Chain of 11 Bugs Takes Down Galaxy S8 at Mobile Pwn2Own

The mobile version of the annual Pwn2Own contest wrapped up today in Tokyo with an unprecedented attack chain leveling the Samsung Galaxy S8. Researchers from MWR Labs used 11 vulnerabilities across six different mobile applications to execute code on Samsung’s flagship device and exfiltrate data...

WhatsApp 2.17.52 - Memory Corruption Exploit

Exploit for iOS platform in category dos / poc !/usr/bin/env python -- coding: utf-8 -- Found this and more exploits on my open source security project: http://www.exploitpack.com Exploit Author: Juan Sacco at KPN Red Team - http://www.kpn.com Date and time of release: 11 October 2017 Tested on:...

Apple iOS Messages Photo Access Vulnerability

Apple iOS is an operating system for mobile devices developed by Apple Inc. Messages is a component of the application used to send text, photos and videos. A photo access vulnerability exists in the Messages component in Apple iOS versions prior to 11.1. An attacker in close physical proximity...

Apple iOS, tvOS and watchOS CoreText Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple iOS, tvOS, and watchOS are products of Apple Inc. Apple iOS is an operating system for mobile devices; tvOS is a smart TV operating system; and watchOS is a smart watch operating system. coreText component is a text engine that controls text formatting and layout. CoreText component is a te...

Twitter iOS client information disclosure vulnerability

Twitter iOS client is an iOS-based mobile client program for accessing the Twitter social network and micro blogs. A security vulnerability exists in versions 6.62 and 6.62.1 of the iOS-based Twitter client, which stems from the program failing to validate Twitter's server certificate. A remote...

iPhone Apps With Camera Permissions Can Secretly Take Your Photos Without You Noticing

Are you a proud iPhone owner? If yes, this could freak you up. Trust me! Your iPhone has a serious privacy concern that allows iOS app developers to take your photographs and record your live video using both front and back camera—all without any notification or your consent. This alarming privac...

iPhone apps can access cameras to secretly take photos and record videos

By Waqas There was a time when Apple devices were considered secured This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: iPhone apps can access cameras to secretly take photos and record videos...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of October 23, 2017

Just like Bugs Bunny wears disguises to avert his enemies, there’s another “wascally” rabbit causing trouble in the form of ransomware. Bad Rabbit is the latest ransomware campaign hitting Eastern European countries with what looks like a variant of the Petya/NotPetya ransomware. Bad Rabbit sprea...

CVE-2017-7116

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the "Wi-Fi" component. It might allow remote attackers to read data from kernel memory locations via crafted Wi-Fi traffic...

CVE-2017-7103

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the "Wi-Fi" component. It might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service memory...

CVE-2017-7114

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. macOS before 10.13 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denia...

CVE-2017-7105

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the "Wi-Fi" component. It might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service memory...

CVE-2017-7112

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the "Wi-Fi" component. It might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service memory...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7102

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. Safari before 11 is affected. iCloud before 7.0 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.7 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to...

CVE-2017-7086

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. macOS before 10.13 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the "libc" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service resource consumption via a craft...

Apple iOS Time has an unspecified vulnerability

Apple iOS is an operating system developed by Apple Inc. for mobile devices.Time component is one of the time components. A security vulnerability exists in the Time component of Apple iOS prior to version 11, which arises from the possibility that the program fails to properly handle the use of...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7107

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. Safari before 11 is affected. iCloud before 7.0 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.7 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to...

Apple iOS 10.2 (14C92) - Remote Code Execution

Apple iOS 10.2 14C92 - Remote Code Execution Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1317c3 The exploit achieves R/W access to the host's physical memory. This exploit has been tested on the iPhone 7, iOS 10.2 14C92. To run the exploit against different devices or...

Apple Allows Uber to Use a Powerful Feature that Lets it Record iPhone Screen

If you are an iPhone user and use Uber app, you would be surprised to know that widely popular ride-hailing app can record your screen secretly. Security researcher Will Strafach recently revealed that Apple selectively grants what's known as an "entitlement" Uber a powerful ability to use the...

October 3, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Tom Petty” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 3, 2017 - Headlines Equifax Says Cyber Attack May Have Hit 2.5 Million...