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Tag: leak

[SANS ISC] Credentials Leaks on VirusTotal

March 10, 2022 SANS Internet Storm Center, Security Leave a comment

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Credentials Leaks on VirusTotal“: A few weeks ago, researchers published some information about stolen credentials that were posted on Virustotal. I’m keeping an eye on VT for my customers and searching for data related to them. For example, I looking for their domain name(s)

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Facebook Target

Facebook Archives Predictive Name: Some Found Online

April 3, 2018 Privacy, Security 5 comments

Facebook is in the news for a few days after the disclosure of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. A few days ago, another wave of rumours revealed that the Facebook app could collect your private data. Facebook denied and a ping-pong game started. Is it true or false? The fact is

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Identifying Sources of Leaks with the Gmail “+” Feature

May 10, 2017 Security 5 comments

For years, Google is offering two nice features with his gmail.com platform to gain more power of your email address. You can play with the “+” (plus) sign or “.” (dot) to create more email addresses linked to your primary one. Let’s take an example with John who’s the owner

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leakedin.com is back online

March 16, 2012 Security, Websites One comment

I remember this evening… More than two years ago, at RSA Europe, I was sitting in the hotel bar with my friends Craig Balding and Brian Honan talking about everything and nothing. Which topic was at the source of this? It’s too old but I had the idea to register

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Who’s Playing with my Data?

December 14, 2011 Privacy Leave a comment

My privacy, your privacy are key requirements in our (online) life! Nobody enjoys seeing personal data used by unauthorized people. Let me tell you a story that happened to me today. I visited the website of a well-known vendor to grab some information about its products. When you’d like to

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Live Hall of Shame on French Television?

June 25, 2010 Fun, Security Leave a comment

This frozen picture comes from a reportage broadcasted today by TF1, a major French television channel. On the white board behind the women, we can clearly read an URL and the associated credentials. This a excellent example of “don’t do this” to be used during security awareness trainings! Source: zataz.com

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Keep an Eye on your Data using OpenDLP

April 30, 2010 Security, Software 8 comments

A new tool has been released (version 0.1) today on code.google.com: OpenDLP. “DLP”, “Data Loss Protection” or “Data Leak Protection”, a buzz-word! Even if the problem is real and critical for some organizations, my opinion is the following: Instead of spending money in expensive solutions (and DLP solutions ARE expensive!),

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Adding Data Leakage Protection into Apache

January 16, 2010 Security, Software, Websites One comment

Data leakage is a major risk for many organizations today. As more and more data are used in a digital format, it’s easy to copy them or send them outside the security perimeter. Leaked data can have a major impact on the business (loss of revenue, loss of confidentiality or

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Bash Syslog History Could Lead to Data Leakage?

December 28, 2009 Security, Software Leave a comment

A few months ago, I posted an article about how to add extra logging facilities to the Bash shell. For specific users, it can be useful to have a complete history of their activity on your server (for audit purposes). The first release candidate of Bash 4.1 is available for

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Do You Trust Your Applications?

March 10, 2008 Security, Software Leave a comment

Internet is a infinite source of free software! If you are looking for a small tool to automate tasks, convert files or make your life easier, there are chances that somebody around the world already wrote some code and distributed it for free on the Net. But, on a security

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RSS NVD Vulnerabilities Feed

  • CVE-2023-2879 (wireshark) May 26, 2023
    GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
  • CVE-2023-2857 (wireshark) May 26, 2023
    BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file
  • CVE-2023-2858 (wireshark) May 26, 2023
    NetScaler file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file
  • CVE-2023-2855 (wireshark) May 26, 2023
    Candump log parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file
  • CVE-2023-2856 (wireshark) May 26, 2023
    VMS TCPIPtrace file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file
  • CVE-2023-2854 (wireshark) May 26, 2023
    BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file
  • CVE-2023-2825 (gitlab) May 26, 2023
    An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.
  • CVE-2021-46886 (emui) May 26, 2023
    The video framework has memory overwriting caused by addition overflow. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
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