PT-2021-13155

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions Android-11 Description: The issue is related to a missing permission check in the Settings app, which could allow disabling an always-on VPN. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution...

A week in security (May 24 -30)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs we discussed VPN Android apps, how even the FBI has to deal with insider threats, Chromes Incognito mode, new rules for critical infrastructure spurred by the Colonial Pipeline attack, how to delete your Twitter account, what encryption is, how healthcare service...

CVAD 1912 CU2 || Unable launch applications / Desktop from client - Unknown client error 1110, Proxy error

User can access to Published app locally. .User cannot access published apps or desktop through VPN from client machine.Ping and access Domain server, local DNS, etc working fine...

Chinese Cyber Espionage Hackers Continue to Target Pulse Secure VPN Devices

Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye unmasked additional tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs adopted by Chinese threat actors who were recently found abusing Pulse Secure VPN devices to drop malicious web shells and exfiltrate sensitive information from enterprise networks. FireEye's...

Re-Checking Your Pulse: Updates on Chinese APT Actors Compromising Pulse Secure VPN Devices

On April 20, 2021, Mandiant published detailed results of our investigations into compromised Pulse Secure devices by suspected Chinese espionage operators. This blog post is intended to provide an update on our findings, give additional recommendations to network defenders, and discuss potential...

Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 5.3 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Equipment: MELSEC iQ-R Series Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may prevent legitimate clients from...

GENIVI Alliance DLT

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity Vendor: GENIVI Alliance Equipment: DLT-Daemon Vulnerability: Heap-based Buffer Overflow 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution or crash the...

What is encryption? And why it matters in a VPN

Encryption is a term used to describe the methods that hide the true meaning of messages using code, especially to prevent unauthorized access to the information in the messages. Not all users of virtual private networks VPN care about encryption, but many are interested and benefit from strong...

OpenVPN: Authentication bypass

Background OpenVPN is a multi-platform, full-featured SSL VPN solution. Description It was discovered that OpenVPN incorrectly handled deferred authentication. Impact A remote attacker could bypass authentication and access control channel data and trigger further information leaks. Workaround...

Pulse Secure VPNs Get Quick Fix for Critical RCE

Pulse Secure has issued a workaround for a critical remote-code execution RCE vulnerability in its Pulse Connect Secure PCS VPNs that may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code as a user with root privileges. Pulse Secure’s parent company, Ivanti, issued an out-of-band advisory...

New High-Severity Vulnerability Reported in Pulse Connect Secure VPN

Ivanti, the company behind Pulse Secure VPN appliances, has published a security advisory for a high severity vulnerability that may allow an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. "Buffer Overflow in Windows File Resource Profiles in 9.X allows a remote...

VPN Android apps: What you should know

Months ago, we told readers about the importance of using a VPN on their iPhones, and while those lessons do apply to Android devices—a VPN for Android will encrypt your Android’s web activity and app traffic, and it will stop your mobile carrier from monetizing your data—Android users should...

Weak Password Vulnerability in Wheaton eDigital Socks5 VPN Login System

Shenzhen Wheaton Information Technology Co., Ltd Wheaton for short is a company dedicated to providing government, enterprises and institutions with remote application centralized access solutions, VPN security interconnection solutions, core data security protection solutions and so on. Weak...

Brave Software: DNS Leaks when using any VPN Browser extension with Brave Shield enabled

If Brave Shield is enabled alongside with a VPN Chrome extension and adblocking is enabled, some DNS requests may not be forwarded through the VPN tunnel...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager and libnma security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for NetworkManager and libnma is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

Moderate: NetworkManager and libnma security, bug fix, and enhancement update

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband WWAN, and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a varie...

ALSA-2021:1574 Moderate: NetworkManager and libnma security, bug fix, and enhancement update

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband WWAN, and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a varie...

Tengda MicroEnterprise Integration Gateway has a Logic Flaw Vulnerability

MicroEnterprise All-in-One Gateway is a VPN router under the Tenda brand. A logic flaw vulnerability exists in the Tengda Micro Enterprise Integrated Gateway, which can be exploited by an attacker to gain unauthorized access...

What does WiFi stand for?

We use WiFi to connect to the Internet, but what is it, and what does it stand for? How does it have such a catchy name, and why do we sometimes have a weak Internet connection with a strong WiFi signal and vice versa? Read on to answer these questions and more. What does WiFi mean? Many people...

Avaddon ransomware campaign prompts warnings from FBI, ACSC

Both the Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have issued warnings about an ongoing cybercrime campaign that is using Avaddon ransomware. The FBI states that is has received notifications of unidentified cyber actors using Avaddon ransomware against...