CVE-2018-18492: Use After Free

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60.4, Firefox ESR 60.4, and Firefox 64...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2019:0415 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

The Dark Sides of Modern Cars: Hacking and Data Collection

Like an unstoppable incoming tide, connectivity has quietly inundated the automobiles we so love to drive. In less than a decade, amazing driver-assist mechanisms and must-have infotainment systems have swept into the dashboards of many popular car models for sale today. And we’re just at the sta...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: jackson-datatypes-collections-2.9.8-1.fc29

This is a multi-module umbrella project for various Jackson Data-type modules to support 3rd party Collection libraries. Currently included are: Guava data-type HPPC data-type PCollections data-type...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: elfutils-0.176-1.fc29

Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including stack to show backtraces, nm for listing symbols from object files, size for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file, strip for discarding symbols, readelf to see the raw ELF file structures, elflint to check for well-formed ELF file...

Theory: 'Simple Hack' Behind Bezos’ Alleged Compromising Images

Researchers are shooing away theories of an elaborate “deep state” hacking plot against Jeff Bezos tied to the alleged tawdry images of him and girlfriend Lauren Sanchez. They say, alleged images that Bezos claims that the National Enquirer is threatening to release were likely obtained via a...

Senators Grill Facebook, Google, and Apple Over Invasive Apps

Lawmakers want more information about Facebook’s Project Atlas program, which collected data from teens and sidestepped device makers’ privacy policies...

"Collection #1" Data Dump Hacker Identified

UPDATE Researchers say they have identified the threat actor behind the massive “Collection 1” data dump which exposed hundreds of millions of credentials on a hacking forum in January. Recorded Future researchers said this weekend that an individual using the monikor “C0rpz” has claimed as early...

Google Pulls Data-Chugging App From iOS Devices

Google has found itself in hot water for a research app that may have violated Apple’s policies by collecting user data in exchange for gift cards. The tech giant said it has now disabled Screenwise Meter“audience measurement” app – which voluntarily collects data from users’ phones, browsers and...

Apple Blasts Facebook Over Data-Sucking 'Research' App

Apple has revoked Facebook’s enterprise iOS developer certificate on the heels of a “Facebook Research” VPN app that was being distributed to consumers; the app paid teens and Millennial users in exchange for being able to track their phone and web activity, and has been available since 2016. App...

Facebook Paid Teens $20 to Install 'Research' App That Collects Private Data

If you are thinking that Facebook is sitting quietly after being forced to remove its Onavo VPN app from Apple's App Store, then you are mistaken. It turns out that Facebook is paying teenagers around $20 a month to use its VPN app that aggressively monitors their smartphone and web activity and...

Facebook Paid Teens $20 to Install 'Research' App That Collects Private Data

If you are thinking that Facebook is sitting quietly after being forced to remove its Onavo VPN app from Apple's App Store, then you are mistaken. It turns out that Facebook is paying teenagers around $20 a month to use its VPN app that aggressively monitors their smartphone and web activity and...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: lua-5.3.5-3.fc29

Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua is free software. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and...

What If Your VPN Keeps Logs and Why You Should Care

By David Balaban Have you ever asked yourself the question: “So what if my VPN keeps logs?" Don't worry. It's a good question to ask. It means you're actually curious about the nuances of data collection, management and how they affect you. In order to answer this question, we first have to delve...

What does ‘consent to tracking’ really mean?

Thanks to Jerome Boursier for contributions. Post GDPR, many social media platforms will ask end users to consent to some form of tracking as a condition of using the service. It's easy to make assumptions as to what that means, especially when the actual terms of service or data policy for the...

Mozilla: Use-after-free with select element

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60.4, Firefox ESR 60.4, and Firefox 64...

Mozilla: Use-after-free with select element

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur after deleting a selection element due to a weak reference to the select element in the options collection. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird 60.4, Firefox ESR 60.4, and Firefox 64...

Google Fined $57M in Largest GDPR Slap Yet

France’s National Data Protection Commission CNIL has fined Google $57 million €50 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR – the largest fine yet issued under the EU’s new data privacy law. In investigating group complaints from privacy advocacy groups None Of Your...

January 22, 2019 — KB4481031 Cumulative update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.7.2 for Windows 10, version 1809 and Windows Server 2019

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A week in security (January 14 – 20)

Last week on the Malwarebytes Labs blog, we took a look at how the government shutdown is influencing cybersecurity jobs, Advanced Persistent Threats group APT10, the comeback of Fallout EK, the hosting of malicious sites on legitimate servers, and the Collection 1 data breach. Other cybersecurit...