A thoughtful review of Apple’s system to alert users that the camera is on. It’s really well-designed, and important in a world where malware could surreptitiously start recording. The reason it’s tempting to think that a dedicated camera indicator light is more secure than an on-display indicator is the fact that hardware is generally more secure than software, because it’s harder to tamper with. With hardware, a dedicated hardware indicator light can be connected to the camera hardware such that if the camera is accessed, the light must turn on, with no way for software running on the device, no matter its privileges, to change that. With an indicator light that is rendered on the display, it’s not foolish to worry that malicious software, with sufficient privileges, could draw over the pixels on the display where the camera indicator is rendered, disguising that the camera is in use. If this were implemented simplistically, that concern would be completely valid. But Apple’s implementation of this is far from simplistic.
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— Sources secondairesF5 has reclassified a BIG-IP APM denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability as a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw, warning that attackers are exploiting it to deploy webshells on unpatched devices. [...]
Two malicious versions of the popular SDK were uploaded to the PyPI registry, targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux. The post Telnyx Targeted in Growing TeamPCP Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Brussels notifying 'Union entities' whose data may've been snatched in websites breach The European Commission has admitted that attackers broke into its public-facing web infrastructure and siphoned off data in a bare-bones disclosure that answers the what but ducks most of the how.…
Microsoft has pulled a buggy Windows 11 non-security preview update to investigate a known issue that triggers 0x80073712 errors during installation. [...]
The critical-severity flaw leaks application memory and can be exploited to obtain authenticated administrative session IDs. The post Exploitation of Fresh Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Begins appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The agency said Iranian hackers targeted the director’s personal email account and noted that the compromised information is old. The post FBI Confirms Kash Patel Email Hack as US Offers $10M Reward for Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Attackers are now actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient EMS platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. [...]
Career-limiting stupidity and rudeness exposed, with terminal consequences Who, Me? The week before Easter may be a short one for many in the Reg-reading world, but that won't stop us from opening it with a fresh installment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you share stories of things you did at work that had interesting consequences.…
Initially disclosed as a high-severity denial-of-service (DoS), the bug was reclassified as a critical RCE issue. The post F5 BIG-IP DoS Flaw Upgraded to Critical RCE, Now Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The European Commission has confirmed a data breach after its Europa.eu web platform was hacked in a cyberattack claimed by the ShinyHunters extortion gang. [...]
Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public Policy and founder of its Internet Governance Project.…
The Handala hackers associated with Iran have breached the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel and published photos and documents. [...]
A vulnerability in the Smart Slider 3 WordPress plugin, active on more than 800,000 websites, can be exploited to allow subscriber-level users access to arbitrary files on the server. [...]
A new info-stealing malware named Infinity Stealer is targeting macOS systems with a Python payload packaged as an executable using the open-source Nuitka compiler. [...]
The infection chain includes a fake CAPTCHA page, a Bash script, a Nuitka loader, and the Python-based infostealer. The post Cloudflare-Themed ClickFix Attack Drops Infiniti Stealer on Macs appeared first on SecurityWeek.
TeamPCP hackers compromised the Telnyx package on the Python Package Index today, uploading malicious versions that deliver credential-stealing malware hidden inside a WAV file. [...]
The Hawaiian bobtail squid has bioluminescent bacteria.
A large-scale campaign is targeting developers on GitHub with fake Visual Studio Code (VS Code) security alerts posted in the Discussions section of various projects, to trick users into downloading malware. [...]
Chinese APT Red Menshen's super-advanced BPFdoor malware defeats traditional cybersecurity protections. All telcos can do, really, is try hunting it down.