CVE-2020-35738

WavPack 5.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write in WavpackPackSamples in packutils.c because of an integer overflow in a malloc argument. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later "unofficial" releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected...

CVE-2020-35738

WavPack 5.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write in WavpackPackSamples in packutils.c because of an integer overflow in a malloc argument. NOTE: some third-parties claim that there are later "unofficial" releases through 5.3.2, which are also affected...

Identifying People by Their Browsing Histories

Interesting paper: "Replication: Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories": We examine the threat to individuals' privacy based on the feasibility of reidentifying users through distinctive profiles of their browsing history visible to...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in RIPE NCC RPKI Validator 3.x through 3.1-2020.07.06.14.28. It allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions or to cause a denial of service on dependent routing systems by strategically withholding RPKI Route Origin Authorisation ".roa" files or X509...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

tiff is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists as a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match in pcreexec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be use...

CVE-2020-12768

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svmcpuuninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak, aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot, the size is negligible, and it can't be triggered at will...

CVE-2020-12768

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6. svmcpuuninit in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c has a memory leak, aka CID-d80b64ff297e. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it's a one-time leak at the boot, the size is negligible, and it can't be triggered at will...

SFO Websites Hacked: Airport Discloses Data Breach

The San Francisco International Airport SFO disclosed this week two of its websites had been hacked and lead to the disclosure of some users’ login credentials at both sites. The attacks occurred in March and compromised were SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com, both relatively low-traffic...

New Research on the Adtech Industry

The Norwegian Consumer Council has published an extensive report about how the adtech industry violates consumer privacy. At the same time, it is filing three legal complaints against six companies in this space. From a Twitter summary: 1. thread We are filing legal complaints against six...

Study shows prominent apps are selling your data to 3rd parties

By Sudais Asif Among the various categories of apps that exist out there, some by their nature store more of your personal information as compared to others. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Study shows prominent apps are selling your data to 3rd parties...

California Adopts Strictest Privacy Law in U.S.

A landmark privacy rights bill took effect Jan. 1, 2020 in California and will have broad implications for U.S. consumers and businesses. The California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA mandates strict requirements for companies to notify users about how their user data will be used and monetized along...

Bypass a restriction in OfA 54 – Opera Security Advisories

Opera for Android before 54.0.2669.49432 is vulnerable to a sandboxed cross-origin iframe bypass attack. By using a service working inside a sandboxed iframe it is possible to bypass the normal sandboxing attributes. This allows an attacker to make forced redirections without any user interaction...

ThreatList: Admin Rights for Third Parties is the Norm

Organizations are continuing to fall down on the job when it comes to addressing cybersecurity risk around third parties; in fact, 61 percent of respondents in a recent survey said they’re unsure if partners, contractors, suppliers and others are accessing or attempting to access unauthorized dat...

Design/Logic Flaw

DISPUTED Four memory leaks in the acphwinit function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpuacp.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allow attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption by triggering mfdaddhotplugdevices or pmgenpdadddevice failures, aka CID-57be09c6e874. NOTE: third partie...

CVE-2019-19049

A memory leak in the unittestdataadd function in drivers/of/unittest.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption by triggering offdtunflattentree failures, aka CID-e13de8fe0d6a. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this because...

Retailer Orvis.com Leaked Hundreds of Internal Passwords on Pastebin

Orvis, a Vermont-based retailer that specializes in high-end fly fishing equipment and other sporting goods, leaked hundreds of internal passwords on Pastebin.com for several weeks last month, exposing credentials the company used to manage everything from firewalls and routers to administrator...

Podcast: Vendors, Suppliers, Partners – Oh My! Who Will Increase Your Risk of Account Takeover?

Your users’ login credentials are available for sale on the criminal underground — and criminals know it. For the third year running, the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Report calls out the use of weak and stolen credentials as the most common hacking tactic. This podcast is sponsored by SpyCloud The...

Vanilla: XSS For Profile Name

Summary: In short, if your username is something as simple as alert1 this will not be filtered when viewing your profile page. The unfiltered script alert is echo'd underneath your image in your profile. This can be viewed by anyone viewing your profile Although in some cases the browser will...

Post-Data Breach, British Airways Slapped With Record $230M Fine

UPDATE A record $230 million fine has been proposed against British Airways after a 2018 data breach impacted 500,000 of the airline’s customers. If approved, the fee would be the biggest General Data Protection Regulation GDPR fine to be issued to a company so far. On Monday, the Information...

Feds: Cyberattack on NASA's JPL Threatened Mission-Control Data

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL may know how to send delicate equipment to Mars, but basic cybersecurity best practices appear to pose an issue for it. A comprehensive federal review has detailed an April 2018 security incident that compromised mission systems – stemming from multiple IT...