Friday Squid Blogging: New SQUID

There's a new SQUID: A new device that relies on flowing clouds of ultracold atoms promises potential tests of the intersection between the weirdness of the quantum world and the familiarity of the macroscopic world we experience every day. The atomtronic Superconducting QUantum Interference Devi...

U.S. Offers Reward of $10M for Info Leading to Discovery of Election Meddling

The U.S. government is concerned about foreign interference in the 2020 election, so much so that it will offer a reward of up to $10 million for anyone providing information that could lead to tracking down potential cybercriminals aiming to sabotage the November vote. The U.S. Department of...

CVE-2019-20867

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.11.0. An attacker can interfere with a channel's post loading via one crafted post...

CVE-2019-20867

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.11.0. An attacker can interfere with a channel's post loading via one crafted post...

SWARCO CPU LS4000 G4 Access Control Error Vulnerability

SWARCO CPU LS4000 G4 is a set of software used in SWARCO chips from SWARCO Austria. An access control error vulnerability exists in SWARCOs CPU LS4000 G4, which arises from an open port used for debugging that fails network access control and has root access to the device. An attacker could use...

Code injection

The COVIDSafe Australia app 1.0 and 1.1 for iOS allows a remote attacker to crash the app, and consequently interfere with COVID-19 contact tracing, via a Bluetooth advertisement containing manufacturer data that is too short. This occurs because of an erroneous OpenTrace manuData.subdata call. T...

CVE-2020-12826

A signal access-control issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5, aka CID-7395ea4e65c2. Because execid in include/linux/sched.h is only 32 bits, an integer overflow can interfere with a donotifyparent protection mechanism. A child process can send an arbitrary signal to a parent...

Integer overflow

A signal access-control issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.5, aka CID-7395ea4e65c2. Because execid in include/linux/sched.h is only 32 bits, an integer overflow can interfere with a donotifyparent protection mechanism. A child process can send an arbitrary signal to a parent...

The vulnerability of the building management software (management of access control, security systems, video surveillance, and automation) Andover Continuum System, related to the possibility of interference with XML data processing by the application, allows a intruder to gain access to the files in the application server’s file system.

The vulnerability of the building management software management of access control, security systems, video surveillance, and automation Andover Continuum System is related to the possibility of interference with XML data processing by the application. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a...

CVE-2020-12270

React Native Bluetooth Scan in Bluezone 1.0.0 uses six-character alphanumeric IDs, which might make it easier for remote attackers to interfere with COVID-19 contact tracing by using many IDs. NOTE: the vendor disputes the relevance of this report because the recipient of an F1 alert will know it...

CVE-2020-12270

CVE-2020-12270 : Affects Bluezone 1.0.0 through the React Native Bluetooth Scan component. The root cause is use of insufficiently random values to generate six-character alphanumeric IDs, which could let a remote attacker interfere with COVID-19 contact tracing by issuing many IDs. Exploitation ...

CVE-2020-3888

CVE-2020-3888 affects Apple’s Web App component (iOS/iPadOS Safari/WebKit). Description: a logic issue where a malicious page could interfere with other web contexts. Root cause: improved restrictions address the logic issue. Impact: potential interference with other web contexts within Web App/W...

CVE-2020-3888

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4. A maliciously crafted page may interfere with other web contexts...

Code injection

A CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code 'Code Injection' vulnerability exists in Andover Continuum All versions, which could cause files on the application server filesystem to be viewable when an attacker interferes with an application's processing of XML data...

Insulet Omnipod Insulin Management System Access Control Error Vulnerability

Insulet Omnipod Insulin Management System is an insulin management system from Insulet USA. An Access Control Error vulnerability exists in the Insulet Omnipod Insulin Management System, which arises from a failure of the wireless RF communication protocol to properly implement authentication or...

Russia Doesn't Want Bernie Sanders. It Wants Chaos

The point of Kremlin interference has always been to find democracy’s loose seams, and pull...

"Distinguished Impersonator" Information Operation That Previously Impersonated U.S. Politicians and Journalists on Social Media Leverages Fabricated U.S. Liberal Personas to Promote Iranian Interests

In May 2019, FireEye Threat Intelligence published a blog post exposing a network of English-language social media accounts that engaged in inauthentic behavior and misrepresentation that we assessed with low confidence was organized in support of Iranian political interests. Personas in that...

Donald Trump Now Has the Senate GOP's Blessing to Undermine Democracy

After making it through a criminal investigation and political impeachment unscathed, Trump now has free rein to invite election interference and more...

Deepfakes laws and proposals flood US

In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12 months to regulate deepfakes, the relatively modern technology that some fear could upend democracy. Though the federal proposals have yet to move forward, the state bills have found...

FBI Plans to Inform States of Election Breaches

The FBI has changed its policy around election cybersecurity and said it will now notify state officials in the event that local election systems are hacked. The move—revealed in a media briefing Thursday and then published online later that day—extends the number of election officials who are...