing Human-Rights-By-Design In The Dual-Use Technology Industry," by Jonathon Penney, Sarah McKune, Lex Gill, and Ronald J. Deibert: But businesses can do far more than these basic measures. They could adopt a "human-rights-by-design" principle whereby they commit to designing...

CVE-2018-20439

Technicolor DPC3928SL D3928SL-PSIP-13-A010-c3420r55105-170214a devices allow remote attackers to discover Wi-Fi credentials via iso.3.6.1.4.1.4413.2.2.2.1.5.4.1.14.1.3.10001 and 1.3.6.1.4.1.4413.2.2.2.1.18.1.2.3.4.1.2.10001 SNMP requests...