News Wrap: Ransomware Extortion Tactics, Contact-Tracing App Security Worries

Threatpost editors discuss the top news stories of the week ended May 15, including: Recent ransomware attacks, including ones targeting healthcare giant Magellan, the IT office that supports Texas appellate courts and judicial agencies, and a popular law firm that works with several A-list...

onehealsone.co.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1158780 Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website...

Description of the security update for Outlook 2016: April 14, 2020

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bisley-uk.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1140165 Security Researcher PCMechanic Helped patch 17 vulnerabilities Received 1 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 1 recommendations , a holder of 1 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting bisley-uk.com website and...

uk.market.save-much.co.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1139115 Security Researcher virbhushanprab1 Helped patch 9 vulnerabilities Received 0 Coordinated Disclosure badges , found a security vulnerability affecting uk.market.save-much.co.uk website and its users. Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure...

Cybersecurity labeling scheme introduced to help users choose safe IoT devices

The Internet of Things IoT is a term used to describe a wide variety of devices that are connected to the Internet to improve user experience. For example, a doorbell becomes part of the IoT when it connects to the Internet and allows users to see visitors outside their door. But the way in which...

Cyber Security firm exposes 5 billion+ login credentials

By Deeba Ahmed On 16th March an Elasticsearch database reportedly owned by the UK-based cyber security firm Keepnet Labs... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cyber Security firm exposes 5 billion+ login credentials...

NCSC Releases Advisory on Securing Internet-Connected Cameras

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an advisory on securing internet-connected cameras such as smart security cameras and baby monitors. An attacker could gain access to unsecured, or poorly secured, internet-connected cameras to obtain live feeds or images. The...

uk.walkdinosaurs.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1088206 Security Researcher Hchabik Helped patch 2470 vulnerabilities Received 5 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 2 recommendations , a holder of 5 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting uk.walkdinosaurs.com websit...

Mandatory IoT Security in the Offing with U.K. Proposal

The U.K. government has unveiled a proposed law aimed at securing internet of things IoT devices, which have historically been riddled with basic security issues. The drafted law, announced on Monday, comprises three main mandates for IoT manufacturers. First, all consumer IoT device passwords mu...

uk-www.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1035912 Security Researcher geeknik Helped patch 8957 vulnerabilities Received 8 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 21 recommendations , a holder of 8 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting uk-www.com website and its...

skertonhigh.lancsngfl.ac.uk Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-1025659 Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website...

Lizard Squad Threatens UK's Labour Leader with Cyberattacks Against His Family

Lizard Squad, the well-known hacktivist cybergang, is pledging to mount personal cyberattacks on Britain’s Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. As the UK continues to be roiled by Brexit debate ahead of a Dec. 12 general election, the Labour Party said on Tuesday that it had been targeted by a...

You've Been Served…with Subpoena-Themed Phishing Emails

A phishing campaign claiming to deliver emailed subpoenas is targeting insurance and retail companies. According to researchers, the phishing emails are spoofing the UK Ministry of Justice, aiming to capitalize on scare tactics to convince targets to click on an embedded link to “learn more about...

Designing a COM library for Rust

I interned with Microsoft as a Software Engineering Intern in the MSRC UK team in Cheltenham this past summer. I worked in the Safe Systems Programming Language SSPL group, which explores safe programming languages as a proactive measure against memory-safety related vulnerabilities. This blog po...

Unspecified Vulnerability in ARM mbed TLS and ARM Mbed Crypto

ARM mbed TLS and ARM Mbed Crypto are both products of ARM UK. ARM mbed TLS is a product that provides secure communication and encryption for mbed products. ARM Mbed Crypto is an implementation of the cryptographic interface to the ARM Platform Security Architecture PSA. A security vulnerability...

Vulnerabilities Exploited in Multiple VPN Applications

The United Kingdom UK National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released an alert on advanced persistent threat APT actors exploiting vulnerabilities in Virtual Private Network VPN applications. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The...

The State of Stalkerware in 2019

Introduction and methodology Six months ago, we created a special alert that notifies users about commercial spyware stalkerware products installed on their phones. This report examines the use of stalkerware and the number of users affected by this software in the first eight months of 2019...

Ineffective Package Tracking Facilitates Fraud

This article discusses an e-commerce fraud technique in the UK. Because the Royal Mail only tracks packages to the postcode -- and not to the address - it's possible to commit a variety of different frauds. Tracking systems that rely on signature are not similarly vulnerable...

A week in security (September 16 -22)

Last week on Labs, we sounded the alarm about the relaunch of Emotet, one of the year's most dangerous forms of malware, with a new spam campaign. We also reported on how international students in UK are targeted by visa scammers, what CEOs think about a potential US data privacy law, and...