Enhancing Study with QR Codes: A Modern Educational Tool

QR codes are enhancing education by giving students instant access to study resources, interactive homework, and collaborative tools.…...

GitHub, Telegram Bots, and ASCII QR Codes Abused in New Wave of Phishing Attacks

A new tax-themed malware campaign targeting insurance and finance sectors has been observed leveraging GitHub links in phishing email messages as a way to bypass security measures and deliver Remcos RAT, indicating that the method is gaining traction among threat actors. "In this campaign,...

OneDrive Pastejacking

OneDrive Pastejacking: The crafty phishing and downloader campaign By Rafael Pena · July 29, 2024 Over the past few weeks, the Trellix Advanced Research Center has observed a sophisticated Phishing/downloader campaign targeting Microsoft OneDrive users. This campaign heavily relies on social...

QR Codes: Convenience or Cyberthreat?

Security awareness and measures to detect and prevent sophisticated risks associated with QR code-based phishing attacks quishing...

(Pwn2Own) Wyze Cam v3 Wi-Fi SSID OS Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Wyze Cam v3 IP cameras. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of SSIDs embedded in scanned QR codes. The issue results...

PT-2024-37479 · Wyze · Wyze Cam V3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Wyze Cam v3 affected versions not specified Description: This issue allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Wyze Cam v3 IP cameras. The specific flaw exists within the handling of SSIDs...

TA4903 Spoofing Government Entities and SMBs for Financial Gain

Summary: TA4903, a financially motivated threat actor, conducts high-volume email campaigns targeting U.S. organizations for credential phishing and business email compromise BEC. They spoof various U.S. government agencies and private businesses, employing tools like EvilProxy and incorporating ...

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

SharpCovertTube is a program created to control Windows systems remotely by uploading videos to Youtube. The program monitors a Youtube channel until a video is uploaded, decodes the QR code from the thumbnail of the uploaded video and executes a command. The QR codes in the videos can use...

The vulnerability of the qr_reader_match_centers() function in the ZBar barcode reading library allows a intruder to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the qrreadermatchcenters function in the ZBar barcode reading library is related to writing beyond the buffer boundaries. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to confidential data, compromise its integrity, and even cause service failures using...

How are attackers using QR codes in phishing emails and lure documents?

Though QR codes were once on the verge of extinction, many consumers are used to seeing them in the wild for ordering at restaurants, or as mainstays on storefront doors informing customers how they can sign up for a newsletter or score a sweet deal. The use of QR codes saw a resurgence during th...

[SECURITY] [DSA 5614-1] zbar security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5614-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso February 03, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian dsa-5614 : gir1.2-zbar-1.0 - security update

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5614 advisory. - A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the qrreadermatchcenters function of ZBar 0.23.90. Specially crafted QR codes may lead to information disclosure...

YouTube Crypto Con: Scammers Rake in $600K with Deepfakes and QR Codes

By Waqas Bitdefender's latest research reveals that crypto scams on YouTube are at an all-time high, with no sign of slowing down in the near future. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: YouTube Crypto Con: Scammers Rake in $600K with Deepfakes and QR Codes...

Fedora 38 : zbar (2024-583e4098b9)

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-583e4098b9 advisory. 0.23.93, fixes for two CVEs Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus has n...

Fedora 39 : zbar (2024-73d5220ed3)

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-73d5220ed3 advisory. 0.23.93, fixes for two CVEs Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus has n...

WordPress plugin Qyrr security vulnerability

WordPress and WordPress plugin are both products of the WordPress Foundation.WordPress is a blogging platform developed using the PHP language. WordPress is a blogging platform developed in the PHP language that supports personal blogs on PHP and MySQL servers.WordPress plugin is an application...

Saints Turned Evil

Saints Turned Evil By Daksh Kapur and Rohan Shah · January 2, 2024 This blog was also written by Sushant Kumar Arya Attribution at the Bottom As technology advances, attackers are constantly developing new evasion mechanisms to bypass security products and stay one step ahead of security vendors...

SUSE SLED15: libzbar-devel / libzbar0 / libzbar0-32bit / libzbarqt-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4948-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLEDSAP15 / SLES15 / SLESSAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4948-1 advisory. - CVE-2023-40889: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the qrreadermatchcenters function...

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing By Shyava Tripathi and Rohan Shah · December 7, 2023 This blog was also written by Raghav Kapoor Phishing, a prevalent cybercrime worldwide, is responsible for as much as 90 percent of data breaches, making it a significant avenue for the theft o...

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing By Shyava Tripathi, Raghav Kapoor and Rohan Shah · December 07, 2023 Phishing, a prevalent cybercrime worldwide, is responsible for as much as 90 percent of data breaches, making it a significant avenue for the theft of sensitive credentials and...