Microsoft Browsers Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft browsers improperly handle requests of different origins. The vulnerability allows Microsoft browsers to bypass Same-Site cookie restrictions, and to allow requests that should otherwise be ignored. An attacker who successfully exploit...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: drupal7-7.64-1.fc28

Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal is a Content Management System written in PHP that can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. Drupal is highly configurable, skinnable, and secure...

X (Formerly Twitter): Twitter ID exposure via error-based side-channel attack

Twitter ID Confirmator === Summary Recently I discovered a privacy-related vulnerability in Twitter. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can identify a user when they visit a malicious website. Description Threat model: The attacker knows the victim’s Twitter ID/username and aims at...

A week in security (February 25 – March 3)

Last week, we delved into the realm of K-12 schools and security, explored the world of compromised websites and Golang bruteforcers, and examined the possible realms of pay for privacy. We also looked at identity management solutions, Google’s Universal Read Gadget, and did the deepest of dives...

vBulletin 3.8.4 Zoints SEO 2.3.2 Open Redirection

Exploit Title : vBulletin 3.8.4 Zoints SEO 2.3.2 Computer-Logic Open Redirection Author Discovered By : KingSkrupellos Team : Cyberizm Digital Security Army Date : 01/03/2019 Vendor Homepages : zoints.com computer-logic.org Software Information Links : vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=127336...

USN-3897-1 thunderbird vulnerabilities

A use-after-free was discovered in libical. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted ICS calendar file, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2016-5824 Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to...

New Golang brute forcer discovered amid rise in e-commerce attacks

E-commerce websites continue to be targeted by online criminals looking to steal personal and payment information directly from unaware shoppers. Recently, attacks have been conducted via skimmer, which is a piece of code that is either directly injected into a hacked site or referenced externall...

Dark Web hacker selling 92M new accounts on Dream market

By Waqas The dark web hacker “Gnosticplayers” has quickly made a reputation for his high-profile data breaches and selling user data on the infamous Dream marketplace. A couple of days ago the hacker was selling 126 million accounts stolen from new data breaches and now, the same hacker is back...

Data Breach Bonanza: Dating Apps, Equifax, Mass Credential Dumps

In a week full of cyber-incidents and marked by the Valentine’s Day holiday, data breach news was surging. Equifax may have been hacked by spies, two huge credential spills on the Dark Web did their part to endanger people online and several companies admitted to data exposures, data breaches and...

Bomb Threat Hoaxer Exposed by Hacked Gaming Site

Federal authorities this week arrested a North Carolina man who allegedly ran with a group of online hooligans that attacked Web sites including this one, took requests on Twitter to call in bomb threats to thousands of schools, and tried to frame various online gaming sites as the culprits. In a...

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge HTML-based. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who...

Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the...

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge HTML-based. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who...

Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge HTML-based. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who...

Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge improperly accesses objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the...

Sextortion Bitcoin scam makes unwelcome return

Heads up: a particularly nasty sextortion Bitcoin scam from at least the middle of 2018 is making the rounds once again. The scam involves making use of old breach dumps, then emailing someone from the list and reminding them of their old password. When something lands in your mailbox with “Hey,...

Movie stream ebooks gun for John Wick 3 on Kindle store

We discovered a novel spam campaign over the weekend, targeting fans of John Wick on the Amazon Kindle store. The scam itself involves paying for what appears to be the upcoming third movie, turns into a bogus ebook, and goes on to hyperlink potential victims to a collection of third-party...

Open Positioner: my new project for tracking IT and security jobs

The idea of my new project is to retrieve the data from job-searching websites and provide better filtering, searching and visualization. I think for the most people who read this, searching for a job in Internet is a pretty common activity. Even if you are not going to change job right now, it...

Phishing Campaign Delivers Nasty Ransomware, Credential-Theft Two-Punch

An array of phishing emails harboring Word attachments with embedded macros have been infecting systems with a deadly malware and ransomware duo. The campaign, spotted by researchers at Carbon Black, has hit infected systems with a lethal attack combination that harvests credentials, gathers syst...

Bitdefender BOX 2 bootstrap update_setup command execution vulnerability

Summary An exploitable command execution vulnerability exists in the recovery partition of Bitdefender BOX 2, version 2.0.1.91. The API method /api/updatesetup does not perform firmware signature checks atomically, leading to an exploitable race condition TOCTTOU that allows arbitrary execution o...