CVE-2024-45031 Apache Syncope: Stored XSS in Console and Enduser

When editing objects in the Syncope Console, incomplete HTML tags could be used to bypass HTML sanitization. This made it possible to inject stored XSS payloads which would trigger for other users during ordinary usage of the application. XSS payloads could also be injected in Syncope Enduser whe...

This industry profits from knowing you have cancer, explains Cody Venzke (Lock and Code S05E22)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast … On the internet, you can be shown an online ad because of your age, your address, your purchase history, your politics, your religion, and even your likelihood of having cancer. This is because of the largely unchecked “data broker” industry. Data brokers...

This Prompt Can Make an AI Chatbot Identify and Extract Personal Details From Your Chats

Security researchers created an algorithm that turns a malicious prompt into a set of hidden instructions that could send a user's personal information to an attacker...

Election season raises fears for nearly a third of people who worry their vote could be leaked

As the United States enters full swing into its next presidential election, people are feeling worried, unsafe, and afraid. And none of that has to do with who wins. According to new research from Malwarebytes, people see this election season as a particularly risky time for their online privacy...

MoneyGram confirms customer data breach

Money transfer company MoneyGram has notified its customers of a data breach in which it says certain customers had their personal information taken between September 20 and 22, 2024. The investigation into the incident that was discovered on September 27 is still ongoing, and the number of...

Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined

Ireland’s privacy watchdog Data Protection Commission DPC has fined Meta €91M $101M after the discovery in 2019 that Meta had stored 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords in plaintext. The DPC ruled that Meta was in violation of GDPR on several occasions related to this breach. It determin...

GHSA-H5Q3-FJP4-2X7R MantisBT vulnerable to information disclosure with user profiles

Using a crafted POST request, an unprivileged, registered user is able to retrieve information about other users' personal system profiles. Impact Disclosure of private system profiles: Platform, OS, OS version, Description. Patches -...

“Simply staggering” surveillance conducted by social media and streaming services, FTC finds

The US Federal Trade Commission FTC released a report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services, finding that—and this will not come as a surprise to our regular readers—the companies engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order t...

CVE-2024-8891 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability on CIRCUTOR Q-SMT

An attacker with no knowledge of the current users in the web application, could build a dictionary of potential users and check the server responses as it indicates whether or not the user is present in CIRCUTOR Q-SMT in its firmware version 1.0.4...

CVE-2024-8891 Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability on CIRCUTOR Q-SMT

An attacker with no knowledge of the current users in the web application, could build a dictionary of potential users and check the server responses as it indicates whether or not the user is present in CIRCUTOR Q-SMT in its firmware version 1.0.4...

CVE-2024-8891

CVE-2024-8891 applies to CIRCUTOR Q-SMT, firmware 1.0.4. The vulnerability allows an attacker with no knowledge of current users to enumerate potential users by observing server responses, revealing whether a user exists. This is a user enumeration/ private information exposure issue affecting th...

Singapore Police Arrest Six Hackers Linked to Global Cybercrime Syndicate

The Singapore Police Force SPF has announced the arrest of five Chinese nationals and one Singaporean man for their alleged involvement in illicit cyber activities in the country. The development comes after a group of about 160 law enforcement officials conducted a series of raids on September 9...

The Role of VPNs in Protecting Online Privacy

If you use the Internet, online privacy should be a growing concern as individuals share more personal information…...

Planned Parenthood partly offline after ransomware attack

In late August, Intermountain Planned Parenthood of Montana suffered a cyberattack which is still under investigation. The attack has been claimed by a ransomware group. Intermountain Planned Parenthood Inc., doing business as Planned Parenthood Of Montana, is a nonprofit organization that provid...

City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher

The City of Columbus, Ohio is suing a security researcher for sharing stolen data. All the complaint will accomplish, we imagine, is spotlight the ignorance of certain city officials in handling a common security matter. What happened is that the City of Columbus was attacked by a ransomware grou...

CVE-2024-37136

Dell Path to PowerProtect, versions 1.1, 1.2, contains an Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information exposure...

Hacker Leaks Data of 390 Million Users from VK, a Russian Social Network

Hacker HikkI-Chan leaks personal data of over 390 million VK users on Breach Forums, including city, country, full…...

Dell Path to PowerProtect 安全漏洞

Dell Path to PowerProtect is an application from Dell USA Inc. A security vulnerability exists in Dell Path to PowerProtect version 1.1 and 1.2. An unauthorized attacker could exploit the vulnerability to obtain personal information...

CVE-2024-40395

An Insecure Direct Object Reference IDOR in PTC ThingWorx v9.5.0 allows attackers to view sensitive information, including PII, regardless of access level...

SMS scammers use toll fees as a lure

In April 2024, the FBI warned about a new type of smishing scam. Smishing is the term we use for phishing attacks sent via text message. This particular smishing scam tries to trick users into clicking a link by telling them they owe a “small amount” in toll fees. The scammers send a text claimin...