Famous video apps with 157M+ installations operating as spyware

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Vulnerabilities of operating systems such as iOS, tvOS, macOS, watchOS, the browser Safari, the multimedia player iTunes for operating systems Windows, and the iCloud service for operating systems Windows are caused by a potential overflow condition that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities of operating systems such as iOS, tvOS, macOS, watchOS, the browser Safari, the multimedia player iTunes for operating systems Windows, and the iCloud service for operating systems Windows are caused by a numerical overflow. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows an attacker ...

Google Location Tracking Lambasted in Arizona Lawsuit

Google has been hit by a lawsuit alleging that it violates user privacy by collecting location data via various means – and claiming that Google makes it nearly “impossible” for users to opt out of such data tracking. The lawsuit, filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, alleges that Goog...

4 identity partnerships to help drive better security

At Microsoft, we are committed to driving innovation for our partnerships within the identity ecosystem. Together, we are enabling our customers, who live and work in a heterogenous world, to get secure and remote access to the apps and resources they need. In this blog, we’d like to highlight ho...

StrandHogg 2.0 Critical Bug Allows Android App Hijacking

A critical privilege-escalation vulnerability affecting Android devices has been found that allows attackers to hijack any app on an infected phone – potentially exposing private SMS messages and photos, login credentials, GPS movements, phone conversations and more. The bug is dubbed the...

New Android Flaw Affecting Over 1 Billion Phones Let Attackers Hijack Apps

Remember Strandhogg? A security vulnerability affecting Android that malicious apps can exploit to masquerade as any other app installed on a targeted device to display fake interfaces to the users, tricking them into giving away sensitive information. Late last year, at the time of its public...

The vulnerability of the Windows Runtime component of the Windows operating system allows a perpetrator to increase their privileges or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Windows Runtime component of the Windows operating system exists due to errors in object handling in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges or execute arbitrary code using a specially created application...

How to force Self Service to Refresh Start Menu Apps / Desktop Shortcuts on logon

Allow the users to have the latest Apps upon logon and not having to wait for a timed Refresh to occur...

The wolf is back...

By Warren Mercer, Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura. News summaryThai Android devices and users are being targeted by a modified version of DenDroid we are calling "WolfRAT," now targeting messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Line.We assess with high confidence that this modified...

WolfRAT Android Malware Targets WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger

UPDATE A new Android malware family has been discovered, which targets popular messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger to gather intelligence on Android victims. The malware, dubbed WolfRAT, is under active development, and was recently identified in campaigns targeting Thai users...

CVE-2020-12856

OpenTrace, as used in COVIDSafe through v1.0.17, TraceTogether, ABTraceTogether, and other applications on iOS and Android, allows remote attackers to conduct long-term re-identification attacks and possibly have unspecified other impact, because of how Bluetooth is used...

Multiple Huawei products cross-border read vulnerability (CNVD-2020-28976)

The Huawei Honor Magic 2, among others, is a smartphone from the Chinese company Huawei Huawei. A security vulnerability exists in several Huawei products. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability with the help of a specially crafted application to cause information leakage or service anomalies...

CVE-2020-1939

The Apache NuttX Incubating project provides an optional separate "apps" repository which contains various optional components and example programs. One of these, ftpd, had a NULL pointer dereference bug. The NuttX RTOS itself is not affected. Users of the optional apps repository are affected on...

Null pointer dereference

The Apache NuttX Incubating project provides an optional separate "apps" repository which contains various optional components and example programs. One of these, ftpd, had a NULL pointer dereference bug. The NuttX RTOS itself is not affected. Users of the optional apps repository are affected on...

vulhub

This repository is an open-source collection of vulnerable web applications and environments for security testing and education, maintained by vulhub. It is a defensive blue-team research and threat mitigation tool. The repository contains a variety of vulnerable web applications and environments...

Anubis Malware Upgrade Logs When Victims Look at Their Screens

The Anubis malware, which threat actors use to persistently attack Google’s Android-based smartphones, is set to evolve once again, this time adding a feature that allows the malware to identify if a victim is looking at his or her screen. The new feature is one of several that haven’t been...

Over 4000 Android Apps Expose Users' Data via Misconfigured Firebase Databases

More than 4,000 Android apps that use Google's cloud-hosted Firebase databases are 'unknowingly' leaking sensitive information on their users, including their email addresses, usernames, passwords, phone numbers, full names, chat messages and location data. The investigation, led by Bob Diachenko...

Over 4000 Android Apps Expose Users' Data via Misconfigured Firebase Databases

More than 4,000 Android apps that use Google's cloud-hosted Firebase databases are 'unknowingly' leaking sensitive information on their users, including their email addresses, usernames, passwords, phone numbers, full names, chat messages and location data. The investigation, led by Bob Diachenko...

cxf: reflected XSS in the services listing page

By default, Apache CXF creates a /services page containing a listing of the available endpoint names and addresses. This webpage is vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS attack, which allows a malicious actor to inject javascript into the web page. Please note that the attack exploit...

CVE-2014-1423

signond before 8.57+15.04.20141127.1-0ubuntu1, as used in Ubuntu Touch, did not properly restrict applications from querying oath tokens due to incorrect checks and the missing installation of the signon-apparmor-extension. An attacker could use this create a malicious click app that collects oau...