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Monthly Archives: October 2020

Critical SonicWall VPN Portal Bug Allows DoS, Worming RCE
The rise of fearware and how to fight back
Silent Librarian Goes Back to School with Global Research-Stealing Effort
McAfee rattles tin for $600m+ in fresh IPO filing valuing firm at $3.6bn
FIN11 Cybercrime Gang Shifts Tactics to Double-Extortion Ransomware
Intel Adds Memory Encryption, Firmware Security to Ice Lake Chips

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Brit webcam criminal snared in FBI LuminosityLink creepware sting spared prison

Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Google, Intel Warn on ‘Zero-Click’ Kernel Bug in Linux-Based IoT Devices
Cybercriminals Steal Nearly 1TB of Data from Miami-Based International Tech Firm

The package chromium before version 86.0.4240.75-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, access restriction bypass, information disclosure and insufficient validation.

Security flaws and CVSS rescore process with NVD
‘Facebook simply would not exist today if not for Bletchley Park,’ says social network – but don’t hold that against it

Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6 runner release (CVE-2019-18874) 2. Description: * Updated python-psutil version to 5.6.6 inside ansible-runner container (CVE-2019-18874)

Softly-as-a-service: IBM whispers plan for security SaaS based on a Cloud Pak
Windows “Ping of Death” bug revealed – patch now!
October Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches Critical, Wormable RCE Bug
Lemon Duck Cryptocurrency-Mining Botnet Activity Spikes
It’s 2020 and a rogue ICMPv6 network packet can pwn your Microsoft Windows machine
Software AG Data Released After Clop Ransomware Strike – Report
Critical Flash Player Flaw Opens Adobe Users to RCE
For Foxit’s sake: Windows and Mac users alike urged to patch PhantomPDF over use-after-free vulns
Attackers chain Windows, VPN flaws to target US government agencies

Bad actors have accessed US elections support systems, although there’s no evidence to suggest that election data has been compromised, say FBI and CISA The post Attackers chain Windows, VPN flaws to target US government agencies appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Trickbot

Throughout its monitoring, ESET analyzed thousands of malicious samples every month to help this effort The post ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Trickbot appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Creepy covert camera “feature” found in popular smartwatch for kids
Election Systems Under Attack via Microsoft Zerologon Exploits
Authentication Bug Opens Android Smart-TV Box to Data Theft
You can ditch the printer and go entirely paperless, but does that really make your work comms any more secure?
TrickBot Takedown Disrupts Major Crimeware Apparatus
Hackney hacked. Council hit by “serious cyber attack”, data breached

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Office 365: A Favorite for Cyberattack Persistence

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 for RHEL 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

Hackers hack Hackney: Local government cries ‘cyberattack’ while UK infosec officials rush to figure out what happened
The seven deadly sins letting hackers hijack America’s govt networks: These unpatched bugs leave systems open
Microsoft on the counter­attack! Trickbot malware network takes a hit
Microsoft and chums use US trademark law to trash Trickbot malware network

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities and has 59 fixes is now available.

Home security cams hacked in Singapore, and stolen footage sold on adult websites
‘You’ve got the old cheeky Corona’: Ireland’s pandemic advice SMS service can be spoofed, warns researcher
Android ransomware learns new tricks to lock devices
Ransomware Attackers Buy Network Access in Cyberattack Shortcut

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Beware, drone fliers, of Scotland’s black-headed gulls. For they will tear your craft from Mother Nature’s skies
One year after server hackers left NordVPN red-faced, firm’s first colocated setup is online
Britannia should rule the (cyber) waves, minister tells Singapore event in bid to drum up Commonwealth support
Five Eyes nations plus Japan and India call for Big Tech to bake backdoors into everything
Securing A Linux Web Server: Preventing Information Leakage>

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Frediano Ziglio discovered multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the QUIC image decoding process of spice, a SPICE protocol client and server library, which could result in denial of service, or possibly, execution of arbitrary code.

security update

An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

A potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in rails, a ruby based MVC framework. Views that allow the user to control the default (not found) value of the `t` and `translate` helpers could be susceptible to XSS attacks. When an HTML-unsafe string is passed as the

Oleg Kalnichevski discovered that httpcomponents-client, a Java library for building HTTP-aware applications, can misinterpret a malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Taking a screwdriver to unlock your IoT sex toy is nuts

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Global Privacy Control emerges as latest attempt to let netizens choose whether they want to be tracked online
Five bag $300,000 in bug bounties after finding 55 security holes in Apple’s web apps, IT infrastructure

In Eclipse Web Tools Platform, a component of the Eclipse IDE, XML and DTD files referring to external entities could be exploited to send the contents of local files to a remote server when edited or validated, even when external entity resolution is disabled in the user

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. New Jersey Hospital Pays Massive Ransom Officials have decided to pay roughly $670,000 in ransom following a ransomware attack on the University Hospital in New Jersey. The hospital was likely forced into this decision after being unable to restore from backups the 240GB of data stolen in the attack on […]

Fitbit Spyware Steals Personal Data via Watch Face
Sophisticated Android Ransomware Executes with the Home Button
Software AG hit with ransomware: Crooks leak staffers’ passports, want millions for stolen files
Google adds password breach alerts to Chrome for Android, iOS

The feature is part of the browser’s security improvements that were first built into its desktop version The post Google adds password breach alerts to Chrome for Android, iOS appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Crown Prosecution Service solicitor accused of targeting judge ex-wife’s lover through work computer systems
Twitter closing my account for copyright violation? No, it’s a phishing attack
Facebook Debuts Bug-Bounty ‘Loyalty Program’

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Amazon Prime Day Spurs Spike in Phishing, Fraud Attacks
MontysThree APT Takes Unusual Aim at Industrial Targets
Feds Sound Alarm Over Emotet Attacks on State, Local Govs
Google Rolls Out Fixes for High-Severity Android System Flaws
BAHAMUT Spies-for-Hire Linked to Extensive Nation-State Activity
Wormable Apple iCloud Bug Allows Automatic Photo Theft

Backport fix for CVE-2020-26159

Backport fix for CVE-2020-26159

Here’s US Homeland Security collaring a suspected arsonist after asking Google for the IP addresses of folks who made a specific search

autobuilt v2.1.0,Security fix for CVE-2020-14370

Email-spamming COVID profiteers deleted database with ‘key evidence’ when UK watchdog came knocking
Want to set up a successful bug bounty? Make sure you write it for the flaw finders and not the lawyers
RAINBOWMIX Apps in Google Play Serve Up Millions of Ad Fraud Victims
Hey, pull your nose out of BlackBerry’s poor financials and pay attention to this all-singing security doodah
Cisco Fixes High-Severity Webex, Security Camera Flaws
HEH P2P Botnet Sports Dangerous Wiper Function
Working from a hotel? Beware the dangers of public Wi‑Fi

As more and more hotels are turning rooms into offices, the FBI is warning remote workers of cyber-threats lurking in the shadows The post Working from a hotel? Beware the dangers of public Wi‑Fi appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

8 tips to tighten up your work‑from‑home network
Microsoft Azure Flaws Open Admin Servers to Takeover