Category Archives: Jabber

The Evolution of Encrypted IM Messenging Platforms – The Rise and Future of the OMEMO Protocol – An Analysis

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Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to share with everyone an article that I’ve been recently working on namely the rise of the OMEMO real-time Jabber/XMPP encryption protocol and also discuss in-depth the security risks involved in OMEMO type of communicat… Continue reading The Evolution of Encrypted IM Messenging Platforms – The Rise and Future of the OMEMO Protocol – An Analysis→

Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Five

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Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to continue my “Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Four” blog post series and I’ve recently decided to issue yet another u… Continue reading Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Five→

Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Four

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I’ve decided to continue the “Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Three” blog post series and I’ve also decided to share yet another… Continue reading Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Four→

Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Four

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Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to continue the “Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Three” blog post series and I’ve also decided to share yet another bat… Continue reading Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Four→

Cisco re-patches wormable Jabber RCE flaw

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In September 2020, Cisco patched four Jabber vulnerabilities (including one wormable RCE flaw), but as it turns out, three of four have not been sufficiently mitigated. The incompleteness of the patches was discovered by Watchcom researchers – wh… Continue reading Cisco re-patches wormable Jabber RCE flaw→

Cisco patches critical, wormable RCE flaw in Cisco Jabber

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Cisco has patched four vulnerabilities in its Jabber client for Windows, the most critical of which (CVE-2020-3495) could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution by sending specially crafted chat messages. “No user interaction is require… Continue reading Cisco patches critical, wormable RCE flaw in Cisco Jabber→

Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Two

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Dear blog readers,I wanted to take the time and effort and some of my recently published and released findings part of my currently ongoing OSINT and Law Enforcement Operation called “Uncle George” where I intend to present the findings from what appea… Continue reading Profiling a Currently Active Portfolio of High-Profile Cybercriminal Jabber and XMPP Accounts Including Email Address Accounts – Part Two→

Cybercriminals are using IM platforms as marketplaces

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Cybercriminals are increasingly using IM platforms like Telegram, Discord, Jabber, WhatsApp, IRC and others to advertise and sell their goods and services, IntSight researchers have found. While traditional cybercrime sources (e.g., forums, black marke… Continue reading Cybercriminals are using IM platforms as marketplaces→