Hey Secret Service: Don't Plug Suspect USB Sticks into Random Computers

I just noticed this bit from the incredibly weird story of the Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service agent Samuel Ivanovich, who interviewed Zhang on the day of her arrest, testified at the hearing. He stated that when another agent put Zhang's thumb drive into his computer, it...

A week in security (April 1 – 7)

Last week, Malwarebytes Labs took readers on a brief tour of some of the world's most notable data privacy laws, explored how gamers can protect themselves against cyberthreats, and offered thoughts about the reports that a 23-year-old Chinese woman gained access to President Donald Trump’s...

Facebook Won't Stop Being Sketchy, and More Security News This Week

Plus: Mar-a-Lago mishaps, Airbnb's creepy camera problem, tax-season phishing scams, and more...

Mar-a-Lago's Security Problems Go Way Beyond a Thumb Drive

A Chinese woman was arrested for sneaking into Trump's "Winter White House," a reminder of how exposed the president's private club is to physical and cybersecurity risks...

Was this really an attempt by the Chinese?

Last weekend, during President Trump’s visit to the Mar-a-Lago resort, a 23-year-old Chinese woman attempted to gain access to the Florida resort by lying and bluffing her way in. After some discussion at the gate, she was escorted to the reception of the resort where it was found out that she wa...

Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.2.1

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 60.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2018-25 advisory. - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an IndexedDB index is deleted while still in use by...

astrogaming.ca XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-716784 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| astrogaming.ca Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| hidden...

fsmilitary.org XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-715423 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| fsmilitary.org Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| hidden...

zycus.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-706202 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| zycus.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| hidden until...

Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malicious MAR file

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

Mozilla: Out-of-bounds write with malicious MAR file

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

CVE-2018-12379

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12379

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

CVE-2018-12379

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

Out-of-bounds

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

CVE-2018-12379

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

CVE-2018-12379

CVE-2018-12379 describes an out-of-bounds write triggered when the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR file containing a very long item filename. This requires that the updater is run locally with the malicious MAR file, potentially allowing a crash exploitable by an attacker. Affected products include F...

CVE-2018-12379

When the Mozilla Updater opens a MAR format file which contains a very long item filename, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This requires running the Mozilla Updater manually on the local system with the malicious MAR file in order to occur. Thi...

ifwatchd Privilege Escalation Exploit

This Metasploit module attempts to gain root privileges on QNX 6.4.x and 6.5.x systems by exploiting the ifwatchd suid executable. ifwatchd allows users to specify scripts to execute using the '-A' command line argument; however, it does not drop privileges when executing user-supplied scripts,...

Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.2.1

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 60.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2018-25 advisory. - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when an IndexedDB index is deleted while still in use by JavaScript code...