Arbitrary File Read

electron is vulnerable to arbitrary file read. An attacker is able to read local files by defining unsafe window options on a child window that is opened using window.open...

Design/Logic Flaw

In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, arbitrary local file read is possible by defining unsafe window options on a child window opened via window.open. As a workaround, ensure you are calling event.preventDefault on all new-window events where the url or options is not...

Arbitrary file read via window-open IPC in Electron

Impact The vulnerability allows arbitrary local file read by defining unsafe window options on a child window opened via window.open. Workarounds Ensure you are calling event.preventDefault on all new-window events where the url or options is not something you expect. Fixed Versions 9.0.0-beta.21...

militarychildcareins.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1213269

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

A week in security (June 8 – 14)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked into nasty search hijackers that worried a lot of Chrome users; a list of considerations for MSPs when looking for an RMM platform; the complaint faced by ParetoLogic, the company that issues SpeedyPC, a product that claims to find and remove various PC...

How Facebook Helped FBI Capture a Notorious Child Abuser

By Waqas Facebook did something unexpcted. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Facebook Helped FBI Capture a Notorious Child Abuser...

Trend Micro Guardian: Protecting Your Kids On-the-Go

Some smart devices are not limited to use on the home network; for instance, your child’s mobile phone or tablet. Keeping your kids safe on these on-the-go devices means extending your security policies beyond the home. Trend Micro Home Network Security HNS makes it easy with its complementary ap...

Facebook Announces Messenger Security Features that Don't Compromise Privacy

Note that this is "announced," so we don't know when it's actually going to be implemented. Facebook today announced new features for Messenger that will alert you when messages appear to come from financial scammers or potential child abusers, displaying warnings in the Messenger app that provid...

Authorities arrest active dark web child abuser in Italy

By Waqas Joint Operation from Europol and International Agencies leads to Arrest of Dark Web Child Sexual Abuser in Italy. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Authorities arrest active dark web child abuser in Italy...

@blitzbank/dashboard (>=0.0.1, <=0.0.2), @bloombox/js-client (1.1.4) +22 more potentially affected by CVE-2020-11079 via dns-sync (0.1.3)

dns-sync NPM version 0.1.3 is affected by a known vulnerability. The following packages have a transitive dependency on dns-sync and may be impacted: - @blitzbank/dashboard =0.0.1, =0.1.0, =1.0.2, =1.0.1, =1.0.1, =2.2.37, =0.0.1, =0.2.24, =0.0.1, =1.0.0, =2.0.3 and more Source cves: CVE-2020-1107...

210 days prison for crypto CEO who held 13k child abuse & beastiality files

By Waqas Only 6 months for a convicted pedophile. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 210 days prison for crypto CEO who held 13k child abuse & beastiality files...

Member of global child abuse ring caught with 650,000 images, videos

By Waqas He will not rot in hell for years. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Member of global child abuse ring caught with 650,000 images, videos...

Node.js: Child process environment injection via prototype pollution

Summary: prototype pollution causes polluted system environment for child processes. Description: This can be used to inject arbitrary --require flags to node.js child processes or in the case of current node.js versions it can be used to inject arbitrary JavaScript to child processes. In practic...

Node.js third-party modules: [gfc] Command Injection via insecure command formatting

I would like to report a Command Injection issue in the gfc module. It allows to execute arbitrary commands on the victim's PC. Module module name: gfc version: 2.0.2 npm page: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gfc Module Description Simple way to initialize a new git repository in an empty directory...

Node.js third-party modules: [vboxmanage.js] Command Injection via insecure command concatenation

I would like to report a Command Injection issue in the vboxmanage.js module. It allows to execute arbitrary commands on the victim's PC. Module module name: vboxmanage.js version: 1.0.6 npm page: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vboxmanage.js Module Description A wrapper for VirtualBox CLI with...

Nursery school teacher arrested for years-long dark web child abuse

By Waqas Europol was tipped about the teacher’s involvement in the selling of child sexual abuse content on the dark web and then... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nursery school teacher arrested for years-long dark web child abuse...

Hackers deface church service on Zoom with child abuse content

By Deeba Ahmed Just yesterday it was reported that a critical Zoom vulnerability lets hackers record meetings anonymously... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers deface church service on Zoom with child abuse content...

CVE-2019-12522

A flaw was found in squid. When Squid is run as root, it spawns its child processes as a lesser user, by default the user nobody. This is done via the leavesuid call. leavesuid leaves the Saved UID as 0. This makes it trivial for an attacker who has compromised the child process to escalate their...

Notorious dark web child abuser arrested after int’l operation

By Deeba Ahmed Authorities have arrested a dark web child abuser known for uploading highly graphic content on several marketplaces and online forums. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Notorious dark web child abuser arrested after int'l operation...

You Won't Believe what this One Line Change Did to the Chrome Sandbox

Posted by James Forshaw, Project Zero The Chromium sandbox on Windows has stood the test of time. It’s considered one of the better sandboxing mechanisms deployed at scale without requiring elevated privileges to function. For all the good, it does have its weaknesses. The main one being the...