Design/Logic Flaw

A sandbox escape issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Gateway 7.07. It limits the admin user to a restricted shell, allowing execution of a small number of tools of the operating system. The restricted shell can be bypassed by presenting a fake vmware-tools ISO image to the guest virtual...

Spyware Labeled 'TikTok Pro' Exploits Fears of U.S. Ban

Researchers have discovered a new Android spyware campaign pushing a “Pro” version of the TikTok app that is exploiting fears among its young and gullible users that the popular social media app is on the cusp of being banned in the United States. The malware can take over basic device...

Roundtable video: Disinformation and election security

By Jon Munshaw. In our continued coverage of election security, we decided to sit down with four Talos and Cisco researchers to discuss disinformation. As we outlined in our recent research paper, disinformation is one of the cornerstones of threat actors' efforts to disrupt the American election...

Amazon Linux 2 : evolution-data-server, evolution-ews (ALAS-2020-1475)

The version of evolution-data-server installed on the remote host is prior to 3.28.5-4. The version of evolution-ews installed on the remote host is prior to 3.28.5-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1475 advisory. It was discovered evolution-ews befo...

Path traversal

The ALPS ALPINE touchpad driver before 8.2206.1717.634, as used on various Dell, HP, and Lenovo laptops, allows attackers to conduct Path Disclosure attacks via a "fake" DLL file...

CVE-2020-15596

The CVE-2020-15596 issue affects the ALPS ALPINE Touchpad Driver (before 8.2206.1717.634) used on Dell/HP/Lenovo systems. Root cause: a DLL search/path vulnerability that can be exploited via a malicious or fake DLL to disclose paths or escalate privileges. Public documents cite potential local i...

CVE-2020-15654

When in an endless loop, a website specifying a custom cursor using CSS could make it look like the user is interacting with the user interface, when they are not. This could lead to a perceived broken state, especially when interactions with existing browser dialogs and warnings do not work. Thi...

CVE-2020-15654

When in an endless loop, a website specifying a custom cursor using CSS could make it look like the user is interacting with the user interface, when they are not. This could lead to a perceived broken state, especially when interactions with existing browser dialogs and warnings do not work. Thi...

CTFtools

This repository is an offensive tool for web application exploitation, specifically targeting web servers. The primary vulnerability class is code execution RCE, with various exploitation techniques and payloads. The tool is designed to automate the exploitation process, making it easier for...

Black Hat 2020: Influence Campaigns Are a Cybersecurity Problem

Social media used as a cudgel for nation-states to sway opinion is a cybersecurity threat CISOs can’t ignore — and need to understand better and mitigate against. That’s the message from Renée DiResta, research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, who said she is seeing a steady growth a...

New tool detects fake 4G cell phone towers

By Sudais Asif Dubbed Crocodile Hunter; the tool works by scanning for 4G signals. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New tool detects fake 4G cell phone towers...

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Revisiting social engineering: The human threat to cybersecurity

Most of us know ‘Improv’ through film, theatre, music or even live comedy. It may surprise you to learn that the skills required for improvisational performance art, can also make you a good hacker? In cybersecurity, while quite a bit of focus is on the technology that our adversaries use, we mus...

Hyperledger: Vulnerabilities in Endorsement Mechanism of Private Data Related Transactions in Hyperledger Fabric 2.0

To whom it may concern, We report design flaws that can be exploited by private data collection non-member organizations to forge endorsements of read-related transactions and return fake values to a user. When a user issues a read-only transaction proposal to a endorser in the private data...

KITT-Lite

This is an offensive tool for wireless network exploitation. It is a collection of scripts and tools for various wireless-related tasks, including wireless network scanning, device identification, and password cracking. The toolset includes scripts for tasks such as: Wireless network scanning usi...

WhatsApp’s new fact-check feature lets users identify fake information

By Waqas WhatsApp's "Search the Web" feature lets users perform web searches on viral messages to confirm their authenticity. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: WhatsApp’s new fact-check feature lets users identify fake information...

Google Updates Ad Policies to Counter Influence Campaigns, Extortion

Google is making two changes in its advertising policy as the U.S. moves into the fall election season ahead of the presidential contest in November, in an attempt to thwart disinformation campaigns. For one, Google is updating its Google Ads Misrepresentation Policy to prevent coordinated activi...

Avoid these PayPal phishing emails

For the last few weeks, there’s been a solid stream of fake PayPal emails in circulation, twisting FOMO fear of missing out into DO THIS OR BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. It’s one of the most common tools in the scammer’s arsenal, and a little pressure applied in the right way often brings results for...

Malicious 'Blur' Photo App Campaign Discovered on Google Play

A new campaign of malicious photo apps on Google Play floods Android devices with random ads instead of functioning as advertised. They also elude detection by making its icon disappear from the device home screen soon after it’s downloaded. Researchers at the White Ops Satori Threat Intelligence...

Exploit for Improper Input Validation in Microsoft

FakeCVE-2020-1350 This is the source code for a very crude fa...

A Peek into the Fake Review Marketplace

A personal account of someone who was paid to buy products on Amazon and leave fake reviews. Fake reviews are one of the problems that everyone knows about, and no one knows what to do about -- so we all try to pretend doesn't exist...