Input validation

In affected versions of TensorFlow running an LSTM/GRU model where the LSTM/GRU layer receives an input with zero-length results in a CHECK failure when using the CUDA backend. This can result in a query-of-death vulnerability, via denial of service, if users can control the input to the layer...

CHECK-fail in LSTM with zero-length input in TensorFlow

Impact Running an LSTM/GRU model where the LSTM/GRU layer receives an input with zero-length results in a CHECK failure when using the CUDA backend. This can result in a query-of-death vulnerability, via denial of service, if users can control the input to the layer. Patches We have patched the...

On That Dusseldorf Hospital Ransomware Attack and the Resultant Death

Wired has a detailed story about the ransomware attack on a Dusseldorf hospital, the one that resulted in an ambulance being redirected to a more distant hospital and the patient dying. The police wanted to prosecute the ransomware attackers for negligent homicide, but the details were more...

Healthcare security update: death by ransomware, what’s next?

A recent ransomware attack which played a significant role in the death of a German woman has put into focus both the dangers and the importance of cybersecurity today. But it has also led some to point fingers as to who was responsible. As usual, playing the blame game helps no one, but it does...

A week in security (September 14 – 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at Fintech industry developments, specifically the differences between Europe and the US, and we analyzed how some charities and the advertising industry are tied together. We also told readers about what companies can do to counter domain name abuse. In...

A Patient Dies After Ransomware Attack Paralyzes German Hospital Systems

German authorities last week disclosed that a ransomware attack on the University Hospital of Düsseldorf UKD caused a failure of IT systems, resulting in the death of a woman who had to be sent to another hospital that was 20 miles away. The incident marks the first recorded casualty as a...

Ransomware attack on hospital causes patient’s death

By Sudais Asif Cybercriminals inflict damages every day on innocent people for monetary benefits especially when it comes to a ransomware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware attack on hospital causes patients death...

2 Hackers Charged for Defacing Sites after U.S. Airstrike Killed Iranian General

The US Department of Justice DoJ on Tuesday indicted two hackers for their alleged involvement in defacing several websites in the country following the assassination of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani earlier this January. Behzad Mohammadzadeh aka Mrb3hz4d, 19, and Marwan Abusrour aka...

KLA11788 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mpmtp installer

Absolutely unique vulnerability was found in mpmtp system installer. Vulnerability can be exploited different ways, but the easiest way is running installer with /dos switch which leading to a blue screen of death and the need to reinstall Windows due to a failure of the system kernel driver. Thi...

Impulse - Impulse Denial-of-service ToolKit

Modern Denial-of-service ToolKit Main window Methods: Method | Target | Description ---|---|--- SMS | +PHONE | SMS & CALL FLOOD NTP | IP:PORT | NTP amplification is a type of Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack in which the attacker exploits publically-accessible Network Time Protocol NTP...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of t...

CVE-2019-11683

udpgroreceivesegment in net/ipv4/udpoffload.c in the Linux kernel 5.x before 5.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service slab-out-of-bounds memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via UDP packets with a 0 payload, because of mishandling of padded packets, aka t...

Path traversal

An issue was discovered in Envoy 1.12.0. An untrusted remote client may send HTTP/2 requests that write to the heap outside of the request buffers when the upstream is HTTP/1. This may be used to corrupt nearby heap contents leading to a query-of-death scenario or may be used to bypass Envoy's...

A week in security (October 14 – 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we tried to unlock the future of the password its vulnerabilities, current alternatives, and possible future disappearance, analyzed the lagging response by many businesses in adopting a patch for Pulse VPN vulnerability, looked at Instagram’s bulked-up security...

A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect

Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn't see anything. But her Fitbit did...

PT-2019-17780 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FreeBSD versions 12.0-STABLE before r350828 FreeBSD versions 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p10 FreeBSD versions 11.3-STABLE before r350829 FreeBSD versions 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD versions 11.2-RELEASE before...

Death linked to prank – France seeks extradition of hacker from Israel

By Waqas The incident took place in 2014 in which father of a French journalist died of a heart attack soon after prank call made by the hacker. Ulcan, an infamous hacker, could possibly be extradited to France as on Tuesday French prosecutors have officially requested Israeli authorities to let...

CVE-2019-11683

udpgroreceivesegment in net/ipv4/udpoffload.c in the Linux kernel 5.x before 5.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service slab-out-of-bounds memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via UDP packets with a 0 payload, because of mishandling of padded packets, aka t...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11683

udpgroreceivesegment in net/ipv4/udpoffload.c in the Linux kernel 5.x before 5.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service slab-out-of-bounds memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via UDP packets with a 0 payload, because of mishandling of padded packets, aka t...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSL affects MegaRAID Storage Manager (CVE-2016-8610)

Summary MegaRAID Storage Manager has addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSL, referred to as "SSL Death Alert." Vulnerability Details Summary MegaRAID Storage Manager has addressed the following vulnerability in OpenSSL, referred to as "SSL Death Alert." Vulnerability Details: CVEID:...