AppSec
KeePass Malicious Ads: Google Goof Permits Punycode Attacks Again
Richi Jennings | | IDN, IDN homograph phishing, internationalized domain names, KeePass, Punycode, SB Blogwatch
Mote below k: Not only malvertising, but also “verified by Google.” ...
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Cisco Zero-Day: As Bad as it Gets — and No Fix 4 Weeks in
Richi Jennings | | 0-day, 0-day exploits, 0-day vulnerability, 0day, cisco, Cisco IOS XE, CVE-2023-20198, SB Blogwatch, Zero Day Attacks, zero-day, Zero-Day Bug, Zero-day Exploit, zero-day exploits, zero-day flaw, zero-day flaws, zero-day threat, zero-day vulnerabilities, Zero-day Vulnerability, zero-days, zeroday, zerodayvulnerabilities
Keeping us in suspense—It doesn’t get worse than this: CVE-2023-20198 is CVSS=10 ...
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Elon’s CSAM FAIL: Twitter Fined by Australian Govt.
Richi Jennings | | Australia, Australian Government, Child Abuse, child exploitation, Child Online Safety, child porn, child pornography, Child protection, Child Safety, child security online, child sexual exploitation, childpornography, CSAM, Digital Trust and Safety, Elon Musk, elon musk twitter, eSafety Commission, grooming, Julie Inman Grant, Linda Yaccarino, SB Blogwatch, trust and safety, Twitter, X
Straya strikes back: Musk’s mob declines to answer questions, breaking law dunundah ...
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Stalking: Fear of Apple AirTag ‘Explodes’ — Lawsuit Momentum Grows
Richi Jennings | | AirTag, AirTags, Apple, Apple AirTag, cyberstalking, Digital Stalking, Find My iPhone, SB Blogwatch, Stalkerware, Stalking, Stalkware, Tracker Detect, trackers
This is why we can’t have nice things: 38 victims of Apple’s “negligence” named in amended class action ...
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Google Pushes ‘Passkeys’ Plan — but it’s Too Soon for Mass Rollout
Richi Jennings | | 2 factor auth, 2-fa authentication, 2-factor authentication, 2fa, 2FA Authenticator, 2FA/MFA, advanced authentication, auth, Authentication, biometric, biometric authentication, biometric identification, biometric security, biometrics, biometrics authentication, Biometrics-Based Authentication, FIDO, FIDO Alliance, FIDO2, google, MFA, MFA rollout, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Passkeys, passwordless, passwordless login, passwordless-authentication, PKI-based passwordless authentication, SB Blogwatch, two-factor-authentication.2fa, WebAuthn
FIDO FAIL: “Killing passwords” is a worthy goal—but is coercion the best way? ...
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iPhone/iPad Warning: Update Now to Avoid Zero-Day Pain
Richi Jennings | | Apple, Apple iPhone, Apple zero-day, CVE-2023-42824, CVE-2023-5217, iOS 7, iPadOS Vulnerability, iPhone, iPhone and iPad, iphone update, SB Blogwatch, Zero Day Attacks, zero-day vulnerabilities, Zero-day Vulnerability, zero-days
Apple’s embarrassing regression: iOS 17.0.3 fixes yet more nasty zero-days (and the overheating bug) ...
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Broken ARM: Mali Malware Pwns Phones
Richi Jennings | | android, ARM, CVE-2023-33200, CVE-2023-34970, CVE-2023-4211, GPU, hardware supply chain, Linux, Mali, open source software supply chain, SB Blogwatch, software supply chain, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Risks
Exploited in the wild: Yet more use-after-free vulns in Arm’s Mali GPU driver ...
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‘All of Sony’ Hacked, Claims Ransomed.vc Group
Hackers Play in Sony’s World: If true, Sony might have to push the RESET button (again) ...
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More iOS Zero-Days, More Mercenary Spyware — This Time: Cytrox Predator
Richi Jennings | | 0day, Ahmed Eltantawy, Apple iOS, Apple zero-day, Citizen Lab, CVE-2023-41991, CVE-2023-41992, CVE-2023-41993, CVE-2023-4762, Cytrox, egypt, Google Project Zero, ios, iOS spyware, Predator spyware, Privacy, Sandvine, SB Blogwatch, spyware, Vodafone, Vodafone Egypt
Apple Scrambled to Fix 3 More CVEs: Egyptian opposition presidential candidate Ahmed Eltantawy targeted “by the government ...
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Patch EVERYTHING: Widely Used ‘WebP’ Code has Critical Bug
Richi Jennings | | Buffer Overflow, buffer overflow attack, Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, Chrome, Chromium, edge, Electron, Exploitable Vulnerabilities, Firefox, google, Heap Overflow, libwebp, Open Source and Software Supply Chain Risks, open source software supply chain, open source software supply chain security, opera, SB Blogwatch, secure software supply chain, slack, software supply chain, software supply chain hygiene, software supply chain risk, Software Supply Chain risks, software supply chain security, Software Supply Chain Security Risks, thunderbird, WebP
WebP FAIL. Critical vuln in libwebp: Go get updates to Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Slack and more ...
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