Reddit: No Rate limit on change password leads to account takeover

Summary: I found when login and go to changing password, there is no rate limit on that function, which leads to takeover the account. Steps To Reproduce: 1-Create account on https://old.reddit.com & move to your setting,In my case I chose !23Qweasdzxc as the password. 2-Go to change password on...

Fake Trezor app steals more than $1 million worth of crypto coins

Several users of Trezor, a small hardware device that acts as a cryptocurrency wallet, have been duped by a fake app with the same name. The app was available on Google Play and Apple’s App Store and also claimed to be from SatoshiLabs, the creators of Trezor. According to the Washington Post, th...

Reddit: Third party app could steal access token as well as protected files using inAppBrowser

Summary: Reddit android app version : 2021.8.0 OS: Android 11 This app uses com.reddit.frontpage.RedditDeepLinkActivity class to route app links including deeplink and reddit.com links while this class does not check for scheme, host and it opens given url in InAppBrowser and IAB have access to...

Reddit: GPS metadata preserved when converting HEIF to PNG

Summary: Users who upload HEIC/HEIF files sometimes called "Live Photos" to reddit.com or old.reddit.com expect their GPS metadata to be stripped before being displayed publicly. Uploaded HEIC files are converted to PNG, but GPS metadata is incorrectly preserved, in violation of user privacy. The...

Reddit: XSS Reflected on reddit.com via url path

Hi I found a XSS-R To reproduce the issue please click the poc link and then press the "verify email" button PoC: https://www.reddit.com/verification/asd',%20alertdocument.location,%20%27 Impact With the help of XSS an attacker can steal your cookies, in many cases steal sessions, download malwar...

Reddit: Image queue default key of 'None' and GraphQL unhandled type exception

Summary: I started testing for unrestricted file uploads and quickly discovered a way to upload a corrupted file into Reddit. I was able to bypass the MIME type of uploaded files first by uploading a normal PNG file to Reddit, intercepting the request with burp, and changing the content type from...

Universal Health Services Ransomware Attack Impacts Hospitals Nationwide

A ransomware attack has shut down Universal Health Services, a Fortune-500 owner of a nationwide network of hospitals. The attack occurred in the wee hours of the morning on Monday, according to reports coming in from employees on Reddit and other platforms. On Reddit, a discussion with hundreds ...

Hackers hit Reddit; deface 70+ Subreddits with Pro-Trump messages

By Sudais Asif Before Reddit, in June 2020, more than 1,150 Roblox accounts were also hacked with pro-Trump content. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers hit Reddit; deface 70+ Subreddits with Pro-Trump messages...

Hackers Flood Reddit With Pro-Trump Takeovers

By apparently compromising moderator accounts, the attackers were able to post MAGA materials all over at least 70 popular subreddits...

TikTok is being discouraged and the app may be banned

In recent news retail giant Amazon sent a memo to employees telling them to delete the popular social media app TikTok from their phones. In the memo it stated that the app would pose a security risk without going into details. Later the memo was withdrawn without an explanation except that it wa...

iPhone Apps Stealing Clipboard Data

iOS apps are repeatedly reading clipboard data, which can include all sorts of sensitive information. While Haj Bakry and Mysk published their research in March, the invasive apps made headlines again this week with the developer beta release of iOS 14. A novel feature Apple added provides a bann...

Latest Apple Text-Bomb Crashes iPhones via Message Notifications

Apple devices are vulnerable to a “text bomb” attack where simply looking at messages or posts containing characters in the Sindhi language can crash devices. Sindhi is an official language used in Pakistan. The bug affects iPhone, iPad, Macs and Apple Watches, and arises from macOS and iOS faili...

Reddit: Race condition leads to Inflation of coins when bought via Google Play Store at endpoint https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v2/gold/android/verify_purchase

Hi, Summary: When we purchase coins from Reddit's mobile app using Android, https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v2/gold/android/verifypurchase is called with parameters like transactionid and token. There exists a race condition on this endpoint which allows an attacker to get coins many times more than...

Reddit: registering with the same email address multiple times leads to account takeover

i'm not sure if this issue is in scope or not or if it's intended , kindly if you don't accept this issue please close it as informative , thanks in advance Summary: the ability of the user to register many times using the same mail address can lead to account take over Steps To Reproduce: 1...

RTTM - Real Time Threat Monitoring Tool

Monitoring possible threats of your company on Internet is an impossible task to be achieved manually. Hence many threats of the company goes unnoticed until it becomes viral in public. Thus causing monetary/reputation damage. This is where RTTM comes into action. RTTM Real Time Threat Monitoring...

Reddit Says Influence Campaign is Behind Leaked U.S.-U.K. Trade Documents

Reddit has revealed that key U.S.-U.K. trade documents posted on its site were likely done so as part of a broader political-influence campaign that first appeared on Facebook and tied to Russia-based operatives. The online media aggregator says it has linked documents that were leaked on its sit...

New Android ransomware uses pornographic posts to infect devices

By Uzair Amir The new Android ransomware was initially spread through Reddit and XDA-Developers' forum. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android ransomware uses pornographic posts to infect devices...

Android Ransomware Spreads Via 'Sex Simulation Game' Links on Reddit, SMS

Researchers are warning of a new Android ransomware being spread via links in online forums and SMS messages. The malicious links purport to connect back to a sex simulation game, but in reality lead to ransomware that encrypts victims’ files. The Android ransomware, dubbed Android/Filecoder.C, h...

Reddit Gold: Alice and Bob, Caught in a Web of Lies

Alice and Bob, the beloved or not-so-beloved, depending placeholder characters often used in cryptography examples, have been spotted in the middle of a web of deceit and intrigue by eagle-eyed Redditers. Think lies. Broken hearts. Even…murder. Yep, you heard that right. It all starts with the...

iOS Fitness Apps Robbing Money From Apple Victims

Two apps that were posing as fitness-tracking tools were actually using Apple’s Touch ID feature to loot money from unassuming iOS victims. The two impacted apps were the “Fitness Balance App” and “Calories Tracker App.” Both apps looked normal, and served functions like calculating BMI, tracking...