Tuesday, July 18
Happy Tuesday!
TOP STORY
Trump is looking for a new Painter. Christopher Painter, the top cyber diplomat at State is leaving, presumably amidst a shakeup of the role the State department plays in cybersecurity.
HACKTIVITY
Wordpress 4.7.2 - Two XSS in Media Upload when file too large. [19 upvotes] - $350 bounty for this report to WordPress by @skansing. An attacker could inject a malicious script into the filename which a victim tries to upload leading to XSS inside the administrator's control panel.
Access of Android protected components via embedded intent [9 upvotes] - $1,000 bounty for this report to Slack by @bogipro. A malicious and unprivileged app on the victim's phone could interact with any activity in the Slack Android app, allowing manipulation of the app in unintended ways.
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OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
Why Offering Bug Bounties Will Be Widespread: Even in Government
1 in 5 orgs suffer breaches thanks to ex-employee network access
Not quite the same as someone stealing packages off your porch, but the same principle: $7.4M Ethereum allegedly stolen in ICO
Recon like a boss and JSParser by @nahamsec
Cybersecurity book bundle (awesome reads for one Jane Austen £10 note)
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