This Week in Security News: Amazon Echo Hacked at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 and Ransomware Attacks Hit Spanish Companies

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a ransomware that is attacking Spanish companies and how nearly 50 adware apps were found on Google Play. Also, read about how a...

Capesand Exploit Kit Landing Page

Capesand exploit kit is a web exploit kit that operates by delivering malicious payload to the victim's computer. Successful infection will allow the attacker to download additional malware to the target...

Purple Fox Exploit Kit Landing Page

Purple Fox exploit kit is a web exploit kit that operates by delivering malicious payload to the victim's computer. Successful infection will allow the attacker to download additional malware to the target...

Cynet’s free vulnerability assessment offering helps organizations significantly increase their security

Long before a cyberattack is underway, organizations need to be focused on improving their security. Part of this is to always be monitoring their environment, on the lookout for weaknesses and ready to take action if they are found. This is the best way to ensure the organization remains immune ...

Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 shipped with IBM Netezza Analytics

Summary IBM Netezza Analytics does not use IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, therefore the April IBM Java SDK update was not applicable to IBM Netezza Analytics. If you developed code using the IBM Java SDK that is shipped with IBM Netezza Analytics, you should evaluate your code to determine...

Cisco TelePresence CE Software CVE-2019-15962 Local Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Description Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software is prone to a local arbitrary file-write vulnerability. Successful exploits may allow an attacker to write arbitrary files on the root directory. This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCvq47315. Technologies Affected Cisco...

The vulnerability of the OpenJDK project for the Java programming language stems from lack of access control, allowing attackers to gain access to confidential data.

The vulnerability of the OpenJDK project for the Java programming language is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to gain access to confidential data...

Intel NUC Kit Pointer Corruption Vulnerability

The Intel NUC Kit is a small desktop computer from Intel Corporation USA. A pointer corruption vulnerability exists in the system firmware of the Intel NUC. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to achieve elevation of privilege, cause a denial of service, and/or obtain information...

Vulnerable Twitter API Leaves Tens of Thousands of iOS Apps Open to Attacks

Researchers are warning that an old Twitter API still used by popular iOS mobile apps that could be abused as part of a man-in-the-middle attack. It could be used to hijack Twitter accounts and compromise other third-party apps that are linked to the same “login with Twitter” feature. According t...

wildfly-security-manager: security manager authorization bypass

A flaw was found in Wildfly Security Manager, running under JDK 11 or 8, that authorized requests for any requester. This flaw could be used by a malicious app deployed on the app server to access unauthorized information and possibly conduct further attacks...

CVE-2019-16263

The Twitter Kit framework through 3.4.2 for iOS does not properly validate the api.twitter.com SSL certificate. Although the certificate chain must contain one of a set of pinned certificates, there are certain implementation errors such as a lack of hostname verification. NOTE: this is an...

CVE-2019-16263

The Twitter Kit framework through 3.4.2 for iOS does not properly validate the api.twitter.com SSL certificate. Although the certificate chain must contain one of a set of pinned certificates, there are certain implementation errors such as a lack of hostname verification. NOTE: this is an...

Code injection

The Twitter Kit framework through 3.4.2 for iOS does not properly validate the api.twitter.com SSL certificate. Although the certificate chain must contain one of a set of pinned certificates, there are certain implementation errors such as a lack of hostname verification. NOTE: this is an...

CVE-2019-16263

The Twitter Kit framework through 3.4.2 for iOS does not properly validate the api.twitter.com SSL certificate. Although the certificate chain must contain one of a set of pinned certificates, there are certain implementation errors such as a lack of hostname verification. NOTE: this is an...

CVE-2019-16263

The CVE-2019-16263 issue affects the Twitter Kit framework for iOS up to version 3.4.2. The root cause is improper validation of the api.twitter.com SSL certificate, including a lack of hostname verification despite a pinned-certificate approach. This can enable man-in-the-middle attacks on apps ...

The vulnerability of Intel Remote Displays SDK’s remote screens involves permission processing errors, allowing attackers to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability of Intel Remote Displays SDK’s remote screens involves permission processing errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to enhance their privileges...

The Phishing Industry

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, phishing attacks are now being created and executed on an industrial scale. Malicious actors are increasingly using highly sophisticated off-the-shelf phishing kits that allow them to deliver very targeted, short-lived attacks. These campaigns direct victi...

CVE-2019-16518

An issue was discovered on Swell Kit Mod devices that use the Vandy Vape platform. An attacker may be able to trigger an unintended temperature in the victim's mouth and throat via Bluetooth Low Energy BLE packets that specify large power or voltage values...

CVE-2019-16518

An issue was discovered on Swell Kit Mod devices that use the Vandy Vape platform. An attacker may be able to trigger an unintended temperature in the victim's mouth and throat via Bluetooth Low Energy BLE packets that specify large power or voltage values...

CVE-2019-16518

An issue was discovered on Swell Kit Mod devices that use the Vandy Vape platform. An attacker may be able to trigger an unintended temperature in the victim's mouth and throat via Bluetooth Low Energy BLE packets that specify large power or voltage values...