Threat Source newsletter (Aug. 15)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Sorry we missed you last week, we were all away at Hacker Summer Camp. If you missed us at Black Hat, we have a roundup up on the blog o...

Fingerprints of 1M Exposed in Public Biometrics Database

Researchers discovered the personal and biometrics data of more than a million people left publicly exposed on a database owned by Suprema, a biometric security company. Data includes facial recognition and fingerprint information collected by the UK metropolitan police, small local businesses an...

Facial recognition technology: force for good or privacy threat?

All across the world, governments and corporations are looking to invest in or develop facial recognition technology. From law enforcement to marketing campaigns, facial recognition is poised to make a splashy entrance into the mainstream. Biometrics are big business, and third party contracts...

Researchers Bypass Apple FaceID Using Biometrics 'Achilles Heel'

LAS VEGAS – Vulnerabilities have been uncovered in the authentication process of biometrics technology that could allow bad actors to bypass various facial recognition applications – including Apple’s FaceID. But there is a catch. Doing so requires the victim to be out cold. Researchers on...

Apple Contractors Will Stop Listening to Your Siri Recordings—For Now

Facial recognition hits minors, Facebook takes down Saudi accounts, and more security news this week...

Apple Suspends Siri Program After Privacy Backlash

Apple is suspending a program that lets contractors listen in on Siri voice recordings after facing a rain of backlash regarding the privacy implications of the program. The suspension comes after a report in The Guardian last week outlining how contractors regularly listen to intimate voice...

FaceApp scares point to larger data collection problems

Last week, if you thumbed your way through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you likely saw altered photos of your friends with a few extra decades written onto their faces—wrinkles added, skin sagged, hair bereft of color. Has 2019 really been that long? Not really. The photos are the work of...

Meet IRpair & Phantom; powerful anti-facial recognition glasses

By Uzair Amir IRpair and Phantom are the first-ever collections of anti-facial recognition glasses and sunglasses designed to block facial recognition, eye tracking & infrared radiation including 3D IR surveillance cameras during both day and night. Facial recognition technology is the single...

A week in security (July 8 – 14)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at ways to send your sensitive information in a secure fashion, examined some tactics in incident response land, and explored federal data privacy law. We also looked at how security tools can turn against you, and took a deep dive into the rather fiendis...

Security update for helm (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for helm Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1703-1 Rating: moderate References: 1118897 1118898 1118899 Cross-References: CVE-2018-16873 CVE-2018-16874 CVE-2018-16875 Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 An update that fixes thr...

The Window to Rein In Facial Recognition Is Closing

As Congress continues to punt on facial recognition, advocacy groups have redoubled their efforts...

Airport Facial Recognition, How Abusers Exploit Basic Apps, and More News

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...

I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy

Opinion: We've been assured that facial recognition technology is secure, reliable, and accurate. That's far from certain...

A week in security (June 24 – 30)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we peeled back the mystery on an elusive malware campaign that relied on blank JavaScript injections, detailed for readers our latest telemetry on the tricky GreenFlash Sundown exploit, and looked at one of the top campaigns directing traffic toward scareware pages...

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Cross-Site Request Forgery Vendor: iWT Ltd. Product web page: http://www.iwt.com.hk Affected version: Firmware 6.4.8 build 264 Algorithm A16 Firmware 5.7.2 build 568 Algorithm A14 Firmware 5.7.0 build 539 Algorithm A14 Summary: FaceSentry 5AN is a...

The vulnerability of the wfst_run application, which is part of the speech-tools speech recognition system, allows a violator to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the wfstrun application, which is part of the speech-tools speech recognition system, is related to overflow errors in the command line processing. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure by submitting commands with specially crafted...

Computers and Video Surveillance

It used to be that surveillance cameras were passive. Maybe they just recorded, and no one looked at the video unless they needed to. Maybe a bored guard watched a dozen different screens, scanning for something interesting. In either case, the video was only stored for a few days because storage...

A week in security (June 3 – 9)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we rounded up some leaks and breaches, reported about Magecart skimmers found on Amazon CloudFront CDN, proudly announced we were awarded as Best Cybersecurity Vendor Blog at the annual EU Security Blogger Awards, discussed how Maine inches closer to shutting down...

Cryptocurrency Company Hacks Itself Before Hackers Can Hack It

Microsoft deletes its facial recognition database, hackers hit health care, and more of the week's top security news...

Microsoft Launches a New Recognition Program for MAPP Partners

There are many dedicated people and organizations who contribute to the protection and security of our common customers. For years, Microsoft has recognized security researchers for helping protect the ecosystem. Now, we’re announcing the launch of a new program to better recognize and thank...