PT-2018-16092

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer 2018 versions 12.0.1191 and below Description A vulnerability in the User-Mode Hooking UMH driver could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted packet that could alter a vulnerable system, enabling...

Manipulative Social Media Practices

The Norwegian Consumer Council just published an excellent report on the deceptive practices tech companies use to trick people into giving up their privacy. From the executive summary: Facebook and Google have privacy intrusive defaults, where users who want the privacy friendly option have to g...

Microsoft Windows 10: Consumer Microsoft account user authentication

When enabled, this policy will prevent all applications and services on the device from new consumer Microsoft account authentication via the Windows OnlineID and WebAccountManager APIs. This policy may not affect applications which have already authenticated until the authentication cache expire...

The CMS Allows Health Plans to Host Their Own Enrollment Applications for Improved Consumer Experience

As part of the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act ACA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS recently began permitting direct enrollment entities qualified health plan issuers and web-brokers to host their own enrollment applications on their websites instead of proxyi...

Microsoft Windows 10: Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences

This policy setting turns off experiences that help consumers make the most of their devices and Microsoft account. If you enable this policy setting, users will no longer see personalized recommendations from Microsoft and notifications about their Microsoft account. If you disable or do not...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Dojo Toolkit affect IBM Worklight and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (CVE-2014-8917)

Summary There are cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the Dojo Toolkit that is used by IBM Worklight and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2014-8917 DESCRIPTION: IBM Dojo Toolkit is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Worklight (CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-5139)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL that is used by the optional FIPS 140-2 data-in-motion feature in IBM Worklight. These issues were disclosed on August 6, 2014 by the OpenSSL Project. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3509 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial o...

SAP B2B / B2C CRM Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SAP enterprise application software solution provider. A local file inclusion vulnerability exists in SAP B2B / B2C CRM. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to cause malicious data submitted externally to be entered as a variable in the file inclusion process, which could lead to the...

CVE-2018-6236

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x222813 by the tmusa driver. An attacker must first obtain the...

CVE-2018-6234: Out-of-bounds Read

An Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer 2018 could allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x222814 by the tmnciesc.sys driver. An attacker must first...

CVE-2018-6235: Out-of-bounds Write

An Out-of-Bounds write privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x222814 by the tmnciesc.sys driver. An attacker must first obtain the...

CVE-2018-6232: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

A buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x22205C by the tmnciesc.sys driver. An attacker must first obtain the abilit...

CVE-2018-6233: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

A buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x222060 by the tmnciesc.sys driver. An attacker must first obtain the abilit...

CVE-2018-6236: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x222813 by the tmusa driver. An attacker must first obtain the...

PT-2018-17432

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trend Micro Maximum Security Consumer version 2018 Description A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use privilege escalation issue exists due to a flaw in the processing of IOCTL 0x222813 by the tmusa driver. This could allow a local attacker to escalate...

Phone Maker BLU Settles with FTC Over Unauthorized User Data Extraction

Android phone-maker BLU Products agreed to a proposed settlement on Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission, over allegations it allowed the third-party firm Adups Technology to collect detailed consumer data from users without their consent. In an administrative complaint filed earlier this we...

CVE-2013-5391: Undefined Security Weakness

IBM Worklight Consumer and Enterprise Editions 5.0.x before 5.0.6 Fix Pack 2 and 6.0.x before 6.0.0 Fix Pack 2, and Mobile Foundation Consumer and Enterprise Editions 5.0.x before 5.0.6 Fix Pack 2 and 6.0.0 Fix Pack 2 make it easier for attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by...

The Internet of Everything and digital privacy: what you need to know

If you don’t already own Internet of Things IoT devices, you likely will soon. IoT-enabled devices are physical gadgets with built-in Internet connectivity that allow data transmission; often this happens in the background with no indication to the user that anything is happening. The IoT is more...

HackerOne CEO Talks Bug Bounty Programs at RSA Conference

SAN FRANCISCO – Marten Mickos, HackerOne CEO, catches up with Threatpost at RSA Conference to discuss hot-button issues around modern bounty programs. Topics range from how to design a program to protect consumer privacy and vulnerability disclosure issues. Mickos also reflects on the growing...

Advancing threat protection through industry-leading research

At Trend Micro we’ve been protecting our customers around the world for 30 years. So what’s the secret to staying at the cutting edge of the industry for all this time? By investing significant resources into forward-looking threat research, we’ve been able to anticipate where the black hats are...