Mozilla's 'Privacy Not Included' Gift Report Highlights Security Concerns

In its second annual “Privacy Not Included” guide, the nonprofit highlights internet-connected items that value your privacy—and the ones that may not...

Mail.ru: [Mail.Ru Android] Typo in permission name allows to write contacts without user knowledge

Hi, Mail.Ru app registers permission writecontacts xml but uses write xml which is unclaimed, has normal protection level by default and automatically granted to all apps. It means that any third-party apps have ability to insert any data into that database PoC xml java ContentValues contentValue...

CVE-2018-6260

Summary (CVE-2018-6260) NVIDIA’s GPU Display Driver contains a local-information-disclosure vulnerability due to a side channel exposed by GPU performance counters. A local attacker could access data processed on the GPU. The flaw affects NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux and Windows; no remote/vec...

Patched Facebook Vulnerability Could Have Exposed Private Information About You and Your Friends

In a previous blog we highlighted a vulnerability in Chrome that allowed bad actors to steal Facebook users’ personal information; and, while digging around for bugs, thought it prudent to see if there were any more loopholes that bad actors might be able to exploit. What popped up was a bug that...

Nextcloud: Event privacy level does not work in Thunderbird

Events in shared calendar with changed privacy level to any other than public are shown in Thunderbird as public anyway with all details How to reproduce: 1 - create an event in user A's calendar shared to user B 2 - change privacy setting of this event to any other than public 3 - open Thunderbi...

WordPress GDPR Compliance plugin hacked to spread backdoor

By Waqas Update your GDPR Compliance plugin right now. Security researchers have identified a critical vulnerability in the popular WP GDPR Compliance plugin assisting over 100,000 website owners around the world to comply with European privacy regulations known as GDPR that was announced by...

Microsoft Releases November 2018 Security Updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s November 2018 Security Update Summary and...

Adobe Releases Security Updates

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, and Adobe Photoshop CC. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain access to sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review Adobe Security Bulletins...

How was I to find Donald Daters applications database vulnerabilities-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Monday night as usual I watch TV to pass the time, but there is nothing interesting in the program. So I decided on the phone looking for fun, I started aimlessly on Twitter through various tweets, a Fox News push content caught my attention. ! Someone of Trump's supporters developed a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19205

Roundcube before 1.3.7 mishandles GnuPG MDC integrity-protection warnings, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain sensitive information, a related issue to CVE-2017-17688. This is associated with plugins/enigma/lib/enigmadrivergnupg.php...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19205

Roundcube before 1.3.7 mishandles GnuPG MDC integrity-protection warnings, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain sensitive information, a related issue to CVE-2017-17688. This is associated with plugins/enigma/lib/enigmadrivergnupg.php...

New Boom in Facial Recognition Tech Prompts Privacy Alarms

Somewhat quietly over the past couple of years there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial recognition systems. Now facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. Last...

Parrot Security OS

Parrot is a cloud friendly operating system designed for Pentesting, Computer Forensic, Reverse engineering, Hacking, Cloud pentesting, privacy/anonimity and cryptography. Based on Debian and developed by Frozenbox network. Features updated pentesting tools great for forensic analysis custom 4.14...

How to Safely and Securely Dispose of Your Old Gadgets

Keep your data private and the environment protected...

Lawsuits Aim Billions in Fines at Equifax and Ad-Targeting Companies

Equifax, Experian and Oracle are among a slate of companies whose business is consumer information, that could soon face billions of dollars in fines for improper data handling. Privacy International has filed complaints against seven corporations, consisting of data brokers Acxiom and Oracle,...

Flogging a dead smart horse

Connected stuff is getting everywhere, even in to managing the health of your connected horse. Yes, really. One Friday afternoon after PTP lunchtime drinks in the pub, we bought an ‘Orscana’ horse tracking device. It sat on the shelf for 13 months until after another session in the pub over lunch...

Privacy and Security of Data at Universities

Interesting paper: "Open Data, Grey Data, and Stewardship: Universities at the Privacy Frontier," by Christine Borgman: Abstract: As universities recognize the inherent value in the data they collect and hold, they encounter unforeseen challenges in stewarding those data in ways that balance...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2018-19207

The Van Ons WP GDPR Compliance aka wp-gdpr-compliance plugin before 1.4.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because $wpdb-prepare input is mishandled, as exploited in the wild in November 2018...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0027 and apply the...

How to create a sticky cybersecurity training program

Organizations know that training employees on cybersecurity and privacy are not only expensive but time-consuming. However, given that current threats are targeting businesses more than consumers, introducing and teaching cybersecurity and privacy best practices in the workplace has undoubtedly...