SandboxEscaper Drops Three More Windows Exploits, IE Zero-Day

On the heels of releasing a Windows zero-day exploit on Wednesday, developer SandboxEscaper has dropped exploit code for four more flaws on Thursday morning. On Wednesday, she dropped a Windows zero-day exploit that would allow local privilege-escalation LPE, by importing legacy tasks from other...

Update: Hacker Disclosed 4 New Microsoft Zero-Day Exploits in Last 24 Hours

Less than 24 hours after publicly disclosing an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Windows 10, the anonymous hacker going by online alias "SandboxEscaper" has now dropped new exploits for two more unpatched Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities. The two new zero-day vulnerabilities affect Microsoft...

Update: Hacker Disclosed 4 New Microsoft Zero-Day Exploits in Last 24 Hours

Less than 24 hours after publicly disclosing an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Windows 10, the anonymous hacker going by online alias "SandboxEscaper" has now dropped new exploits for two more unpatched Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities. The two new zero-day vulnerabilities affect Microsoft...

Windows Zero-Day Drops on Twitter, Developer Promises 4 More

UPDATE A Windows zero-day exploit dropped by developer SandboxEscaper would allow local privilege-escalation LPE, by importing legacy tasks from other systems into the Task Scheduler utility. It’s the latest zero-day from SandboxEscaper, who said that she has four more in the hopper that she’d li...

PoC Exploit For Unpatched Windows 10 Zero-Day Flaw Published Online

An anonymous hacker with an online alias "SandboxEscaper" today released proof-of-concept PoC exploit code for a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 10 operating system—that's his/her 5th publicly disclosed Windows zero-day exploit 1, 2, 3 in less than a year. Published on GitHub, the ne...

PoC Exploit For Unpatched Windows 10 Zero-Day Flaw Published Online

An anonymous hacker with an online alias "SandboxEscaper" today released proof-of-concept PoC exploit code for a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 10 operating system—that's his/her 5th publicly disclosed Windows zero-day exploit 1, 2, 3 in less than a year. Published on GitHub, the ne...

Developer Day 2019

Carbon Black is proud to announce its second annual Developer Day to be held on June 3, 2019, one day prior to the annual CB Connect 2019 user conference. Customers and partners worldwide will converge at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, California, to hear from Carbon Black employees and...

imagemagick/encoder_ptif_fuzzer: Heap-buffer-overflow in PushShortPixel

Detailed report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=5722372625137664 Project: imagemagick Fuzzer: libFuzzerimagemagickencoderptiffuzzer Fuzz target binary: encoderptiffuzzer Job Type: libfuzzerasanimagemagick Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Heap-buffer-overflow READ 1 Crash Address: 0x61d000004e84...

Mother's Day Online Shoppers Were Active, and So Were Threat Actors

Mother's Day is a major online shopping event that attracts both shoppers as well as threat actors. Earlier in the year, we reported on the United Kingdom's version, called Mothering Sunday. An eMarketer spending forecast predicted that in the United States, retail gift spending would increase,...

imagemagick/encoder_tiff_fuzzer: Use-of-uninitialized-value in HalfToSinglePrecision

Project: https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick.git Detailed report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=5640152724013056 Project: imagemagick Fuzzer: libFuzzerimagemagickencodertifffuzzer Fuzz target binary: encodertifffuzzer Job Type: libfuzzermsanimagemagick Platform Id: linux Crash Type:...

Staying Cyber Safe During Memorial Day

As Memorial Day approaches, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA reminds users to stay cyber safe. Users should be cautious of potential scams, such as unsolicited emails that contain malicious links or attachments with malware. Users should also be aware of the risks...

News Wrap: WhatsApp, Microsoft, Intel and Cisco Flaws

This week was filled with flaws, flaws and more flaws: From a zero-day under active exploit in the WhatsApp messaging app, to Patch Tuesday glitches addressed by Microsoft. Threatpost breaks down the top vulnerabilities of the week, including: A WhatsApp zero-day vulnerability being exploited in...

Spam and phishing in Q1 2019

Quarterly highlights Valentine's Day As per tradition, phishing timed to coincide with lovey-dovey day was aimed at swindling valuable confidential information out of starry-eyed users, such as bank card details. The topics exploited by cybercriminals ranged from online flower shops to dating...

Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003

Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the discovery of a "wormable" flaw that the company says could be used to fuel a fast-moving malware threat like the WannaCry...

WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Spyware Attacks

UPDATE WhatsApp is urging users to update as soon as possible, after a zero-day vulnerability found in its messaging platform was exploited by attackers who were able to inject spyware onto victims’ phones in targeted campaigns. First reported by the Financial Times, the popular messaging app...

Hackers Used WhatsApp 0-Day Flaw to Secretly Install Spyware On Phones

Whatsapp has recently patched a severe vulnerability that was being exploited by attackers to remotely install surveillance malware on a few "selected" smartphones by simply calling the targeted phone numbers over Whatsapp audio call. Discovered, weaponized and then sold by the Israeli company NS...

Easy WP SMTP v1. 3. 9）0 day vulnerability is being attacked in the process and reproducibility-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Foreword Your own blog site with wordpres hosting, last month found some abnormalities. 3.12 days, the mailbox explosion, received more than 100 letter on the site is the blasting of the notification mail. ! Day to see also not strange, because before it appeared such a situation, every day there...

Chrome V8 Turbofan JSCallReducer::ReduceArrayIndexOfIncludes Failed Check

v8: turbofan: JSCallReducer::ReduceArrayIndexOfIncludes fails to insert Map checks Since commit https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/c22bb466d8934685d897708119543d099b9d2a9a turbofan supports inlining calls to array.includes and array.indexOf. The logic of the function is roughly: 1. Che...

Leaked NSA Hacking Tools

In 2016, a hacker group calling itself the Shadow Brokers released a trove of 2013 NSA hacking tools and related documents. Most people believe it is a front for the Russian government. Since, then the vulnerabilities and tools have been used by both government and criminals, and put the NSA's...

CHAPTER 3: ELECTION DAY - BEST PRACTICES AND READINESS CHECKLIST FOR DIGITAL NEWS PUBLISHERS

CHAPTER 3: ELECTION DAY - BEST PRACTICES AND READINESS FOR DIGITAL NEWS PUBLISHERS As the 2019 General Election results approach, the frenzy and anticipation continue to build. Digital news publishers have the opportunity to engage with audiences on their digital properties as users go online to...