VMware Fusion USB Arbitrator Setuid Privilege Escalation

This exploits an improper use of setuid binaries within VMware Fusion 10.1.3 - 11.5.3. The Open VMware USB Arbitrator Service can be launched outide of its standard path which allows loading of an attacker controlled binary. By creating a payload in the user home directory in a specific folder, a...

Latest LokiBot malware variant distributed as Epic Games installer

By Deeba Ahmed The new variant of the notorious LokiBot malware is more sophisticated and effective than its previous versions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Latest LokiBot malware variant distributed as Epic Games installer...

5 tips for building an effective security operations center (SOC)

Security is more than just tools and processes. It is also the people that develop and operate security systems. Creating systems in which security professionals can work efficiently and effectively with current technologies is key to keeping your data and networks secure. Many enterprise...

Amazon's Blink Smart Security Cameras Open to Hijack

Multiple high-severity vulnerabilities have been discovered in Amazon-owned Blink XT2 security camera systems, which if exploited could give attackers complete control over them. The internet of things IoT cameras not to be confused with the Blink open-source browser engine, consist of a wireless...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18276

An issue was discovered in disableprivmode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux and other systems th...

Effective Way to Download Youtube Playlist

By Uzair Amir How to download YouTube playlist? Here are 3 quick options! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Effective Way to Download Youtube Playlist...

CVE-2011-3145

When mount.ecrpytfsprivate before version 87-0ubuntu1.2 calls setreuid it doesn't also set the effective group id. So when it creates the new version, mtab.tmp, it's created with the group id of the user running mount.ecryptfsprivate...

How a Dedicated Focus on Clarity Can Relieve Disorganization, Distraction and Confusion in Infosec

clar·i·ty /ˈklerədē/ noun the quality of being coherent and intelligible. "For the sake of clarity, each of these strategies is dealt with separately" 1. synonyms: | lucidity, lucidness, clearness, perspicuity, intelligibility, comprehensibility, coherence;More ---|--- It’s been three years on th...

Bread And Butter Attacks

We continuously find that the most basic attack methods that worked ten years ago still work and will probably continue to be effective in the future...

6 Signs of Successful Threat Hunting

When a threat hunting program is established by an organization, their goal is to proactively hunt threats, with a focus on newer, more sophisticated attacks for which reliable signatures or indicators are not yet available. Bonus: Check out the "Top 5 Threat Hunting Myths" However, without an...

Ensure Highly Reliable First Mile Connectivity with Akamai Direct Connect

As linear OTT video services become mainstream, many broadcasters and online video distributors are increasingly looking for new ways to enhance service reliability. Many who manage their own origin infrastructures within a datacenter environment are seeking added assurance for ingest of their...

Why Small Businesses Need Cloud-Based Endpoint Security

If you run security at a small business, you know that you aren’t immune from attacks. In fact, your intellectual property and data is often more at risk, as you are perceived to be an easier target than enterprise vendors. According to the Ponemon Institute, two thirds of SMBs have had at least...

The Risk of IoT Security Complacency

Trend Micro recently surveyed 1,150 IT executives globally. We found a gap between the perceived risk from IoT and the planned mitigation for that risk. Most senior executives recognize that IoT can introduce security risk to the organization, but few will invest resources to remediate that risk...

Covert Backdoor Transmission Method: GhostTunnel

GhostTunnel is a covert backdoor transmission method that can be used in an isolated environment. It can attack the target through the HID device only to release the payload agent, then the HID device can be removed after the payload is released. GhostTunnel use 802.11 Probe Request Frames and...

effective-altruism.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-651095 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| effective-altruism.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

effective-altruism.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-650266 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| effective-altruism.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

effective-altruism.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-649282 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| effective-altruism.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Rubella Crimeware Kit: Cheap, Easy and Gaining Traction

A crimeware kit dubbed the Rubella Macro Builder is betting on a “dirty deeds done dirt cheap” approach to gain popularity in the criminal underground. The kit does two things: with a point-and-click builder functionality, it generates an initial malware payload for social-engineering spam...

kernel: Missing permission check in move_pages system call

The movepages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel doesn't check the effective uid of the target process. This enables a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable allowing mitigation of ASLR...

kernel: Missing permission check in move_pages system call

The movepages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel doesn't check the effective uid of the target process. This enables a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable allowing mitigation of ASLR...