CVE-2024-36405 Control-flow timing leak in Kyber reference implementation when compiled with Clang 15-18 for -Os, -O1 and other options

liboqs is a C-language cryptographic library that provides implementations of post-quantum cryptography algorithms. A control-flow timing lean has been identified in the reference implementation of the Kyber key encapsulation mechanism when it is compiled with Clang 15-18 for -Os, -O1, and other...

Email Bug Allows Message Snooping, Credential Theft

Researchers warn hackers can snoop on email messages by exploiting a bug in the underlying technology used by the majority of email servers that run the Internet Message Access Protocol, commonly referred to as IMAP. The bug, first reported in August 2020 and patched Monday, is tied to the email...

Gatekeeper Bug in MacOS Mojave Allows Malware to Execute

Researcher Filippo Cavallarin disclosed a bug in the macOS security feature Gatekeeper that allows malicious code execution on systems running the most recent version of Mojave 10.14.0. MacOS Gatekeeper is an Apple security feature that enforces code signing and verifies downloads and apps before...

ICS-CERT Alert on Easily Hackable Road Signs

A new, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Daktronics’ Vanguard software could make it even easier for attackers to hack electronic road signs, a task that was reportedly never very difficult to begin with. Daktronics’ Vanguard dynamic highway message sign configuration software was initially...

QR Codes Found Sending Users to Site Containing Android Trojan

QR codes have been showing up everywhere in the last few months, from magazine ads to the sides of buses to, oddly, billboards. And now they’ve shown up on the list of ways that attackers are delivering malware to victims, with the emergence of a new Android-based Trojan that is hiding on malicio...