A week in security (May 27 – June 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took readers through a deep dive—way down the rabbit hole—into the novel malware called “Hidden Bee.” We also looked at the potential impact of a government agency’s privacy framework, and delivered to readers everything they needed to know about ATM attacks and...

gitea -- TOTP passcode reuse

The Gitea project reports: TOTP passcodes can be reused...

The vulnerability of the Trustlet component of Samsung’s microsoftware and Exynos chips allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code within the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and gain access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the Trustlet microprogramming system in Samsung Mobile devices and Exynos chips is related to buffer overflow attacks on the stack. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the TEE Trusted Execution Environment and gain access to...

A $500 Device can Crack iPhone 6 and 7 Passcodes within Minutes

By Uzair Amir If you remember the FBI paid millions of dollars to Israeli This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A $500 Device can Crack iPhone 6 and 7 Passcodes within Minutes...

Apple Moving to 2FA, Six-Digit Passcodes in iOS 9

With each new release of iOS, Apple has been improving the security of the mobile operating system, adding new features, inserting exploit mitigations, and taking away avenues for attack. In the forthcoming iOS 9.0 release, the company is continuing this movement with the addition of two-factor...

CVE-2015-1106

The QuickType feature in the Keyboards subsystem in Apple iOS before 8.3 allows physically proximate attackers to discover passcodes by reading the lock screen during use of a Bluetooth keyboard...

AT&T Warns Customers of Data Breach

AT&T has notified some of its mobile customers that employees of one of its contractors accessed some customer information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, in an effort to generate codes that could be used to unlock devices. The company did not specify how many customers were...

Koyo DirectLogic PLC Password Brute Force Utility

This module attempts to authenticate to a locked Koyo DirectLogic PLC. The PLC uses a restrictive passcode, which can be A0000000 through A9999999. The "A" prefix can also be changed by the administrator to any other character, which can be set through the PREFIX option of this module. This modul...