The MSP playbook on deciphering tech promises and shaping security culture

The in-person cybersecurity conference has returned. More than two years after Covid-19 pushed nearly every in-person event online, cybersecurity has returned to the exhibition hall. In San Francisco earlier this year, thousands of cybersecurity professionals walked the halls of Moscone Center at...

A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach

Its been seven years since the online cheating site AshleyMadison.com was hacked and highly sensitive data about its users posted online. The leak led to the public shaming and extortion of many Ashley Madison users, and to at least two suicides. To date, little is publicly known about the...

MAL-2022-4872 Malicious code in noblox.js-promises (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware ef88a053d29099e2f11a2382e0f0c51f729ec1e0574088753c633ed9a9e8f722 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Malicious code in noblox.js-promises (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware ef88a053d29099e2f11a2382e0f0c51f729ec1e0574088753c633ed9a9e8f722 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing

The Federal Trade Commission FTC and the Department of Justice DOJ have ordered Twitter to pay a $150M penalty for using users account security data deceptively. The deception violates an FTC order from 2011, that bars Twitter from "misleading consumers about the extent to which it protects the...

Time based username enumeration

Back in the day, it used to be easy to enumerate email addresses from forgotten password forms. Differences in the response made it easy to check if accounts existed. After that, you could brute force the password if there weren’t lockouts in place, or if there were, you could lockout a lot of us...

CVE-2021-41167

modern-async is an open source JavaScript tooling library for asynchronous operations using async/await and promises. In affected versions a bug affecting two of the functions in this library: forEachSeries and forEachLimit. They should limit the concurrency of some actions but, in practice, they...

CVE-2021-41167

modern-async is an open source JavaScript tooling library for asynchronous operations using async/await and promises. In affected versions a bug affecting two of the functions in this library: forEachSeries and forEachLimit. They should limit the concurrency of some actions but, in practice, they...

CVE-2021-41167 Unlimited requests in modern-async

modern-async is an open source JavaScript tooling library for asynchronous operations using async/await and promises. In affected versions a bug affecting two of the functions in this library: forEachSeries and forEachLimit. They should limit the concurrency of some actions but, in practice, they...

CVE-2021-41167

CVE-2021-41167 concerns the open-source library modern-async, where the functions forEachSeries and forEachLimit fail to enforce concurrency limits as intended. Multiple connected documents confirm this behavior and note the issue affects the library’s ability to limit concurrent actions, potenti...

What is scareware?

Scareware is a type of rogue program which has been around for many years, arguably dating back to 1990. It can be installed without permission, or via deception and false promises. Scareware is primarily used to panic or worry someone into performing a task they otherwise wouldn’t have done. The...

Cloud Cryptomining Swindle in Google Play Rakes in Cash

Bogus cryptomining apps for Android available for download on Google Play are estimated to have scammed more than 93,400 victims to date, researchers said, stealing at least $350,000. According to Lookout, the apps – categorized into “BitScam” and “CloudScam” versions – advertise themselves as...

In JS functions, the 'last' return wins

In JavaScript functions, which return wins? function test return 'one'; return 'two'; return 'three'; You might say, "well it's the first one", but I'm going to try and convince you it's the last one. Don't worry, the function above definitely returns 'one', but in this case the first return...

Command Injection

Overview All versions of package ts-process-promises are affected by a command injection vulnerability. The injection point is located in line 45 in main entry of package in lib/process-promises.js. Recommendation Since there is currently no fix version, discontinue use of the ts-process-promises...

Command injection in ts-process-promises

This affects all versions of package ts-process-promises. The injection point is located in line 45 in main entry of package in lib/process-promises.js...

hltc-webapi-master (>=1.0.0, <=1.2.0), verda (>=0.1.0, <=1.2.1) potentially affected by CVE-2020-7784 via ts-process-promises (1.0.2)

ts-process-promises NPM version 1.0.2 is affected by a known vulnerability. The following packages have a transitive dependency on ts-process-promises and may be impacted: - hltc-webapi-master =1.0.0, =0.1.0, =1.2.1 Source cves: CVE-2020-7784 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-WW4J-C2RQ-47Q8...

GHSA-WW4J-C2RQ-47Q8 Command injection in ts-process-promises

This affects all versions of package ts-process-promises. The injection point is located in line 45 in main entry of package in lib/process-promises.js...

CVE-2020-7784

CVE-2020-7784 affects all versions of the npm package ts-process-promises. The exposed vulnerability is a command-injection flaw located at line 45 of the main entry lib/process-promises.js. A PoC demonstrates exploitation via requiring ts-process-promises and invoking exec (e.g., a.exec("touch J...

CVE-2020-7784 command_injection

This affects all versions of package ts-process-promises. The injection point is located in line 45 in main entry of package in lib/process-promises.js. The vulnerability is demonstrated with the following PoC:...

CVE-2020-7784: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

This affects all versions of package ts-process-promises. The injection point is located in line 45 in main entry of package in lib/process-promises.js. The vulnerability is demonstrated with the following PoC:...