A week in security (June 24 – 30)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we peeled back the mystery on an elusive malware campaign that relied on blank JavaScript injections, detailed for readers our latest telemetry on the tricky GreenFlash Sundown exploit, and looked at one of the top campaigns directing traffic toward scareware pages...

Recipe for success: tech support scammers zero in via paid search

Tech support scammers are known for engaging in a game of whack-a-mole with defenders. Case in point, last month there were reports that crooks had invaded Microsoft Azure Cloud Services to host fake warning pages, also known as browser lockers. In this blog, we take a look at one of the top...

CVE-2018-3702

Improper permissions in the installer for the ITE Tech Consumer Infrared Driver for Windows 10 versions before 5.4.3.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

CVE-2018-3702

Improper permissions in the installer for the ITE Tech Consumer Infrared Driver for Windows 10 versions before 5.4.3.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

Input validation

Improper permissions in the installer for the ITE Tech Consumer Infrared Driver for Windows 10 versions before 5.4.3.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

CVE-2018-3702

CVE-2018-3702 affects the ITE Tech Consumer Infrared Driver for Windows 10, prior to version 5.4.3.0. The issue is improper permissions in the installer that may allow an authenticated local user to escalate privileges. Connected sources (Intel advisory, Red Hat, CNVD, NVD entries) confirm the vu...

CVE-2018-3702

Improper permissions in the installer for the ITE Tech Consumer Infrared Driver for Windows 10 versions before 5.4.3.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

CVE-2018-3702: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Improper permissions in the installer for the ITE Tech Consumer Infrared Driver for Windows 10 versions before 5.4.3.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access...

The Struggle is Real

We’ve all heard the phrase, “We live in a male dominated world.” This phrase is most often delivered with a negative connotation when someone perceives that they’re getting an unfair chance, at the mercy of men. What if we could live in a world where everyone’s unique contributions were equally...

Jigsaw Bought a Russian Twitter Troll Campaign as an Experiment

In a controversial move, the Alphabet-owned tech firm played both sides of an online argument in Russia with the aim of testing disinformation-for-hire services...

PT-2019-2465 · Ite Tech · Ite Tech Consumer Infrared Driver

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ITE Tech Consumer Infrared Driver versions prior to 5.4.3.0 Description: The issue is related to improper permissions in the installer, which may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. This...

Teen hacked Apple twice hoping for a job

By Ryan De Souza He hacked his way into the tech giant’s mainframe by creating false credentials. Now that is what we call a very unorthodox approach, an out of the box invocation to realize what you are desperately after. An Australian teenager, an Apple fanboy, longing for a job in Apple evince...

Five Carbon Black Team Members Honored on CRN’s 2019 Women of the Channel List, One Named to the Power 100 List

We are excited to announce that five of Carbon Black’s talented employees have been named to CRN’s 2019 Women of the Channel list: Christine Bufalini, Senior Marketing Director Melanie Holterhoff, Channel Marketing Manager Toni Pommet, Senior Channel Marketing Manager Ashley Tranfaglia, Senior...

Google bans Huawei from accessing Android & its licensed apps

By Uzair Amir Intel Corp., Broadcom Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Xilinx Inc., etc., have also refused to supply critical components and software to Huawei. The US has decided to deny Huawei Technologies Co., a major Chinese tech firm, access to US technology to prevent Huawei’s growing influence in the...

Words of Wisdom: Advice for Pursuing a Career in Tech

The introduction of AI into the workplace is creating uncertainty over the future of employment. However, research shows that tech will create "133 million" more jobs before 2022 than it will dissolve, as "new entities in the economy replace obsolete...

ThreatList: Nigerian Cybercrime Surged 54 Percent in 2018

In 2018, Nigeria-based cybercrime jumped 54 percent over the previous year, as groups of scammers expanded their operations adding new tactics and reaching a wider breadth of targets. The increase, outlined in a report released Thursday by Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42, shows that Nigerian scammers...

Sql injection

Certain Ambit Technologies Pvt. Ltd products are affected by: SQL Injection. This affects iTech B2B Script 4.42i and Tech Business Networking Script 8.26i and Tech Caregiver Script 2.71i and Tech Classifieds Script 7.41i and Tech Dating Script 3.40i and Tech Freelancer Script 5.27i and Tech Image...

CVE-2017-12757

Certain Ambit Technologies Pvt. Ltd products are affected by: SQL Injection. This affects iTech B2B Script 4.42i and Tech Business Networking Script 8.26i and Tech Caregiver Script 2.71i and Tech Classifieds Script 7.41i and Tech Dating Script 3.40i and Tech Freelancer Script 5.27i and Tech Image...

Stay Safe: 5 Tips to Keep Fraudsters at Bay

By Patrick Vernon Both in business and personally, fraud is, unfortunately, an everyday hazard and a byproduct of advances in tech mean fraud is more prevalent than ever before. There are steps you can take to keep safe from fraudsters and these are becoming an essential part of life for business...

CVE-2017-12757: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Certain Ambit Technologies Pvt. Ltd products are affected by: SQL Injection. This affects iTech B2B Script 4.42i and Tech Business Networking Script 8.26i and Tech Caregiver Script 2.71i and Tech Classifieds Script 7.41i and Tech Dating Script 3.40i and Tech Freelancer Script 5.27i and Tech Image...