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Monthly Archives: October 2017

New Malware Hits ATMs Running on Win7 and Win Vista

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Hackers in Arab world collaborate more than hoodie-clad Westerners
Why it’s time to stop calling users “n00bs” and “1d10ts”
Learning from the Disqus data breach
Overdraft-fiddling hackers cost banks in Eastern Europe $100m
Is your SME ready for GDPR?

Billed as the largest piece of privacy legislation for 20 years, the GDPR isn’t merely a directive, but EU legislation enshrined in law. It has been designed to harmonise different laws to protect individuals’ privacy. The post Is your SME ready for GDPR? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Accenture left a huge trove of highly sensitive data on exposed servers

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

SELinux blocks loading kernel modules
PornHub visitors hit with malware attack via poisoned ads
Busted! Founder sells $51m website, hacks it, tries to sell site its own data
Real Mad-quid: Murky cryptojacking menace that smacked Ronaldo site grows
Canadian SMBs: How technology can help you have a better start in business

A recent Ipsos survey, found that only 26 per cent of Canadian SMBs feel very confident that their business and its information is safe from cyberattacks The post Canadian SMBs: How technology can help you have a better start in business appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Ada Lovelace Day: celebrating women in technology

By the 1800s, long before the famous Enigma machine and military computerization to decipher codes, a Victorian woman trapped in a patriarchal world, glimpsed the potential reach of computing and the change it would impose on humanity. The post Ada Lovelace Day: celebrating women in technology appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Leaky-by-design location services show outsourced security won’t ever work
Smut-watchers suckered by evil advertising

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft ChakraCore is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft ChakraCore is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Shell is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Jet Database Engine is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Jet Database Engine is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to multiple local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Skype for Business is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office SharePoint is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Shell is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft SharePoint Server is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office Outlook is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office Outlook is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft SharePoint Server is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

World’s largest child porn site was run by police for undercover op

security update

Hackers are compromising websites to mine cryptocoins via user’s CPU

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PCRE2, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pacemaker, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability in OCaml may allow local users to gain root privileges.

5 security mistakes your IT team wish you wouldn’t make

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

How to do cybersecurity at work
Data Stealer Malware Hits Critical Cyber Infrastructure in US and S.Korea
FormBook Malware Targets US Defense Contractors, Aerospace and Manufacturing Sectors
Fending off cyber attacks as important as combatting terrorism, says new GCHQ chief
1,000 jobs on the line at BAE Systems’ Lancashire plants – reports
NFL Players, Agents Targeted in Database Extortion Attempt
Disqus reveals data breach, but wins points for transparency
Video games used to be an escape. Now not even they are safe from ads

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

VPN logs helped unmask alleged ‘net stalker, say feds
‘Hola señorita’ says smart camera as it follows owner’s every move
Hackers publish school district’s student data after threatening to ‘kill some kids’
Millions of Accounts From Previous Bitly and Kickstarter Breaches Exposed
How anyone could have stuffed your Flickr account with photos

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability in Munin allows local attackers to overwrite any file accessible to the www-data user.

LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability in sudo allows local users to gain root privileges.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, the worst of which could allow remote code execution.

LinuxSecurity.com: A stack-based buffer overflow was found in file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities were found in RubyGems, the worst of which allows execution of arbitrary code.