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Cyber Threats That Could Impact the Retail Industry This Holiday Season (and What to Do About It)

As the holiday season approaches, retail businesses are gearing up for their annual surge in online (and in-store) traffic. Unfortunately, this increase in activity also attracts cybercriminals looking to exploit vulnerabilities for their gain.  Imperva, a Thales company, recently published its annual holiday shopping cybersecurity guide. Data from the Imperva Threat Research team’s

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Google’s AI Tool Big Sleep Finds Zero-Day Vulnerability in SQLite Database Engine

Google said it discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the SQLite open-source database engine using its large language model (LLM) assisted framework called Big Sleep (formerly Project Naptime). The tech giant described the development as the "first real-world vulnerability" uncovered using the artificial intelligence (AI) agent. "We believe this is the first public example of an AI agent finding

A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

A list of topics we covered in the week of October 28 to November 3 of 2024

GHSA-4gmq-m9vp-jrwg: Umbraco CMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

A vulnerability was found in Umbraco CMS 12.3.6. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /Umbraco/preview/frame?id{} of the component Dashboard. The manipulation of the argument culture leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

New FakeCall Malware Variant Hijacks Android Devices for Fraudulent Banking Calls

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of a well-known Android malware family dubbed FakeCall that employs voice phishing (aka vishing) techniques to trick users into parting with their personal information. "FakeCall is an extremely sophisticated Vishing attack that leverages malware to take almost complete control of the mobile device, including the interception of incoming

NAKIVO Backup for MSP: Best Backup Solution for MSPs

Explore the features of the NAKIVO MSP backup solution. Choose the best MSP backup software to protect client…

Half of Online Child Grooming Cases Now Happen on Snapchat, Reports UK Charity

Online grooming crimes against children have reached a record high, with Snapchat being the most popular platform for…

Florida Man Accused of Hacking Disney World Menus, Changing Font to Wingdings

Plus: Cops take down a notorious infostealer, Strava leaks world leaders’ locations, and a hacking scandal is causing chaos in Italy.

EmeraldWhale's Massive Git Breach Highlights Config Gaps

The large-scale operation took advantage of open repositories, hardcoded credentials in source code, and other cloud oversights.

GHSA-cwgg-57xj-g77r: changedetection.io Path Traversal

### Summary When a WebDriver is used to fetch files source:file:///etc/passwd can be used to retrieve local system files, where the more traditional file:///etc/passwd gets blocked ### Details The root cause is the payload source:file:///etc/passwdpasses the regex [here](https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/model/Watch.py#L19) and also passes the check [here](https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/blob/master/changedetectionio/processors/__init__.py#L35) where a traditional file:///etc/passwd would get blocked ### PoC [CL-ChangeDetection.io Path Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17591630/CL-ChangeDetection.io.Path.Travsersal-311024-181039.pdf) ### Impact It depends on where the webdriver is deployed but generally this is a high impact vulnerability