Holes found in Mojave’s privacy protection

macOS Mojave was released on Monday, September 24, with much promise of increased privacy protections. In particular, apps are now required to get permission from users before they can access data in certain locations, such as Mail data, contacts, calendar events, Safari user data, and more...

Google Vows Privacy Changes in Chrome Browser After User Backlash

Google took steps to quiet critics Wednesday after irking them earlier this week when data privacy issues tied to Chrome 69 came to light. On Sunday, Matthew Green, a cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins University, blasted Google for what he said were questionable privacy policies in...

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Cisco has released several updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisories and Alerts webpage and apply...

Leading in Privacy

On September 24, I was pleased to represent Coalfire and private-sector expertise by attending the kickoff for the Privacy Framework at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. The event was attended by notable leaders in the industry and government: The Departments of Transportation and...

SHEIN-Fashion Shopping Site Suffers Data Breach Affecting 6.5 Million Users

U.S. online fashion retailer SHEIN has admitted that the company has suffered a significant data breach after unknown hackers stole personally identifiable information PII of almost 6.5 million customers. Based in North Brunswick and founded in 2008, SHEIN has become one of the largest online...

Mac Mojave Zero-Day Allows Malicious Apps to Access Sensitive Info

A zero-day vulnerability in the brand-new version of the Apple Mojave macOS has been uncovered, which would allow an attacker to access private and confidential information by using an unprivileged app. The flaw was found by Patrick Wardle, co-founder of Digita Security and creator of Objective-S...

CVE-2018-6053

CVE-2018-6053 is an information-leak vulnerability in Google Chrome’s New Tab Page caused by an inappropriate implementation. In affected versions prior to 64.0.3282.119, a local attacker could view website thumbnail images after clearing browser data by presenting a crafted HTML page. The issue ...

Almost Every Major Free VPN Service is a Glorified Data Farm

By John Mason If you are a VPN user it is time to come out from the myth that every VPN is here to secure your privacy. Internet censorship is on the rise, and data from Freedom on the Net, based on an annual assessment of the situation of Internet freedom in 65 countries, reveals that not only …...

A Small Google Chrome Change Stirs a Big Privacy Controversy

The latest update to Google's browser has riled privacy advocates by appearing to log people in without their explicit permission...

Google’s Forced Sign-in to Chrome Raises Privacy Red Flags

An update to Google Chrome’s sign-in mechanism could clear a path to compromising the privacy of users’ browser data, according to a researcher who stumbled across the change. Matthew Green, a cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins University, noticed his Gmail profile pic strangely and...

license2.qnap.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-679312 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| license2.qnap.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Apple Releases Security Update for macOS Mojave

Apple has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in macOS Mojave 10.14. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review Apple's security page for macOS Mojave 10.14 and apply...

CVE-2018-17404

The CVE-2018-17404 vulnerability affects the SBIbuddy app (com.sbi.erupee) for Android, specifically versions 1.41 and 1.42. The description indicates an information disclosure flaw that could allow an attacker to sniff sensitive data such as mobile numbers, PAN numbers from government IDs, and d...

Twitter API Flaw Exposed Users Messages to Wrong Developers For Over a Year

The security and privacy issues with APIs and third-party app developers are something that's not just Facebook is dealing with. A bug in Twitter's API inadvertently exposed some users' direct messages DMs and protected tweets to unauthorized third-party app developers who weren't supposed to get...

Twitter Flaw Exposed Direct Messages To External Developers

Twitter on Friday said that a recently-patched bug in its platform enabled software developers to read users’ private direct messages or protected tweets. The bug ran from May 2017 until it was discovered on September 10 – after which Twitter patched the glitch to prevent data from being...

Cisco Releases Security Update

Cisco has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisory and apply the necessary...

Chaturbate: Blind SSRF at https://chaturbate.com/notifications/update_push/

In the application at https://chaturbate.com/notifications/updatepush/ there is a functionality to subscribe any cam model which will trigger the provided request. Using this Request an attacker can execute SSRF attack and also steal sensitive Token / Keys of the internal web server Steps to...

Chaturbate: Password protected rooms total number of viewers disclosure to unauthorized members

Summary Password protected rooms are supposed to be completely private, no information should be exposed if you do not have the room's password, and the UI looks like this. F348826 However, through the following endpoint, It is possible to know the total number of viewers of the room even if it i...

UK Regulator Fines Equifax £500,000 Over 2017 Data Breach

Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency Equifax has been issued a £500,000 fine by the UK's privacy watchdog for its last year's massive data breach that exposed personal and financial data of hundreds of millions of its customers. Yes, £500,000—that's the maximum fine allowed by the UK's...

CVE-2018-5871

In Snapdragon Automobile, Mobile, Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8996AU, QCA6574AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660, SDM429, SDM439, SDM630, SDM632, SDM636, SDM660,...