Apple Promises Fix for Latest ‘Text Bomb’ Bug As Abuse Spreads

UPDATE Apple said it is working on a fix for the latest text bomb bug that crashes a number of iOS and Mac apps that display specific Telugu language characters. On Monday, it made good on the promise and announced the availability of a patch CVE-2018-4124 for iOS 11.2.6, watchOS 4.2.3, tvOS...

CVE-2017-0911

Twitter Kit for iOS versions 3.0 to 3.2.1 is vulnerable to a callback verification flaw in the "Login with Twitter" component allowing an attacker to provide alternate credentials. In the final step of "Login with Twitter" authentication information is passed back to the application using the...

Authentication flaw

Twitter Kit for iOS versions 3.0 to 3.2.1 is vulnerable to a callback verification flaw in the "Login with Twitter" component allowing an attacker to provide alternate credentials. In the final step of "Login with Twitter" authentication information is passed back to the application using the...

CVE-2017-0911

Twitter Kit for iOS versions 3.0 to 3.2.1 is vulnerable to a callback verification flaw in the "Login with Twitter" component allowing an attacker to provide alternate credentials. In the final step of "Login with Twitter" authentication information is passed back to the application using the...

CVE-2017-0911

Twitter Kit for iOS versions 3.0 to 3.2.1 is vulnerable to a callback verification flaw in the "Login with Twitter" component allowing an attacker to provide alternate credentials. In the final step of "Login with Twitter" authentication information is passed back to the application using the...

CVE-2017-0911

CVE-2017-0911 affects Twitter Kit for iOS 3.0–3.2.1. The issue is a callback verification flaw in the Login with Twitter flow: the final response is sent back via the registered custom URL scheme without authenticating the response, enabling forgery and potential association of a Twitter account ...

CVE-2017-0911: Trust of System Event Data

Twitter Kit for iOS versions 3.0 to 3.2.1 is vulnerable to a callback verification flaw in the "Login with Twitter" component allowing an attacker to provide alternate credentials. In the final step of "Login with Twitter" authentication information is passed back to the application using the...

Easy Windows and Linux cross-compilers for macOS

tl;dr: you can install cross-compiler toolchains to compile C/C++ for Windows or Linux from macOS with these two Homebrew Formulas. brew install FiloSottile/musl-cross/musl-cross brew install mingw-w64 Cross-compiling C and C++ is dreadful. While in Go you just need to set an environment variable...

Bug bounty left over (and rant) Part III (Google and Twitter)

tl;dr in this blog post I am going to talk about some bug bounty left over with a little rant. Here you can find bug bounty left over part I and II Here you can find bug bounty rant part I and II Introduction In one of my previous post I was saying that: "The rule 1 of any bug hunter... is to hav...

“Who visits your Twitter profile” spam app brings week of chaos

Twitter spam has been around forever, and rogue apps asking for installs in return for a cool feature to be more accurate, spamming your contacts is a constant thorn in our Twittery sides. Over the weekend, we observed a new Twitter app doing the rounds and causing a lot of congestion on people's...

Il (triste??) stato della crittografia (applicata) in Italia

Ho appena finito di scrivere a proposito dei miei 3 giorni trascorsi al Real World Crypto 2018 il blog post per chi legge inglese e' qui e mi sono accorto che non c'e' traccia di nessuna Universita' ma anche azienda italiana. Tutto cio' non puo' che rendermi un po' triste. L'Italia aveva una...

Uber: ubernycmarketplace.com is vulnerable to the Heartbleed Bug

The Heartbleed Bug was a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the information protected, under normal conditions, by the SSL/TLS encryption used to secure the Internet. This allows attackers to eavesdrop on communications, stea...

January 9, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “NCAA Football National Championship” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 9, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware is now estimat...

Happy 15th Birthday TaoSecurity Blog

Today, 8 January 2018, is the 15th birthday of TaoSecurity Blog! This is also my 3,020th blog post. I wrote my first post on 8 January 2003 while working as an incident response consultant for Foundstone. I don't believe I've released statistics for the blog before, so here are a few. Blogger...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 1, 2018

Happy New Year! It’s out with the old, in with the new, right? Except we all know that the old tends to stick around, especially when it comes to vulnerabilities and patching them. Trend Micro predicts that that 2018’s biggest attacks will originate from known vulnerabilities. And speaking of kno...

Fixing the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities

Two days ago, Graz University of Technology published a paper describing a pair of attacks on common microprocessors. The underlying vulnerability affects Intel, AMD, and ARM processors. All contemporary microprocessors pre-execute instructions. In other words, the vulnerability bypasses address...

Kansas Man Killed In ‘SWATting’ Attack

A 28-year-old Kansas man was shot and killed by police officers on the evening of Dec. 28 after someone fraudulently reported a hostage situation ongoing at his home. The false report was the latest in a dangerous hoax known as "swatting," wherein the perpetrator falsely reports a dangerous...

John McAfee’ Twitter account hack: “Most likely my phone was compromised”

By Waqas The official Twitter account of security guru John McAfee was apparently This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: John McAfee Twitter account hack: Most likely my phone was compromised...

Sendroid Bulk SMS Portal / Marketing Script 6.5.0 SQL Injection

Exploit Title: Sendroid - Bulk SMS Portal, Marketing Script 5.0.0 - 6.5.0 - SQL Injection Google Dork: "welcome to SMS portal" Date: 22/12/2017 Exploit Author: Onwuka Gideon Contact: http://twitter.com/@gideononwuka Vendor Homepage: http://ynetinteractive.com/ Software Buy:...

U.K. Man Avoids Jail Time in vDOS Case

A U.K. man who pleaded guilty to launching more than 2,000 cyberattacks against some of the world's largest companies has avoided jail time for his role in the attacks. The judge in the case reportedly was moved by pleas for leniency that cited the man's youth at the time of the attacks and a...