Inside the Shadow Evacuation of Kabul

In the last two weeks of the war, an ad hoc team armed with group chats, QR codes, and satellite maps launched a mad dash to save imperiled Afghan allies...

CVE-2022-20321

In Settings, there is a possible way for an application without permissions to read content of WiFi QR codes due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product:...

Information disclosure

In Settings, there is a possible way for an application without permissions to read content of WiFi QR codes due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product:...

CVE-2022-20321

In Settings, there is a possible way for an application without permissions to read content of WiFi QR codes due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product:...

PT-2022-14547 · Google · Android

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions Android-13 Description: The issue is related to a missing permission check in Settings, allowing an application without permissions to read the content of WiFi QR codes. This could lead to local information disclosure with no...

Researchers Warn of New Variants of ChromeLoader Browser in the Wild

By Deeba Ahmed ChromeLoader malware is spread through pirated games, malicious QR codes, and cracked software that hijacks the victims web… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Researchers Warn of New Variants of ChromeLoader Browser in the Wild...

Rogue cryptocurrency billboards go phishing for wallets

Billboards and digital real world advertising has raised many questions of privacy and anonymity in recent years. Until now, the primary concern has been mostly legal, yet potentially objectionable geolocation and user profiling. Bluetooth beacons work in tandem with geofenced billboards to send...

ChromeLoader Browser Malware Spreading Via Pirated Games and QR Codes

By Waqas A new malvertising campaign has emerged in which ChromeLoader malware is being used to hijack browsers and steal… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: ChromeLoader Browser Malware Spreading Via Pirated Games and QR Codes...

Stealing Bicycles by Swapping QR Codes

This is a clever hack against those bike-rental kiosks: Theyre stealing Citi Bikes by switching the QR scan codes on two bicycles near each other at a docking station, then waiting for an unsuspecting cyclist to try to unlock a bike with his or her smartphone app. The app doesnt work for the ride...

Warning issued over tampered QR codes

Avid readers of the Malwarebytes Labs blog will be well aware of QR code scams. Take, for example, that QR code scam in the Netherlands that victimized at least a dozen and definitely more car owners. It went like this: Someone approaches you and says they want to pay for their parking but cant...

Surge in Malicious QR Codes Sparks FBI Alert

Menus, event ticket sales, quick site access — QR codes have become a common way to interact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the smart little matrix bar codes are easily tampered with and can be used to direct victims to malicious sites, the FBI warned in an alert. QR codes are the...

FBI – Malicious QR codes stealing login and financial data

By Deeba Ahmed The FBI has issued an alert urging users to refrain from scanning anonymous QR codes as cybercriminals are… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FBI - Malicious QR codes stealing login and financial data...

Phishers on the prowl with fake parking meter QR codes

QR codes come and go as a threat. The last time we wrote about them they were causing problems at gas stations, and by sheer chance this latest outing shares vehicular related subject matter. Law enforcement in the US is sounding the alarm regarding parking meters. A quick refresher QR Quick...

Mozilla Firefox < 96.0

The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 96.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2022-01 advisory. - When a worker is shutdown, it was possible to cause script to run late in the lifecycle, at a point after where it shou...

Covert-Tube - Youtube As Covert-Channel - Control Systems Remotely And Execute Commands By Uploading Videos To Youtube

A program to control systems remotely by uploading videos to Youtube using Python to create the videos and the listener, emulating some malware I was reading about. It allows to create videos with frames formed of simple text, QR codes with cleartext or QR codes using AES encryption. Create a vid...

CVE-2021-41583

vpn-user-portal aka eduVPN or Let's Connect! before 2.3.14, as packaged for Debian 10, Debian 11, and Fedora, allows remote authenticated users to obtain OS filesystem access, because of the interaction of QR codes with an exec that uses the -r option. This can be leveraged to obtain additional V...

CVE-2021-41583

vpn-user-portal aka eduVPN or Let's Connect! before 2.3.14, as packaged for Debian 10, Debian 11, and Fedora, allows remote authenticated users to obtain OS filesystem access, because of the interaction of QR codes with an exec that uses the -r option. This can be leveraged to obtain additional V...

Code injection

vpn-user-portal aka eduVPN or Let's Connect! before 2.3.14, as packaged for Debian 10, Debian 11, and Fedora, allows remote authenticated users to obtain OS filesystem access, because of the interaction of QR codes with an exec that uses the -r option. This can be leveraged to obtain additional V...

CVE-2021-41583

vpn-user-portal (eduVPN/Let's Connect!) before 2.3.14, as packaged for Debian 10/11 and Fedora, allows remote authenticated users to obtain OS filesystem access due to the interaction of QR codes with an exec that uses the -r option. This can be leveraged to obtain additional VPN access. Affected...

PT-2021-4477 · Unknown · Vpn-User-Portal

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: vpn-user-portal versions prior to 2.3.14 Description: The issue arises from insufficient input validation in the vpn-user-portal software, allowing remote authenticated users to obtain OS filesystem access due to the interaction of QR codes...