Apple iOS v10.2 & v10.3 - SMS Reply & Answer Function

During the last months we had setup a mobile forensic laboratory in our office to reproduce and uncover more new mobile zero-day vulnerabilities. Our first investigation was in a code lock functions of the settings - passcode module and the keyboard suggestion option. To explain the full impact we need to demonstrate the functionalities ago.

The "Answer with Message / Reply with message" allows a local idevice user to answer only to the caller with a customized or automated SMS one time. The function is available in the settings - touch id & code module. After activation of the setting, the idevice owner is able to answer directly to the caller by one sms.The answer as reply runs by the basic sms function over the provider and can generate costs.

Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Skype v7.2, v7.35 & v7.36

Security researchers of the vulnerability laboratory core research team uncovered a critical vulnerability in skype v7.2, v7.35 & v7.36 for microsoft windows. The vulnerability was discovered during a team conference in skype, when a crash occured during an interaction by the usual suspect Benjamin Kunz Mejri. Benjamin is well known for discovering vulnerabilities in skype software. In the last years, his researches on the software mainly stucked and no new public vulnerabilities were uncovered until 2014. The new detected vulnerability has indeed a critical impact to local and remote skype users and is explained as followed.

PayPal Inc - New Scope & Program Guidelines

It was a bit silent around the independent paypal inc bug bounty program within the last year, because the developers were silently programming and designing new stable updates. Today in the morning the paypal inc company announced several new updates regarding the guidelines and scopes. The company decided, to expand the program conditions to followup with the program after years of successful public integration.