蘋果以隱私為由,下掉 Facebook 在 App Store 上的 Onavo App

Onavo 是個提供 VPN 服務的公司,跟一般的 VPN 服務一樣,以隱私為主打,後來在 2013 年被 Facebook 買下,但在今年三月的時候就有媒體有報導 Facebook 打算蒐集 Onavo 上的資料:「Facebook-owned Onavo quietly launches Bolt App Lock, a data-tracking app that locks other apps」,當時 Facebook 不怎麼鳥各家媒體的看法,就放著...

不過直到八月的時候才被 Apple 下架:「Apple removed Facebook’s Onavo from the App Store for gathering app data」,引用 Apple 發言人給 TechCrunch 的句子:

We work hard to protect user privacy and data security throughout the Apple ecosystem. With the latest update to our guidelines, we made it explicitly clear that apps should not collect information about which other apps are installed on a user’s device for the purposes of analytics or advertising/marketing and must make it clear what user data will be collected and how it will be used.

看起來是直接改遊戲規則後強迫下架...

WireGuard 被收進 Linux Kernel 了...

Twitter 上看到 WireGuard 被收進 Linux Kernel 了,等 review 完後就就會正式納入了... 而且 Linus 給的評價還蠻高的:

找了一下起源是「[PATCH v1 3/3] net: WireGuard secure network tunnel」這邊,而 Twitter 上面引用的是「Re: [GIT] Networking」這篇...

Cloudflare 推出 Cloudflare Access,實作 Google 推出的 BeyondCorp

Google 之前發表的 BeyondCorp 採用不同的認證方式,改變企業會假設「內部網路是可信任」的這件事情:「Google 推的 BeyondCorp」,而 Cloudflare 也照著這個概念實作出一套產品,包成服務來賣:「Introducing Cloudflare Access: Like BeyondCorp, But You Don’t Have To Be A Google Employee To Use It」。

可以走雲服務的認證:

Access integrates out of the box with most of the major identity providers like Google, Azure Active Directory and Okta meaning you can quickly connect your existing identity provider to Cloudflare and use the groups and users already created to gate access to your web applications.

也可以走 TLSclient certificate 架構認證:

You can additionally use TLS with Client Authentication and limit connections only to devices with a unique client certificate.

而企業內部的服務剛好可以透過 Cloudflare 之前推出的 Wrap 串上去,不需要用 VPN 打通內部網路 (參考先前寫的「Cloudflare 推出的 Wrap 讓你不用在本地端開對外的 Port 80/443」):

If you want to use Access in front of an internal application but don’t want to open up that application to the whole internet, you can combine Access with Warp. Warp will make Cloudflare your application’s internet connection so you don’t even need a public IP.

費用的部分,第一個使用者免費,後續的使用者費用是 USD$3/month:

Access takes 5-10 minutes to setup and is free to try for up to one user (beyond that it’s $3 per seat per month, and you can contact sales for bulk discounts).

ExpressVPN 在土耳其的 VPN server 被抄...

ExpressVPN 在土耳其的 VPN server 被抄,為了調查大使的刺殺案件:「VPN Server Seized to Investigate Russian Ambassador’s Assassination」。

A VPN server operated by ExpressVPN was seized by Turkish authorities to investigate the assassination of Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey. Authorities hoped to find more information on people who removed digital traces of the assassin, but the server in question held no logs.

ExpressVPN 官方的回覆在「ExpressVPN statement on Andrey Karlov investigation」,主要的部份是:

As we stated to Turkish authorities in January 2017, ExpressVPN does not and has never possessed any customer connection logs that would enable us to know which customer was using the specific IPs cited by the investigators. Furthermore, we were unable to see which customers accessed Gmail or Facebook during the time in question, as we do not keep activity logs. We believe that the investigators’ seizure and inspection of the VPN server in question confirmed these points.

至於是不是真的,就需要時間確認了...

WPA2 安全漏洞

話說 WPA2 也撐了十三年了:

WPA2 became available in 2004 and is a common shorthand for the full IEEE 802.11i (or IEEE 802.11i-2004) standard.

這次的漏洞可以參考「Severe flaw in WPA2 protocol leaves Wi-Fi traffic open to eavesdropping」這邊。

PoC 稱作 KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attacks),漏洞將會在十一月正式發表,從會議的標題名稱大概可以知道方向,是對 Nonce 下手:「Key Reinstallation Attacks: Forcing Nonce Reuse in WPA2」。另外站台 www.krackattacks.com 已經放好,等後續的發表更新了。

對於無線網路的各種漏洞,老方法還是目前最有效的方法,也是這次的 workaround 之一:上強度足夠的 VPN。

Update:補上論文「Key Reinstallation Attacks: Forcing Nonce Reuse in WPA2」。

VPN 保留連線記錄幫助 FBI 抓犯人

這應該是這幾天鬧得蠻大的事情:「PureVPN Logs Helped FBI Net Alleged Cyberstalker」。

起因在於 PureVPN 的廣告寫著他們不會記錄:

但在證詞裡卻提到 PureVPN 有記錄:

“Significantly, PureVPN was able to determine that their service was accessed by the same customer from two originating IP addresses: the RCN IP address from the home Lin was living in at the time, and the software company where Lin was employed at the time,” the agent’s affidavit reads.

然後回頭看 PureVPN 的 Privacy 條款發現他們在條款裡面寫著他們會記錄連線資訊:

Our servers automatically record the time at which you connect to any of our servers. From here on forward, we do not keep any records of anything that could associate any specific activity to a specific user. The time when a successful connection is made with our servers is counted as a ‘connection’ and the total bandwidth used during this connection is called ‘bandwidth’. Connection and bandwidth are kept in record to maintain the quality of our service. This helps us understand the flow of traffic to specific servers so we could optimize them better.

然後被告 Ryan S. Lin 就幹剿了:

“There is no such thing as a VPN that doesn’t keep logs,” Lin said. “If they can limit your connections or track bandwidth usage, they keep logs.”

以後挑 VPN 還得仔細看條款裡面留 log 的部份啊...

VPN 的評價

文章的作者試了很多家 VPN 服務,然後文章的標題有點長,有種輕小說的感覺...:「I tested the most recommended VPN providers using my credit card to find the best ones — and which ones you should avoid.」。

不過這種文章有很多東西很主觀,大家心裡有個底就是了...

作者比較滿意的是 TunnelBearOVPN 這兩家,也許等手上 PIA 到期的時候再試看看要怎麼選好了,畢竟 PIA 還是目前最便宜的方案。

在飯店裡攻擊企業的高階主管

算是為什麼企業要提供 Full Routing VPN 的一個攻擊管道的說明...

這篇介紹了在飯店裡透過 WiFi 攻擊企業的高階主管,想辦法塞木馬取得資訊,或是滲透進企業內部的網路:「Hackers are using hotel Wi-Fi to spy on guests, steal data」。

Those behind the campaign have continually evolved their tactics and malware payloads, blending phishing and social engineering with a complex Trojan, in order to conduct espionage on corporate research and development personnel, CEOs, and other high-ranking corporate officials.

有點介於 APT 與一般性的攻擊中間...

Google 推的 BeyondCorp

Google 在推的 BeyondCorp 發了一篇介紹出來:「How to use BeyondCorp to ditch your VPN, improve security and go to the cloud」。

裡面有提到幾篇研究:

在文章開頭處有提到 BeyondCorp 的想法是「zero-trust network security model」,這樣就比較能理解他的設計了:

We moved away from our corporate VPN, and introduced BeyondCorp, a zero-trust network security model.

當掃地的阿桑可以碰到企業內的實體網路時,要怎麼設計防禦機制...

Cisco 與 Fortinet 防火牆的 RCE 漏洞

NSA 使用這些漏洞來大量監聽企業的流量:「Leaked Exploits are Legit and Belong to NSA: Cisco, Fortinet and Snowden Docs Confirm」。

Cisco 已經確認這個安全性漏洞了,全系列包括已經停產的 Cisco PIX、上個世代的 Cisco ASA 5500 (但還有些型號還在賣),以及目前主力的 Cisco ASA 5500-X,另外還包括了安全模組系列也中獎:「Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability」。

  • Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances
  • Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls
  • Cisco ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers
  • Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall
  • Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv)
  • Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
  • Cisco Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module
  • Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
  • Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM)*
  • Cisco Industrial Security Appliance 3000
  • Cisco PIX Firewalls*

標星號的是目前已經沒有在維護的產品,這次只確認受到影響,但不會更新:

Cisco Firewall Service Modules and Cisco PIX Firewalls have passed the last day of software support milestone as stated in the published End of Life (EoL) documents. Further investigations into these devices will not be performed, and fixed software will not be made available.

這次 Cisco 的安全性問題是 SNMP 的洞造成的:

Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have SNMP access and to monitor affected systems using the snmp-server host command.

這個洞被 NSA 用來寫 exploit 植入系統:

This flaw was included inside two NSA exploits, dubbed EPICBANANA as well as JETPLOW, which is an enhanced version of EPICBANANA, but with better persistence capabilities, Cisco's Omar Santos said in a blog post.

在 NSA 洩漏出來的文件裡可以看到 ace02468bdf13579 這個特殊辨識字串,而在受感染的樣本上也找到了這個痕跡:

而且不只是 Cisco,其他幾家也中獎了,可以參考「The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm」這邊更多的資訊 @_@