CVE-2016-6548

The CVE-2016-6548 entry concerns the Zizai Tech Nut mobile app, where HTTP requests leak the user’s authenticated session token in the URL. This exposes the session token to network-level observers, enabling potential account takeover since the token can be reused to access the user’s account. Th...

CVE-2016-6549 Zizai Tech Nut allows for unauthenticated Bluetooth pairing

The Zizai Tech Nut device allows unauthenticated Bluetooth pairing, which enables unauthenticated connected applications to write data to the device name attribute...

CVE-2016-6547

The CVE-2016-6547 issue affects the Zizai Tech Nut mobile app, where the account password used to authenticate to the cloud API is stored in cleartext in the cache.db file. This creates a local information exposure risk, enabling a user with access to the device to retrieve sensitive credentials....

Akamai Welcomes Girls Who Code

Akamai employees in Cambridge have started to see some new faces around the office for the summer - 20+ high school juniors to be specific! For the fourth consecutive year, Akamai is partnering with Girls Who Code to host a seven-week long summer immersion program dedicated to closing the gender...

Spectre bug protection forcing Chrome to use 10 to 13% more RAM

By Uzair Amir The entire tech industry was shaken after the discovery of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spectre bug protection forcing Chrome to use 10 to 13% more RAM...

Free High-Tech Bridge ImmuniWeb Application Discovery service

Today I would like to talk about another service for application security analysis by High-Tech Bridge. It's called ImmuniWeb Application Discovery. This service can get information about your web and mobile applications available from the Internet. Believe me, this is not so obvious for a large...

Breaking up is hard to do… with IoT

Evidence is starting to emerge of former partners stalking their ex through the smart tech in their home. If you have a break up, what steps should you take to protect yourself? Is the very tech that is supposed to protect you actually exposing you to your ex? Smart doorbells I was contacted by a...

California Passes New Privacy Law

The California legislature unanimously passed the strongest data privacy law in the nation. This is great news, but I have a lot of reservations. The Internet tech companies pressed to get this law passed out of self-defense. A ballot initiative was already going to be voted on in November, one...

Facebook Admits Sharing Users' Data With 61 Tech Companies

Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users' data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015. It's an unusual clear view of how the largest social networking site manages your...

A week in security (June 11 – June 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we discussed how to protect the online privacy of children, we gave you a spring 2018 overview of exploit kits, rounded up the ongoing discussions about the VPNFilter malware, and discussed the struggles of UK law enforcement with modern-day cybercrime. Other news...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK 7 affect IBM Systems Director.

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 7 that is used by IBM Systems Director. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2017. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-10115 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition affect Data Studio, InfoSphere Data Architect, Optim Query Workload Tuner for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and Optim Query Workload Tuner for z/OS (CVE-2016-0466, CVE-2015-7575)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is used by IBM Data Studio, InfoSphere Data Architect, Optim Query Workload Tuner for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and Optim Query Workload Tuner for z/OS. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK...

Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Java SDK shipped with IBM Data Studio, InfoSphere Data Architect, Optim Query Workload Tuner for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and Optim Query Workload Tuner for z/OS (CVE-2015-4872)

Summary IBM Java SDK is shipped as a component of IBM Data Studio, InfoSphere Data Architect, InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for z/OS. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM Java SDK has been published...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Data Studio Web Console. (CVE-2014-6593, CVE-2015-0410)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBMｮ Runtime Environments JavaTechnology Edition, Version 5, 6 and 7 that is used by IBM Data Studio Web Console DSWC. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2015. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6593...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect various Optim data server tools desktop products (CVE-2014-6558, CVE-2014-3068)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Versions 7 Service Refresh 7 Fix Pack 1, 7R1 Service Refresh 1 Fix Pack 1, 6 Service Refresh 16 Fix Pack 1, and earlier releases that are used by various Optim data server tools desktop products. These issues were...

PSA: Users with landlines are more vulnerable to scams

It’s time to have “the talk” with your parents, relatives, and loved ones. Anyone still using a landline must be warned: having a home phone makes you particularly vulnerable to scams. We know here at Malwarebytes that our readers are often the unofficial “IT” department for their families,...

A conversation with America Geeks

Thanks to NeeP for contributing significant research. You can check out NeeP's YouTube channel here. Malwarebytes has written quite a bit about tech support scammers, typically focusing on new scam techniques as they arise with new threat actor groups. But sometimes our research discovers scammer...

Alexa Eavesdropping Flub Re-Sparks Voice Assistant Privacy Debate

After an Alexa-enabled Echo device recorded and shared a private conversation of its unknowing owners, the tech industry – and the public – is casting a wary eye on voice assistant privacy issues. On Thursday, news emerged that a Portland family’s Echo device had recorded a conversation of them –...

Another Spectre-Like CPU Vulnerability

Google and Microsoft researchers have disclosed another Spectre-like CPU side-channel vulnerability, called "Speculative Store Bypass." Like the others, the fix will slow the CPU down. The German tech site Heise reports that more are coming. I'm not surprised. Writing about Spectre and Meltdown i...

Why tech companies wanted Senate Bill 315 vetoed

When Georgia Senate Bill 315 SB-315 was introduced, people in the tech world anxiously awaited its fate, regardless of their geographic location. They knew that some laws initially restricted to single states become more widespread after politicians set precedents. And they knew that this law cou...