Top MacOS App Exfiltrates Browser Histories Behind Users’ Backs

A top-grossing Apple App Store program called Adware Doctor is capable of sidestepping macOS security controls and surreptitiously copying a user’s entire browser history. It then sends it to a China-based domain. According to Patrick Wardle, chief research officer at Digita Security and founder ...

Guangdong New Express Media Development Co., Ltd.'s Guangdong Headline APP suffers from ultra vires access vulnerability

Guangdong Headline APP is a news and information software. Guangdong New Express Media Development Co. Guangdong Headline APP has an overstepping access vulnerability. An attacker can utilize the vulnerability to access other users' wallet information beyond their rights...

Five-Eyes Intelligence Services Choose Surveillance Over Security

The Five Eyes -- the intelligence consortium of the rich English-speaking countries the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand -- have issued a "Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence and Encryption" where they claim their needs for surveillance outweigh everyone's needs for securi...

GDPR 101: Monitoring & Maintaining Compliance After the Deadline

Discussions about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR reached a crescendo on May 25, the compliance deadline, but many companies continue seeking guidance. The reason: A majority of companies missed the deadline, according to estimates from various sources, including Gartner, Crowd...

When spyware goes mainstream

Stealware. Surveillanceware. Stalkerware. These are terms alternately used to effectively identify a file-based threat that has been around since 1996: spyware. More than two decades later, consumer or commercial spyware has gone mainstream, and the surprising number of software designed, openly...

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox

Mozilla has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisories for Firefo...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting Cisco products. A remote 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 website and...

September 4, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “September” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! September 4, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black builds out...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome version 69.0.3497.81 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This version addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the Chrome Releases page and apply the necessary update. Th...

Google Secretly Tracks What You Buy Offline Using Mastercard Data

Over a week after Google admitted the company tracks users' location even after they disable location history, it has now been revealed that the tech giant has signed a secret deal with Mastercard that allows it to track what users buy offline. Google has paid Mastercard millions of dollars in...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm giving a book talk on Click Here to Kill Everybody at the Ford Foundation in New York City, on September 5, 2018. The Aspen Institute's Cybersecurity & Technology Program is holding a book launch for Click Here to Kill Everybod...

Bucking the Norm, Mozilla to Block Tracking Cookies in Firefox

Web tracking has long been in the cross-hairs of privacy advocates, who say that marketers know entirely too much about individuals’ online activities. And to add insult to injury, the ubiquitous cookie system used to enable tracking also presents potential security threats, including cross-site...

This Week in Security News: Air Canada and Cryptojacking

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, Air Canada reported a data breach that exposed passport details for more than 20,000 customers on their mobile app. Also, Trend Micro’s...

Hacker who leaked naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence jailed for 8 months

By Carolina A Connecticut, USA based hacker who hacked more than 200 iCloud accounts and leaked private photos of top Hollywood celebrities and other people was sentenced to eight months in prison last Wednesday 29. In addition to the incarcerated time, George Garofano, 26, is scheduled to serve...

Critical Flaws in Syringe Pump, Device Gateways Threaten Patient Safety

Two previously undocumented, critical vulnerabilities in widely deployed medical devices have sparked patient-safety and data-privacy concerns. Flaws in the Qualcomm Life Capsule Datacaptor Terminal Server and the Becton Dickinson BD Alaris TIVA Syringe Pump have been acknowledged by the vendors...

Orbic Wonder Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Orbic Wonder is a smartphone product from Orbic USA. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Orbic Wonder's Orbic/RC555L/RC555L:7.1.2/N2G47H/329100b:user/release-keys. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to read a copy of the Android logs on an SD card to obtain sensitive...

Yahoo Persists in Scanning Emails for In-Depth Ad-Targeting

While the rest of the U.S. tech industry is taking steps to assuage consumer concerns over privacy and data-harvesting, Yahoo is selling off the ability to scan more than 200 million Yahoo Mail inboxes for rich user data that might be used for marketing purposes. Verizon’s Oath unit, which owns...

Researchers Shine Light on Smart-Bulb Data Theft

Lightbulbs were invented to do one thing: illuminate a room or a space. Cybercriminals, however, may find that these glass miracles can be used to shed light in a more metaphorical sense – to spy on users’ private data and preferences. The light emitted by modern smart bulbs can be used in two...

Code injection

The ProfileLinkUserFormat component of Jira Server before version 7.6.8, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.5, from version 7.8.0 before version 7.8.5, from version 7.9.0 before version 7.9.3, from version 7.10.0 before version 7.10.3 and from version 7.11.0 before version 7.11.2 allows remote...

Cisco Releases Security Update

Cisco has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Cisco Data Center Network Manager. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain access to sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisory and apply the necessa...