Unauthorized data access vulnerability in macOS is detailed by Microsoft

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team disclosed details about a macOS vulnerability, dubbed "HM Surf," that could allow an attacker to gain access to the user’s data in Safari. The data the attacker could access without users’ consent includes browsed pages, along with the device’s camera,...

Microsoft Reveals macOS Vulnerability that Bypasses Privacy Controls in Safari Browser

Microsoft has disclosed details about a now-patched security flaw in Apple's Transparency, Consent, and Control TCC framework in macOS that has likely come under exploitation to get around a user's privacy preferences and access data. The shortcoming, codenamed HM Surf by the tech giant, is track...

Guidance: Framing Software Component Transparency: Establishing a Common Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)

Today, CISA published the Framing Software Component Transparency, created by the Software Bill of Materials SBOM Tooling & Implementation Working Group, one of the five SBOM community-driven workstreams facilitated by CISA. CISA’s community-driven working groups publish documents and reports to...

Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations

In a major policy reversal, the popular messaging app Telegram has announced it will give users' IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal requests in an attempt to rein in criminal activity on the platform. "We've made it clear that the IP addresses and phone numbe...

Snapchat wants to put your AI-generated face in its ads

Snapchat is reserving the right to use your selfie images to power Cameos, Generative AI, and other experiences on Snapchat, including ads, according to our friends at 404 Media, The Snapchat Support page about its My Selfie feature says: “You’ll take selfies with your Snap camera or select image...

Meta to Train AI Models Using Public U.K. Facebook and Instagram Posts

Meta has announced that it will begin training its artificial intelligence AI systems using public content shared by adult users across Facebook and Instagram in the U.K. in the coming months. "This means that our generative AI models will reflect British culture, history, and idiom, and that U.K...

SUSE CVE-2024-45395

sigstore-go, a Go library for Sigstore signing and verification, is susceptible to a denial of service attack in versions prior to 0.6.1 when a verifier is provided a maliciously crafted Sigstore Bundle containing large amounts of verifiable data, in the form of signed transparency log entries, R...

New Flaws in Microsoft macOS Apps Could Allow Hackers to Gain Unrestricted Access

Eight vulnerabilities have been uncovered in Microsoft applications for macOS that an adversary could exploit to gain elevated privileges or access sensitive data by circumventing the operating system's permissions-based model, which revolves around the Transparency, Consent, and Control TCC...

SUSE SLES15: libQt53DAnimation-devel / libQt53DAnimation5 / libQt53DCore-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:2976-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2976-1 advisory. - CVE-2024-40724: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the PLY importer class in assimp bsc1228204 Other fixes: - Check for a nullptr returne...

SUSE-SU-2024:2984-1 Security update for libqt5-qt3d

This update for libqt5-qt3d fixes the following issues: - CVE-2024-40724: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in the PLY importer class bsc1228204 - Checked for a nullptr returned from the shader manager - Fill image with transparency by default to avoid having junk if it's not filled properly...

SUSE-SU-2024:2975-1 Security update for libqt5-qt3d

This update for libqt5-qt3d fixes the following issues: - CVE-2024-40724: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in the PLY importer class in assimp bsc1228204 Other fixes: - Check for a nullptr returned from the shader manager - Fill image with transparency by default to avoid having junk if it's not...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Enhancing Cybersecurity Culture

Building a resilient cybersecurity culture is crucial in today's digital landscape. The recent Rapid7 Take Command Summit session titled "Commander in Chief: Enhancing Cybersecurity Culture" offered valuable insights into fostering a strong security mindset within organizations. Here are three ke...

Increasing transparency in cloud security: Wiz is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Our next steps and hope for the industry...

Atari Asteroids Hack Sparks Debate on Blockchain Gaming Transparency

Ataris Asteroids game was exposed as a fake "on-chain" experience. Stackr Labs reveals how the games leaderboard was…...

Video with alpha transparency on the web

I've been helping some teams at Shopify improve page load performance, and the issue of 'videos with an alpha channel' kept coming up, where videos of UI mocks needed to be composited on top of inconsistent backgrounds, such as larger CSS backgrounds. Often a good solution here is to create the...

Video with alpha transparency on the web

I've been helping some teams at Shopify improve page load performance, and the issue of 'videos with an alpha channel' kept coming up, where videos of UI mocks needed to be composited on top of inconsistent backgrounds, such as larger CSS backgrounds. Often a good solution here is to create the...

How a Trust Center Solves Your Security Questionnaire Problem

Security questionnaires aren't just an inconvenience — they're a recurring problem for security and sales teams. They bleed time from organizations, filling the schedules of professionals with monotonous, automatable work. But what if there were a way to reduce or even altogether eliminate securi...

ZDI Slams Microsoft for Not Crediting It in Last Week’s Patch Tuesday

Microsoft faces backlash from Zero Day Initiative ZDI and security researchers over lack of transparency in vulnerability disclosure…...

Toward greater transparency: Unveiling Cloud Service CVEs

Welcome to the second installment in our series on transparency at the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC. In this ongoing discussion, we discuss our commitment to provide comprehensive vulnerability information to our customers. At MSRC, our mission is to protect our customers, communities,...

Google will start deleting location history

Google announced that it will reduce the amount of personal data it is storing by automatically deleting old data from "Timeline"—the feature that, previously named "Location History," tracks user routes and trips based on a phone’s location, allowing people to revisit all the places theyve been ...