CVE-2023-22813

The CVE-2023-22813 entry describes a vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 and related apps (My Cloud OS 5 Mobile/Web, My Cloud Home Mobile/Web, ibi Mobile/Web, SanDisk ibi) where a device API endpoint lacks access controls due to a permissive CORS policy and no authentication for privat...

CVE-2023-22813 Device API endpoint missing access controls on Western Digital Mobile and Web Apps

A device API endpoint was missing access controls on Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 iOS and Anroid Mobile Apps, My Cloud Home iOS and Android Mobile Apps, SanDisk ibi iOS and Android Mobile Apps, My Cloud OS 5 Web App, My Cloud Home Web App and the SanDisk ibi Web App. Due to a permissive CORS...

Trading Convenience for Credentials

Tap. Eat. Repeat. Regret? Using food or grocery delivery apps is great. It really is. Sure, there’s a fee, but when you can’t bring yourself to leave the house, it’s a nice treat to get what you want delivered. As a result, adoption of food apps has been incredibly fast and they are now a...

Mobile app usage soars but security still falls short

Benchmark analysis of mobile apps shows 99% have security or privacy vulnerabilities. These weaknesses can cause exposure of sensitive information and jeopardize brand reputation, customer trust and company value...

Warning: "FaceStealer" iOS and Android apps steal your Facebook login

Earlier this month, security researchers from Meta found 400 malicious Android and iOS apps designed to steal user Facebook login credentials. Such mobile malware, which Malwarebytes detects typically as Android/Trojan.Spy.Facestealer, usually arrives as an app disguised as a useful or entertaini...

Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 6, 2022) — Continuing down the Privacy Policy rabbit hole

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. As I wrote about last week, I’ve been diving a lot into apps’ privacy policies recently. And I was recently made aware of a new type of app I never knew existed — family trackers. There are countless mobile apps for...

PT-2022-23690 · Whatsapp · Whatsapp

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WhatsApp affected versions not specified Description: An integer overflow in WhatsApp could result in remote code execution in an established video call. The issue affects WhatsApp mobile apps. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no...

Researchers Discover Nearly 3,200 Mobile Apps Leaking Twitter API Keys

Researchers have uncovered a list of 3,207 mobile apps that are exposing Twitter API keys in the clear, some of which can be utilized to gain unauthorized access to Twitter accounts associated with them. The takeover is made possible, thanks to a leak of legitimate Consumer Key and Consumer Secre...

Fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps are duping investors

Together with the Department of Homeland Security DHS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, the FBI has released a warning about cybercriminals creating fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps in order to defraud cryptocurrency investors. The threat actors convince...

FBI Warns of Fake Cryptocurrency Apps Stealing Millions from Investors

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has warned of cyber criminals building rogue cryptocurrency-themed apps to defraud investors in the virtual assets space. "The FBI has observed cyber criminals contacting U.S. investors, fraudulently claiming to offer legitimate cryptocurrency investme...

U.S. FTC Vows to Crack Down on illegal Use and Sharing of Citizens' Sensitive Data

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC warned this week that it will crack down on tech companies' illegal use and sharing of highly sensitive data and false claims about data anonymization. "While many consumers may happily offer their location data in exchange for real-time crowd-sourced advice ...

What’s wrong with automotive mobile apps?

Introduction The recent story about the 19-year-old hacker who took control of several dozen Tesla cars has become something of a sensation. We already know that there was an issue with a third-party app that enabled access to data from Teslas. This made it possible for the security researcher to...

Mozilla: Lack of Security Protections in Mental-Health Apps Is ‘Creepy’

While they have good intentions to foster mental health and spiritual wellness, the majority of mental-health and prayer apps can harm their users in other ways by exposing personal and intimate data due to a severe lack of security and privacy protections, researchers from Mozilla have found. Of...

Indian Govt Orders Organizations to Report Security Breaches Within 6 Hours to CERT-In

India's computer and emergency response team, CERT-In, on Thursday published new guidelines that require service providers, intermediaries, data centers, and government entities to compulsorily report cybersecurity incidents, including data breaches, within six hours. "Any service provider,...

CVE-2020-20094

Instagram iOS 106.0 and prior and Android 107.0.0.11 and prior user interface does not properly represent URI messages to the user, which results in URI spoofing via specially crafted messages...

Misconfigured Firebase Databases Exposing Data in Mobile Apps

Thousands of mobile apps – some of which have been downloaded tens of millions of times – are exposing sensitive data from open cloud-based databases due to misconfigured cloud implementations, new research from Check Point has found. Check Point Research CPR found that in three months’ time, 2,1...

Access to internal files through ownCloud Android App - ownCloud

An attacker wich local access to a device with the ownCloud Android app could access internal files of the app...

Altova MobileTogether Server 7.3 - XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Altova MobileTogether Server 7.3 - XML External Entity Injection XXE Exploit Author: RedTeam Pentesting GmbH Vendor Homepage: https://www.altova.com/mobiletogether-server Version: 7.3 CVE: 2021-37425 Advisory: XML External Entity Expansion in MobileTogether Server RedTeam Pentestin...

Cloud Cryptomining Swindle in Google Play Rakes in Cash

Bogus cryptomining apps for Android available for download on Google Play are estimated to have scammed more than 93,400 victims to date, researchers said, stealing at least $350,000. According to Lookout, the apps – categorized into “BitScam” and “CloudScam” versions – advertise themselves as...

HealthForYou 1.11.1 / HealthCoach 2.9.2 User Enumeration Vulnerability

User enumeration through API Overview Advisory ID: TRSA-2104-01 Advisory version: 1.0 Advisory status: Public Advisory URL: https://trovent.io/security-advisory-2104-01 Affected product: HealthForYou & Sanitas HealthCoach mobile and web applications Tested versions: HealthForYou 1.11.1...