cups: OpenPrinting CUPS: Privilege escalation via arbitrary file overwrite due to coerced authentication

A flaw was found in OpenPrinting CUPS. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by coercing the cupsd service to authenticate to an attacker-controlled Internet Printing Protocol IPP service. This allows the user to create a persistent printer queue that can overwrite arbitrary...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

The application was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF attacks, allowing an attacker to coerce users into sending malicious requests to the site to delete their account, or in rare circumstances, hijack their account and create other admin accounts...

OpenCart-Overclocked Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS may allow an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the context of the victim’s browser. This may lead to unauthorised actions being performed, unauthorised access to data, stealing of session information, denial of service, etc. An attacker needs to coerce a us...

Mexican Politician Removed Over Alleged Ties to Romanian ATM Skimmer Gang

The leader of Mexicos Green Party has been removed from office following allegations that he received money from a Romanian ATM skimmer gang that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from tourists visiting Mexicos top tourist destinations over the past five years. The scandal is the latest fallo...

CVE-2020-24721

An issue was discovered in the GAEN aka Google/Apple Exposure Notifications protocol through 2020-09-29, as used in COVID-19 applications on Android and iOS. It allows a user to be put in a position where he or she can be coerced into proving or disproving an exposure notification, because of the...

Who’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack?

Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world's most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. Twitter says the attack happened because someone tricked or coerced an employee into providing access to...