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  • 'Log in with...' Feature Allows Full Online Account Takeover for Millions
  • Spell-Checking in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge Browsers Leaks Passwords
  • Report: Air-Gapped Networks Vulnerable to DNS Attacks
  • Critical Open Source vm2 Sandbox Escape Bug Affects Millions
  • Microsoft Patches 'Dangerous' RCE Flaw in Azure Cloud Service
  • Phishing Campaign Targets PyPI Users to Distribute Malicious Code
  • Booking.com's OAuth Implementation Allows Full Account Takeover
  • Android Leaks Wi-Fi Traffic Even When VPN Protection Features Are On

'Log in with...' Feature Allows Full Online Account Takeover for Millions

Published: 2023-10-24 13:00:00

Popularity: 285

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

Hundreds of millions of users of Grammarly, Vidio, and the Indonesian e-commerce giant Bukalapak are at risk for financial fraud and credential theft due to OAuth misfires — and other online services likely have the same problems.

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Microsoft Patches 'Dangerous' RCE Flaw in Azure Cloud Service

Published: 2023-03-30 18:58:13

Popularity: 50

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

The vulnerability would have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to execute code on a container hosted on one of the platform's nodes.

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Booking.com's OAuth Implementation Allows Full Account Takeover

Published: 2023-03-02 16:16:00

Popularity: 15

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

Researchers exploited issues in the authentication protocol to force an open redirection from the popular hotel reservations site when users used Facebook to log in to accounts.

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Report: Air-Gapped Networks Vulnerable to DNS Attacks

Published: 2022-12-08 14:12:04

Popularity: 119

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

Common mistakes in network configuration can jeopardize the security of highly protected assets and allow attackers to steal critical data from the enterprise.

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Critical Open Source vm2 Sandbox Escape Bug Affects Millions

Published: 2022-10-11 14:23:07

Popularity: 56

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

Attackers could exploit the "Sandbreak" security bug, which has earned a 10 out of 10 on the CVSS scale, to execute a sandbox escape, achieve RCE, and run shell commands on a hosting machine.

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Android Leaks Wi-Fi Traffic Even When VPN Protection Features Are On

Published: 2022-10-12 16:20:35

Popularity: 14

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

The platform lets network connectivity data escape outside of the secure tunnel when connected to a public network, posing a "privacy concern" for users with "certain threat models," researchers said.

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Spell-Checking in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge Browsers Leaks Passwords

Published: 2022-09-20 17:37:16

Popularity: 131

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

It's called "spell-jacking": Both browsers have spell-check features that send data to Microsoft and Google when users fill out forms for websites or Web services.

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Phishing Campaign Targets PyPI Users to Distribute Malicious Code

Published: 2022-08-30 14:16:23

Popularity: 35

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributor, Dark Reading

The first-of-its-kind campaign threatens to remove code packages if developers don’t submit their code to a "validation" process.

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