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Encrypted messaging app Signal has announced an update to the Signal Protocol to add support for quantum resistance by upgrading the Extended Triple Diffie-Hellman (X3DH) specification to Post-Quantum Extended Diffie-Hellman (PQXDH). "With this upgrade, we are adding a layer of protection against the threat of a quantum computer being built in the future that is powerful enough to break current

NVIDIA GeForce Now for Android contains a vulnerability in the game launcher component, where a malicious application on the same device can process the implicit intent meant for the streamer component. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to limited information disclosure, denial of service, and code execution.

By Deeba Ahmed The group behind this attack is the infamous Pakistani threat actor known as Transparent Tribe. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake YouTube Android Apps Used to Distribute CapraRAT

The suspected Pakistan-linked threat actor known as Transparent Tribe is using malicious Android apps mimicking YouTube to distribute the CapraRAT mobile remote access trojan (RAT), demonstrating the continued evolution of the activity. "CapraRAT is a highly invasive tool that gives the attacker control over much of the data on the Android devices that it infects," SentinelOne security

Categories: News Tags: Free Download Manager Tags: Linux Tags: Debian Tags: crond Tags: reverse shell After three years of delivering malware to selected visitors, Free Download Manager was alerted to the fact that its website had been compromised. (Read more...) The post Compromised Free Download Manager website was delivering malware for years appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

A new analysis of the Android banking trojan known as Hook has revealed that it's based on its predecessor called ERMAC. "The ERMAC source code was used as a base for Hook," NCC Group security researchers Joshua Kamp and Alberto Segura said in a technical analysis published last week. "All commands (30 in total) that the malware operator can send to a device infected with ERMAC malware, also

Categories: News Tags: week Tags: security Tags: September Tags: 2023 Tags: iPhone Tags: A list of topics we covered in the week of September 11 to September 17 of 2023 (Read more...) The post A week in security (September 11 - September 17) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

The Dropbox Folder Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.9.7 via the 'link' parameter. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

By Deeba Ahmed A free download manager site redirected some of its visitors to a malicious Debian package repository that installed a Linux Password Stealer malware as part of an extensive, longstanding supply chain attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Free Download Manager Site Pushed Linux Password Stealer

A vulnerability in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) message processing feature of Cisco Jabber could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to manipulate the content of XMPP messages that are used by the affected application. This vulnerability is due to the improper handling of nested XMPP messages within requests that are sent to the Cisco Jabber client software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an XMPP messaging server and sending crafted XMPP messages to an affected Jabber client. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to manipulate the content of XMPP messages, possibly allowing the attacker to cause the Jabber client application to perform unsafe actions.