Windows 10 Mobile Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows 10 Mobile when Cortana allows a user to access files and folders through the locked screen. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could access the photo library of an affected phone and modify or delete photos without...

Real-life social engineering. Another two days in tweets

What happens in a real life social engineering exercise? There’s a lot of planning and preparation that goes on behind the scenes: it’s not a matter of turning up to a site and ‘winging it’! I live tweeted an exercise a little while back, to give a flavour of a real task in real time. For reasons...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4145-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4145-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the GFS2 file system in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial o...

New iOS exploit checkm8 allows permanent compromise of iPhones

UPDATE 9/27, 11:00am: Updated for the misconception that the bootrom was actually being modified. Apparently, the "permanent" only refers to the fact that the bug is in the bootrom, where it cannot be patched. UPDATE 9/27, 12:15am: After speaking with @axi0m8, clarified a few other points,...

Hacker Releases 'Unpatchable' Jailbreak For All iOS Devices, iPhone 4s to iPhone X

An iOS hacker and cybersecurity researcher today publicly released what he claimed to be a "permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit," in other words, an epic jailbreak that works on all iOS devices ranging from iPhone 4s A5 chip to iPhone 8 and iPhone X A11 chip. Dubbed Checkm8, the exploit leverag...

CVE-2019-12672

A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with physical access to an affected device to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system OS with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file location validatio...

CVE-2019-12672

A vulnerability in the filesystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with physical access to an affected device to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system OS with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file location validatio...

CVE-2019-12672

Cisco IOS XE Software contains an Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in its filesystem due to insufficient file location validation. An authenticated, local attacker with physical access can exploit a USB payload to run code on the OS with root privileges. Multiple connected sources confirm t...

Drilling open a smart door lock in 4 seconds

The BBC asked us to have a look at some smart locks for a TV show recently. We didn’t have much prep time, but were genuinely shocked by just how easy this one was to compromise. Usually, we spend time looking at Bluetooth/RF, the mobile app, the API and then move on to hardware. This time we...

What role does data destruction play in cybersecurity?

When organization leaders think about cybersecurity, it's usually about which tools and practices they need to add to their stack—email protection, firewalls, network and endpoint security, employee awareness training, AI and machine-learning technology—you get the idea. What's not often consider...

News Wrap: Emotet's Return, U.S. Vs. Snowden, Physical Pen Testers Arrested

From the re-emergence of an infamous malware, to a new lawsuit against Edward Snowden, Threatpost editors Lindsey O’Donnell and Tara Seals break down this week’s top news. Top stories include: Emotet, the notorious banking trojan, is back after a summer hiatus. The U.S. sued Edward Snowden over h...

These Hacks Require Literally Sneaking in the Backdoor

After slipping past security, picking a backdoor lock and gaining access to a company’s inner sanctum, a skilled hacker can cause mayhem. They can plant malware on a network, grab physical files and walk out the front door with a donut pilfered from the employee break room. Meet the world of a...

CVE-2019-5531

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG and VMware vCenter Server 6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b, and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j contain an information disclosure vulnerability in clients arising from...

CVE-2019-5531

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG and VMware vCenter Server 6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b, and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j contain an information disclosure vulnerability in clients arising from...

Information disclosure

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG and VMware vCenter Server 6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b, and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j contain an information disclosure vulnerability in clients arising from...

Real-life social engineering. Two days in tweets

This is the write-up of my live tweets while on a recent social engineering engagement. It’s all available on my feed @ghostie I did this because I wanted to share what it's like to prep for, and work through a job, warts and all. If you can take anything away, to enhance your technique, or defen...

iPhone iOS 13 Lockscreen Bypass Flaw Exposes Contacts

An iPhone lock screen bypass has been discovered that could enable an attacker to access victims’ address books, including their contacts’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses and more. The hack was first discovered by researcher Jose Rodriguez, an Apple enthusiast based in...

New Clues Show How Russia’s Grid Hackers Aimed for Physical Destruction

A fresh look at the 2016 blackout in Ukraine suggests that the cyberattack behind it was intended to cause far more damage...

kernel: Use-after-free in sound/usb/card.c:usb_audio_probe()

A flaw was found In the Linux kernel, through version 4.19.6, where a local user could exploit a use-after-free in the ALSA driver by supplying a malicious USB Sound device with zero interfaces that is mishandled in usbaudioprobe in sound/usb/card.c. An attacker could corrupt memory and possibly...

USN-4115-2: Linux kernel regression

USN 4115-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux 4.15 kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, as part of the update, a regression was introduced that caused a kernel crash when handling fragmented packets in some situations. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for...