CVE-2021-24803 Core Tweaks WP Setup <= 4.1 - Arbitrary Admin Account Creation / Admin Email Update via CSRF

The Core Tweaks WP Setup WordPress plugin through 4.1 allows to bulk-set many settings in WordPress, including the admin email, as well as creating a new admin account. There is no CSRF protection in place, allowing an attacker to arbitrary change the admin email or create another admin account a...

Kali Linux 2022.1 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution

Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2022.1. This release has various impressive updates. The summary of the changelog since the 2021.4 release from December 2021 is: Visual Refresh - Updated wallpapers and GRUB theme Shell Prompt Changes - Visual improvements to improve readability...

WordPress Core Tweaks WP Setup plugin <= 4.1 - Arbitrary Admin Account Creation / Admin Email Update via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Arbitrary Admin Account Creation / Admin Email Update via Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability discovered by Francesco Carlucci in WordPress Core Tweaks WP Setup plugin versions = 4.1. Solution Deactivate and delete. This plugin has been closed as of October 7, 2021 and is not available...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2021:1244-1)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues : Fix OOB access in sm501 device emulation CVE-2020-12829, bsc1172385 Fix OOB access possibility in MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 emulation CVE-2020-13362 bsc1172383 Fix use-after-free in usb xhci packet handling CVE-2020-25723, bsc1178934 Fix use-after-free...

Stacking CDNs for Improved Performance and Security

I recently worked with a client whose large e-commerce site was hosted with a popular cloud-based commerce solution. Its business was growing rapidly into new geographic markets, and it was not satisfied with the embedded content delivery network eCDN that was bundled with the cloud solution. We...

Shopify: [h1-2102] HTML injection in packing slips can lead to physical theft

Summary: A HTML injection vulnerability exists in the packing slip generator, allowing customers to alter the logistical process of their and other's orders for shops that choose to display the user's e-mail address on the packing slip. The success rate depends on the shops setup and can result i...

The Blurred Lines and Closed Loops of Google Search

Seemingly small design tweaks to the search results interface may change how and where people find information online...

GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update

accountsservice 0.6.50-8 - Dont set HasNoUsers=true if realmd has providers Related: 1750516 appstream-data 8-20191129 - Regenerate the RHEL metadata to include the latest evince changes - Resolves: 1768461 clutter 1.26.2-8 - rebuild to get the new in 8.2.0 - plus address 1785233 evince 3.28.4-4 ...

New PlunderVolt Attack Targets Intel SGX Enclaves by Tweaking CPU Voltage

A team of cybersecurity researchers demonstrated a novel yet another technique to hijack Intel SGX, a hardware-isolated trusted space on modern Intel CPUs that encrypts extremely sensitive data to shield it from attackers even when a system gets compromised. Dubbed Plundervolt and tracked as...

A week in security (May 20 – 26)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at a skimmer pretending to be a payment service provider, gave an overview of what riskware is, took a deep dive into concerns about PACS leaks, and dug around in the land of “These Governments said fix it…hurry up”. Other cybersecurity news Changes...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package krb5 version 1.16.3-alt1

Jan. 8, 2019 Ivan A. Melnikov 1.16.3-alt1 - 1.16.3 CVE-2018-20217 - apply bootstrap and e2k tweaks mike@ closes: 32982 + introduce doc, ldap, selinux, verto knobs on by default + conditionally package bundled libverto + e2k: disable -Werror=pointer-arith,uninitialized lcc...

BlackArch Linux v2018.06.01 - Penetration Testing Distribution

BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains 1981 tools. You can install tools individually or in groups. BlackArch Linux is compatible with existing Arch installs. ChangeLog: added more than 60 new tools added confi...

Hack Brief: Dangerous ‘Fireball’ Adware Infects a Quarter Billion PCs

A widespread adware infection hides the ability to inflict far worse than spammy browser tweaks. The post Hack Brief: Dangerous 'Fireball' Adware Infects a Quarter Billion PCs appeared first on WIRED...

Remote Code Execution

SECURITY Critical security update for CVE-2016-10033 please update now! Thanks to Dawid Golunski. - Add ability to extract the SMTP transaction ID from some common SMTP success messages - Minor documentation tweaks...

All My... (Xposed Tweaks) - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application All My... Xposed Tweaks published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Google Search Algorithm to Demote Piracy Sites In Search Results

The Search Engine giant is not going to spare the Pirated content providing sites. Google is ready to fulfill its commitment to downgrade the search rankings of ‘notorious’ piracy sites globally that often rank above legal and commercial sites. Google and the Copyright holders are, to some extent...

Cydia Repository by BigBoss Hacked, All Paid and Free Tweaks Stolen

BigBoss repository, one of the biggest and most popular repositories for jailbreak tweaks in Cydia, has reportedly been hacked by either an individual or a group of hackers. Cydia is a software application for iOS that enables a user to find and install software packages on jailbroken iOS Apple...

SPARC DWORD XOR Encoder

This encoder is optyx's 48-byte SPARC encoder with some tweaks. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'SPARC DWORD XOR Encoder', 'Description' = %q This encoder is optyx's 48-byte SPAR...

PPC LongXOR Encoder

This encoder is ghandi's PPC dword xor encoder with some size tweaks by HDM. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'PPC LongXOR Encoder', 'Description' = %q This encoder is ghandi's PP...