Google Warns of Android Zero-Day Bug Under Active Attack

Google is warning of an Android zero-day flaw actively being exploited in the wild, which gives an attacker full control over 18 phone models including its flagship Pixel handset and devices made by Samsung, Huawei and Xiaomi. Google’s Project Zero warned late Thursday that it suspected the...

A Look Into Continuous Efforts By Chinese Hackers to Target Foreign Governments

Phishing is still one of the widely used strategies by cybercriminals and espionage groups to gain an initial foothold on the targeted systems. Though hacking someone with phishing attacks was easy a decade ago, the evolution of threat detection technologies and cyber awareness among people has...

The Phishing Industry

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, phishing attacks are now being created and executed on an industrial scale. Malicious actors are increasingly using highly sophisticated off-the-shelf phishing kits that allow them to deliver very targeted, short-lived attacks. These campaigns direct victi...

1-Click iPhone and Android Exploits Target Tibetan Users via WhatsApp

A team of Canadian cybersecurity researchers has uncovered a sophisticated and targeted mobile hacking campaign that is targeting high-profile members of various Tibetan groups with one-click exploits for iOS and Android devices. Dubbed Poison Carp by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, the...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.06 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0175)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.06, has firefox packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Lack of correct bounds checking in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0164)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has firefox packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed paren...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0160)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has thunderbird packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in parsergetnextchar when processing certain email messages,...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0161)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has firefox packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed paren...

Labs quarterly report finds ransomware’s gone rampant against businesses

Ransomware's back—so much so that we created an entire report on it. For 10 quarters, we've covered cybercrime tactics and techniques, covering a wide range of threats we saw lodged against consumers and businesses through our product telemetry, honeypots, and threat intelligence. We've looked at...

Black Hat 2019: 5G Security Flaw Allows MiTM, Targeted Attacks

LAS VEGAS — 5G commercial networks are starting to roll out, promising exciting new use cases like automated cars, and smart sensor networks where the nodes have 10-year battery lives. To go along with these possibilities are new security requirements; notably, improvements in device...

Will XDR Improve Security?

Cybercriminals and malicious hackers have been shifting their tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs to improve their ability to infiltrate an organization and stay under the radar of security professionals and solutions. Moving to more targeted attack methods appears to be a mainstay among...

New Android Spyware Created by Russian Defense Contractor Found in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new piece of mobile surveillance malware believed to be developed by a Russian defense contractor that has been sanctioned for interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. DubbedMonokle , the mobile remote-access trojan has been actively targeti...

Unique Monokle Android Spyware Self-Signs Certificates

A never-before-publicized mobile spy tool, a mobile surveillanceware remote access trojan RAT for Android called Monokle, has been spotted using novel techniques to exfiltrate data. According to the Lookout researchers who discovered Monokle in the wild, the malware has the ability to self-sign...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11707

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...

CVE-2019-11707

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...

ALPINE-CVE-2019-11707

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...

Type confusion

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...

CVE-2019-11707

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...

CVE-2019-11707

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...

CVE-2019-11707

A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in Array.pop. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 60.7.1, Firefox 67.0.3, and Thunderbird 60.7.2...