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Credit to Author: SSD / Ori Nimron| Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 14:21:53 +0000

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a vulnerability found in Symfony 3.4 – a PHP framework that is used to create websites and web applications. Built on top of the Symfony Components. Under certain conditions, the Symfony framework can be abused to trigger RCE in the HttpKernel (http-kernel) component, while forward() is considered by the … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Symfony Framework forward() Remote Code Execution

Independent Krebs

November 4, 2018 admin

Who’s In Your Online Shopping Cart?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 19:10:06 +0000

Crooks who hack online merchants to steal payment card data are constantly coming up with crafty ways to hide their malicious code on Web sites. In Internet ages past, this often meant obfuscating it as giant blobs of gibberish text that is obvious even to the untrained eye. These days, a compromised e-commerce site is more likely to be seeded with a tiny snippet of code that invokes a hostile domain which appears harmless or that is virtually indistinguishable from the hacked site’s own domain.

Security Wired

November 4, 2018 admin

How to Control What Websites Can Do on Your Computer

Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0000

If you’re not careful, websites can grab all kinds of permissions you don’t realize or intend. Take back control in your browser.

Security Wired

November 3, 2018 admin

A New Privacy Bill, Safer White Hat Hacking, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:00:00 +0000

A CIA debacle, a new side channel attack, and more security news this week.

Security Wired

November 3, 2018 admin

Hack Brief: Someone Posted Private Facebook Messages From 81,000 Accounts

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:31:45 +0000

The data appears to have been stolen with malicious browser extensions, and not by exploiting an issue with Facebook’s platform.

Security Wired

November 2, 2018 admin

Don’t Be Duped by Voting Misinformation Before the Midterms

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:51:51 +0000

How to find accurate voting information for the midterm elections

Independent Krebs

November 2, 2018 admin

SMS Phishing + Cardless ATM = Profit

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:03:31 +0000

Thieves are combining SMS-based phishing attacks with new “cardless” ATMs to rapidly convert phished bank account credentials into cash. Recent arrests in Ohio shed light on how this scam works.

Kaspersky Security

November 2, 2018 admin

New leakage of Facebook user data, including private messages

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:31:32 +0000

The personal data of 257,000 Facebook users, including private messages belonging to 81,000 of them, has leaked online. Hackers claim to have access to 120 million accounts.