Warren Pledges to Fight Disinformation, but Her Arsenal Is Limited

When it comes to stopping the spread of false information in the 2020 election, everyone is at the mercy of Big Tech...

Mark Warner Takes on Big Tech and Russian Spies

A former telecoms entrepreneur, the Virginia senator says that saving the industry and democracy might mean blowing up Big Tech as we know it...

A week in security (January 20 – 26)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we reported on a Ryuk ransomware attack on The Tampa Bay Times, a newspaper in Florida; unmasked an elaborate browser locking scheme behind the more advanced tech support operations that are currently active; and looked at the latest laws on regulating deepfakes...

WOOF locker: Unmasking the browser locker behind a stealthy tech support scam operation

Update 01-27-2020: Shortly after this blog was published we noticed that a large part of the infrastructure behind this browlock was taken down. The malicious server responsible for redirections is no longer responding and we have not observed any new live browlock from this 2 year old campaign. ...

Microsoft Leaves 250M Customer Service Records Open to the Web

UPDATE Misconfigured Microsoft cloud databases containing 14 years of customer support logs exposed 250 million records to the open internet for 25 days. The account info dates back as far as 2005 and is as recent as December 2019 — and exposes Microsoft customers to phishing and tech scams...

UN Secretary-General: US-China Tech Split Worse Than Cold War

In an interview with WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson, António Guterres says the world's next major conflict will start in cyberspace...

Podcast: The Roadblocks and Opportunities For Women in Cybersecurity

In 2019, diversity in the cybersecurity was thrust to the forefront with recognition from both vendors and experts. The tech industry is facing challenges around diversity in general, but women are particularly underrepresented. And with an estimated 3.5 million jobs are expected to remain unfill...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Tecno Camon

The Tecno Camon is a Camon series smartphone from the Chinese company Transocean. An unspecified vulnerability exists in Tecno Camon. The vulnerability can be exploited to execute code or commands with system privileges to record the screen, restore factory settings, obtain the user's Wi-Fi...

The Great $50M African IP Address Heist

A top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for doling out chunks of Internet addresses to businesses and other organizations in Africa has resigned his post following accusations that he secretly operated several companies which sold tens of millions of dollars worth of the increasingly...

New Zeppelin Ransomware Targeting Tech and Health Companies

A new variant of Vega ransomware family, dubbed Zeppelin, has recently been spotted in the wild targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. However, if you reside in Russia or some other ex-USSR countries like Ukraine, Belorussia, and Kazakhstan,...

New Zeppelin Ransomware Targeting Tech and Health Companies

A new variant of Vega ransomware family, dubbed Zeppelin , has recently been spotted in the wild targeting technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. However, if you reside in Russia or some other ex-USSR countries like Ukraine, Belorussia, and Kazakhstan,...

CVE-2019-3667

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Tech Check 3.0.0.17 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the local folder placed there by an attacker...

CVE-2019-3667

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Tech Check 3.0.0.17 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the local folder placed there by an attacker...

Spoofing

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Tech Check 3.0.0.17 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the local folder placed there by an attacker...

CVE-2019-3667

CVE-2019-3667 affects McAfee TechCheck (Windows client) up to version 3.0.0.17, where a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in a local folder. The affected component is McAfee TechCheck’s Windows client; root cause ...

CVE-2019-3667 DLL Search Order Hijacking

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Tech Check 3.0.0.17 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the local folder placed there by an attacker...

McAfee Tech Check DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerability

McAfee Tech Check is a computer software and hardware scanning and diagnostic application from the U.S. company McAfee McAfee. McAfee Tech Check 3.0.0.17 and earlier versions contain a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability that can be exploited by a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via...

CVE-2019-3667: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Tech Check 3.0.0.17 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the local folder placed there by an attacker...

Voltage Hacking, Big Tech's 'Green' Data Score Card, and More News

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PT-2019-5831

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions McAfee Tech Check versions 3.0.0.17 and earlier Description The issue is related to a DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows client component of McAfee Tech Check. This vulnerability allows local users to execute...