Lock and Code S1Ep8: Securely working from home (WFH) with John Donovan and Adam Kujawa

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to John Donovan, head of security at Malwarebytes, and Adam Kujawa, director of Malwarebtyes Labs, about securely working from home WFH. With shelter-in-pla...

How Covid-19 Contact Tracing Works on Your Phone

Developers are working on track-and-trace systems to keep infection levels low. The apps aren't here yet, but here's what they do—and how you can enable them...

This $350 "Anti-5G" Device Is Apparently Just a USB Stick

Plus: A LiveJournal hack, Qatar's contact-tracing privacy failure, and more of the week's top security news...

'[F]Unicorn' Ransomware Impersonates Legit COVID-19 Contact-Tracing App

A fresh ransomware strain known as “FUnicorn” has emerged, first seen this week targeting users by pretending to be an official government COVID-19 contact tracing app. According to an advisory from the Computer Emergency Response Team CERT from the Agency for Digital Italy AgID, the malware fami...

State-Based Contact Tracing Apps Could Be a Mess

With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large...

kernel: use-after-free in __blk_add_trace in kernel/trace/blktrace.c

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of blktrace in the blkaddtrace function. A local attacker with permissions to run block trace instructions against a device can create a situation where the core blocktrace object is used after it is freed. The attacker...

COVIDSafe app information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2020-30664)

COVIDSafe app is an Australian coronavirus contact tracing app. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the COVIDSafe app. The vulnerability stems from errors such as configuration during operation of a networked system or product. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to obtain...

News Wrap: Ransomware Extortion Tactics, Contact-Tracing App Security Worries

Threatpost editors discuss the top news stories of the week ended May 15, including: Recent ransomware attacks, including ones targeting healthcare giant Magellan, the IT office that supports Texas appellate courts and judicial agencies, and a popular law firm that works with several A-list...

Utah Says No to Apple/Google COVID-19 Tracing; Debuts Startup App

The state of Utah has settled on a contact-tracing mobile app that collects detailed user location information to track the spread of COVID-19 among citizens – eschewing the API model proposed by Apple and Google in April. The app is called “Healthy Together” and it was created by a startup calle...

CVE-2020-12717

The COVIDSafe Australia app 1.0 and 1.1 for iOS allows a remote attacker to crash the app, and consequently interfere with COVID-19 contact tracing, via a Bluetooth advertisement containing manufacturer data that is too short. This occurs because of an erroneous OpenTrace manuData.subdata call. T...

Code injection

The COVIDSafe Australia app 1.0 and 1.1 for iOS allows a remote attacker to crash the app, and consequently interfere with COVID-19 contact tracing, via a Bluetooth advertisement containing manufacturer data that is too short. This occurs because of an erroneous OpenTrace manuData.subdata call. T...

CVE-2020-12717

The CVE-2020-12717 entry concerns the COVIDSafe iOS apps (Australia) versions 1.0 and 1.1, with additional impact cited on AB TraceTogether, ProteGO, and TraceTogether. The issue stems from an erroneous subroutine call (OpenTrace manuData.subdata) when processing Bluetooth manufacturer data that ...

CVE-2020-12717

The COVIDSafe Australia app 1.0 and 1.1 for iOS allows a remote attacker to crash the app, and consequently interfere with COVID-19 contact tracing, via a Bluetooth advertisement containing manufacturer data that is too short. This occurs because of an erroneous OpenTrace manuData.subdata call. T...

USN-4345-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry

Severity High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 Description Al Viro discovered that the Linux kernel for s390x systems did not properly perform page table upgrades for kernel sections that use secondary address mode. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial...

Leaked NHS Docs Reveal Roadmap, Concerns Around Contact-Tracing App

A COVID-19 contact-tracing app to be rolled out by the UK’s National Health Service NHS has been thrust into the spotlight thanks to sensitive documents being leaked via a public Google Drive link. Contact tracing has emerged as a top idea for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and is consider...

Service Tracing Privilege Escalation Exploit

This Metasploit module leverages a trusted file overwrite with a dll hijacking vulnerability to gain SYSTEM-level access on vulnerable Windows 10 x64 targets. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require...

Service Tracing Privilege Escalation

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core/post/common' require 'msf/core/post/windows/priv' require 'msf/core/post/windows/registry' require 'msf/core/exploit/exe' require...

India's Covid-19 Contact Tracing App Could Leak Patient Locations

The system's use of GPS data could let hackers pinpoint who reports a positive diagnosis...

Google and Apple Reveal How Covid-19 Alert Apps Might Look

As contact tracing plans firm up, the tech giants are sharing new details for their framework—and a potential app interface...

Me on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

I was quoted in BuzzFeed: "My problem with contact tracing apps is that they have absolutely no value," Bruce Schneier, a privacy expert and fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, told BuzzFeed News. "I'm not even talking about the privacy concerns, I mea...