Worst-Case Thinking Breeds Fear and Irrationality

Here's a crazy story from the UK. Basically, someone sees a man and a little girl leaving a shopping center. Instead of thinking "it must be a father and daughter, which happens millions of times a day and is perfectly normal," he thinks "this is obviously a case of child abduction and I must ale...

CVE-2018-0685

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2018-11-15 18:22:28+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cibsecurity/1230...

Microsoft Team Foundation Server CVE-2018-8602 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Team Foundation Server is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2018-8570 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause denial of service conditions. Internet Explorer 11 is are vulnerable...

Microsoft ChakraCore Scripting Engine CVE-2018-8588 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft ChakraCore is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft ChakraCore...

Microsoft Outlook CVE-2018-8524 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Outlook is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Successful exploits may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft Office 2019...

Microsoft Outlook CVE-2018-8558 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Outlook is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. Technologies Affected Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions Microsoft...

Microsoft Windows Graphics Component CVE-2018-8553 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code on a target system. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 fo...

Microsoft ChakraCore Scripting Engine CVE-2018-8557 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft ChakraCore is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft ChakraCore...

Microsoft Outlook CVE-2018-8576 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Outlook is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Successful exploits may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft Office 2019...

Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2018-8581 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Exchange Server is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges. Technologies Affected Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Microsoft Exchange Server...

Microsoft ChakraCore Scripting Engine CVE-2018-8555 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft ChakraCore is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed attacks will cause denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft ChakraCore...

Microsoft Edge CVE-2018-8567 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges. Technologies Affected Microsoft Edge Recommendations Block external access at the network boundary, unless external parties require service. Filter...

Will good prevail over bad as bots battle for the internet?

By Ian Trump This is the third in a series of blog posts “on all things Bot” - The first two posts are available here and here. From bad to good and looking towards the future, Bots remain an information security issue which has the potential to impact all commercial and recreational online...

gpsd Open Source Project

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.3 Vendor: gpsd Open Source Project Equipment: gpsd, microjson Vulnerability: Stack-based Buffer Overflow 2. REPOSTED INFORMATION This advisory was originally posted to the HSIN ICS-CERT library on November 6, 2018, and is being released to the NCCIC/ICS-CERT...

Provisioning Services 7.15 - VDA freezes intermittently

Provisioning Services 7.15 - Randomly VDA's freezes while users working on it...

Threat Roundup for Oct. 26 to Nov. 2

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 26 and Nov. 02. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics...

Information security: How Hackers Leverage Stolen Data for Profit

Data theft is inarguably big business for hackers. This has been proven time and time again when big-name companies and their customers are involved in a data breach. As these instances appear to take place more often, and the number of stolen or compromised files continues to rise, it's worth...

Restricted Work Log entries show in the Activity Stream in JIRA Server

This is a regression of bug JRASERVER-34022: Restricted Work Log entries show in the Activity Stream in JIRA Server fixed in JIRA Server including JIRA Core 7.3.8|https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-34022. Apparently this is a regression and users that are not meant to see the worklogs ca...

chromium-browser: Lack of limits on update() in ServiceWorker

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60...