Prototype Pollution is one of the less known vulnerabilities in the security community. Researchers started to discuss it as a potential attack vector around 2017, and the first vulnerabilities were found in the wild at the start of 2018. In this article, we’re going to take a deep dive into what Prototype Pollution vulnerabilities are, and how they can be mitigated.
Far from the days of just phone calls and text messages, mobile apps have captured our attention with efficient experiences that keep us connected to friends, family members, coworkers. It’s all at your fingertips via these amazing apps- anywhere in the world! This blog post takes you through the OWASP mobile top 10 security risks, attack scenarios from OWASP and risk remediations that help cybercriminals get their hands on sensitive data.
In my previous post, I disclosed that SonicWall had quietly released vulnerability fixes over the course of several days before vulnerability advisories were published for CVE-2020-5135. Rather than properly fixing CVE-2020-5135, SonicWall’s fix introduced a new vulnerability in the same code. SonicWall was aware of the new vulnerability but deferred the small fix until the next release, more than 6 months later.
We’re going to highlight the Top high severity CVEs found by Detectify. Thanks to the Crowdsource global community of handpicked ethical hackers, Detectify users get continuous access to the latest threat findings “from the streets” – even actively exploited vulnerabilities for which there aren’t yet any official vendor patches or updates.
