Nightwatch Cybersecurity

Most-linked posts?

1. Android 6-8 leaks sensitive data allowing fingerprinting via WiFi - API breaking
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-08-30
2. Another Tale of Personal Data Harvesting: Alsid, Lusha.co and Simpler Apps
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-02-20
3. Local Denial of Service in Nissan Leaf EV (2018) Head Unit Display
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-14

What Hacker News says?

1. turings · 2021-12-03Recommends

   I would not be surprised if it's an Israeli company behind using NSO to steal it. There's Lusha too and it's stealing info in plain sight. It's basically stealing information and completely violating any GDPR or Californian law. Here is a good spiel of the whole thing tying their founder to all the apps that steal information: https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2020/02/20/another-... And they just raised $200M…

   Comment linking /2020/02/20/another-tale-of-personal-data-harvesting-alsid-lusha-co-and-simpler-apps/

   on “U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware”
2. lysp · 2018-08-30

   Submitted Android 6-8 leaks sensitive data allowing fingerprinting via WiFi - API breaking as a story · 3 points

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3. nwcs · 2018-06-28

   There are some interesting security issues in the underlying systems that pharmacies like PillPack use. Here is a security advisory for PillPack from 2015: https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2015/04/30/advisory... Basically the system that pharmacies used to transfer prescriptions isn't secure

   Comment linking /2015/04/30/advisory-pillpack-com-online-pharmacy/

   on “Amazon buys PillPack, an online pharmacy, for just under $1B”
4. nwcs · 2021-08-06

   Submitted Chrome Knowns Your Every Download (2020) as a story · 2 points

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5. nwcs · 2023-04-25

   Here is the technical data of what is really going on - it is not sinister, rather these are files needed by the GPS chipset: https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/tag/qualcomm/

   Comment linking /tag/qualcomm/

   on “Smartphones with Qualcomm Chip Share Private Information with US Chip-Maker”
6. nwcs · 2021-05-25

   Submitted Firebase CLI Installer Making Calls to Google Analytics as a story · 2 points

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7. nwcs · 2021-03-09

   Submitted CORS Misconfiguration in Verizon’s Residential Account Portal as a story · 2 points

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8. nwcs · 2020-03-04

   Submitted Google Authenticator for Android Allows Screen Capture as a story · 2 points

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9. nwcs · 2019-05-01

   Submitted RCE in CGI Servlet – Apache Tomcat on Windows – CVE-2019-0232 as a story · 2 points

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10. nwcs · 2016-10-06

    Submitted Android phones can be crashed via large GPS-xtra files as a story · 2 points

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11. nwcs · 2026-02-10

    Submitted Is Local Hardware Is All You Need? as a story · 1 points

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12. nwcs · 2022-02-11

    Submitted Finding Secrets in Mirrored Git Repositories as a story · 1 points

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13. nwcs · 2021-08-23

    Submitted Open Redirect Vulnerability in Substack as a story · 1 points

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14. samdung · 2021-03-15

    Submitted Local Denial of Service in Nissan Leaf EV (2018) Head Unit Display as a story · 1 points

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15. nwcs · 2021-03-14

    Submitted Local Denial of Service in Nissan Leaf EV (2018) Head Unit Display as a story · 1 points

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16. nwcs · 2020-06-15

    Submitted YAA: An Obscure macOS Compressed File Format as a story · 1 points

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17. nwcs · 2020-05-11

    Submitted Two 0-days in Oracle’s iPlanet Web Server (CVE-2020-9315 and CVE-2020-9314) as a story · 1 points

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18. nwcs · 2020-02-20

    Submitted Another Tale of Personal Data Harvesting: Alsid, Lusha.co and Simpler Apps as a story · 1 points

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19. nwcs · 2020-01-16

    Submitted Mapping Jan 2020 Java Security Patches Back to the Original Source Code Changes as a story · 1 points

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20. nwcs · 2020-01-12

    Submitted Behavior Change in Chrome’s Download Protection Service as a story · 1 points

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21. nwcs · 2019-11-07

    Submitted Insecure Defaults in Adobe’s Mobile SDKs as a story · 1 points

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22. nwcs · 2019-10-30

    Submitted NFC Beaming Bypasses Security Controls in Android [CVE-2019-2114] as a story · 1 points

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23. nwcs · 2018-08-30

    Submitted Sensitive Data Exposure via WiFi Broadcasts in Android OS [CVE-2018-9489] as a story · 1 points

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24. nwcs · 2018-07-09

    Submitted Crashing Facebook Messenger for Android with an MITM Attack as a story · 1 points

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25. nwcs · 2018-07-08

    Submitted Five Tools for Starting Security Analysis of Android Apps as a story · 1 points

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26. nwcs · 2017-10-25

    Submitted Security Advisory for PIA VPN Android App as a story · 1 points

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27. nwcs · 2017-05-18

    Submitted WhatsApp Privacy Issues with Handling of Media Files as a story · 1 points

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28. nwcs · 2017-05-17

    Submitted Vulnerability in Google I/O 2017 Android application as a story · 1 points

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29. nwcs · 2016-07-26

    Submitted Crashing Browsers Remotely via Insecure Search Suggestions as a story · 1 points

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30. nwcs · 2016-07-22

    Submitted Amazon’s Silk Browser on the Kindle Didn’t Use SSL for Google Search as a story · 1 points

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