Why Data Privacy Day matters

Our Lock and Code special episode on Data Privacy Day, featuring guests from Mozilla, DuckDuckGo, and Electronic Frontier Foundation can be listened to here. Today, January 28, is Data Privacy Day, the annual, multinational event in which governments, companies, and schools can inform the public...

TikTok Flaw Lay Bare Phone Numbers, User IDs For Phishing Attacks

A vulnerability in the popular TikTok short-form video-sharing platform could have allowed attackers to easily compile users’ phone numbers, unique user IDs and other data ripe for phishing attacks. TikTok, owned by ByteDance, has more than 800 million active users worldwide. The vulnerability,...

The vulnerability of the command-line interface of the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences software allows a hacker to obtain information about users of the CMX system.

The vulnerability of the command-line interface of the Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences software is related to improper authentication. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to gain access and disclose information about users of the CMX system...

Command Execution Vulnerability in the InRouter900 Industrial Router from Johnstone (CNVD-2021-10450)

The Johnton-InRouter900 series industrial router is a 4G industrial router. A command execution vulnerability exists in the InRouter900 Industrial Router. The vulnerability stems from the program's failure to properly validate user data and can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitra...

Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in the InRouter900 Industrial Router from Imagicom (CNVD-2021-10444)

The Johnton-InRouter900 series industrial router is a 4G industrial router. The InRouter900 Industrial Router suffers from an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability, which originates from the program failing to properly validate user data, and can be exploited by a remote attacker to delete...

Security Advisory 2021-01-17-1 - OpenWrt forum break-in on 16-Jan-2021

DESCRIPTION Around 0400 GMT on 16 Jan 2021, an administrator account on the OpenWrt forum https://forum.openwrt.org was breached. It is not known how the account was accessed: the account had a good password, but did not have two-factor authentication enabled. The intruder was able to download a...

WhatsApp Delays Controversial 'Data-Sharing' Privacy Policy Update By 3 Months

WhatsApp said on Friday that it wouldn't enforce its recently announced controversial data sharing policy update until May 15. Originally set to go into effect next month on February 8, the three-month delay comes following "a lot of misinformation" about a revision to its privacy policy that...

ZTE ZXV10 B860A Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The ZTE ZXV10 B860A is a network set-top box from China's ZTE Corporation ZTE. The ZTE ZXV10 B860A suffers from an information disclosure vulnerability that stems from the device not adequately validating logs, which can be exploited by an attacker to gain access to sensitive user information for...

Facebook: Malicious Chrome Extension Developers Scraped Profile Data

Facebook has filed legal action against two Chrome extension developers that the company said was scraping user profile data – including names and profile IDs – as well as other browser-related information. The two unnamed developers under the business name Oink and Stuff, developed Chrome...

CVE-2021-21722

A ZTE Smart STB is impacted by an information leak vulnerability. The device did not fully verify the log, so attackers could use this vulnerability to obtain sensitive user information for further information detection and attacks. This affects: ZXV10 B860A V2.1-TV0032.1.1.04jiangsuTelecom...

Default credentials

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go All versions V13.1.0, Teamcenter Visualization All versions V13.1.0. Affected applications lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing of PAR files. This could result in an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure. An...

CVE-2020-26992

CVE-2020-26992 affects Siemens JT2Go (all versions < 13.1.0) and Teamcenter Visualization (all versions

CVE-2020-26994

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go All versions V13.1.0, Teamcenter Visualization All versions V13.1.0. Affected applications lack proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing of PCX files. This could result in a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could leverage this...

CVE-2020-14274

Information disclosure vulnerability in HCL Commerce 9.0.1.9 through 9.0.1.14 and 9.1 through 9.1.4 could allow a remote attacker to obtain user personal data via unknown vectors...

CVE-2020-14274

CVE-2020-14274 affects HCL Commerce 9.0.1.9–9.0.1.14 and 9.1–9.1.4, causing information disclosure of user personal data. The root cause and vectors are not specified in the provided documents; exploitation status is not detailed. No remediation steps are listed in these sources. Monitor for upda...

CVE-2020-14275

The CVE-2020-14275 entry concerns HCL Commerce, affecting versions 9.0.0.5–9.0.0.13, 9.0.1.0–9.0.1.14, and 9.1–9.1.4. It states potential denial of service, disclosure of user personal data, and the ability to perform unauthorized administrative operations. No root-cause, affected component/file,...

Post-Backlash, WhatsApp Spells Out Privacy Policy Updates

WhatsApp is making explicit clarifications around its updated privacy policy, after reports ran amok about the messaging app mandating all-encompassing data-sharing with parent company Facebook. The app’s new privacy policy and terms of service, which will go into effect Feb. 8, says that WhatsAp...

Changes in WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy

If youre a WhatsApp user, pay attention to the changes in the privacy policy that youre being forced to agree with. In 2016, WhatsApp gave users a one-time ability to opt out of having account data turned over to Facebook. Now, an updated privacy policy is changing that. Come next month, users wi...

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-02375)

Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are the United States of America Odo than Adobe company's products. Adobe Acrobat is a set of PDF file editing and conversion tools. Adobe Reader is a set of PDF document reading software. Adobe Acrobat and Reader have information disclosure vulnerabilities, an...

CVE-2020-35745

PHPGURUKUL Hospital Management System V 4.0 does not properly restrict access to admin/dashboard.php, which allows attackers to access all data of users, doctors, patients, change admin password, get appointment history and access all session logs...