Explained: like-farming

Like-farming, aka like-harvesting, is a method used by commercial parties and scammers alike to raise the popularity of a site or domain. The ultimate dream of every like-farmer is for his post to go viral by accumulating as many likes and shares as possible from all over the world. Like-farmers...

Romanian Duo Convicted of Malware Scheme Infecting 400,000 Computers

A Romanian duo has been convicted for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with malware that scooped up credentials and financial information, and scamming victims out of millions of dollars. The two, Bogdan Nicolescu, 36, and Radu Miclaus, 37, were convicted by a federal jury in Ohio on...

ALPINE-CVE-2019-9948

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9948

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

CVE-2019-9948

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

CVE-2019-9948

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

PSF-2019-12 urllib module local_file:// scheme

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

CVE-2019-9948

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

CVE-2019-9948

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

PT-2019-2028

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Python versions 2.x through 2.7.16 Description The issue is related to the urllib module in Python, which supports the local file: scheme. This makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs. An...

Hacking microcontroller firmware through a USB

In this article, I want to demonstrate extracting the firmware from a secure USB device running on the Cortex M0. Who hacks video game consoles? The manufacture of counterfeit and unlicensed products is widespread in the world of video game consoles. It's a multi-billion dollar industry in which...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9808

If WebRTC permission is requested from documents with data: or blob: URLs, the permission notifications do not properly display the originating domain. The notification states "Unknown origin" as the requestee, leading to user confusion about which site is asking for this permission. This...

simple-markdown cross-site scripting vulnerability

simple-markdown is a simple, extensible Markdown-like parser . A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in simple-markdown.js in Khan Academy simple-markdown versions prior to 0.4.4. The vulnerability can be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks via the data: or vbscript: URI...

Tencent WeChat URL Scheme Handling Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to modify requests on vulnerable installations of Tencent WeChat. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of URL...

Slack: URL filter bypass in Enterprise Grid

URL filter bypass in Enterprise Grid Description Slack Enterprise Grid seems to be able to add arbitrary column to the profile of the account. In my company there is a おすすめランチ My Favorite Lunch column, and we can set the URL of the website and Display text. F429131 F429132 Only the http: or https...

CVE-2019-5778

A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension...

GHSA-84FV-PRRC-5GGR Route Validation Bypass in call

Affected versions of call do not validate empty parameters, which may result in a bypass of route validation rules. Proof of Concept Routing Scheme: /api/param/param2/details Triggering Request Path: /api/// Recommendation Update to version 3.0.2 or later...

Alleged Russian Hacker Pleads Not Guilty After Extradition to United States

A Russian hacker indicted by a United States court for his involvement in online ad fraud schemes that defrauded multiple American companies out of tens of millions of dollars pleaded not guilty on Friday in a courtroom in Brooklyn, New York. Aleksandr Zhukov, 38, was arrested in November last ye...

U.S. Issues Multiple Charges For 2016 SEC Hack

Two Ukrainains have been indicted in hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC in order to steal and sell non-public, confidential information from publicly-traded companies. The two have been charged as part of a large-scale conspiracy to hack the SEC’s computer systems and profit ...

Authorisation Bypass

aodh is vulnerable to authorization bypass. When an alarm action with trust+http: scheme is created, it fails to verify that a user providing the trust ID is the trustor or has the same permission as the trustor. In addition, it also fails to verify that the trust is for the same project as the...