Google Patches ‘High Severity’ Browser Bug

UPDATE Google is urging users to update their Chrome desktop browsers to avoid security issues related to a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability. Google issued the alert Thursday and said an update for most browsers has been released. “The stable channel has been updated to...

Please don’t buy this: smart locks

We all like buying the latest and greatest tech toy. It’s fun to get new and novel features on a product that used to be boring and predictable; a draw of the original BeBox amongst many was a layer of “das blinkenlights” across the front. But sometimes, the latest feature is not always the...

IRCCloud: [IRCCloud Android] Opening arbitrary URLs/XSS in SAMLAuthActivity

Hi, I'd like to report a bug which allow to open arbitrary URLs in com.irccloud.android.activity.SAMLAuthActivity This activity is exported: xml it means that it can be accessed by any third-party apps installed on the same device. On the newest Androids it also could be exploited by Android...

Apple Support iOS Application 1.1.1 Unencrypted Third Party Analytics Vulnerability

Apple Support iOS application versions 1.1.1 and below send potentially sensitive information such as mobile carrier, install date and time, number of app launches, device model, iOS version and screen resolution, unencrypted to a third party site Adobe Marketing Cloud. Apple Support iOS...

Hardening the system and maintaining integrity with Windows Defender System Guard

One of the things we spend a great deal of time thinking about here at Microsoft is how attackers will attempt to persist and evade detection once they’ve successfully compromised a device. With Windows 10 we’ve made it more difficult to find ways to exploit potential entry points, and it’s clear...

Kaspersky Opens Antivirus Source Code for Independent Review to Rebuild Trust

Kaspersky Lab — We have nothing to hide! Russia-based Antivirus firm hits back with what it calls a "comprehensive transparency initiative," to allow independent third-party review of its source code and internal processes to win back the trust of customers and infosec community. Kaspersky launch...

CVE-2017-7125

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

CVE-2017-7126

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

CVE-2017-7125

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

CVE-2017-7124

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact...

CVE-2017-7125

CVE-2017-7125 affects macOS High Sierra up to 10.12.x via the third‑party file utility. Public description: versions of the file package before 5.30 contain issues that allow remote attackers to cause an application crash (DoS) or potentially other impact. Apple’s security guidance (HT208144) and...

Oracle Secure Global Desktop Web Services Component Remote Authentication Bypass (October 2017 CPU)

The version of Oracle Secure Global Desktop installed on the remote host is 5.3 and is missing a security patch from the October 2017 Critical Patch Update CPU. It is, therefore, affected by an Apache HTTP server remote authentication bypass vulnerability in the web services component. The Apache...

Equifax Credit Assistance Site Served Spyware

Big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax says it has removed third-party code from its credit report assistance Web site that prompted visitors to download spyware disguised as an update for Adobe's Flash Player software. Image: Randy-abrams.blogspot.com On Wednesday, security expert and blogger...

Equifax Takes Down Compromised Page Redirecting to Adware Download

Update: Equifax said Thursday afternoon that it was not compromised and instead confirmed it was a third-party partner’s code running on the Equifax site that was serving adware. Below is Equifax’s statement: “Despite early media reports, Equifax can confirm that its systems were not compromised...

A new kind of Apple phishing scam

In a recent blog post, Felix Krause revealed a method for phishing Apple ID passwords on iOS that would be quite indistinguishable from a real iOS password request. This got us thinking about the ramifications—how else could this tactic be used in the Apple ecosystem, and what kind of damage coul...

DNS Diagnostics & Performance Measurement Tools: DNSDiag

Ever been wondering if your ISP is hijacking your DNS traffic ? Ever observed any misbehavior with your DNS responses? Ever been redirected to wrong address and suspected something is wrong with your DNS? Here we have a set of tools to perform basic audits on your DNS requests and responses to ma...