A week in security (September 2 – 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a smart social engineering toolkit, delved into TrickBot tampering with trusted texts, and explained five ways to help keep remote workers safe. Other cybersecurity news A new Chinese Deepfake app is under fire for privacy concerns related to the use o...

Half of Android Handsets Susceptible to Clever SMS Phishing Attack

Over half of all Android handsets are susceptible to a clever over-the-air SMS phishing attack that could allow an adversary to route all internet traffic through a rogue proxy, as well as hijack features such as a handset’s homepage, mail server and directory servers for synchronizing contacts a...

CVE-2019-12587

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

CVE-2019-12587

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

Authentication flaw

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

CVE-2019-12587

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

CVE-2019-12587: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

WordPress Plugins Anchor Widespread Malvertising, Rogue Backdoor Campaign

A malvertising campaign redirecting website visitors and surfacing popups is plaguing the WordPress ecosystem, according to researchers, using known vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins as the attack vector. The campaign has been ongoing all summer, with cybercrooks bent on redirecting website...

Malicious App on Google Play Tallies 100 Million Downloads

Call it the case of a good app gone bad! For some time, a handy PDF creator and optical character recognition OCR app available via Google Play offered users utility and convenience. The app, downloaded more than 100 million times, is called CamScanner and allows Android phone owners to snap a...

CVE-2019-10972

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file .frc2. Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application i...

Design/Logic Flaw

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file .frc2. Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application i...

CVE-2019-10972

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file .frc2. Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application i...

CVE-2019-10972

CVE-2019-10972 affects Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2 (Version 1.16S and earlier). The vulnerability arises when a rogue project file (.frc2) is opened, triggering CPU exhaustion and causing the application to stop responding until restart. Connected advisories corroborate an Uncontrolled R...

CVE-2019-10972: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file .frc2. Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application i...

Beers with Talos Ep. #57 - It’s a business decision, not rocket science

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 57 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded July 8, 2019 — Matt skipped this episode podcast in favor of a meeting for real. The rest of the crew carried on to...

CVE-2019-5982

Improper download file verification vulnerability in VAIO Update 7.3.0.03150 and earlier allows remote attackers to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack via a malicous wireless LAN access point. A successful exploitation may result in a malicious file being downloaded/executed...

Fake jquery campaign leads to malvertising and ad fraud schemes

Recently we became aware of new domains used by an old malware campaign known as 'fake jquery', previously documented by web security firm Sucuri. Thousands of compromised websites are injected with a reference to an external JavaScript called jquery.js. However, there is something quite elusive...

Security Flaw in Pre-Installed Dell Support Software Affects Million of Computers

Dell's SupportAssist utility that comes pre-installed on millions of Dell laptops and PCs contains a security vulnerability that could allow malicious software or rogue logged-in users to escalate their privileges to administrator-level and access sensitive information. Discovered by security...

Security Flaw in Pre-Installed Dell Support Software Affects Million of Computers

Dell's SupportAssist utility that comes pre-installed on millions of Dell laptops and PCs contains a security vulnerability that could allow malicious software or rogue logged-in users to escalate their privileges to administrator-level and access sensitive information. Discovered by security...

USN-4027-1 postgresql-10, postgresql-11 vulnerability

Alexander Lakhin discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled authentication. An authenticated attacker or a rogue server could use this issue to cause PostgreSQL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases...