Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Security experts at Check Point have disclosed technical details of a critical vulnerability in the popular file compression software WinRAR. The flaw is an “Absolute Path Traversal” issue in the library that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by using a specially-crafted file archive. dll library in 2005.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Lilith Wyatt, a security researcher at Cisco Talos, has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2018-4013 ) in the LIVE555 media streaming library that is used by popular media players, including VLC and MPlayer. LIVE555 Streaming Media is a set of open-source C++ libraries maintained by Live Networks Inc.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The security passionate Jose Rodriguez has discovered a new passcode bypass bug that could be exploited on the recently released iOS 12.0.1. Keep swiping to the top left corner until VoiceOver tells you that you can select the Photo Library (“Fototeca” in Rodriguez’ video). Tap to select Photo Library.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. A flaw in the Libarchive library impacts major Linux distros. Amazons Ring Video Doorbell could open the door of your home to hackers. Specially Crafted ZIP archives allow bypassing secure email gateways. DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics disclosed a security breach.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2020

The popular online guitar tutoring website TrueFire has suffered a ‘ Magecart ‘ style security breach that might have exposed customers’ personal information and payment card data. TrueFire has over 1 million users, its customer could pay to receive guitar tutorial from a library of over 900 courses and 40,000 video lessons.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Security experts at Symantec have discovered eight potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) into the Microsoft Store that were dropping cryptojacking Coinhive miners. The malicious Monero (XMR) Coinhive cryptomining scripts were delivered leveraging the Google’s legitimate Google Tag Manager (GTM) library. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2021

The Emotet banking trojan has been active at least since 2014, the botnet is operated by a threat actor tracked as TA542. Emotet is a modular malware, its operators could develop new Dynamic Link Libraries to update its capabilities. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2019

Once discovered the flaw, the company decided to exploit it to protect the funds, anticipating the hackers and moving them to a secure location. “Today, Komodo were made aware of an issue with one of the libraries used by the Agama wallet, potentially putting some user funds at risk.” security team. . security team.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2023

The experts noticed the use of an IP address that was part of the hacking infrastructure used by APT41 between May 2014 and August 2020. Later variants masquerade as adult video content, “Baidu Waimai” food delivery platform, and Adobe Flash. . Most recent samples of DraginEgg are dated April 2023.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2018

A security researcher discovered a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-9206 , that affects older versions of the jQuery File Upload plugin since 2010. The jQuery File Upload is a jQuery widget “with multiple file selection, drag&drop support, progress bars, validation and preview images, audio and video.”.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of ransomware involved in attacks in July and August, the malicious code was posing as the Locky ransomware. exe will drop malware components — several C++ and Python libraries and the Python 2.7 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2019

The flaw is an “Absolute Path Traversal” issue in the library that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by using a specially-crafted file archive. The issue affects a third-party library, called UNACEV2.DLL DLL that is used by WINRAR, it resides in the way an old third-party library, called UNACEV2.DLL,

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2019

A security expert has published PoC code exploit for a vulnerability in the KDE software framework that is yet to be fixed. The security expert Dominik Penner, aka “@zer0pwn”, has disclosed an unpatched KDE vulnerability on Twitter. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new Monero cryptomining miner, dubbed BlackSquid, that is targeting web servers, network drives, and removable drives. “The miner in resource is the primary miner used, but it also determines if the targeted system has a video card. continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2019

The security researchers Yuval Avrahami discovered some vulnerabilities in the rkt containter that could be exploited by an attacker to compromise the underlying host when a user executes the ‘ rkt enter’ command into an attacker-controlled pod. rkt is designed to be secure, composable , and standards-based. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A security expert discovered a severe Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the popular LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. By exploiting the vulnerability it is possible to trigger the automatic execution of a specific python library included in the suite using a hidden onmouseover event. Security Affairs – Libre Office, hacking).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a campaign carried out by the InvisiMole group that has been targeting a small number of high-profile organizations in the military sector and diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe. . The SMInit exploit chain exploits a vulnerability in the legitimate Total Video Player software.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2018

In June, researchers from security firm ESET discovered a new family of Android Remote Administration Tool (RAT), dubbed HeroRAT , that leverages the Telegram BOT API to communicate with the attacker. One of these features is the usage of the Xamarin Framework and TeleSharp Library for the development of the RAT. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Experts at ACROS Security’s 0patch released an unofficial patch for a recently disclosed remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache OpenOffice suite. ACROS Security’s 0patch released an unofficial patch for a path traversal flaw recently disclosed in the Apache OpenOffice suite. ” reads the blog post published by Inführ.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Experts at ACROS Security’s 0patch released an unofficial patch for a recently disclosed remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache OpenOffice suite. ACROS Security’s 0patch released an unofficial patch for a path traversal flaw recently disclosed in the Apache OpenOffice suite. ” reads the blog post published by Inführ.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2019

Security researcher Eyal Itkin from Check Point analyzed the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) implementation in Canon EOS 80D DSLR cameras and discovered six vulnerabilities that could be exploited for several attacks. ” states the post published by the expert, who shared the following video PoC. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Make screen recordings Keylogger and device-fingerprinting Retrieve browsing and call histories Take photos, videos, and screenshots Retrieve emails, SMSes, and Messages Steal contacts and calendar information Make calls and send text messages Execute arbitrary shell commands, as root, if root access is available. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? We also talk about what’s driving the adoption of AI and machine learning technologies in the information security field.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? We also talk about what’s driving the adoption of AI and machine learning technologies in the information security field.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But how exactly will artificial intelligence help bridge the information security skills gap? And even with the help of machine learning algorithms, what kinds of security work is still best left to humans? We also talk about what’s driving the adoption of AI and machine learning technologies in the information security field.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Srivastav 2014) See Figure 1 (HistoryComputer 2021). Techopedia (2021) defines a CSP as “a software environment where users can collaborate as well as create and work on different types of content such as text, audio and video pieces. Figure 1: Illustration of Bush’s Memex. Content can be delivered via a CSP.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

IndieFlix is a US-based entertainment company offering a subscription-based online video streaming service that mainly specializes in independent titles, including feature films, shorts, and documentaries. After CyberNews contacted IndieFlix and Amazon Web Services, the bucket has been secured and is no longer accessible.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

How will organizations use so-called “vaccine passports” related to employees and customers and how will organizations secure their protected health information (PHI) in response to changing health directives? IA overlaps many areas of design, such as navigation, user experience, user interface, security model, taxonomy, and metadata.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

UPnP-enabled devices running outdated software are exposed to a wide range of attacks exploiting known flaws in UPnP libraries. In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices.

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Brandeis Records Manager

MAY 27, 2015

We made early acquaintances with Legal and Information Security leaders. Our initial client service engagements—managed offsite storage and retrieval, secure document shredding, digitization, and, recently, electronic redaction—began in March of 2014. We were proactive with offers to present on the program at any venue.

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