Apache Releases Security Update for Apache Tomcat JK Connectors

The Apache Software Foundation has released a security update to address a vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat JK Connectors 1.2.0 to 1.2.44. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain access to sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the...

Signal App’s New Privacy Feature Conceals Sender ID from Metadata

By Waqas Messaging apps are now becoming more and more secure to make it difficult or rather impossible for anyone to access your conversations. Switching to end-to-end encryption although offered a stronger layer of protection but still the unencrypted metadata like sender/receiver information,...

Windows 10 Bug Let UWP Apps Access All Files Without Users' Consent

Microsoft silently patched a bug in its Windows 10 operating system with the October 2018 update version 1809 that allowed Microsoft Store apps with extensive file system permission to access all files on users' computers without their consent. With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced a common...

Kaspersky: Kaspersky Password Manager allows websites to access user's address data

Note: According to https://www.securityweek.com/kaspersky-adds-password-manager-bug-bounty-program and some other sources, Kaspersky Password Manager is in scope for this program. The program description doesn't reflect this however. Summary It is possible for websites to read out addresses that...

Signal Secure Messaging App Now Encrypts Sender's Identity As Well

Signal, the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app, is planning to roll out a new feature that aims to hide the sender's identity from potential attackers trying to intercept the communication. Although messages send via secure messaging services, like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram, are full...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Staying Secure

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is over, but your work securing your home and business systems and networks is not. NCCIC recommends users and administrators subscribe to NCCIC National Cyber Awareness System product notifications to keep on top of cybersecurity threats as they emerge. Thi...

Signal's "Sealed Sender" Is a Clever New Way to Shield Your Identity

"Sealed sender" gives the leading encrypted messaging app an important boost, hiding metadata around who sent a given message...

Now use Internet anonymously through Tor-enabled SIM card Onion3G

By Waqas Privacy concerns are rising with the advancement of technology. Today, we need to be a lot more careful about online browsing than we needed to a few years back despite that we have come far ahead with technology. Tor browser and VPNs are generally believed to protect our privacy online,...

testssl.sh - Testing TLS/SSL Encryption Anywhere On Any Port

testssl.sh is a free command line tool which checks a server's service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as some cryptographic flaws. Key features Clear output: you can tell easily whether anything is good or bad Ease of installation: It works for Linux, OSX/Darwin...

ThreatList: 1 Out of 5 Would Ditch a Business After a Data Breach

About a fifth of Americans would ditch a business in the wake of a major data breach, new research has found. In a survey of 2,000 adult consumers across the United States by PCI Pal, almost half 44 percent of them have personally suffered the negative consequences of a security breach or hack. S...

CVE-2018-18655

Prayer through 1.3.5 sends a Referer header, containing a user's username, when a user clicks on a link in their email because header.t lacks a no-referrer setting...

CVE-2018-18655

CVE-2018-18655 affects Prayer through 1.3.5, a web mail server. The issue is caused by header.t lacking a no-referrer setting, causing a Referer header to leak a user’s username when the user clicks a link in an email. Connected sources confirm the same description across multiple advisories (Evi...

Third-Party Apps May Read Your Email: Learn How to Protect

By David Balaban Sad news about the unauthorized viewing of email messages by third-party application developers has alarmed Gmail users. It’s understood the Internet giant did not resort to ignoring the problem, the corporation provided detailed comments on possible exposure of the letters...

Facebook Fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users. The fine has been imposed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office ICO and was calculated using the UK's old...

DHS Webinar: Communicating Cyber Risk to Agency Decision Makers and Mission Owners

DHS Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Assistant Secretary Jeanette Manfra is hosting a webinar on communicating cybersecurity risk issues to federal department and agency executives and mission owners on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, from 12-1 p.m. ET. NCCIC encourages users and...

FTC Releases Alert with Cybersecurity Resources for Non-Profits and Small Businesses

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert with new cybersecurity resources for non-profits and small businesses. These resources, which cover topics such as ransomware, phishing, and email authentication, aim to help organizations protect their network and information. NCCIC encourag...

Fifa Master XLS 2.3.2 - usw SQL Injection

Fifa Master XLS 2.3.2 - usw SQL Injection Exploit Title: Fifa Master XLS 2.3.2 - 'usw' SQL Injection Dork: N/A Date: 2018-10-24 Exploit Author: Ihsan Sencan Vendor Homepage: http://fankstribe.org/ Software Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fifamasterxls/files/latest/download Version: 2.3.2...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Cisco Webex Productivity Tools and the Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security...

Adult Website Hack Exposes 1.2M ‘Wife Lover’ Fans

The database underlying an erotica site known as Wife Lovers has been hacked, making off with user information protected only by a simple-to-crack, outdated hashing technique known as the DEScrypt algorithm. Over the weekend, it came to light that Wife Lovers and seven sister sites, all similarly...

FTC Promotes International Charity Fraud Awareness Week

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an announcement promoting the first International Charity Fraud Awareness Week ICFAW. FTC, the National Association of State Charities Officials, and state and international partners coordinated this effort to raise awareness about donating wisely to...