Step 1. Identify users: top 10 actions to secure your environment

This series outlines the most fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. Well provide advice on activities such as setting up identity management through active directory, malware protection, and more. In this post, we explain how to create a single...

Google Chrome 71 Touts 43 Fixes, Fights Ad Abuse

Google officially lifted the curtain on Chrome 71 for Windows, Mac and Linux on Tuesday. The latest browser version touts new security features and a slew of fixes. Overall, Google issued 43 patches with the security update for Chrome 71. The newest version, 71.0.3578.80, included an array of hig...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in PhpMywind ad***.php File

PHPMyWind is a PHP + MySQL based development of W3C standards-compliant site building engine . A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PHPMyWind ad.php file. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive database information...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in HuCart ad***.php Page

HuCart HuCart is an open source enterprise building system. HuCart 5.7.4 version ad.php page SQL injection vulnerability , remote attackers can exploit the vulnerability to obtain database sensitive information...

A week in security (November 26 – December 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at our cybersecurity predictions for 2019, we explained why Malwarebytes participated in AV testing and how we took part in an joint take down of massive ad fraud botnets, warned that ESTA registration websites still lurk in paid ads on Google,...

This Week in Security News: Ethics and Law in the Dark Web

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how Trend Micro software can aid in safely securing containers on the AWS Cloud. Also, how the dark web has become a new advertising...

Samba 4.9.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-16852, CVE-2018-16857)

Samba is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

FBI Sinkholes $38M Global Ad Fraud Operation

The FBI has taken control of 31 web domains in a widespread takedown of a multi-year, global ad fraud campaign, believed to have stolen at least $38 million, partly via a botnet strategy. In addition, eight defendants face a 13-count indictment from a federal court in Brooklyn in the case. The...

FBI & Google shut down largest-ever Ad fraud scheme ‘3VE’

By Waqas 8 suspects behind 3VE have also been identified. Last year in August, the Federal Bureau of Investigation organized a secret meet-up between cybersecurity and digital advertising experts in its Manhattan federal building. This included Google and nearly 20 tech firms while there were...

Command injection

Samba from version 4.7.0 has a vulnerability that allows a user in a Samba AD domain to crash the KDC when Samba is built in the non-default MIT Kerberos configuration. With this advisory the Samba Team clarify that the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is considered experimental. Therefore t...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16853

Samba from version 4.7.0 has a vulnerability that allows a user in a Samba AD domain to crash the KDC when Samba is built in the non-default MIT Kerberos configuration. With this advisory the Samba Team clarify that the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is considered experimental. Therefore t...

ALPINE-CVE-2018-16853

Samba from version 4.7.0 has a vulnerability that allows a user in a Samba AD domain to crash the KDC when Samba is built in the non-default MIT Kerberos configuration. With this advisory the Samba Team clarify that the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is considered experimental. Therefore t...

Design/Logic Flaw

Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords to restrict brute forcing of passwords in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all. The primary risk from this issue is with regards to domains that have been...

CVE-2018-16853

Samba from version 4.7.0 has a vulnerability that allows a user in a Samba AD domain to crash the KDC when Samba is built in the non-default MIT Kerberos configuration. With this advisory the Samba Team clarify that the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is considered experimental. Therefore t...

CVE-2018-16857

Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords to restrict brute forcing of passwords in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all. The primary risk from this issue is with regards to domains that have been...

Malwarebytes helps take down massive ad fraud botnets

On November 27, the US Department of Justice announced the indictment of eight individuals involved in a major ad fraud case that cost digital advertisers millions of dollars. The operation, dubbed 3ve, was the combination of the Boaxxe and Kovter botnets, which the FBI—in collaboration with...

CVE-2018-16857

CVE-2018-16857 affects Samba AD DC password policy checks for bad passwords. From Samba 4.9.0 and older than 4.9.3, domains upgraded from 4.8 and earlier may fail to enforce bad-password counting within a window over 3 minutes, meaning password policy testing may not reflect the configured policy...

CVE-2018-16857

Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords to restrict brute forcing of passwords in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all. The primary risk from this issue is with regards to domains that have been...

CVE-2018-16853

Samba CVE-2018-16853 affects Samba 4.7.0 in the MIT Kerberos build for the AD DC; it could cause the KDC to crash when using this non-default MIT Kerberos configuration. The Samba team clarifies the MIT Kerberos build is experimental and will not receive patches for this configuration. Security r...

FBI Shuts Down Multimillion Dollar – 3ve – Ad Fraud Operation

Google, the FBI, ad-fraud fighting company WhiteOps and a collection of cyber security companies worked together to shut down one of the largest and most sophisticated digital ad-fraud schemes that infected over 1.7 million computers to generate fake clicks used to defraud online advertisers for...