Not quite an Easter egg: a new family of Trojan subscribers on Google Play

Every once in a while, someone will come across malicious apps on Google Play that seem harmless at first. Some of the trickiest of these are subscription Trojans, which often go unnoticed until the user finds they have been charged for services they never intended to buy. This kind of malware...

Virtual Delivery Agent Privilege Escalation Command Execution

The vulnerability of the Virtual Delivery Agent VDA software for virtualizing and delivering Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops formerly XenApp and XenDesktop on Windows operating systems is related to deficiencies in access control when using a multi-user mode. Exploiting this vulnerability can...

Chinese Hacker Group Earth Longzhi Resurfaces with Advanced Malware Tactics

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking outfit has resurfaced with a new campaign targeting government, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing entities based in Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Fiji after more than six months of no activity. Trend Micro attributed the intrusion set to a cyber...

Google Blocks 1.43 Million Malicious Apps, Bans 173,000 Bad Accounts in 2022

Google disclosed that its improved security features and app review processes helped it block 1.43 million bad apps from being published to the Play Store in 2022. In addition, the company said it banned 173,000 bad accounts and fended off over $2 billion in fraudulent and abusive transactions...

Google Blocks 1.43 Million Malicious Apps, Bans 173,000 Bad Accounts in 2022

Google disclosed that its improved security features and app review processes helped it block 1.43 million bad apps from being published to the Play Store in 2022. In addition, the company said it banned 173,000 bad accounts and fended off over $2 billion in fraudulent and abusive transactions...

ASB-A-256202273

In verifyReplacingVersionCode of InstallPackageHelper.java, there is a possible way to downgrade system apps below system image version due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for...

ASB-A-263358101

In registerReceiverWithFeature of ActivityManagerService.java, there is a possible way for isolated processes to register a broadcast receiver due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not need...

ViperSoftX InfoStealer Adopts Sophisticated Techniques to Avoid Detection

A significant number of victims in the consumer and enterprise sectors located across Australia, Japan, the U.S., and India have been affected by an evasive information-stealing malware called ViperSoftX. ViperSoftX was first documented by Fortinet in 2020, with cybersecurity company Avast...

Browser Security Survey: 87% of SaaS Adopters Exposed to Browser-borne Attacks

The browser serves as the primary interface between the on-premises environment, the cloud, and the web in the modern enterprise. Therefore, the browser is also exposed to multiple types of cyber threats and operational risks. In light of this significant challenge, how are CISOs responding?...

Browser Security Survey: 87% of SaaS Adopters Exposed to Browser-borne Attacks

The browser serves as the primary interface between the on-premises environment, the cloud, and the web in the modern enterprise. Therefore, the browser is also exposed to multiple types of cyber threats and operational risks. In light of this significant challenge, how are CISOs responding?...

Microsoft Publisher Code Execution

The vulnerability of Microsoft Publisher software, Microsoft Office packages, and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise is related to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code...

Microsoft Publisher Code Execution

The vulnerability of Microsoft Publisher software, Microsoft Office packages, and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise is related to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2023-21093

In extractRelativePath of FileUtils.java, there is a possible way to access files in a directory belonging to other applications due to a path traversal error. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for...

Uncovering (and Understanding) the Hidden Risks of SaaS Apps

Recent data breaches across CircleCI, LastPass, and Okta underscore a common theme: The enterprise SaaS stacks connected to these industry-leading apps can be at serious risk for compromise. CircleCI, for example, plays an integral, SaaS-to-SaaS role for SaaS app development. Similarly, tens of...

Goldoson Android Malware Found in 60 Apps with 100M Downloads

By Deeba Ahmed The malware was identified by cybersecurity researchers at McAfee. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Goldoson Android Malware Found in 60 Apps with 100M Downloads...

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-21937

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE component: Networking. Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5 and 22.3.1. Difficult to explo...

Goldoson Android Malware Infects Over 100 Million Google Play Store Downloads

A new Android malware strain named Goldoson has been detected in the official Google Play Store spanning more than 60 legitimate apps that collectively have over 100 million downloads. An additional eight million installations have been tracked through ONE store, a leading third-party app...

Design/Logic Flaw

@web3-react is a framework for building Ethereum Apps . In affected versions the chainId may be outdated if the user changes chains as part of the connection flow. This means that the value of chainId returned by useWeb3React may be incorrect. In an application, this means that any data derived...

CVE-2023-30543 `chainId` may be outdated if user changes chains as part of connection in @web3-react

@web3-react is a framework for building Ethereum Apps . In affected versions the chainId may be outdated if the user changes chains as part of the connection flow. This means that the value of chainId returned by useWeb3React may be incorrect. In an application, this means that any data derived...

CVE-2023-30543

Con concrete details: The CVE-2023-30543 entry concerns @web3-react, where chainId can become outdated during a user’s chain-switch in the connection flow. The root cause is that useWeb3React() may return an incorrect chainId, causing dependent data (e.g., wrapped token addresses) to be computed ...