Apple Fixes Flaw Impacting HomeKit Devices

Apple said it has fixed an undisclosed vulnerability in its HomeKit framework that could have allowed unauthorized remote control of HomeKit devices such as smart locks and connected garage door openers. The flaw was first reported by the publication 9to5Mac on Thursday. According to the...

A week in security (October 23 – October 29)

Welcome back to "A week in security." Last week, we took a look at how deleted files can be recovered, explored the BadRabbit ransomware plague attacking Eastern Europe including a deep dive into the code, and talked about what it takes to work in security. One of our researchers, who is a PhD...

Please don’t buy this: smart locks

We all like buying the latest and greatest tech toy. It’s fun to get new and novel features on a product that used to be boring and predictable; a draw of the original BeBox amongst many was a layer of “das blinkenlights” across the front. But sometimes, the latest feature is not always the...

Memory corruption

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, concurrent calls into ioctl RMNETIOCTLADDMUXCHANNEL in ipa wan driver may lead to memory corruption due to missing locks...

CVE-2017-10999: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, concurrent calls into ioctl RMNETIOCTLADDMUXCHANNEL in ipa wan driver may lead to memory corruption due to missing locks...

Faulty Firmware Auto-Update Breaks Hundreds of 'Smart Locks'

More features, more problems! Today, we are living in a digital age that is creating a digital headache for people by connecting every other unnecessary home appliance to the Internet. Last week, nearly hundreds of Internet-connected locks became inoperable after a faulty software update hit some...

Race condition

In coreinforead and instinforead in all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, variable "dbgbuf", "dbgbuf-curr" and "dbgbuf-filledsize" could be modified by different threads at the same time, but they are not protected with mutex or locks. Buffer overflow is possible on race condition...

security-locks.net XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-212858 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| security-locks.net Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

CVE-2016-6786

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30955111...

CVE-2016-6786

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30955111...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6787

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 31095224...

Design/Logic Flaw

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 31095224...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6786

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30955111...

CVE-2016-6787

CVE-2016-6787 affects the Linux kernel’s performance subsystem: kernel/events/core.c before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, allowing local users to gain privileges via a crafted application (Android internal bug 31095224). Impact is local privilege escalation with complete confide...

CVE-2016-6787

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 31095224...

CVE-2016-6786

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30955111...

CVE-2015-8966

arch/arm/kernel/sysoabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted 1 FOFDGETLK, 2 FOFDSETLK, or 3 FOFDSETLKW command in an fcntl64 system call...

CVE-2015-8952

A design flaw was found in the file extended attribute handling of the Linux kernel's handling of cached attributes. Too many entries in the cache cause a soft lockup while attempting to iterate the cache and access relevant locks...

Bluetooth Hack Leaves Many Smart Locks, IoT Devices Vulnerable To MitM Attacks

Sławomir Jasek with research firm SecuRing is sounding an alarm over the growing number of Bluetooth devices used for keyless entry and mobile point-of-sales systems that are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Jasek said the problem is traced back to devices that use the Bluetooth Low Energ...

Samsung's SmartThings platform is explosive new vulnerabilities, can trigger the fire alarm-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The researchers found that Samsung's SmartThings platform, there are multiple vulnerabilities for the attacker to invade a victim's home the door open. ! Security research team found in Samsung SmartThings platform in the presence of a plurality of security vulnerability for the network attacker ...