Information Disclosure

firefox is vulnerable to information disclosure. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the way Firefox stored attributes in XML User Interface Language XUL elements. A web site could use this flaw to track users across browser sessions, even if users did not allow the site to store...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A flaw in the connection tracking support for SCTP that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer...

Clever Cryptography Could Protect Privacy in Covid-19 Contact-Tracing Apps

Researchers are racing to achieve the benefits of location-tracking without the surveillance...

Zoom Caught in Cybersecurity Debate — Here's Everything You Need To Know

Over the past few weeks, the use of Zoom video conferencing software has exploded ever since it emerged the platform of choice to host everything from cabinet meetings to yoga classes amidst the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and work from home became the new normal. The app has skyrocketed to 200...

CVE-2019-18282

A device tracking vulnerability was found in the flowdissector feature in the Linux kernel. This flaw occurs because the auto flowlabel of the UDP IPv6 packet relies on a 32-bit hashmd value as a secret, and jhash instead of siphash is used. The hashmd value remains the same starting from boot ti...

CVE-2017-9822

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2020-04-02 15:06:54+00:00| seen| https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/dnncookiedeserializationrce.rb 2020-04-16 00:00:00+00:00| exploited| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48336 2020-10-09...

DigiTrack - Attacks For $5 Or Less Using Arduino

In 30 seconds, this attack can learn which networks a MacOS computer has connected to before, and plant a script that tracks the current IP address and Wi-Fi network every 60 seconds. Now includes: Hardtracker -Digispark VPN buster to send the IP address and BSSID/SSID of nearby Wi-Fi networks on...

Critical WordPress Plugin Bug Can Lock Admins Out of Websites

A pair of security vulnerabilities in the WordPress search engine optimization SEO plugin, known as Rank Math, could allow remote cybercriminals to elevate privileges and install malicious redirects onto a target site, according to researchers. It’s a WordPress plugin with more than 200,000...

Kernel: net: weak IP ID generation leads to remote device tracking

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel derived the IP ID field from a partial kernel space address returned by a nethashmix function. A remote user could observe a weak IP ID generation in this field to track Linux devices...

Kernel: net: weak IP ID generation leads to remote device tracking

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel derived the IP ID field from a partial kernel space address returned by a nethashmix function. A remote user could observe a weak IP ID generation in this field to track Linux devices...

Covid-19 Poll Results: One in Four Prioritize Health Over Privacy

One in four respondents to a Threatpost reader poll said they were okay with sacrificing a portion of their personal privacy in exchange for some form of cellphone tracking that could – in theory – reduce coronavirus infection rates and save lives. While the majority of Threatpost readers were...

It’s Your Money and They Want It Now — The Cycle of Adversary Pursuit

When we discover new intrusions, we ask ourselves questions that will help us understand the totality of the activity set. How common is this activity? Is there anything unique or special about this malware or campaign? What is new and what is old in terms of TTPs or infrastructure? Is this being...

CVE-2020-8816

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2020-03-30 20:32:29+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://t.me/canyoupwnme/6348 2020-04-02 20:06:09+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://t.me/techb0ltGenona/1549 2020-05-28 18:50:18+00:00| seen|...

Apple Safari Blocks Ad-Targeting Cookie Support

Apple has released an update to its Safari browser that blocks third-party cookies, following an announcement by Google that it would do the same for its Chrome browser. Through the release of Safari 13.1 on Tuesday, alongside some changes to Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention ITP in iOS and...

Covid-19 Privacy Poll: Phone Tracking, Public Health and Surveillance

As the coronavirus pandemic accelerates, authorities worldwide are plotting ways to flatten the curve of infection rates using potentially privacy-busting measures such as phone tracking, facial recognition and other tech. In this Threatpost poll, we want your take on whether sacrificing personal...

How Surveillance Could Save Lives Amid a Public Health Crisis

Smartphones could be a powerful weapon against the novel coronavirus. But tracking people's movements would offend many Americans' sense of privacy...

Covid-19 Spurs Facial Recognition Tracking, Privacy Fears

In the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, facial recognition technology is being adopted globally as a way to track the virus’ spread. But privacy experts worry that, in the rush to implement COVID-19 tracking capabilities, important and deep rooted issues around data collection and...

Authorities Eye Using Mobile Phone Tracking COVID-19's Spread

Authorities in the United States and Israel are eyeing ways to use mobile-phone and other location-based data to help control the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, raising serious privacy concerns about the practice of using and sharing people’s personal data during the time of a global...

Authorities Eye Using Mobile Phone Tracking COVID-19's Spread

Authorities in the United States and Israel are eyeing ways to use mobile-phone and other location-based data to help control the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, raising serious privacy concerns about the practice of using and sharing people’s personal data during the time of a global...

CVE-2020-8468

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2020-03-18 10:15:02+00:00| exploited| https://t.me/SecLabNews/7124 2021-11-08 08:58:20+00:00| seen| MISP/f5030aca-7d5a-43a4-ae03-8f4ac8e85422 2021-11-20 09:53:52+00:00| seen| MISP/3c19819c-1dac-4ef2-bfed-be5efa7e0123 2023-12-03 19:00:03+00:00| seen|...