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Investors place $25M on AtScale to get the big picture of big data

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Ron Miller

AtScale, a four-year old startup that helps companies get a big-picture view of their big data inside their BI tools, announced a $25 million Series C investment today. The round was led by Atlantic Bridge with participation from new investors Wells Fargo and Industry Ventures along with returning investors Storm Ventures, UMC, Comcast and XSeed Capital. With today’s investment, the… Read More Continue reading Investors place $25M on AtScale to get the big picture of big data→

Yahoo! braces itself for enormous class-action suit over breaches

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Taylor Armerding

A court ruling means that Yahoo! and its parent company, Verizon, could end paying a heavy price for the huge breaches that saw more than 1bn people’s details compromised Continue reading Yahoo! braces itself for enormous class-action suit over breaches→

XSS attempt from Google Captcha at login.yahoo.net? (NoScript)

Posted on August 27, 2017 by user38395734

Recently I tried to login into my Yahoo mail account with Firefox ESR where NoScript showed me this warning when the captcha was shown at the login:

NoScript filtered a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempt from [https.login.yahoo.net]. Technical details have been logged to the Console.

NoScript also opened a window about “clickjacking / UI redressing” in the captcha. Iirc without unlocking the ‘Verify’ button would not be clickable and fully visible. I’m also getting a window about this for other Google Captchas such as on stack exchange sites.

I did not get the XSS warning at earlier logins except for maybe one or two exceptions.

The URL basically looked like this: https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password

Here is the copy pasted content of the console (pastebin.com/e9BgXheC):

Hey developer! Want to see more verbose logging?  util.js:14:1
Type this into the console: DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL=VERB  util.js:15:1
Accepted levels are VERB, DBUG, INFO, NOTE and WARN, default is NOTE  util.js:16:1
NoScript WebExt Ready  noscript.js:43:1
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
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“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
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downloadable font: download failed (font-family: "FontAwesome" style:normal weight:normal stretch:normal src index:1): content blocked source: https://www.whatismyip.net/assets/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2?v=4.7.0  font-awesome.min.css:4:14
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downloadable font: download failed (font-family: "FontAwesome" style:normal weight:normal stretch:normal src index:3): content blocked source: https://www.whatismyip.net/assets/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf?v=4.7.0  font-awesome.min.css:4:14
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“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event mousedown on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event mouseup on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event click on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
Warning: ‘nsIOService::NewChannel()’ deprecated, please use ‘nsIOService::NewChannel2()’  DMS.js:1397:14
No chrome package registered for chrome://dta-modules/content/support/filtermanager.js
Warning: ‘nsIOService::NewChannel()’ deprecated, please use ‘nsIOService::NewChannel2()’  DMS.js:1401:14
Warning: ‘nsIOService::NewChannel()’ deprecated, please use ‘nsIOService::NewChannel2()’  DMS.js:1397:14
No chrome package registered for chrome://dta-modules/content/support/filtermanager.js
Warning: ‘nsIOService::NewChannel()’ deprecated, please use ‘nsIOService::NewChannel2()’  DMS.js:1401:14
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
about:blank : Unable to run script because scripts are blocked internally.  (unknown)
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:82:12
XML Parsing Error: no root element found
Location: https://e.reddit.com/v1?key=RedditFrontend1&mac=amacid
Line Number 1, Column 1:  v1:1:1
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event mousedown on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event mouseup on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event click on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
[ABE WAN] Trying to detect WAN IP...
[ABE WAN] Detected WAN IP ip
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
Sync encountered an error - see about:sync-log for the log file.  policies.js:729
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
[ABE WAN] Trying to detect WAN IP...
[ABE WAN] WAN IP not detected!
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
[ABE WAN] Trying to detect WAN IP...
[ABE WAN] WAN IP not detected!
NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
number  addons.repository   WARN    Search failed when repopulating cache
update.locale file doesn't exist in either the application or GRE directories  UpdateUtils.jsm:148
number  addons.update-checker   WARN    HTTP Request failed for an unknown reason
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number  addons.productaddons    WARN    Failed downloading XML, status: 0, reason: error
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NoScript preferences backed on the WebExtension side  legacy.js:17:9
“nsICookieManager2.getCookiesFromHost()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager2  cookietracker.js:126:12
“nsICookieManager.remove()” is changed. Update your code and pass the correct originAttributes. Read more on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsICookieManager  main.js:613:6
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event mousedown on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event mouseup on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)
[NoScript ClearClick] Swallowed event click on https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/recaptcha?.src=fp&authMechanism=primary&display=login&yid=name&dname=name&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2F&crumb=id1&acrumb=id2&s=QQ--&c=verylongid&e=true&pcn=password (rapid fire from https://www.google.com in 400ms)

I find it interesting that it seems to query reddit.
I’m using the HTTPS Everywhere AddOn (of course) and I also had the Reddit Enhancement Suite installed. But I got the same error when disabling that AddOn.
I’m also wondering what the “[ABE WAN] Trying to detect WAN IP” lines mean.

And here is a related paste: https://pastebin.com/gRuUW6Vw

My question is: was this an actual XSS attempt or a false positive? Either way: why did I get this error and are more people getting this error?

Continue reading XSS attempt from Google Captcha at login.yahoo.net? (NoScript)→

Alleged Yahoo Hacker Will Be Extradited To The US

Posted on August 20, 2017 by EditorDavid

An anonymous reader quotes the AP:
A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails agreed Friday to forgo his extradition hearing and go face the charges in the United States. Karim Baratov was arrested in Hamilton, Ontario, in March under the… Continue reading Alleged Yahoo Hacker Will Be Extradited To The US→

Canadian allegedly paid by FSB officers to breach Yahoo will be extradited to U.S.

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Chris Bing

A Canadian man charged with hacking into Yahoo! under the order of Russian intelligence officers waived his right to an extradition hearing and will now be transported to U.S. custody. Karim Baratov, 22, was arrested in March by Toronto police for allegedly breaching personal accounts tied to Yahoo! and other email providers between 2014 and 2016. Authorities said Beratov served as a contractor for Russia’s Federal Security Services (FSB). He faces 10 counts, including wire fraud and computer hacking. Baratov’s lawyer has said he may consider a plea deal in return for less chargers. The Justice Department has said that Baratov conducted cyber-espionage under the order of two FSB officers, Dmitry Dokuchaev and Igor Sushchin. Federal prosecutors estimate that the scheme led to upwards 500 million compromised Yahoo! accounts. CBC first reported the extradition agreement. When “a target of interest had accounts at webmail providers other than Yahoo, including through […]

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Privacy Activists Suffer Legal Setback In National Security Letter Case

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Tom Spring

Cloudflare and network operator Credo Mobile suffered a legal defeat when U.S. appeals court ruled to uphold a gag order on FBI surveillance data. Continue reading Privacy Activists Suffer Legal Setback In National Security Letter Case→

Telecoms don’t protect users from government overreach

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Help Net Security

The data stored on our mobile phones, laptops, and especially our online services can, when aggregated, paint a detailed picture of our lives—where we go, who we see, what we say, our political affiliations, our religion, and more. “This information is a magnet for governments seeking to surveil citizens, journalists, and activists. When governments do so, they need to follow the law, and users are increasingly demanding that companies holding their data enact the toughest … More → Continue reading Telecoms don’t protect users from government overreach→

Tumblr’s Unclear Future Shows That There’s No Money in Internet Culture

Posted on June 29, 2017 by msmash

Earlier this month as Verizon completed its acquisition, a number of Tumblr employees, as well as those at other Verizon-owned properties, like the Huffington Post, were laid off. This comes at an interesting time for Tumblr, which is increasingly stru… Continue reading Tumblr’s Unclear Future Shows That There’s No Money in Internet Culture→

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Defends Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick

Posted on June 28, 2017 by msmash

An anonymous reader writes: Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has absorbed blistering criticism for the way he handled allegations of sexual misconduct at the San Francisco riding-hailing service. But he can at least count on the support of one big name … Continue reading Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Defends Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick→

Ask Slashdot: Advice For a Yahoo Mail Refugee

Posted on June 15, 2017 by msmash

New submitter ma1wrbu5tr writes: Very shortly after the announcement of Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo, two things happened that caught my attention. First, I was sent an email that basically said “these are our new Terms of Service and if you don’t ag… Continue reading Ask Slashdot: Advice For a Yahoo Mail Refugee→