A side-channel vulnerability in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox allows drive-by de-anonymization of Facebook users. An exploit would allow an attacker to pick up the profile picture, username and the “likes” of unsuspecting visitors who find themselves landing on a malicious website – with no additional user interaction. The vulnerability (CVE-2017-15417) lies in certain browser […]
Thousands of organizations out there are leaking some form of sensitive email, according to an analysis, thanks to a widespread misconfiguration in Google Groups. According to Kenna Security, the afflicted include Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, universities and colleges, newspapers and television stations and U.S. government agencies. Out of just one sample of 9,600 organizations with […]
Server and cloud misconfigs continue to plague companies and their customers: This week it came to light that a Universal Music Group contractor neglected to protect an Apache Airflow server, leaving data exposed; while a Honda affiliate in India left two Amazon S3 buckets misconfigured for more than a year. The Honda mistake affects 50,000 […]
The popular home automation protocol Z-Wave, used by millions of IoT devices, is vulnerable to a downgrade attack that could allow an adversary to take control of targeted devices, according to researchers. Z-Wave is a wireless protocol used by 2,400 vendors; its wireless chipsets are embedded in an estimated 100 million smart devices ranging from […]
PET TRACKERS OPEN TO MITM ATTACKS, INTERCEPTION
May 31, 2018
Family pets are near and dear to us, so smart collars and other devices for animals that track their locations are becoming popular; a world without the need for lost-pet flyers is after all a wonderful thing. The problem, according to researchers, is that these devices can leak sensitive information, like phone numbers, the pet’s […]
After an Alexa-enabled Echo device recorded and shared a private conversation of its unknowing owners, the tech industry – and the public – is casting a wary eye on voice assistant privacy issues. On Thursday, news emerged that a Portland family’s Echo device had recorded a conversation of them – without them knowing – and then sent […]
After an Alexa-enabled Echo device recorded and shared a private conversation of its unknowing owners, the tech industry – and the public – is casting a wary eye on voice assistant privacy issues. On Thursday, news emerged that a Portland family’s Echo device had recorded a conversation of them – without them knowing – and then sent […]
Schneider Electric on Tuesday issued fixes for a vulnerability in its SoMachine Basic software, which could result in the disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data. The software in question is used to develop code for programmable logic controllers. Attackers can leverage a vulnerability within the XML parser tool within SoMachine Basic, and launch an out-of-band remote […]
Malware called VPNFilter has infected 500,000 router brands ranging from Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link that are mostly used in home offices. Researchers at Cisco Talos said they decided to warn the public of the threat despite the fact the infected devices and malware are still under investigation. Researchers said their investigation into VPNFilter has […]
Facial-recognition technology has long been touted as a useful tool for law enforcement, but the ability of systems like Amazon’s Rekognition platform to identify large numbers of people at once in a single video or still frame has raised the hackles of privacy advocates. The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday that it has confirmed […]