Dangerous Pegasus Spyware Has Spread to 45 Countries

The infamous Pegasus spyware, which targets iPhones and Android devices, has allegedly infiltrated 45 different countries across the globe — and six of those countries have used surveillance malware in the past to abuse human rights, a group of researchers claimed Tuesday. Researchers from The...

Yahoo Hacker linked to Russian Intelligence Gets 5 Years in U.S. Prison

A 23-year-old Canadian man, who pleaded guilty last year for his role in helping Russian government spies hack into email accounts of Yahoo users and other services, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Karim Baratov a.k.a Karim Taloverov, a.k.a Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, a Kazakhstan-born...

Virginia Beach Police Want Encrypted Radios

This article says that the Virginia Beach police are looking to buy encrypted radios. Virginia Beach police believe encryption will prevent criminals from listening to police communications. They said officer safety would increase and citizens would be better protected. Someone should ask them if...

citizen.com.my Open Redirect vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-558325 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| citizen.com.my Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| Open Redirect / CWE-601 CVSSv3 Score:| 3.4...

CVE-2018-1362

IBM Curam Social Program Management 6.0.5, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, and 7.0.1 within Citizen Portal could allow an authenticated user to withdraw other user's submitted applications from the system and possibly obtain privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 137380...

CVE-2018-1362

IBM Curam Social Program Management 6.0.5, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, and 7.0.1 within Citizen Portal could allow an authenticated user to withdraw other user's submitted applications from the system and possibly obtain privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 137380...

Code injection

IBM Curam Social Program Management 6.0.5, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, and 7.0.1 within Citizen Portal could allow an authenticated user to withdraw other user's submitted applications from the system and possibly obtain privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 137380...

CVE-2018-1362

IBM Cúram Social Program Management (Citizen Portal) is affected by CVE-2018-1362. Affected versions: 7.0.0.0–7.0.1.1, 6.2.0.0–6.2.0.6, 6.1.0.0–6.1.1.6, and 6.0.5.0–6.0.5.10. The vulnerability is an Insecure Direct Object Reference that could let an authenticated user withdraw another user’s subm...

CVE-2018-1362

IBM Curam Social Program Management 6.0.5, 6.1.1, 6.2.0, and 7.0.1 within Citizen Portal could allow an authenticated user to withdraw other user's submitted applications from the system and possibly obtain privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 137380...

CEO of Major UK-Based Cryptocurrency Exchange Kidnapped in Ukraine

Pavel Lerner, a prominent Russian blockchain expert and known managing director of one of the major crypto-exchanges EXMO, has allegedly been kidnapped by "unknown" criminals in the Ukranian capital of Kiev. According to Ukraine-based web publication Strana, Lerner, 40-year-old citizen of Russia,...

Security Planner

Security Planner is a custom security advice tool from Citizen Lab. Answer a few questions, and it gives you a few simple things you can do to improve your security. It's not meant to be comprehensive, but instead to give people things they can actually do to immediately improve their security. I...

citizen.com.my XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-432265 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| citizen.com.my Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat...

International Investigatory Group Also Target of Government Spyware

The same spyware that was used against Mexican journalists, lawyers, and even a child was also used against a group of international investigators. A collective known as the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts GIEI, was hit by the spyware while in Mexico in 2016. The group was appointe...

Threat Actors Target Chinese Language News Sites

A California-based news website covering China, called China Digital Times, was targeted in a spying campaign that involved phishing lures and the use of the NetWire remote access Trojan. The attacks began in February 2017 and were part of a wider campaign of phishing, reconnaissance and malware...

On GhostHook, Fireball, WannaCry, and more

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Citizen Lab’s latest report, WannaCry hitting Honda, GhostHook, and Fireball. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapJune232017.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves Show notes: GhostHook attack bypasses Windows 10 PatchGuard Say Goodbye to SMBv1 in...

Mexican Journalists, Lawyers Focus of Government Spyware

Dozens of Mexican journalists, lawyers, and even a child, had their devices infected with commercially produced spyware during the past two years as part of an overarching campaign believed to be carried out by the nation’s government. The spyware, Pegasus, came in the form of text messages...

prestoncitizen.co.uk XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.prestoncitizen.co.uk/search//"--!" Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 31.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated VIP website status:| No Check...

About the security content of iOS 9.3.5 - Apple Support

For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page. For more information about security, see the Apple Product Security...

About the security content of iOS 10.0.1 - Apple Support

About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page. For more information about security, se...

login.press-citizen.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://login.press-citizen.com/PIOC-GUP/authenticate/?from-state=returning-user-get-redirect%27%22--%3E%3C/Title/%3E%3C/Script/%3E%3CSvg%20/Onload=confirmOPENBUGBOUNTY%3E= Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 30.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XS...