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A week in security (October 14 – 20)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we tried to unlock the future of the password its vulnerabilities, current alternatives, and possible future disappearance, analyzed the lagging response by many businesses in adopting a patch for Pulse VPN vulnerability, looked at Instagram’s bulked-up security...
Announcing the Security Researcher Quarterly Leaderboard
Right before Black Hat USA 2019, we announced our new researcher recognition program, and at Black Hat we announced the top researchers from the previous twelve months. Since it’s easier to track your progress with regular updates than with just an annual report, we are excited to...
Announcing the Security Researcher Quarterly Leaderboard
Right before Black Hat USA 2019, we announced our new researcher recognition program, and at Black Hat we announced the top researchers from the previous twelve months. Since it’s easier to track your progress with regular updates than with just an annual report, we are excited to...
A week in security (October 7 – 13)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we peered into the possible future of cybersecurity insurance, described the process for securing today’s managed service provider, and provided an in-depth explainer on the business espionage tactic known as “war shipping.” Further, in considering the intersection...
CVE-2019-9745
CloudCTI HIP Integrator Recognition Configuration Tool allows privilege escalation via its EXQUISE integration. This tool communicates with a service Recognition Update Client Service via an insecure communication channel Named Pipe. The data JSON sent via this channel is used to import data from...
CVE-2019-9745
CVE-2019-9745 affects the CloudCTI HIP Integrator Recognition Configuration Tool. The vulnerability arises in the EXQUISE integration: a lower-privileged user can craft the data sent over an insecure Named Pipe (RUCS20151029) to the Recognition Update Client Service (running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTE...
Exploit for Improper Privilege Management in Cloudcti Hip_Integrator_Recognition_Configuration_Tool
Author: Arn Vollebregt Introduction Creativity is at the c...
Userrecon-Py v2.0 - Username Recognition On Various Websites
Username recognition on various websites. Installation Withpip3 Linux sudo -H pip3 install git+https://github.com/decoxviii/userrecon-py.git --upgrade userrecon-py --help Build from source Linux git clone https://github.com/decoxviii/userrecon-py.git ; cd userrecon-py sudo -H pip3 install -r...
IDA, I Think It’s Time You And I Had a Talk: Controlling IDA Pro With Voice Control Software
Introduction This blog post is the next episode in the FireEye Labs Advanced Reverse Engineering FLARE team Script Series. Today, we are sharing something quite unusual. It is not a tool or a virtual machine distribution, nor is it a plugin or script for a popular reverse engineering tool or...
Vimeo Slapped With Lawsuit Over Biometrics Privacy Policy
Vimeo, the popular ad-free video platform, is facing a lawsuit that alleges it stored people’s facial biometrics without their consent or knowledge. The lawsuit, which was filed on Sept. 20, claims Vimeo violated the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act BIPA. This is a law that imposes...
New Biometrics
This article discusses new types of biometrics under development, including gait, scent, heartbeat, microbiome, and butt shape no, really...
California Passes Bill to Ban Police Use of Facial Recognition
The California Senate has passed a bill in a 22-15 vote that would ban the use by law enforcement of body cams that use facial recognition. The move will send AB 1215, already passed by the California Assembly back in May on a 45-17 vote, to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom to be signed into law. Th...
Police Use of Facial Recognition is Just Fine, Say Most Americans
Despite the appetite for dystopian surveillance dramas on TV and in film, most Americans actually do trust law enforcement to not abuse facial recognition technology, according to a new survey. According to the Pew Research Center, a full 56 percent said that they trust police and officials to us...
Facebook allows users to opt out of facial recognition in photos
By Sudais Facebook is introducing privacy features with its new facial recognition program and stop using the one to tag users in photos. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook allows users to opt out of facial recognition in photos...
Facebook Drops Default Facial Recognition Tag Suggestions
Facebook is giving users more control over a facial recognition feature used by the company to help identify, or Tag, people on its platform. Starting Tuesday, the company said it would allow its users to opt-out of the Tag Suggestions feature, while at the same time the company is attempting to...
Modifying a Tesla to Become a Surveillance Platform
From DefCon: At the Defcon hacker conference today, security researcher Truman Kain debuted what he calls the Surveillance Detection Scout. The DIY computer fits into the middle console of a Tesla Model S or Model 3, plugs into its dashboard USB port, and turns the car's built-in cameras -- the...
A week in security (August 12 – 18)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at the potential pitfalls of facial recognition technology, looked at ways domestic abuse survivors can secure their data, and explored the education threat landscape. We also kicked off a series looking at the Hidden Bee infection chain, and put...
Nest Labs Nest Cam IQ Indoor WeaveCASEEngine::DecodeCertificateInfo denial-of-service vulnerability
Summary An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Weave certificate loading functionality of the Nest Cam IQ Indoor camera, version 4620002. A specially crafted weave packet can cause an integer overflow and an out-of-bounds read on unmapped memory to occur, resulting in a deni...
Nest Labs Nest Cam IQ Indoor Weave Legacy Pairing Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Summary An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Weave Legacy Pairing functionality of Nest Cam IQ Indoor version 4620002. A set of specially crafted weave packets can cause an out of bounds read, resulting in information disclosure. An attacker can send packets to trigge...
Nest Labs Nest Cam IQ Indoor Weave PASE pairing brute force vulnerability
Summary An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Weave PASE pairing functionality of the Nest Cam IQ Indoor, version 4620002. A set of specially crafted weave packets can brute force a pairing code, resulting in greater Weave access and potentially full device control. An...