A week in security (June 4 – June 10)

Last week on Labs, we took a look at hidden mobile ads, the perils of social media spam, and how to shore up your landline defenses. We also took a deep dive into Emotet malware analysis, and gave you some summertime safety tips. Other news Update your Adobe Flash player if you haven't already...

CVE-2017-5397: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

The cache directory on the local file system is set to be world writable. Firefox defaults to extracting libraries from this cache. This allows for the possibility of an installed malicious application or tools with write access to the file system to replace files used by Firefox with their own...

world-war.ru XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-628829 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| world-war.ru Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

CVE-2018-0335

A vulnerability in the web portal authentication process of Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to view sensitive data. The vulnerability is due to improper logging of authentication data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by monitoring...

PT-2018-8763

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning affected versions not specified Description A vulnerability in the web portal authentication process could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to view sensitive data due to improper logging of...

Six Years Since World IPv6 Launch: Entering the Majority Phases

While we still have a ways to go before residual users of IPv4 are truly "laggards", we are at a stage where the use of IPv6 should be considered the norm...

World Cup, Vacation Scams Lead in Phishing Trips this Summer

Summer is one of the traditional seasons of scamming, and this summer is shaping up to be a hot one on that front, with active campaigns swirling around supposed “security incidents,” vacation bookings and, of course, the World Cup. Scammers, for instance, recently targeted Booking.com customers...

FIFA public Wi-Fi guide: which host cities have the most secure networks?

We all know how easy it is for users to connect to open Wi-Fi networks in public places. Well, it is equally straightforward for criminals to position themselves near poorly protected access points – where they can intercept network traffic and compromise user data. A lack of essential traffic...

Alexa Eavesdropping Flub Re-Sparks Voice Assistant Privacy Debate

After an Alexa-enabled Echo device recorded and shared a private conversation of its unknowing owners, the tech industry – and the public – is casting a wary eye on voice assistant privacy issues. On Thursday, news emerged that a Portland family’s Echo device had recorded a conversation of them –...

openstack-tripleo-heat-templates: Ceph client keyring is world-readable when deployed by director

A resource-permission flaw was found in the openstack-tripleo-heat-templates package where ceph.client.openstack.keyring is created as world-readable. A local attacker with access to the key could read or modify data on Ceph cluster pools for OpenStack as though the attacker were the OpenStack...

openstack-tripleo-heat-templates: Ceph client keyring is world-readable when deployed by director

A resource-permission flaw was found in the openstack-tripleo-heat-templates package where ceph.client.openstack.keyring is created as world-readable. A local attacker with access to the key could read or modify data on Ceph cluster pools for OpenStack as though the attacker were the OpenStack...

highbeam.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-615518 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| highbeam.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

youth.worldvision.org XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-615286 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| youth.worldvision.org Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Parenting in the Digital World: a review

Before I became a new mum not so long ago, I did the best I could to prepare myself to take care of my little one by reading a lot books. From learning how to discern possible meanings behind baby's various cries to finding out what you can and can't feed your baby once they begin eating solids. ...

1-year prison for man behind Blizzard’ World of Warcraft DDoS attacks

By Waqas A Romanian cybercriminal has been sentenced to one year in This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 1-year prison for man behind Blizzard' World of Warcraft DDoS attacks...

Design/Logic Flaw

gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries...

CVE-2012-5628

gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries...

CVE-2012-5628

gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries...

PT-2018-4053

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gofer versions prior to 0.68 Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries due to world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog. Recommendations For versions prior to 0.68,...

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