Huawei Y6 Pro AEE extension module information leak leaks

Huawei Y6 Pro is a smartphone from Chinese company Huawei Huawei. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Huawei Y6 Pro phones using the AEE extension module of the MTK platform. Due to improper authorization of specific processes, an attacker may trick users into installing a malicious...

Links in phishing-like emails lead to tech support scam

Note: Our Tech support scams FAQ page has the latest info on this type of threat, including scammer tactics, fake error messages, and the latest scammer hotlines. You can also read our latest blog, New tech support scam launches communication or phone call app. Tech support scams continue to...

Legal Robot: Code injection

A security researcher discovered that they were able to inject potentially malicious code into Legal Robot's newly created Roadmap page through improper input sanitization when submitting a new Idea for consideration by the community. A limited-scope attack was possible since the input sanitizati...

WakaTime: Impersonation of Wakatime user using Invitation functionality.

Hi wakatime team, I have found a vulnerability in your leaderboard invitation functionality which can be used to trick the victims on the name of wakatime. Anyone can sign up with any email id and use the leadersboard invitation to invite anyone. This loophole can be leveraged for impersonation o...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Kakadu SDK Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic and Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos.Today, Talos is disclosing multiple vulnerabilities that have been identified in the Kakadu JPEG 2000 SDK. The vulnerabilities manifest in a way that could be exploited if a user opens a specifically crafted JPEG 2000...

IC3 Releases Alert on Gift Card Scams

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert warning consumers of music gift card scams. This type of scam targets victims, gains their confidence, and tricks them into providing gift card information. To stay safer online, review the IC3 alert on Online Scammers Require Payment...

Schneider Electric Trio TView

CVSS v3 10.0 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Public exploits are available. Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: Trio TView Vulnerabilities: Multiple Vulnerabilities for Java Runtime Environment AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of Schneider Electric Trio TView...

APT Group Uses Catfish Technique To Ensnare Victims

LAS VEGAS–Meet Mia Ash, a 20-something London-based photographer, amateur model, social media butterfly with a keen interest in tech-savvy guys with ties to the oil and gas industry. You guessed it. Mia Ash doesn’t exist. Ash, according to Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit, is a virtual person...

SteelCon: Mahkra ni Orroz

I recently gave a talk at Sheffield's SteelCon, a huge security event spread over a few days with no end of interesting activities taking place. My presentation, called Makhra ni Orroz, is a good 45 minutes of non stop talking and pictures and things. It's also a bit different in terms of what I...

SET v7.7 - The Social-Engineer Toolkit “Blackout”

The Social-Engineer Toolkit SET was created and written by the founder of TrustedSec. It is an open-source Python-driven tool aimed at penetration testing around Social-Engineering. SET has been presented at large-scale conferences including Blackhat, DerbyCon, Defcon, and ShmooCon. With over two...

The Slippery Slope Starts with "Get 2 Free Airline Tickets"

Written by Or Katz and Raviv Perets A widespread phishing scam that offers free airline tickets has been spotted in the wild by Akamai's Enterprise Threat Protector ETP security research team. The campaign uses a number of social engineering techniques to trick people into providing their private...

Patch Tuesday - July 2017

Most of the critical vulnerabilities patched this month concern client-side systems, with 14 separate Remote Code Execution RCE issues being addressed for the Microsoft Edge browser and five for Internet Explorer. One of the three Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities being patched is also a critica...

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access OWA fails to properly handle web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform script/content injection attacks and attempt to trick the user into disclosing sensitive...

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access OWA fails to properly handle web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform script/content injection attacks and attempt to trick the user into disclosing sensitive...

Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries

Hackers and cyber criminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. While other operating systems are more widely in use, cybercriminals have now shifted from traditional activities to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vector...

IRS Launches 'Don't Take the Bait' Series

As part of its Security Summit effort, the Internal Revenue Service IRS will be launching a new educational series called "Don't Take the Bait" on July 11, 2017. As part of the "Protect Your Clients, Protect Yourself" campaign, this series will provide information about phishing scams targeting t...

Classic Ether Wallet Compromised via Social Engineering

Classic Ether Wallet, an open source wallet for the public, blockchain-based cryptocurrency platform Ethereum Classic ETC was compromised late last week. Developers of the decentralized platform said an attacker managed to hijack the domain for the wallet via social engineering late Thursday...

Something’s phishy: How to detect phishing attempts

Dear you, It appears you need to update your information. Click here to tell us all your secrets. No really, it's totally safe. We're not going to steal your identity, we swear. If only phishing attempts were that obvious. Instead, these days it's hard to tell a phish apart from a foul, if you...

IRS Warns of Summertime Scams

The Internal Revenue Service IRS has released an alert warning of various types of scams targeting taxpayers this summer. The alert describes common features of these cyber crimes, including robocalls, demands for immediate payment, and threats to have taxpayers arrested immediately. Taxpayers an...

Few Victims Reporting Ransomware Attacks to FBI

Ransomware may have been the most prevalent internet threat of 2016, and WannaCry certainly made it a mainstream conversation, but that doesn’t mean people are reporting incidents to law enforcement. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s annual report published this week counted only 2,673...