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Monthly Archives: July 2018

‘Coding’ cockup blamed for NHS cough-up of confidential info against patients’ wishes
Facebook gave certain companies special access to customer data
Typeform data breach hits thousands of survey accounts
Budget hotel chain, UK political party, Monzo Bank, Patreon caught in Typeform database hack
Smash-hit game Fortnite is dangerous… for cheaters: Tools found laced with malware

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quick look your right eyes and ears while using public WiFi network
Cryptocurrency users on Discord & Slack hit by MacOS malware

LinuxSecurity.com: libvirt: Resource exhaustion via qemuMonitorIORead() method (CVE-2018-5748) * libvirt: Incomplete fix for CVE-2018-5748 triggered by QEMU guest agent (CVE-2018-1064) SL6 x86_64 libvirt-0.10.2-64.el6.x86_64.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6.i686.rpm libvirt-client-0.10.2-64.el6.x86_64.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6.i686.rpm libvirt-debuginfo-0.10.2-64.el6.x86_64.rpm [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: glibc: Buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_TILDE (CVE-2017-15670) * glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator (CVE-2017-15804) SL6 x86_64 glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm glibc-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-common-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.i686.rpm glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.212.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-debuginfo- [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: samba: Null pointer indirection in printer server process (CVE-2018-1050) SL6 x86_64 libsmbclient-3.6.23-51.el6.i686.rpm libsmbclient-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-client-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-common-3.6.23-51.el6.i686.rpm samba-common-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-debuginfo-3.6.23-51.el6.i686.rpm samba-debuginfo-3.6.23-51.el6.x86_64.rpm samba-winb [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: zsh: Stack-based buffer overflow in gen_matches_files() at compctl.c (CVE-2018-1083) * zsh: buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links (CVE-2014-10072) * zsh: buffer overrun in symlinks (CVE-2017-18206) * zsh: buffer overflow in utils.c:checkmailpath() can lead to local arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-1100) SL6 x86_64 zsh-4.3.11-8.el6.x86_64.rpm [More…]

Risk Level: Very Low.

Fake Bitcoin exchange traps drug dealers on the dark web
Dr Symantec offers quick and painless checkup for VPNFilter menace on routers
Android devices since 2012 vulnerable to RAMpage vulnerability
The principle of least privilege: A strategy of limiting access to what is essential

The principle of least privilege is a security strategy applicable to different areas, which is based on the idea of only granting those permissions that are necessary for the performance of a certain activity The post The principle of least privilege: A strategy of limiting access to what is essential appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Phishing Cited by SMBs as Top Attack Threat
Natural Language Processing Fights Social Engineers
Brave adds Tor to reinvent anonymous browsing
Second former Equifax staffer charged with insider trading
Boffins want to stop Network Time Protocol’s time-travelling exploits
Surveys-as-a-service outfit Typeform spilled a backup in May

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Bug Bounty Programs Turn Attention to Data Abuse
MacOS Malware Targets Cryptocurrency Community on Slack, Discord
Hackers steal millions of customers’ data from Adidas US website
Adidas US Website Hit by Data Breach
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