Thursday, August 31
TOP STORY
About half a million people (465K) need to get regular software updates for their vulnerable pacemakers. Read the FDA safety communication.
HACKTIVITY
Request Hijacking Vulnerability in RubyGems 2.6.11 and earlier [8 upvotes] - $1,000 bounty for this report to RubyGems by @claudijd.
SSRF in https://imgur.com/vidgif/url [13 upvotes] - $2,000 bounty for this report to Imgur by @aesteral. @sumlac included this as one of the best-written reports he’s seen. Go and do likewise.
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OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
Misconfigured customer support address leads to “Reply All” sharing of PII by Essential
The FCC.gov Website Lets You Upload Malware Using Its Own Public API Key
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...if exploited, could allow an unauthorized user (i.e. someone other than the patient's physician) to access a patient's device using commercially available equipment. This access could be used to modify programming commands to the implanted pacemaker, which could result in patient harm from rapid battery depletion or administration of inappropriate pacing.
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