The vulnerability of the Windows operating system’s kernel, which allows a hacker to disclose protected information

The vulnerability of the Windows operating system’s kernel is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to disclose protected information through a specially created application...

The vulnerability of the Windows GDI component of the Windows operating system, which allows a hacker to compromise sensitive information

The vulnerability of the Windows GDI component of the Windows operating system is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to disclose protected information through a specially crafted document or web page...

A week in security (March 18 – 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we touched on the susceptibility of hospitals against phishing attacks, password reuse, the risk of interactive TV shows to side-channel attacks, and Facebook's new and out-of-character plan to promote privacy in the platform. Other cybersecurity news A study...

How Radio Frequency Technology is Putting the Industrial Sector at Risk

Each industry has its own unique security risks. The banking and health care sectors, for example, deal with some considerably sensitive financial and client data, and therefore must put robust protections in place to ensure its safety. The industrial sector, however, is a bit different. For many...

Linux: Default user umask

User Mask or User file creation MASK, umask is the default permission for a new file or directory created by a user. Secure default permission prevents other users from accessing private data. This script test for umask parameter set in files SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text...

DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2019-033

This module addresses the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR that came into effect 25th May 2018, and the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications from 2012. It provides a banner where you can gather consent from the user when the website stores cookies on their computer or...

Imperva Wins Awards for Best Database Security, Coolest Cloud Security Vendor

SC Magazine has long been one of the most respected names in cybersecurity journalism, and one that has written about Imperva’s security research and solutions many times. So we’re proud to announce that we’ve won the 2019 SC Award for Best Database Security solution at SC’s awards ceremony on...

Beauty Out of Chaos: Elevating Cybersecurity to an Art Form – Part 1

How many of you can remember what it was like managing IT security 10 years ago? How about two decades? The truth is that the landscape was so utterly different back then that any comparisons with today are a little unfair. Yet they’re useful in one key regard: to teach us just how complex and...

Labs survey finds privacy concerns, distrust of social media rampant with all age groups

Before Cambridge Analytica made Facebook an unwilling accomplice to a scandal by appropriating and misusing more than 50 million users’ data, the public was already living in relative unease over the privacy of their information online. The Cambridge Analytica incident, along with other, seemingl...

Will pay-for-privacy be the new normal?

Privacy is a human right, and online privacy should be no exception. Yet, as the US considers new laws to protect individuals’ online data, at least two proposals—one statewide law that can still be amended and one federal draft bill that has yet to be introduced—include an unwelcome bargain:...

The vulnerability of the Windows GDI component of the Windows operating system, which allows a hacker to compromise sensitive information

The vulnerability of the Windows GDI component of the Windows operating system is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to disclose protected information through a specially crafted document or web page...

The vulnerability of the Network Security Services library lies in the possibility of reducing the version of the TLS protocol used, allowing attackers to gain access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the Network Security Services library relates to the possibility of reducing the version of the TLS protocol used. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain access to protected information through a secondary channel...

The vulnerability of the Windows operating system’s kernel, which allows a hacker to disclose protected information

The vulnerability of the Windows operating system’s kernel is related to the lack of protection for service data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to disclose protected information through a specially created application...

CB Customer Spotlight: Q&A with MSD of Mt. Vernon’s William Stein

For the past 28 years, William Stein, Certified Education Technology Leader, has served as the Director of Information Systems for the Metropolitan School District MSD of Mt. Vernon in Indiana. Stein uses Carbon Black solutions to protect the K-12 school district’s data by responding to emerging...

Max Schrems: lawyer, regulator, international man of privacy

Almost one decade ago, disparate efforts began in the European Union to change the way the world thinks about online privacy. One effort focused on legislation, pulling together lawmakers from 28 member-states to discuss, draft, and deploy a sweeping set of provisions that, today, has altered how...

Step 5. Set up mobile device management: top 10 actions to secure your environment

The “Top 10 actions to secure your environment” series outlines fundamental steps you can take with your investment in Microsoft 365 security solutions. In “Step 5. Set up mobile device management,” you’ll learn how to plan your Microsoft Intune deployment and set up Mobile Device Management MDM ...

The vulnerability of the Kernel Zones Virtualized NIC Driver in the Oracle Solaris operating system allows a hacker to gain access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the Kernel Zones Virtualized NIC Driver component in the Oracle Solaris operating system is related to insufficient access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to protected information remotely...

Exposed: Instagram, OKCupid, Mumsnet All Face Data Concerns

It has once again been busy on the data privacy/exposure front as the week kicks off, with Instagram, dating site OKCupid and the UK’s powerhouse discussion site, Mumsnet, all making recent news. A report on GDPR breach notifications rounds out the latest. First up, Instagram users are apparently...

Google Boosts Encryption For Low-End Android Devices

Google introduced a new storage encryption solution that it hopes will expand security efforts across its full spectrum of Android-powered devices – including low-end devices that typically can’t support encryption. The new encryption offering, Adiantum, aims to solve a big issue that has plagued...

Security Bulletin: Offline dictionary attack vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) (CVE-2016-8937)

Summary IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager is vulnerable to an offline dictionary attack due to information disclosed during authentication. An attacker can gain full access to the IBM Spectrum Protect system allowing them to perform operations they may not be authorized to...