A week in security (December 9 – December 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Encrypted messaging service intercepted, 2.3 million messages read by law enforcement TikTok ban in US: Company seeks emergency injunction to prevent it Data brokers should stop trading health and location data, new bill proposes Update now! Apple releases new...

PT-2024-41356 · Opensuse +1 · Mozilla Firefox

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MozillaFirefox version 128.5.1 ESR Description: This issue prevents some websites from loading when using SSL Inspection. Recommendations: Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 128.5.1 ESR...

OESA-2024-2550 linux-firmware security update

This package contains firmware images required by some devices. Security Fixes: IOMMU improperly handles certain special address ranges with invalid device table entries DTEs, which may allow an attacker with privileges and a compromised Hypervisor to induce DTE faults to bypass RMP checks in...

CVE-2024-54466

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2. An encrypted volume may be accessed by a different user without prompting for the password...

CVE-2024-54466

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2. An encrypted volume may be accessed by a different user without prompting for the password...

Espressif ESP-IDF 安全漏洞

Espressif ESP-IDF is an Internet of Things IoT development framework from China Loxin Espressif. A security vulnerability exists in Espressif ESP-IDF, which stems from the fact that the encrypted output becomes deterministic if the IV is not properly initialized, leading to a potential data leak...

Apple macOS 安全漏洞

Apple macOS is a set of specialized operating systems developed for Mac computers by the American company Apple Apple. A security vulnerability exists in Apple macOS Sequoia versions prior to 15.2. An attacker exploiting the vulnerability can access encrypted volumes...

CVE-2024-54466

The CVE-2024-54466 entry describes an authorization issue in macOS where an encrypted volume could be accessed by another user without prompting for a password. The connected sources identify the affected products as macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2, and macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, with the unde...

CVE-2024-54466

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2. An encrypted volume may be accessed by a different user without prompting for the password...

CVE-2024-54466

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.2, macOS Sonoma 14.7.2, macOS Ventura 13.7.2. An encrypted volume may be accessed by a different user without prompting for the password...

Modular Java Backdoor Dropped in Cleo Exploitation Campaign

Many thanks to Rapid7 MDR and incident response teams for their contributions to this analysis. While investigating incidents related to Cleo software exploitation, Rapid7 Labs and MDR observed a novel, multi-stage attack that deploys an encoded Java Archive JAR payload. Our investigation reveale...

Modular Java Backdoor Dropped in Cleo Exploitation Campaign

Many thanks to Rapid7 MDR and incident response teams for their contributions to this analysis. While investigating incidents related to Cleo software exploitation, Rapid7 Labs and MDR observed a novel, multi-stage attack that deploys an encoded Java Archive JAR payload. Our investigation reveale...

PT-2024-36343 · Apple · Apple Macos

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: macOS versions prior to 13.7.2 macOS versions prior to 14.7.2 macOS versions prior to 15.2 Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue allows a different user to access an encrypted volume...

PT-2024-10062

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AMD Secure Processor ASP affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a security flaw in AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization SEV that allows attackers to bypass SEV protections and access encrypted memory regions. This...

Bit flip attack vulnerability in cookie-encrypter

due to a weakness in the encryption method used in cookie-encrypter an attack can use the world visible IV to edit encrypted cookies without decrypting the cookie itself. This is known as an AES CBC bit flipping attack...

Encrypted messaging service intercepted, 2.3 million messages read by law enforcement

European law enforcement agencies have taken down yet another encrypted messaging service mainly used by criminals. The Matrix encrypted messaging service was an invite-only service which was also marketed under the names Mactrix, Totalsec, X-quantum, or Q-safe. Dutch and French authorities start...

A week in security (December 2 – December 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Europol takes down criminal data hub Manson Market in busy month for law enforcement Americans urged to use encrypted messaging after large, ongoing cyberattack Crypto’s rising value likely to bring new wave of scams AI chatbot provider exposes 346,000 customer...

Americans urged to use encrypted messaging after large, ongoing cyberattack

A years-long infiltration into the systems of eight telecom giants, including AT&T and Verizon, allowed a state sponsored actor to steal vast amounts of data on where, when and who individuals have been communicating with. Speaking to Reuters, a senior US official said the attack telecommunicatio...

SonicWALL SMA100 安全漏洞

The SonicWALL SMA100 is a secure access gateway appliance from SonicWALL USA. The SonicWALL SMA100 suffers from a cryptographic issue vulnerability that stems from the use of a weakly encrypted pseudo-random number generator in the backup code generator. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilit...

Europol Dismantles Criminal Messaging Service MATRIX in Major Global Takedown

Europol on Tuesday announced the takedown of an invite-only encrypted messaging service called MATRIX that's created by criminals for criminal purposes. The joint operation, conducted by French and Dutch authorities under the moniker Passionflower, comes in the aftermath of an investigation that...