Apple’s search for child abuse imagery raises serious privacy questions

The Internet has been on fire since the August 4 discovery disclosed publicly by Mathew Green that Apple will be monitoring photos uploaded to iCloud for child sexual abuse material CSAM. Some see this as a great move by Apple that will protect children. Others view this as a potentially dangerou...

This Week in Security News - August 6, 2021

This week, learn how false advertisers use spam browser notifications to gain ad revenue. Also, read about the results from Trend Micro’s first half 2021 biannual Cyber Risk Index report...

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29969

If Thunderbird was configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP connection, and an attacker injected IMAP server responses prior to the completion of the STARTTLS handshake, then Thunderbird didn't ignore the injected data. This could have resulted in Thunderbird showing incorrect information, for...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-29969

If Thunderbird was configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP connection, and an attacker injected IMAP server responses prior to the completion of the STARTTLS handshake, then Thunderbird didn't ignore the injected data. This could have resulted in Thunderbird showing incorrect information, for...

Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.acci Buffer Overflow

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/611dbff0d68df777c6d6881e00440143.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.acci Vulnerability: Local Stack Buffer Overflow Description: Bifrost doesn't...

CVE-2021-35054: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Minecraft before 1.17.1, when online-mode=false is configured, allows path traversal for deletion of arbitrary JSON files...

PT-2021-20816

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Minecraft versions prior to 1.17.1 Description: The issue allows path traversal for deletion of arbitrary JSON files when online-mode=false is configured. Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.17.1, update to version 1.17.1 or later to...

Minecraft 路径遍历漏洞

Minecraft My World is a Swedish sandbox game by Mojang. Minecraft had a path traversal vulnerability prior to 1.17.1 that originated when online-mode=false was configured to allow path traversal to delete arbitrary JSON files...

What is scareware?

Scareware is a type of rogue program which has been around for many years, arguably dating back to 1990. It can be installed without permission, or via deception and false promises. Scareware is primarily used to panic or worry someone into performing a task they otherwise wouldn’t have done. The...

Cloud Cryptomining Swindle in Google Play Rakes in Cash

Bogus cryptomining apps for Android available for download on Google Play are estimated to have scammed more than 93,400 victims to date, researchers said, stealing at least $350,000. According to Lookout, the apps – categorized into “BitScam” and “CloudScam” versions – advertise themselves as...

Preparing for your migration from on-premises SIEM to Azure Sentinel

The pandemic of 2020 has reshaped how we engage in work, education, healthcare, and more, accelerating the widespread adoption of cloud and remote-access solutions. In today’s workplace, the security perimeter extends to the home, airports, the gym—wherever you are. To keep pace, organizations...

Preparing for your migration from on-premises SIEM to Azure Sentinel

The pandemic of 2020 has reshaped how we engage in work, education, healthcare, and more, accelerating the widespread adoption of cloud and remote-access solutions. In today’s workplace, the security perimeter extends to the home, airports, the gym—wherever you are. To keep pace, organizations...

Backdoor.Win32.Zombam.l Buffer Overflow

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/9729e9fc004ea49d3c2ddee28736dae3.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Zombam.l Vulnerability: Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Description: Zombam malware...

Virus.Win32.Shodi.e Heap Corruption

Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com c 2021 Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/37d4a5ba123dd32f1e2c4ba0be14e77cC.txt Contact: [email protected] Media: twitter.com/malvuln Threat: Virus.Win32.Shodi.e Vulnerability: Heap Corruption Description: The virus listens on TCP port 7352...

in phpservermon/phpservermon

✍️ Description The program creates a cookie without setting the secure flag to true. Modern web browsers support a secure flag for each cookie. If the flag is set, the browser will only send the cookie over HTTPS. Sending cookies over an unencrypted channel can expose them to network sniffing...

CVE-2021-23992: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Thunderbird did not check if the user ID associated with an OpenPGP key has a valid self signature. An attacker may create a crafted version of an OpenPGP key, by either replacing the original user ID, or by adding another user ID. If Thunderbird imports and accepts the crafted key, the Thunderbi...

Improve your threat detection and response with Microsoft and Wortell

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. The way of working is changing rapidly. Many workloads are moving to the cloud and the pandemic accelerated organizations to provide infrastructure to aid employees working from...

Improve your threat detection and response with Microsoft and Wortell

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. The way of working is changing rapidly. Many workloads are moving to the cloud and the pandemic accelerated organizations to provide infrastructure to aid employees working from...

Return values of ERC20 transfer and transferFrom are unchecked

Handle shw Vulnerability details Impact In the contract RCTreasury, the return values of ERC20 transfer and transferFrom are not checked, which could be false if the transferred token is not ERC20-compliant. In that case, the transfer fails without being noticed by the calling contract. Proof of...

CVE-2021-31839 Incorrect permissions on McAfee Agent for Windows event folder

Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 allows a local user to modify event information in the MA event folder. This allows a local user to either add false events or remove events from the event logs prior to them being sent to the ePO server...