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Monthly Archives: July 2017

ESET celebrates 30 years of innovation in IT security by giving away $30,000 to nonprofits

ESET are giving away a total of $30,000 in prize money to nonprofits to celebrate 30 years of continuous technological innovation in IT security. The post ESET celebrates 30 years of innovation in IT security by giving away $30,000 to nonprofits appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Global police swoop shutters Hansa and AlphaBay dark web markets
Best of Black Hat: 20 Epic Talks in 20 Years
Russian man who helped create notorious malware sentenced to 5 years

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The Cyber News Rundown brings you the latest happenings in cyber news weekly. Who am I? I’m Connor Madsen, a Webroot Threat Research Analyst, and a guy with a passion for all things security. Any more questions? Just ask. Malware Lurking in Game of Thrones Torrents Viewers hoping to catch an illegal copy of the […]

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Beware: New Bank of America Phishing Scam Stealing Card Data

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Remotely Controllable Hoverboards Latest Target of Hackers
Apple Patches BroadPwn Bug in iOS 10.3.3
News in brief: Street View goes out of this world; GoT fans warned on torrenting; Citadel man jailed

LinuxSecurity.com: This is an update fixing CVE-2017-6542.

LinuxSecurity.com: Expat could be made to hang if it received specially crafted input.

Dark Web’ AlphaBay and Hansa Marketplaces Seized by Feds

The world’s leading information security events, Black Hat USA and DEF CON, are happening next week in Las Vegas. In its 20th year, Black Hat will bring over 15,000 IT and security pros together to discuss the latest information security research, development and trends. Among these attendees, you will find academics, researchers, as well as […]

ATM crooks up the ante by using infrared to steal your PIN
“Orpheus’ Lyre” – where it came from, and what to do [VIDEO]
US, European Law Enforcement Shutter Massive AlphaBay Market
Hackers Steal $32 Million in Ethereum From 3 Multisig Wallets
Segway MiniPro patched to stop hackers hijacking remote control from hoverboard riders
Hacker steals $30M worth of Ethereum by abusing Parity wallet flaw
Facebook has got your number – even if it’s not your number
Stantinko: A massive adware campaign operating covertly since 2012

Since the beginning of 2017, ESET has been conducting an investigation into a complex threat mainly targeting Russia and Ukraine. Stantinko has stood out. The post Stantinko: A massive adware campaign operating covertly since 2012 appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Tor Project Opens Bounty Program To All Researchers
Citadel “mechanic” receives five year prison sentence

A Russian man has been sentenced to five years in prison for helping develop the Citadel malware, which was used to steal personal financial information. It cost more than $5 million in losses. The post Citadel “mechanic” receives five year prison sentence appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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Privacy and The Digital World

LinuxSecurity.com: build experimental command line interface “kresc”

LinuxSecurity.com: New upstream release: 2.4.5

Mid-year review: Have our security trends for 2017 become reality?

We are halfway through the year and it is a good opportunity to analyze the extent to which the ideas we gathered in the Trends 2017: Security Held Ransom report have come true. The post Mid-year review: Have our security trends for 2017 become reality? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Twitter users targeted by an army of 86,262 sex-starved bots
Zero-Day Exploit Surfaces that May Affect Millions of IoT Users
Let’s harden Internet crypto so quantum computers can’t crack it

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that ruby-mixlib-archive, a Chef Software’s library used to handle various archive formats, was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. This allowed attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using a malicious tar archive containing “..” in its entries.

BSidesLV: What’s on the agenda in Las Vegas
Smashing Security #034: The pen is mightier than the password

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Publication of NukeBot trojan’s source code leads to new ‘operational’ samples

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

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Senator Calls For Use Of DMARC To Curb Phishing

Type: Vulnerability. Cisco WebEx Browser Extension is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Millions of IoT devices at hacking risk due to flaw in open source software library
News in brief: moving Segway hacked; Google Glass resurrected; 308 Oracle fixes
Ransomware attack on KQED TV, Radio Station wiped out pre-recorded segments
How Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode Can Prevent E-commerce Chargebacks
Windows security hole – the “Orpheus’ Lyre” attack explained
Woman arrested for smuggling 102 iPhones, 15 Watches to China
Myspace bug left old accounts vulnerable to attack
Ships Can Be Hacked By Exploiting VSAT Communication System
Modified Versions of Nukebot in Wild Since Source Code Leak
Texting is no laughing matter

LinuxSecurity.com: LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

LinuxSecurity.com: OpenLDAP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

LinuxSecurity.com: This is an update fixing CVE-2017-10965 and CVE-2017-10966.

Police bodycams get tech that can identify “faces and people”
IBM’s Plan To Encrypt Unthinkable Amounts of Sensitive Data
Linux Users Urged to Update as a New Threat Exploits SambaCry
Want porn? Prove your age (or get a VPN)
Bad Code Library Triggers Devil’s Ivy Vulnerability in Millions of IoT Devices

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OneLogin: Businesses vulnerable to data breaches by ex-employees

Businesses leave themselves open to potential data breaches through their ex-employees, according to a new study by OneLogin. The post OneLogin: Businesses vulnerable to data breaches by ex-employees appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Watch: Man’s smartphone reboots every time he calls 911
Oracle Releases Biggest Update Ever: 308 Vulnerabilities Patched
Oracle E-Business Suite Flaw Allows Downloads of Documents
CoinDash Hacked During its ICO
Privacy Activists Suffer Legal Setback In National Security Letter Case
Myspace fixes account security hole – but delete your account anyway

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Hackers Can Breach Burglar Alarm System with $142 Device
News in brief: laptop ban curtailed; robot meets a soggy end; Dow Jones leaks 2.2m customers’ data
Black Hat USA 2017: what’s on the agenda in Las Vegas
Google wants you to bid farewell to SMS authentication
FedEx: It is still suffering the aftermath of Petya attack
Didn’t get your Oreo cookie shipment? Last month’s global cyber attack may be to blame
Hacked drones flying up, up and away over geofencing restrictions
Spyware abuses Telegram messaging app to target Iranian Android users