Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Overview ua-parser-js is a lightweight JavaScript-based user-agent string parser. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service ReDoS via the regex for Redmi Phones and Mi Pad Tablets UA. POC by Yeting Li var blank = " "; for let i = 1; i 5000; i++ blank...

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in IPSec Component of Multiple Apple Products

Apple iOS is an operating system developed for mobile devices.Apple iPadOS is an operating system for iPad tablets.Apple macOS Catalina is a specialized operating system for Mac computers.IPSec is one of the Internet protocol security components. one of the Internet Protocol security components. ...

Samsung Mobile Device Input Validation Error Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-34727)

Android is a free and open source operating system from Google based on the Linux kernel without GNU components. An input validation error vulnerability exists in Samsung mobile devices, which can be exploited by an attacker to create other user accounts in a tablet and access user data in extern...

Debian DLA-1885-1 : linux-4.9 security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-18509 Denis Andzakovic reported a missing type check in the IPv4 multicast routing implementation. A user with the CAPNETADMIN capability in a...

Debian DSA-4497-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2015-8553 Jan Beulich discovered that CVE-2015-2150 was not completely addressed. If a PCI physical function is passed through to a Xen guest, th...

Debian DLA-1884-1 : linux security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-18509 Denis Andzakovic reported a missing type check in the IPv4 multicast routing implementation. A user with the CAPNETADMIN capability in a...

Debian DSA-4495-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2018-20836 chenxiang reported a race condition in libsas, the kernel subsystem supporting Serial Attached SCSI SAS devices, which could lead to a...

FireOS Flaw Allowed Limited Content Injection in Amazon Tablets

A vulnerability in the operating system of Amazon’s Fire Tablets could allow a hacker to inject malicious content into Settings, Legal and Compliance, Terms of Use and Privacy sections of the device. The bug could also allow an adversary to capture the serial number of the tablet. The Fire Tablet...

Jailhouse Tablets Allow Inmates to Steal Thousands of Dollars in Credits

Officials at the Idaho Department of Correction say that inmates from five different facilities across the state collected nearly a quarter million dollars in credits after hacking their tablets. Up to 364 inmates exploited a vulnerability in JPay tablets – which were given to prisoners for email...

364 inmates hacked prison tablets to steal almost $225,000

By Waqas Hundreds of inmates hacked the system and transferred almost $225,000 in their accounts. Inmates at Idaho Department of Correction are provided with computer tablets manufactured by a Florida based company JPay. These tablets are powered by communications and data services from...

Lenovo Finally Patches Ancient BlueBorne Bugs in Tab and Yoga Tablets

Nine months after researchers warned of the BlueBorne remote code execution bug, Lenovo said Thursday that a patch is finally available for three popular lines of its Android tablets. Lenovo, the world’s No. 3 Android tablet-maker, said BlueBorne patches are now available for four Lenovo Tab...

Police bust drug dealers using fingerprint from a WhatsApp photo

By Waqas A WhatsApp photo of drug dealer's hand carrying ecstasy tablets This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Police bust drug dealers using fingerprint from a WhatsApp photo...

What to expect for this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Last year during holidays, US online sales surpassed $122 billion. This represented a 12 percent increase over the previous year. But beyond the overall growth, what's more interesting is that sales at physical stores dropped by 10 percent, the result of ongoing consumer comfort with and adoption...

Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Exploit for Android platform in category local exploits This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require "msf/core" class MetasploitModule "Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation", "Description" ...

Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require "msf/core" class MetasploitModule "Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation", "Description...

Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require "msf/core" class MetasploitModule "Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation", "Description" = %q This module attempts to exploit a debug backdoor...

Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New 'QuadRooter' Attack

Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide. What's even worse: Most of those affected Android devices will probably never be patched. Dubbed...

Amazon for Tablets - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Amazon for Tablets published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Sky News Arabia for Tablets - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Sky News Arabia for Tablets published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Amazon Backtracks On Encryption Removal

Amazon reversed course on its unpopular decision to remove encryption from its Fire OS 5 tablets. Over the weekend, Amazon said, customers’ device-level encryption support will return this spring. The move comes after Amazon customers and privacy activists expressed outrage over the company’s...