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Monthly Archives: September 2018

Facebook monetizes 2FA, Singapore monetizes hacker, and ransomware creeps monetize US Democrats
Linux Is Getting New Network Libraries From Veteran systemd/BUS1 Developers
Python is a hit with hackers, report finds

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2018-17336

LinuxSecurity.com: This is an update to Mozilla’s CA certificates list version 2.26, which has been published as part of Mozilla NSS 3.39. For additional details, please refer to the NSS 3.39 release notes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en- US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.39_release_notes

LinuxSecurity.com: libxkbcommon 0.8.2, CVE-2018-15853 through to 15864. These fix a number of memory handling issues with xkbcommon. Together with the keymap FD handling in various Wayland compositors (keymaps could be mapped rw and clients could thus replace the content) libxkbcommon’s memory issues could serve as attack vector to gain access to another client. The update […]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2018-17336

LinuxSecurity.com: Fixed some small bugs in the previous package: Initial rules now have the correct version, sought channel config is dropped (since it doesn’t exist anymore) and build / runtime deps adjusted. —- Update to 3.4.2. Fixes CVE-2017-15705, CVE-2018-11780 and CVE-2018-11781 along with many other bugfixes and improvements. See https://www.mail-

LinuxSecurity.com: **libbson 1.13.0** **Features:** * New functions to save and restore progress of a bson_iter_t: bson_iter_key_len, bson_iter_offset, and son_iter_init_from_data_at_offset Additional functions bson_iter_overwrite_date_time, bson_iter_overwrite_oid, and bson_iter_overwrite_timestamp. All fixed-length BSON values can now be

Hacker vows to delete Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account; reports it for bounty instead

security update

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that the emergency logging system in 389-ds-base (the 389 Directory Server) is affected by a race condition caused by the invalidation of the concurrently used log file file descriptor without proper locking. This issue might be triggered by remote attackers to

LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2731

LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2731

LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2766

LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2757

Fancy Bear’s VPNfilter malware is back with 7 new modules
Firefox Monitor will Notify you When Your Account is Hacked- Mozilla
11 million personal unprotected MongoDB records leaked online
Exploring the Way Technology Has Changed Entertainment
Mobile password managers vulnerable to phishing apps
Linux firewalls: What you need to know about iptables and firewalld
YouTuber reveals iPhone XS passcode bypass bug exposing contacts/photos

LinuxSecurity.com: CVE-2017-7653 As invalid UTF-8 strings are not correctly checked, an attacker could

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

security update

Hacky hack on whack ‘Hacky Hack Hack’ Mac chaps hack attack rap cut some slack

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple security issues were discovered in Python: ElementTree failed to initialise Expat’s hash salt, two denial of service issues were found in difflib and poplib and a buffer overflow in PyString_DecodeEscape.

Big Facebook breach: 50 million accounts affected
Facebook Data Breach Impacts Almost 50 Million Accounts
Facebook hacked: Hackers steal access tokens of 50 million accounts
Another Linux Kernel Bug Surfaces, Allowing Root Access

LinuxSecurity.com: This release fixes a heap-based buffer over-read when parsing a mallformed BSON document (CVE-2018-16790).

LinuxSecurity.com: Changes since 10.1.8.16: === v 10.1.9.6 handle legacy external message recipients * [XSS] Updated known HTML5 events * Better IPV6 support * UI support for protocol-only entries v 10.1.9.5

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2018-10897

LinuxSecurity.com: This release fixes a heap-based buffer over-read when parsing a mallformed BSON document (CVE-2018-16790).

Facebook: Up to 90 million addicts’ accounts slurped by hackers, no thanks to crappy code
iPhone XS Passcode Bypass Hack Exposes Contacts, Photos
Demonoid goes offline with owner missing in action for last two months
Zuckerberg’s Facebook page? I’ll livestream its deletion, says hacker
Health insurer Bupa fined £175k after staffer tried to sell customer data on dark web souk
WhatsApp cofounder: “I sold my users’ privacy”
Android App Verification Issues Pave Way For Phishing Attacks
Australian teen who hacked into Apple and stole 90 GB of files avoids jail
Android password managers vulnerable to phishing apps
VirusTotal slips on biz suit, says Google’s daddy will help the search for nasties

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Power to the people! Google backtracks (a bit) on forced Chrome logins
Who’s behind DDoS attacks at UK universities?

The timing of the attacks suggests that many attempts to take the networks offline may not necessarily be perpetrated by organized cybercriminal gangs The post Who’s behind DDoS attacks at UK universities? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Robocallers slapped with huge fines for using spoofed phone numbers
Majority of Orgs Failing to Make Machine Learning Fair, Safe & Balanced
Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Gives Root Access to Attackers
BLK-MQ To Support Runtime Power Management With Linux 4.20~5.0
Come to the National Information Security Conference (NISC), 10-12 October 2018

Reading Time: ~2 min.Firefox Vulnerability Leads to Crash A new denial-of-service (DoS) attack has been created with the ability to cause desktop versions of the browser Firefox to freeze or crash. Upon visiting sites where the malicious script is present, the user’s browser forces download requests for a massive junk file that can cause the […]

Oslo clever clogs craft code to scan di mavens and snare dodgy staff

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.

Your specialist subject? The bleedin’ obvious… Feds warn of RDP woe
Resident evil: Inside a UEFI rootkit used to spy on govts, made by you-know-who (hi, Russia)
DEF CON hackers’ dossier on US voting machine security is just as grim as feared

LinuxSecurity.com: CVE-2018-14404 Fix of a NULL pointer dereference which might result in a crash and thus in a denial of service.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple security issues were discovered in Python: ElementTree failed to initialise Expat’s hash salt, two denial of service issues were found in difflib and poplib and the shutil module was affected by a command injection vulnerability.

Perimeter Defenses are Dead, So Now What?

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from

ThreatList: Hackers Turn to Python as Attack Coding Language of Choice
Sunny Cali goes ballistic, this ransomware is atrocious. Even our IT bill will be something quite ferocious

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty), Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka), Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton), Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 (Pike), and Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens).

Local-Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel Allows Root Access
Cryptojacking – coming to a server-laptop-phone near you (and how to stop it)
Weakness in Apple MDM Tool Allows Access to Sensitive Corporate Info
Looking after the corporate Apple mobile fleet? Beware: MDM onboarding is ‘insecure’
Trump’s axing of cyber czar role has left gaping holes in US defence
Cisco coughs up baker’s dozen of vulns and other security nasties
Linux Readying Spectre V2 Userspace-Userspace Protection
Mirai Authors Escape Jail Time – But Here Are 7 Other Criminal Hackers Who Didn’t
Malware steals passwords from 6.4 million SHEIN customers
Firefox Monitor starts tracking breached email addresses
Spotify offers playlists tailored to your DNA
Malware hits fashion giant SHEIN; 6.42 million online shoppers affected
Uber to dole out $148m settlement among US states over breach it paid $100k to bury
LoJax: First UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the Sednit group

ESET researchers have shown that the Sednit operators used different components of the LoJax malware to target a few government organizations in the Balkans as well as in Central and Eastern Europe The post LoJax: First UEFI rootkit found in the wild, courtesy of the Sednit group appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Smashing Security #097: Dash cam surveillance, robocall plague, and Zoho woe
Fancy Bear still Putin out new modules for VPNFilter malware
‘Mutagen Astronomy’ Linux kernel vulnerability sighted

LinuxSecurity.com: HylaFAX+ 5.6.1 vulnerabilities (18 Sep 2018)

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2018-16435

Boffins bypass password protection with pilfering by phony programs
2018 Has Been Open Season on Open Source Supply Chains
Pain spotting: Russia’s Aeroflot Docker server lands internal source code, config files on public internet

LinuxSecurity.com: The 4.18.9 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. —- The 4.18.8 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

LinuxSecurity.com: Fix for CVE-2018-14630

LinuxSecurity.com: Fixed 2.1.0 update, includes security fixes and added performance fix

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2017-5950.

VPNFilter’s Arsenal Expands With Newly Discovered Modules
Google Vows Privacy Changes in Chrome Browser After User Backlash
Banking trojan found in call recorder app on Play Store – stole over €10,000