SUSE CVE-2017-7839

Control characters prepended before "javascript:" URLs pasted in the addressbar can cause the leading characters to be ignored and the pasted JavaScript to be executed instead of being blocked. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting self-XSS attacks where users are...

SUSE CVE-2017-7840

JavaScript can be injected into an exported bookmarks file by placing JavaScript code into user-supplied tags in saved bookmarks. If the resulting exported HTML file is later opened in a browser this JavaScript will be executed. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripti...

SUSE CVE-2018-5172

The Live Bookmarks page and the PDF viewer can run injected script content if a user pastes script from the clipboard into them while viewing RSS feeds or PDF files. This could allow a malicious site to socially engineer a user to copy and paste malicious script content that could then run with t...

SUSE CVE-2018-6138

Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension...

SUSE CVE-2019-9807

When arbitrary text is sent over an FTP connection and a page reload is initiated, it is possible to create a modal alert message with this text as the content. This could potentially be used for social engineering attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox 66...

SUSE CVE-2020-15959

Insufficient policy enforcement in networking in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.102 allowed an attacker who convinced the user to enable logging to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via social engineering...

Design/Logic Flaw

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, when gitk is run on Windows, it potentially runs executables from the current directory inadvertently, which can be exploited with some social engineering to trick users into running...

CVE-2023-23618 gitk can inadvertently call executables in the worktree

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, when gitk is run on Windows, it potentially runs executables from the current directory inadvertently, which can be exploited with some social engineering to trick users into running...

CVE-2023-23618

Summary: CVE-2023-23618 affects Git for Windows (Windows port of Git). Prior to version 2.39.2, running gitk on Windows can cause executables from the current directory to be executed inadvertently, which could be exploited via social engineering to trick users into running untrusted code. Affect...

PT-2023-5950 · Git · Git

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Git for Windows versions prior to 2.39.2 Description: The issue is related to the execution of untrusted code when gitk is run on Windows. This can be exploited through social engineering to trick users into running untrusted code. The proble...

Design/Logic Flaw

In engineermode services, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with system execution privileges needed...

Linux Variant of Clop Ransomware Spotted, But Uses Faulty Encryption Algorithm

The first-ever Linux variant of the Clop ransomware has been detected in the wild, but with a faulty encryption algorithm that has made it possible to reverse engineer the process. "The ELF executable contains a flawed encryption algorithm making it possible to decrypt locked files without paying...

GuLoader Malware Using Malicious NSIS Executables to Target E-Commerce Industry

E-commerce industries in South Korea and the U.S. are at the receiving end of an ongoing GuLoader malware campaign, cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed late last month. The malspam activity is notable for transitioning away from malware-laced Microsoft Word documents to NSIS executable files for...

PixPirate: New Android Banking Trojan Targeting Brazilian Financial Institutions

A new Android banking trojan has set its eyes on Brazilian financial institutions to commit fraud by leveraging the PIX payments platform. Italian cybersecurity company Cleafy, which discovered the malware between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, is tracking it under the name PixPirate...

Business Email Compromise attack imitates vendors, targets supply chains

Today we have a fascinating tale of a business email compromise BEC group steering clear of targeting executives, in favour of fouling up supply chains instead. The attack, which may sound overly complicated, is a fairly streamlined attack with the intention of making a lot of money. BEC: What is...

Cyberthreats facing UK finance sector "a national security threat"

As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had a major impact last year. Take for example the 2022 half year fraud update by UK Finance, which tells us that criminals stole a total of £609.8 million roughly $750 million through...

Ice Breaker a Looming Threat on the Gaming Industry

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Online gaming and gambling companies have been targeted by hackers using unseen backdoors. The attacks are grouped together and referred to as "Ice Breaker." The intrusions make use of smart social...

New High-Severity Vulnerabilities Discovered in Cisco IOx and F5 BIG-IP Products

F5 has warned of a high-severity flaw impacting BIG-IP appliances that could lead to denial-of-service DoS or arbitrary code execution. The issue is rooted in the iControl Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP interface and affects the following versions of BIG-IP - 13.1.5 14.1.4.6 - 14.1.5 15.1.5.1...

Mitigate risk by integrating threat modeling and DevOps processes

Agile and DevOps are without any doubt two of the biggest security trends of recent years. The rapid rise of the cloud has only fueled the need for flexibility and dynamicity. Therefore, it’s natural for developers and organizations to seek methodologies and tools for addressing new requirements...

Experts Warn of 'Ice Breaker' Cyberattacks Targeting Gaming and Gambling Industry

A new attack campaign has been targeting the gaming and gambling sectors since at least September 2022, just as the ICE London 2023 gaming industry trade fair event is scheduled to kick off next week. Israeli cybersecurity company Security Joes is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ice...