Clarifying the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

A federal court has ruled that violating a website's terms of service is not "hacking" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The plaintiffs wanted to investigate possible racial discrimination in online job markets by creating accounts for fake employers and job seekers. Leading job sites have...

On Cyber Warranties

Interesting article discussing cyber-warranties, and whether they are an effective way to transfer risk as envisioned by Ackerlof's "market for lemons" or a marketing trick. The conclusion: Warranties must transfer non-negligible amounts of liability to vendors in order to meaningfully overcome t...

Cybercriminals Fill Up on Gas Pump Transaction Scams Ahead of Oct. Deadline

Gas stations are gearing up for a major change in credit-card fraud liability in October, when they will find themselves on the hook for card-skimming attacks at the pump. In the meantime though, cybercriminals will be targeting pay-at-the-pump point-of-sale mechanisms with a vengeance, researche...

What you — and your company — should know about cyber insurance

By Jon Munshaw and Joe Marshall. It’s no longer a question of “if” any given company or organization is going to be hit with a cyber attack — it’s when. And when that attack comes, who is willing to take on that risk? For some groups, it may be that they feel they are fully prepared to take on th...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

grumpydictator/firefly-iii is vulnerable to cross-site scripting XSS. The attack is possible because it does not escape the user provided data in liability name field, allowing an attacker to inject malicious script in a transaction to get executed upon an error condition during a visit to the...

CVE-2019-14672

Firefly III 4.7.17.5 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to the lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field. The JavaScript code is executed upon an error condition during a visit to the account show page...

CVE-2019-14672

Firefly III 4.7.17.5 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to the lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field. The JavaScript code is executed upon an error condition during a visit to the account show page...

Input validation

Firefly III 4.7.17.5 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to the lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field. The JavaScript code is executed upon an error condition during a visit to the account show page...

CVE-2019-14672

Firefly III 4.7.17.5 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to the lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field. The JavaScript code is executed upon an error condition during a visit to the account show page...

CVE-2019-14672

Firefly III 4.7.17.5 is vulnerable to a stored XSS due to lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field. The JavaScript executes upon an error condition during visits to the account show page. Root cause: unsanitized input in the liability name. Impact: stored XSS; no expli...

CVE-2019-14672

Firefly III 4.7.17.5 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to the lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field. The JavaScript code is executed upon an error condition during a visit to the account show page...

PT-2019-13774

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefly III version 4.7.17.5 Description The issue arises from the lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field, leading to stored XSS. This occurs when JavaScript code is executed upon an error condition during a visit...

CVE-2019-14672: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Firefly III 4.7.17.5 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to the lack of filtration of user-supplied data in the liability name field. The JavaScript code is executed upon an error condition during a visit to the account show page...

Business banking fraud. Keep your eggs in TWO baskets. Here’s why…

This post has a cautionary tale all about spreading your business banking fraud risk. So, does your business have two bank accounts, with different banks? No? Then you would be well advised to do so, or risk being left unable to trade. WHY? Business banking ‘cyber’ fraud is increasingly common; I...

Incident Response: Do Your Vendor Contracts Have Claws (for Liability)?

In previous blogs, weve discussed some of the struggles organizations have when responding to cyber incidents. For many, it is the recovery aspect, and specifically vendor liability for the data or privacy breach, that poses many questions. In trying to assign liability, the obvious place to star...

When It Comes To IoT Security, Liability Is Muddled

BOSTON—From hacked connected cars to power grids, the implications of IoT security issues seem to be getting graver – yet when it comes to pointing fingers for security troubles, many times victims don’t even know where to start. IoT experts said at the Security of Things Forum today said that a...

Cybersecurity Insurance

Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws. But...

GDPR: The Stakes Are High and Time Is of the Essence

With the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR going into effect in under three months, the countdown clock is fast approaching zero for organizations worldwide that handle personal data of EU residents. GDPR is a very broad and wide-ranging regulation that requires organizations to obtain a lo...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management Component (CNVD-2018-01708)

Oracle Financial Services Applications is Oracle's suite of financial services software that integrates core banking, online banking, and property management.Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management is one of the financial services asset liability management components. Oracle Financi...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management Component

Oracle Financial Services Applications is Oracle's suite of financial services software that integrates core banking, online banking, and property management.Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management is one of the financial services asset liability management components. Oracle Financi...