FTC Fines Mental Health Startup Cerebral $7 Million for Major Privacy Violations

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC has ordered mental telehealth company Cerebral from using or disclosing personal medical data for advertising purposes. It has also been fined more than $7 million over charges that it revealed users' sensitive personal health information and other data to...

A week in security (April 1 – April 7)

A list of topics we covered in the week of April 1 to April 7 of 2024 Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: 60% of small businesses are concerned about cybersecurity threats Cookie consent choices are just being ignored by some websites Bing ad for NordVPN leads to SecTopRAT Jackson County hit by...

React Native Sms User Consent Intent Redirection Vulnerability

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent up to 1.1.4 on Android. Affected by this issue is the function registerReceiver of the file android/src/main/java/ua/kyivstar/reactnativesmsuserconsent/SmsUserConsentModule.kt. The...

CVE-2021-4438

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent up to 1.1.4 on Android. Affected by this issue is the function registerReceiver of the file android/src/main/java/ua/kyivstar/reactnativesmsuserconsent/SmsUserConsentModule.kt. The...

CVE-2021-4438

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent up to 1.1.4 on Android. Affected by this issue is the function registerReceiver of the file android/src/main/java/ua/kyivstar/reactnativesmsuserconsent/SmsUserConsentModule.kt. The...

CVE-2021-4438 kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent SmsUserConsentModule.kt registerReceiver improper export of android application components

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent up to 1.1.4 on Android. Affected by this issue is the function registerReceiver of the file android/src/main/java/ua/kyivstar/reactnativesmsuserconsent/SmsUserConsentModule.kt. The...

CVE-2021-4438

CVE-2021-4438 affects kyivstarteam/react-native-sms-user-consent up to 1.1.4 on Android. The issue lies in SmsUserConsentModule.kt, registerReceiver, causing improper export of Android components. Local attack is required. Upgrading to version 1.1.5 fixes the vulnerability (patch: 5423dcb0cd3e4d5...

CVE-2021-4438 kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent SmsUserConsentModule.kt registerReceiver improper export of android application components

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in kyivstarteam react-native-sms-user-consent up to 1.1.4 on Android. Affected by this issue is the function registerReceiver of the file android/src/main/java/ua/kyivstar/reactnativesmsuserconsent/SmsUserConsentModule.kt. The...

React Native Sms User Consent 安全漏洞

React Native Sms User Consent is an open source library by Kyivstar Tech Digital. A security vulnerability exists in React Native Sms User Consent 1.1.4 and earlier versions, which stems from a security issue in the registerReceiver function in...

Cookie consent choices are just being ignored by some websites

In news that is, sadly, unlikely to shock you, new research indicates that many websites ignore visitors choices to refuse cookies and collect their data anyway. Researchers at the University of Amsterdam UvA analyzed 85,000 European websites and came to the conclusion that 90% of them violated a...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kanidm (openSUSE-SU-2024:0095-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG 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-only ifdescription...

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0095-1 Security update for kanidm

This update for kanidm fixes the following issues: Update to version 1.1.0rc16git6.e51d0de: SECURITY: LOW Administrator triggered thread crash in oauth2 claim maps 2686 2686 return consent map to service account 2604...

Mozilla: Clickjacking vulnerability could have led to a user accidentally granting permissions

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A missing delay on when pointer lock was used could have allowed a malicious page to trick a user into granting permissions...

Midnight Blizzard Attack Detection in Trellix Helix

Midnight Blizzard Attack Detection in Trellix Helix By Ian Shefferman · March 18, 2024 On January 25, 2024, Microsoft reported a breach of their systems by the Russian APT group Midnight Blizzard, also known as APT29 and Cozy Bear. The attackers performed a password spray, compromised a Microsoft...

Automakers Are Sharing Driver Data with Insurers without Consent

Kasmir Hill has the story: Modern cars are internet-enabled, allowing access to services like navigation, roadside assistance and car apps that drivers can connect to their vehicles to locate them or unlock them remotely. In recent years, automakers, including G.M., Honda, Kia and Hyundai, have...

The vulnerability of the process_delete function in the class-DNSMPD.php component of the GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress’ content management system allows a hacker to perform a CSRF attack.

The vulnerability of the processdelete function in the class-DNSMPD.php component of the GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress content management systems is related to the manipulation of cross-site requests. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute a CSRF...

CVE-2024-23245

This issue was addressed by adding an additional prompt for user consent. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5. Third-party shortcuts may use a legacy action from Automator to send events to apps without user consent...

CVE-2024-23245

This issue was addressed by adding an additional prompt for user consent. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5. Third-party shortcuts may use a legacy action from Automator to send events to apps without user consent...

Code injection

This issue was addressed by adding an additional prompt for user consent. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5. Third-party shortcuts may use a legacy action from Automator to send events to apps without user consent...

CVE-2024-23245

CVE-2024-23245 affects macOS where third-party shortcuts could use a legacy Automator action to send events to apps without user consent. The issue is addressed by adding an additional prompt for user consent and is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14.4, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, and macOS Ventura 13.6.5. Prac...