January 11, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Chess” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 11, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The Underground Ransomwa...

Unauthorized access vulnerability in Xiaomi Box

Xiaomi Box is a high-definition Internet TV box. Xiaomi Box suffers from an unauthorized access vulnerability, which is due to the failure of the Xiaomi Box server to verify authorization for service access. An attacker can use this vulnerability to install and uninstall applications, play...

Security Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB4011648) farm-deployment

A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability...

Security Update for Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 (KB4011648)

A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened. This update resolves that vulnerability...

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 Office Web Apps: January 9, 2018

Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 Office Web Apps: January 9, 2018 Summary This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilitie...

Security Updates for Microsoft Office Online Server and Microsoft Office Web Apps (January 2018)

The Microsoft Office Online Server or Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An Office RTF remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the Office software...

Fake Android apps caught dropping Coinhive miner

By Waqas In October last year, three Android apps on Play Store This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Android apps caught dropping Coinhive miner...

Google Play Removes 22 Malicious ‘LightsOut’ Apps From Marketplace

Nearly two dozen Android flashlight and related utility apps were removed from the Google Play marketplace after researchers found a malicious advertising component dubbed “LightsOut” inside them. In total, the apps were downloaded between 1.5 and 7.5 million times. Security researchers at Check...

SilverStripe CMS 3.6.2 - CSV Excel Macro Injection Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: SilverStripe CMS - 3.6.2 CSV Excel Macro Injection Vendor Homepage: https://www.silverstripe.org/ Software Link: https://www.silverstripe.org/download Discovered by: Ishaq Mohammed Contact: https://twitter.com/securityprince...

Catelites Android Malware Poses as 2,200 Bank Apps

By Waqas Another day another Android malware. This time, according to a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Catelites Android Malware Poses as 2,200 Bank Apps...

SilverStripe CMS 3.6.2 - CSV Excel Macro Injection

SilverStripe CMS 3.6.2 - CSV Excel Macro Injection Exploit Title: SilverStripe CMS - 3.6.2 CSV Excel Macro Injection Vendor Homepage: https://www.silverstripe.org/ Software Link: https://www.silverstripe.org/download Discovered by: Ishaq Mohammed Contact: https://twitter.com/securityprince Websit...

The vulnerability of the Chrome Apps extension platform of Google Chrome allows a hacker to gain access to memory beyond the boundaries of the application.

The vulnerability of the Chrome Apps extension platform of Google Chrome is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to gain access to memory beyond the application’s boundaries using a specially crafted extensi...

Google Play Boots 3 Fake Bitcoin Wallet Apps

Google moved quickly to kick three fake bitcoin wallet apps from its Google Play marketplace earlier this month after researchers at mobile security firm Lookout discovered them. The apps pretended to be legitimate bitcoin wallets, but instead were fake. Apps were designed to trick sellers to...

This New Android Malware Can Physically Damage Your Phone

Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, not only hackers but also legitimate website administrators are increasingly using JavaScript-based cryptocurrency miners to monetize by levying the CPU power of your PC to mine Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. Just last week, researchers from...

Jack of all trades

Nowadays, it's all too easy to end up with malicious apps on your smartphone, even if you're using the official Google Play app store. The situation gets even worse when you go somewhere other than the official store – fake applications, limited security checks, and so on. However, the spread of...

AndroTickler - Penetration Testing and Auditing Toolkit for Android Apps

A java tool that helps to pentest Android apps faster, more easily and more efficiently. AndroTickler offers many features of information gathering, static and dynamic checks that cover most of the aspects of Android apps pentesting. It also offers several features that pentesters need during the...

Still Stealing

Two years ago in October 2015 we published a blogpost about a popular malware that was being distributed from the Google Play Store. Over the next two years we detected several similar apps on Google Play, but in October and November 2017 we found 85 new malicious apps on Google Play that are...

REST endpoint user impersonation using authentication module functionality - CVE-2017-16858

The 'crowd-application' plugin module notably used by the Google Apps plugin in Atlassian Crowd from version 1.5.0 before version 3.1.2 allowed an attacker to impersonate a Crowd user in REST requests by being able to authenticate to a directory bound to an application using the feature. Given th...

REST endpoint user impersonation using authentication module functionality - CVE-2017-16858

The 'crowd-application' plugin module notably used by the Google Apps plugin in Atlassian Crowd from version 1.5.0 before version 3.1.2 allowed an attacker to impersonate a Crowd user in REST requests by being able to authenticate to a directory bound to an application using the feature. Given th...

JVN#27342829: Qt for Android environment variables alteration

Qt for Android contains an information alteration vulnerability. Impact A remote attacker may alter environemt variables of the apps created using Qt. As a result, arbitrary code may be executed. Solution Update the Software Update to the latest version of software according to the information...