CVE-2017-3762

Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro (Windows 7/8/8.1) versions 8.01.86 and earlier store sensitive data (Windows logon credentials, fingerprint data) with weak encryption and a hard-coded password, accessible to all local non-administrative users. This CVE-2017-3762 entry is addressed by Lenovo’s advi...

Overview of rapid cyberattacks

Rapid cyberattacks like Petya and WannaCrypt have reset our expectations on the speed and scope of damage that a cyberattack can inflict. The Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity Group Detection and Response team worked extensively to help customers respond to and recover from these kinds of attack...

OpenJDK: insufficient strength of key agreement (JCE, 8185292)

It was discovered that the key agreement implementations in the JCE component of OpenJDK did not guarantee sufficient strength of used keys to adequately protect generated shared secret. This could make it easier to break data encryption by attacking key agreement rather than the encryption using...

OpenJDK: insufficient strength of key agreement (JCE, 8185292)

It was discovered that the key agreement implementations in the JCE component of OpenJDK did not guarantee sufficient strength of used keys to adequately protect generated shared secret. This could make it easier to break data encryption by attacking key agreement rather than the encryption using...

OpenJDK: insufficient strength of key agreement (JCE, 8185292)

It was discovered that the key agreement implementations in the JCE component of OpenJDK did not guarantee sufficient strength of used keys to adequately protect generated shared secret. This could make it easier to break data encryption by attacking key agreement rather than the encryption using...

Wi-Fi Alliance launches WPA3 protocol with new security features

The Wi-Fi Alliance has finally announced the long-awaited next generation of the wireless security protocol—Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA3. WPA3 will replace the existing WPA2—the network security protocol that has been around for at least 15 years and widely used by billions of wireless devices eve...

CVE-2017-17878

An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES aka the CONFIGFEATUREDEFAULTPASSWDALGO="des" setting...

OpenSSL Security Bypass Vulnerability (Dec 2017) - Linux

OpenSSL is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:openssl:openssl";...

Recam Redux - DeConfusing ConfuserEx

This post is authored by Holger Unterbrink and Christopher MarczewskiOverviewThis report shows how to deobfuscate a custom .NET ConfuserEx protected malware. We identified this recent malware campaign in our Advanced Malware Protection AMP telemetry. Initial infection is via a malicious Word...

CVE-2017-1000246

CVE-2017-1000246 affects pysaml2 (

SSL/TLS: Birthday attack against 64-bit block ciphers (SWEET32)

A flaw was found in the way the DES/3DES cipher was used as part of the TLS/SSL protocol. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to recover some plaintext data by capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between TLS/SSL server and client if the communication used a DES/3DES based...

SSL/TLS: Birthday attack against 64-bit block ciphers (SWEET32)

A flaw was found in the way the DES/3DES cipher was used as part of the TLS/SSL protocol. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to recover some plaintext data by capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between TLS/SSL server and client if the communication used a DES/3DES based...

Forever 21 Warns Shoppers of Payment Card Breach at Some Stores

Another day, another data breach. This time a fast-fashion retailer has fallen victim to payment card breach. American clothes retailer Forever 21 announced on Tuesday that the company had suffered a security breach that allowed unknown hackers to gain unauthorized access to data from payment car...

New Research in Invisible Inks

It's a lot more chemistry than I understand: Invisible inks based on "smart" fluorescent materials have been shining brightly if only you could see them in the data-encryption/decryption arena lately.... But some of the materials are costly or difficult to prepare, and many of these inks remain...

Part 2: All rise! Mind these digital crimes and arm your business against them

In the first installment of this two-part series, we advised consumers to stay on top of a selection of up-and-coming crimes to significantly lessen the chances of encountering them in the future. For this post, we're going to look into digital crimes that keeps small businesses and large...

SSL/TLS: Birthday attack against 64-bit block ciphers (SWEET32)

A flaw was found in the way the DES/3DES cipher was used as part of the TLS/SSL protocol. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to recover some plaintext data by capturing large amounts of encrypted traffic between TLS/SSL server and client if the communication used a DES/3DES based...

CVE-2017-15998

In the "NQ Contacts Backup & Restore" application 1.1 for Android, DES encryption with a static key is used to secure transmitted contact data. This makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext information by sniffing the network...

CVE-2017-15581

In the "Diary with lock" aka WriteDiary application 4.72 for Android, neither HTTPS nor other encryption is used for transmitting data, despite the documentation that the product is intended for "a personal journal of ... secrets and feelings," which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive...

Bad Rabbit Ransomware – What is it and how to stay safe

Trend Micro is tracking multiple reports of ransomware infections, known as Bad Rabbit, in many countries around the world. A suspected variant of Petya, Bad Rabbit is ransomware—malicious software that infects a computer and restricts user access to the infected machine until a ransom is paid to...

About the security content of Apple Support 1.2 for iOS - Apple Support

About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page. For more information about security, se...