Facebook Faces £500,000 Fine in U.K. Over Cambridge Analytica Leak

Facebook has been fined £500,000 $664,000 in the U.K. after the country's data protection watchdog concluded that its data-sharing scandal broke the law, making it as the social network's first fine over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Yes, £500,000—that's the maximum fine allowed by the UK's Da...

Ticketmaster Chat Feature Leads to Credit-Card Breach

Tens of thousands of people have been caught up in a data breach at Ticketmaster UK, which exposed credit-card and personal information for UK and some international customers. Customers in North America are not affected. The ticket-selling giant said that on Saturday it found malware within a...

jira.strategies.co.uk XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-637025 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| jira.strategies.co.uk Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

uk.beta-layout.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-636468 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| uk.beta-layout.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

UK Tax Agency Collects 5.1M Biometric Voice IDs, May Violate GDPR

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs HMRC in the UK is under investigation by that country’s regulator over the collection of more than 5 million biometric voice IDs. The Information Commissioner’s Office ICO is investigating the tax agency’s practice, which may violate the recently implemented...

A week in security (June 11 – June 17)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we discussed how to protect the online privacy of children, we gave you a spring 2018 overview of exploit kits, rounded up the ongoing discussions about the VPNFilter malware, and discussed the struggles of UK law enforcement with modern-day cybercrime. Other news...

UK law enforcement: an uphill struggle to fight hackers

About 16 years ago in the UK, I walked into a local police station to report a computer crime, because walking into local police stations is how they did things back then. There may well also have been penny farthing bicycles, real pea souper fogs, Mary Poppins, and Jack the Ripper, though I coul...

special.lib.gla.ac.uk XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-629363 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| special.lib.gla.ac.uk Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

uk.beta-layout.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-622716 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| uk.beta-layout.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Police Shut Down World's Biggest 'DDoS-for-Hire' Service–Admins Arrested

In a major hit against international cybercriminals, the Dutch police have taken down the world's biggest DDoS-for-hire service that helped cyber criminals launch over 4 million attacks and arrested its administrators. An operation led by the UK's National Crime Agency NCA and the Dutch Police,...

Cross site scripting

A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the web interface of the Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin before 2.3.10 for WordPress that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of a victim's browser...

CVE-2018-10310

A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the web interface of the Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin before 2.3.10 for WordPress that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of a victim's browser...

CVE-2018-10310

CVE-2018-10310 affects the WordPress UK Cookie Consent plugin (versions before 2.3.10). The Web interface is vulnerable to a persistent XSS, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML/script in the victim’s browser. Publicly documented exploits and advisories describe the vulnerability and po...

CVE-2018-10310

A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the web interface of the Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin before 2.3.10 for WordPress that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of a victim's browser...

CVE-2018-10310: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the web interface of the Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin before 2.3.10 for WordPress that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of a victim's browser...

PT-2018-9817

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin versions prior to 2.3.10 Description: A persistent cross-site scripting issue has been identified in the web interface of the Catapult UK Cookie Consent plugin for WordPress, allowing the execution of arbitra...

UK Cookie Consent <= 2.3.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

A persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the web interface of the plugin that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code to be executed in a victim's web browser. Tested on version 2.3.9 older versions may also be affected 1 Access WordPress control panel. 2...

Energetic Bear/Crouching Yeti: attacks on servers

Energetic Bear/Crouching Yeti is a widely known APT group active since at least 2010. The group tends to attack different companies with a strong focus on the energy and industrial sectors. Companies attacked by Energetic Bear/Crouching Yeti are geographically distributed worldwide with a more...

uk-awnings.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-605411 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| uk-awnings.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

uk-oak.co.uk XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-605372 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| uk-oak.co.uk Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...