Google Ups Product-Abuse Bug Bounties

Google is increasing the reward amounts in its bug-bounty program for reports focusing on potential attacks in the product-abuse space, to top out at $13,337 per report. Product abuse is when a threat actor uses a legitimate service in a way that enables social-engineering or other cyberattacks...

Joker Spyware Plagues More Google Play Apps

Google has deleted six apps from its Google Play marketplace that were infecting users with the Joker malware a.k.a. Bread. Together, the apps – which tout functionalities ranging from text messaging to emoji wallpaper – account for nearly 200,000 installs, researchers with Pradeo said in a post...

Kamailio 5.4.0 Header Smuggling

Kamailio vulnerable to header smuggling possible due to bypass of removehf - Fixed versions: Kamailio v5.4.0 - Enable Security Advisory: - Tested vulnerable versions: 5.3.5 and earlier - Timeline: - Report date & issue patched by Kamailio: 2020-07-16 - Kamailio rewrite for header parser better fi...

Kamailio 5.4.0 Header Smuggling Exploit

Kamailio version 5.4.0 is vulnerable to header smuggling via a bypass of removehf. Kamailio vulnerable to header smuggling possible due to bypass of removehf - Fixed versions: Kamailio v5.4.0 - Enable Security Advisory: - Tested vulnerable versions: 5.3.5 and earlier - Timeline: - Report date &...

Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part II

Yesterdays piece told the tale of Hieu Minh Ngo, a hacker the U.S. Secret Service described as someone who caused more material financial harm to more Americans than any other convicted cybercriminal. Ngo was recently deported back to his home country after serving more than seven years in prison...

Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as "Hieupc" was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the worlds top data brokers. That is, until his greed and ambition played straight into an elaborate snare se...

Amazon Supplier Fraud

Interesting story of an Amazon supplier fraud: According to the indictment, the brothers swapped ASINs for items Amazon ordered to send large quantities of different goods instead. In one instance, Amazon ordered 12 canisters of disinfectant spray costing $94.03. The defendants allegedly shipped...

Popular iOS SDK Accused of Spying on Billions of Users and Committing Ad Fraud

A popular iOS software development kit SDK used by over 1,200 apps—with a total of more than a billion mobile users—is said to contain malicious code with the goal of perpetrating mobile ad-click fraud and capturing sensitive information. According to a report published by cybersecurity firm Snyk...

Popular iOS SDK Accused of Spying on Billions of Users and Committing Ad Fraud

A popular iOS software development kit SDK used by over 1,200 apps—with a total of more than a billion mobile users—is said to contain malicious code with the goal of perpetrating mobile ad-click fraud and capturing sensitive information. According to a report published by cybersecurity firm Snyk...

Malicious Package

MintegralAdSDK is a malicious package. The package performs malicious functionalities such as tracking any URL opened by the app, intercepting and hijacking a user ad-click and activity, sending logs to third-party server and performing advertisement attribution fraud regardless of serving ad is...

CVE-2020-7705

This affects the package MintegralAdSDK from 0.0.0. The SDK distributed by the company contains malicious functionality that tracks any URL opened by the app and reports it back to the company, along with performing advertisement attribution fraud. Mintegral can remotely activate hooks on the...

CVE-2020-7705

This affects the package MintegralAdSDK from 0.0.0. The SDK distributed by the company contains malicious functionality that tracks any URL opened by the app and reports it back to the company, along with performing advertisement attribution fraud. Mintegral can remotely activate hooks on the...

Code injection

This affects the package MintegralAdSDK from 0.0.0. The SDK distributed by the company contains malicious functionality that tracks any URL opened by the app and reports it back to the company, along with performing advertisement attribution fraud. Mintegral can remotely activate hooks on the...

CVE-2020-7705 Malicious Package

This affects the package MintegralAdSDK from 0.0.0. The SDK distributed by the company contains malicious functionality that tracks any URL opened by the app and reports it back to the company, along with performing advertisement attribution fraud. Mintegral can remotely activate hooks on the...

CVE-2020-7705

The CVE-2020-7705 entry concerns MintegralAdSDK (iOS) with malicious functionality that tracks every opened URL and reports it to an external server, performing ad-attribution fraud even if ads are not served. It can remotely activate hooks on UIKit components (UIApplication, openURL, SKStoreProd...

APIs Are the Next Frontier in Cybercrime

Application Programming Interface API usage has exploded, and cybercriminals are increasingly taking advantage of API security flaws to commit fraud and steal data. APIs, which are used to create connections between software programs and perform integrations, make everything a bit easier — from...

FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or "vishing" attacks targeting companies. The advisory came less than 24 hours after KrebsOnSecurity publishe...

How Four Brothers Allegedly Fleeced $19 Million From Amazon

The scheme involved 7,000 $94 toothbrushes, according to law enforcement...

Experian South Africa Suffers Data Breach Affecting Millions; Attacker Identified

The South African arm of one of the world's largest credit check companies Experian yesterday announced a data breach incident that exposed personal information of millions of its customers. While Experian itself didn't mention the number of affect customers, in a report, the South African Bankin...

Diebold Nixdorf ProCash 2100xe USB ATM does not adequately secure communications between CCDM and host

Overview Diebold Nixdorf 2100xe USB automated teller machines ATMs are vulnerable to physical attacks on the communication channel between the cash and check deposit module CCDM and the host computer. An attacker with physical access to internal ATM components may be able to exploit this...