Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft

I don't have a lot of good news for you. The truth is there's nothing we can do to protect our data from being stolen by cybercriminals and others. Ten years ago, I could have given you all sorts of advice about using encryption, not sending information over email, securing your web connections,...

Are Your Passwords Secure Enough?

Online passwords are sensitive data. When they end up in the wrong hands, your private information is at risk. Since cybercriminals are always searching out new ways to break into those online accounts, you need to watch over the passwords to your accounts as if they were your children. Since we...

Gitea < 1.8.0 2FA Bypass Vulnerability

Gitea is prone to a two factor authentication bypass vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:gitea:gitea";...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11576

Gitea before 1.8.0 allows 1FA for user accounts that have completed 2FA enrollment. If a user's credentials are known, then an attacker could send them to the API without requiring the 2FA one-time password...

Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users' Passwords in Plaintext

Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" passwords of its Instagram users as well. Now it appears that the incident is far worse than first reported. Faceboo...

Large-scale SIM swap fraud

Introduction SIM swap fraud is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification, where the second factor or step is an SMS or a call placed to a mobile telephone. The fraud centers around exploiting a mobile phone operator's...

Mobile-First Phishing Kit Targets Verizon Customers

As people increasingly go mobile-first in their work and personal lives, cybercrime is keeping up: The latest is a phishing kit that specifically targets Verizon Wireless customers in the U.S. According to Jeremy Richards, a researcher at Lookout Security, the kit pushes phishing links to users v...

CB Threat Intelligence Notification: Vidar InfoStealer Trojan Aims to Steal Data Before Erasing Itself

Vidar is an info stealer trojan, which was sold under the name Vidar Pro stealer and can be distributed through different campaigns. This malware will perform multiple types of malicious behavior including stealing web browser cookies and history, digital wallets, two-factor authentication data,...

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0194-1 Security update for phpMyAdmin

This update for phpMyAdmin to version 4.8.5 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-6799: Fixed an arbitrary file read vulnerability boo1123272 - CVE-2019-6798: Fixed a SQL injection in the designer interface boo1123271 Other changes: Fix rxport to SQL format not available F...

Post-Perimeter Security: Addressing Evolving Mobile Enterprise Threats

In the era of the cloud, enterprises house sensitive corporate data outside of the traditional perimeter; employees can access this from any endpoint, including mobile devices, and from any network. This presents a host of new challenges for companies looking to protect their sensitive informatio...

Why DevOps is Becoming More Like DevSecOps

Editor's Note: Sam Bocetta, a guest author on the Carbon Black blog, is a freelance journalist specializing in U.S. diplomacy and national security, with emphases on technology trends in cyber warfare, cyber defense, and cryptography. In the year 2000, a Time magazine essay authored by Steward...

openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2019-194)

This update for phpMyAdmin to version 4.8.5 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-6799: Fixed an arbitrary file read vulnerability boo1123272 - CVE-2019-6798: Fixed a SQL injection in the designer interface boo1123271 Other changes : - Fix rxport to SQL format not...

WordPress Two Factor Authentication Plugin < 1.3.13 CSRF Vulnerability

The WordPress plugin SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only if description scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112518";...

WARNING – New Phishing Attack That Even Most Vigilant Users Could Fall For

How do you check if a website asking for your credentials is fake or legit to log in? By checking if the URL is correct? By checking if the website address is not a homograph? By checking if the site is using HTTPS? Or using software or browser extensions that detect phishing domains? Well, if yo...

Fedora 29 : phpMyAdmin (2019-09ae31d880)

Upstream announcement: Security fix: phpMyAdmin 4.8.5 is released The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of phpMyAdmin version 4.8.5. Among other bug fixes, this contains several important security fixes. Upgrading is highly recommended for all users. The security fixes involve : - Arbitrary...

Theory: 'Simple Hack' Behind Bezos’ Alleged Compromising Images

Researchers are shooing away theories of an elaborate “deep state” hacking plot against Jeff Bezos tied to the alleged tawdry images of him and girlfriend Lauren Sanchez. They say, alleged images that Bezos claims that the National Enquirer is threatening to release were likely obtained via a...

Google's New Tool Alerts When You Use Compromised Credentials On Any Site

With so many data breaches happening almost every week, it has become difficult for users to know if their credentials are already in possession of hackers or being circulated freely across the Internet. Thankfully, Google has a solution. Today, February 5, on Safer Internet Day, Google launches ...

Has two-factor authentication been defeated? A spotlight on 2FA’s latest challenge

Multiple news reports about the defeat of two-factor authentication 2FA have been making rounds lately. In November 2018, our friends at ESET discovered a purported Android battery utility tool called “Optimization Android” from a third-party app store. This app was designed to steal money from a...

Yet Another Bypass: Is 2FA Broken? Authentication Experts Weigh In

A penetration testing tool published by Polish security researcher Piotr Duszyński can bypass login protections for accounts protected by two-factor authentication 2FA. In his write-up on the tool, which is dubbed Modlishka, meaning “mantis” in English, he asked, “is 2FA broken?” It’s a question...

WordPress Two Factor Authentication plugin <= 1.3.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability found by Martijn Korse in WordPress Two Factor Authentication plugin versions = 1.3.12. Solution Update the WordPress Two Factor Authentication plugin to the latest available version at least 1.3.13...