Google Patches reCAPTCHA Bypass

Google has fixed a bypass for its reCAPTCHA authentication mechanism – the Turing test-based methodology for proving that website users aren’t robots, commonly spotted on log-in pages online. The news comes as Google releases a new version of reCAPTCHA in beta. Google has been working on refining...

CVE-2018-1369

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history. IBM X-Force ID: 137767...

CVE-2018-1376

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-For...

Design/Logic Flaw

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data. IBM X-Force ID: 136471...

CVE-2018-1370

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 137769...

Cross site scripting

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-For...

CVE-2018-1370

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 137769...

CVE-2018-1376

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-For...

CVE-2018-1370

CVE-2018-1370 affects IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 3.1. The flaw is an incorrect permission assignment for a security-critical resource, allowing read/modify by unintended actors. The IBM bulletin lists a CVSS v3 base score of 4.2 and notes remediation is to upgrade to an ...

CVE-2018-1369

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 3.1 contains a vulnerability where sensitive information is stored in URL parameters, enabling potential information disclosure via server logs, referrer headers, or browser history. The issue affects SonarG 3.1 and is documented as CVE-2018-13...

CVE-2018-1370

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence SonarG 3.1 specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. IBM X-Force ID: 137769...

FBI seizes control of a massive botnet that infected over 500,000 routers

Shortly after Cisco's released its early report on a large-scale hacking campaign that infected over half a million routers and network storage devices worldwide, the United States government announced the takedown of a key internet domain used for the attack. Yesterday we reported about a piece ...

Japan's Directorate for Signals Intelligence

The Intercept has a long article on Japan's equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates back to the 1950s; its role is to eavesdrop on communications. But its operations remain so highly...

SAP Mobile BI has multiple unspecified vulnerabilities

SAP BI Business Intelligence Business Intelligence, is a data warehouse solution from SAP. It will come from the source system data can be SAP R3, can also be other transaction processing systems, text files, databases, or other BW / BI system, after the extraction, conversion, uploaded to the BI...

Learn How Trillions of DNS Requests Help Improve Security

Akamai's global platform is comprised of 240,000 servers in 3,750 locations within 134 countries. Additionally, our platform interacts with 1.3 billion client devices every day and we ingest 2.5 exabytes of data a year. So why are these stats important? The answer is that this visibility provides...

A Five-Year Journey: How Trend Micro Helped Bring Down Scan4You

Trend Micro has always had a close relationship with law enforcement around the globe, because we believe that only together can we make the world a safer place in which to exchange digital information. As the business of cybercrime continues to grow and evolve, so must our response. That’s why w...

Hyland Perceptive Document Filters OpenDocument to JPEG conversion SkCanvas Code Execution vulnerability(CVE-2018-3845)

Summary An exploitable double free exists in the OpenDocument to JPEG conversion functionality of the Hyland Perspective Document Filters version 11.4.0.2647. A crafted OpenDocument document can lead to a SkCanvas object double free resulting in direct code execution. Tested Versions Perceptive...

Hyland Perceptive Document Filters DOC to HTML updateNumbering Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2018-3855)

Summary An exploitable stack-based buffer overflow exists in the DOC-to-HTML conversion functionality of the Hyland Perceptive Document Filters version 11.4.0.2647. A crafted .doc document can lead to a stack-based buffer, resulting in direct code execution. Tested Versions Perceptive Document...

Hyland Perceptive Document Filters DOCX to HTML Code Execution Vulnerability(CVE-2018-3844)

Summary An exploitable use after free exists in the DOCX to HTML conversion functionality of the Hyland Perspective Document Filters version 11.4.0.2647. A crafted DOCX document can lead to a use-after-free resulting in direct code execution. Tested Versions Perceptive Document Filters 11.4.0.264...

Phishing Spy Campaign Targets Top Mideast Officials

Researchers have discovered a phishing campaign that infected Android devices with custom surveillance-ware bent on extracting data from top officials, primarily in the Middle East. Researchers at Lookout Security told Threatpost that the tool, dubbed Stealth Mango, has been used to collect over ...