CVE-2018-17997

LayerBB 1.1.1 contains a Cross‑Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the titles of conversations (PMs). The underlying issue is improper handling of input in conversation titles, enabling an attacker to inject scripts that may execute in a victim’s browser. Reports across multiple sources (NVD/Re...

Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift

Facebook is making a new and stronger commitment to privacy. Last month, the company hired three of its most vociferous critics and installed them in senior technical positions. And on Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the company will pivot to focus on private conversations over the public...

Smart Ski Helmet Headphone Flaws Leak Personal, GPS Data

Researchers have found a slew of vulnerabilities in a pair of smart headphones designed to fit under ski helmets. The flaws could allow a bad actor to view victims’ personal information, track them and even listen to their private conversations via the headphones’ walkie-talkie function, which us...

iOS 12.1 passcode bypass hack discovered just few hours after its release

By Waqas Only a few hours have passed since the new iOS 12.1’s release and already its passcode bypass hack has been identified. Through the hack, the attacker can see all the private conversations on a locked iPhone. The passcode bypass hack has been discovered by a Spanish security researcher...

CVE-2018-18467

An issue was discovered in Daniel Gultsch Conversations 2.3.4. It is possible to spoof a custom message to an existing opened conversation by sending an intent...

CVE-2018-18467

An issue was discovered in Daniel Gultsch Conversations 2.3.4. It is possible to spoof a custom message to an existing opened conversation by sending an intent...

CVE-2018-18467

Technical details about CVE-2018-18467 are not publicly available in the provided connected documents. The descriptions across sources reiterate a spoofing via an intent in Conversations 2.3.4. Monitor for updates.

New WhatsApp flaws let attackers hack chats to spread fake news

By Waqas Spreading fake news through WhatsApp was never so easy before. According to the latest research from Check Point security firm, WhatsApp users are at the risk of getting their private chats and group conversations hacked and exploited. Researchers discovered a new wave of attacks that...

Concrete5 Comments on Enumeration Vulnerability

concrete5 is an open source content management system CMS for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranet. A comment enumeration vulnerability exists in tools/conversations/viewajax.php in Concrete5 before 8.3.0. An unauthenticated user can exploit this vulnerability by posting a reques...

Skype Finally Adds End-to-End Encryption for Private Conversations

Good news for Skype users who are concerned about their privacy. Microsoft is collaborating with popular encrypted communication company Signal to bring end-to-end encryption support to Skype messenger. End-to-end encryption assured its users that no one, not even the company or server that...

Microsoft Cortana Can Now Read Your Skype Messages to Make Chat Smarter

Microsoft today announced built-in support for Cortana—an artificial intelligence-powered smart assistant—in Skype messenger on Android as well as iOS devices. What purpose does it serve? Microsoft wants its AI-based smart assistance to understand your conversations and help you with quick...

FreeMilk Phishing Scam Hijacks Active Email Conversations to Deploy Malware

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: FreeMilk Phishing Scam Hijacks Active Email Conversations to Deploy Malware...

Twitter OSINT Tool Tinfoleak

tinfoleak is an open-source tool within the OSINT Open Source Intelligence and SOCMINT Social Media Intelligence disciplines, that automates the extraction of information on Twitter and facilitates subsequent analysis for the generation of intelligence. Taking a user identifier, geographic...

CVE-2015-3419

vBulletin 5.x through 5.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization checks and inject private messages into conversations via vectors related to an input validation failure...

CVE-2016-7553

CVE-2016-7553 affects Irssi prior to 0.8.20 via the buf.pl script (before version 2.20) that creates a scrollbuffer dump file with weak permissions. This could allow local users to read private chat conversations by accessing the dump file created during upgrades. The available connected document...

CVE-2016-7553

The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat conversations by reading the file...

Tinfoleak v2.0 - Get detailed information about a Twitter user activity

Are you interested in OSINT tools? Tinfoleak is the best OSINT tool for Twitter, and is open-source! The new version includes a lot of new and improved features: Search by coordinates Geolocated users Tagged users User conversations Identification in other social networks More powerful and flexib...

CVE-2016-9567

The mDNIe system service on Samsung Mobile S7 devices with M6.0 software does not properly restrict setmDNIeScreenCurtain API calls, enabling attackers to control a device's screen. This can be exploited via a crafted application to eavesdrop after phone shutdown or record a conversation. The...

How to Start Secret Conversations on Facebook Messenger

If you are looking for ways to start a secret conversation on Facebook Messenger with your friends, then you are at the right place. In this article, I am going to tell you about Facebook Messenger's new end-to-end encrypted chat feature, dubbed "Secret Conversations," but before that, know why d...

CVE-2016-7553

The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat conversations by reading the file...