New Flaw Lets Rogue Android Apps Access Camera Without Permission

An alarming security vulnerability has been discovered in several models of Android smartphones manufactured by Google, Samsung, and others that could allow malicious apps to secretly take pictures and record videos — even when they don't have specific device permissions to do so. You must alread...

ENFUSE 2019: Security Regulations, Insider Threats, and IoT Privacy Risks

LAS VEGAS – From insider threats, Internet of Things insecurity, to medical device hacking, ENFUSE 2019 broke down the top privacy and security issues help desks are seeing today. It also tackle what regulatory efforts are being developed to address those threats. Threatpost editor Lindsey...

42 Adware Apps with 8 Million Downloads Traced Back to Vietnamese Student

First of all, if you have any of the below-listed apps installed on your Android device, you are advised to uninstall it immediately. Cybersecurity researchers have identified 42 apps on the Google Play Store with a total of more than 8 million downloads, which were initially distributed as...

Design/Logic Flaw

An issue was discovered in PRiSE adAS 1.7.0. Certificate data are not properly escaped. This leads to XSS when submitting a rogue certificate...

CVE-2019-14915

PRiSE adAS 1.7.0 contains an XSS issue caused by unescaped certificate data submitted in rogue certificates. Affected component: certificate handling in PRiSE adAS 1.7.0. Root cause: improper escaping of certificate data. Exploitation details are not provided in the documents. No remediation or p...

Client Side Threats & How Could Website Owners Mitigate Them?

Have you ever browsed a website with complete confidence that your data is protected? We tend to trust websites with some of our most valuable assets, such as personal information or credit card data. While owners of these websites might consider the protection of our data a top priority, we stil...

CVE-2019-6839

A CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability exists in U.motion Server MEG6501-0001 - U.motion KNX server, MEG6501-0002 - U.motion KNX Server Plus, MEG6260-0410 - U.motion KNX Server Plus, Touch 10, MEG6260-0415 - U.motion KNX Server Plus, Touch 15, which could allow a...

Unrestricted file upload

A CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability exists in U.motion Server MEG6501-0001 - U.motion KNX server, MEG6501-0002 - U.motion KNX Server Plus, MEG6260-0410 - U.motion KNX Server Plus, Touch 10, MEG6260-0415 - U.motion KNX Server Plus, Touch 15, which could allow a...

A week in security (September 2 – 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a smart social engineering toolkit, delved into TrickBot tampering with trusted texts, and explained five ways to help keep remote workers safe. Other cybersecurity news A new Chinese Deepfake app is under fire for privacy concerns related to the use o...

Half of Android Handsets Susceptible to Clever SMS Phishing Attack

Over half of all Android handsets are susceptible to a clever over-the-air SMS phishing attack that could allow an adversary to route all internet traffic through a rogue proxy, as well as hijack features such as a handset’s homepage, mail server and directory servers for synchronizing contacts a...

CVE-2019-12587

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

CVE-2019-12587

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

Authentication flaw

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

CVE-2019-12587

The EAP peer implementation in Espressif ESP-IDF 2.0.0 through 4.0.0 and ESP8266NONOSSDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 allows the installation of a zero Pairwise Master Key PMK after the completion of any EAP authentication method, which allows attackers in radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames v...

WordPress Plugins Anchor Widespread Malvertising, Rogue Backdoor Campaign

A malvertising campaign redirecting website visitors and surfacing popups is plaguing the WordPress ecosystem, according to researchers, using known vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins as the attack vector. The campaign has been ongoing all summer, with cybercrooks bent on redirecting website...

Malicious App on Google Play Tallies 100 Million Downloads

Call it the case of a good app gone bad! For some time, a handy PDF creator and optical character recognition OCR app available via Google Play offered users utility and convenience. The app, downloaded more than 100 million times, is called CamScanner and allows Android phone owners to snap a...

CVE-2019-10972

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file .frc2. Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application i...

Design/Logic Flaw

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file .frc2. Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application i...

CVE-2019-10972

Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2, Version 1.16S and prior. This vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker provides the target with a rogue project file .frc2. Once a user opens the rogue project, CPU exhaustion occurs, which causes the software to quit responding until the application i...

CVE-2019-10972

CVE-2019-10972 affects Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2 (Version 1.16S and earlier). The vulnerability arises when a rogue project file (.frc2) is opened, triggering CPU exhaustion and causing the application to stop responding until restart. Connected advisories corroborate an Uncontrolled R...