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Monthly Archives: February 2021

The package roundcubemail before version 1.4.11-1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Accellion FTA Zero-Day Attacks Show Ties to Clop Ransomware, FIN11
NurseryCam hacked, company shuts down IoT camera service
Nvidia announces official “anti-cryptomining” software drivers
Planespotters’ weekends turn traumatic as engine pieces fall from the sky in the Netherlands and the US

xterm: crash when processing combining characters (CVE-2021-27135) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE SL7 x86_64 xterm-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm xterm-debuginfo-295-3.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm – Scientific Linux Development Team

Brave browser leaks visited Tor .onion addresses in DNS traffic, fix released after bug hunter raises alarm

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

An update for stunnel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 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,

An update for stunnel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability

An update for stunnel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 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,

Malware monsters target Apple’s M1 silicon with ‘Silver Sparrow’

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Felix Weinmann reported a flaw in the handling of combining characters in screen, a terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation, which can result in denial of service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code via a specially crafted UTF-8 character sequence.

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Introducing Crowdsec: A Modernized, Collaborative Massively Multiplayer Firewall for Linux>

This is the update to .NET 5.0 SDK 5.0.103 and Runtime 5.0.3. This includes fixes for CVE-2021-1721 and CVE-2021-24112

A vulnerability in the Certificate List Exact Assertion validation was discovered in OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An unauthenticated remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service (slapd

It was discovered that zstd, a compression utility, was vulnerable to a race condition: it temporarily exposed, during a very short timeframe, a world-readable version of its input even if the original file had restrictive permissions.

Happy birthday, Python, you’re 30 years old today: Easy to learn, and the right tool at the right time

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

A vulnerability in the Certificate List Exact Assertion validation was discovered in OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An unauthenticated remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service (slapd daemon crash)

An issue has been found in wpa, a set of tools to support WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i). Missing validation of data can result in a buffer over-write, which might

It was discovered that zstd, a compression utility, was vulnerable to a race condition: it temporarily exposed, during a very short timeframe, a world-readable version of its input even if the original file had restrictive permissions.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. CVE-2021-21148

Malformed URL Prefix Phishing Attacks Spike 6,000%

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Mysterious Silver Sparrow Malware Found Nesting on 30K Macs
Credential-Stuffing Attack Targets Regional Internet Registry

For most small businesses, the chances of falling prey to a long-term covert surveillance operation by well-resourced, likely state-backed actors are slim. To recap, that is what the evidence suggests happened in the SolarWinds compromise discovered last December. Many believe the company’s Orion update was used to conduct cyber espionage for months prior to being […]

The massive coronavirus pandemic IT blunder with a funny side

Buzzwords and acronyms abound in the MSP industry, an unfortunate byproduct of marketing years in the making. Cybersecurity is a hot watercooler topic at any business. Well, now probably more likely a virtual happy hour than a watercooler, but nevertheless cybersecurity remains top-of-mind. To sleep at night, MSPs feel they must enhance or expand their […]

Microsoft: SolarWinds Attackers Downloaded Azure, Exchange Code

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Alex Birnberg discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Horde Application Framework, more precisely its Text Filter API. An attacker could take control of a user’s mailbox by sending a crafted e-mail.

Fixed a memory leak when decompression fails “unexpectedly”. (CVE-2021-20216) Prevent an assertion from getting triggered by a crafted CGI request. (CVE-2021-20217) References:

IDRIX, Truecrypt Veracrypt, Truecrypt Prior to 1.23-Hotfix-1 (Veracrypt), all versions (Truecrypt) is affected by a Buffer Overflow that can lead to information disclosure of kernel stack through a locally executed code with IOCTL request to driver (CVE-2019-1010208).

When sending a CONNECT request with the XOR-PEER-ADDRESS value of 0.0.0.0, a malicious user would be able to relay packets to the loopback interface. Additionally, when coturn is listening on IPv6, which is default, the loopback interface can also be reached by making use of either [::1] or [::] as the peer address (CVE-2020-26262).

In MediaWiki before 1.31.11, the messages userrights-expiry-current and userrights-expiry-none can contain raw HTML. XSS can happen when a user visits Special:UserRights but does not have rights to change all userrights, and the table on the left side has unchangeable groups in it. The right column with the changeable groups is not affected and is escaped […]

Atheists warn followers of unholy data leak, hint dark deeds may have tried to make it go away
Microsoft admits some Azure, Exchange, Intune source code snaffled in SolarWinds schemozzle
Cybercriminal Enterprise ‘Ringleaders’ Stole $55M Via COVID-19 Fraud, Romance Scams
Apple Outlines 2021 Security, Privacy Roadmap

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Kia Motors Hit With $20M Ransomware Attack – Report

Multiple security issues were found in PHP, a widely-used open source general purpose scripting language which could result in denial of service, information disclosure, cookie forgery or incorrect encryption.

Just 2.6% of 2019’s 18,000 tracked vulnerabilities were actively exploited in the wild
Exploit Details Emerge for Unpatched Microsoft Bug
US names three North Koreans in laundry list of cybercrime charges
Malware authors already taking aim at Apple M1 Macs

The first instance of malicious code native to Apple Silicon M1 Macs emerged a month after the release of devices equipped with the company’s in-house CPUs The post Malware authors already taking aim at Apple M1 Macs appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Mac Malware Targets Apple’s In-House M1 Processor
US charges North Korean hackers in relation to WannaCry, Sony Pictures attack, and an attempt to steal more than a billion dollars from banks
SDK Bug Lets Attackers Spy on User’s Video Calls Across Dating, Healthcare Apps

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in QEMU, a fast processor emulator (notably used in KVM and Xen HVM virtualization). An attacker could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS), information leak, and possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the QEMU

Nurserycam horror show: ‘Secure’ daycare video monitoring product beamed DVR admin creds to all users

An update for xterm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability

Has your cloud app suite left you feeling insecure? There’s a reason for that
Cred-stealing trojan harvests logins from Chromium browsers, Outlook and more, warns Cisco Talos

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Breaking news: Facebook breaks news (and other pages) for Australian users
An appearance on the “Engage” podcast
Smashing Security podcast #215: Sexy cows banned on Facebook
Uncle Sam accuses three suspected North Korean govt hackers of stealing $1.3bn+ from banks, crypto orgs
Stolen Jones Day Law Firm Files Posted on Dark Web
Windows, Linux Devices Hijacked In Two-Year Cryptojacking Campaign

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You’ve got millions of open-source software components to choose from… and so do cybercriminals
Ninja Forms WordPress Plugin Bug Opens Websites to Hacks
U.S. Accuses North Korean Hackers of Stealing Millions
“ScamClub” gang outed for exploiting iPhone browser bug to spew ads
Masslogger Swipes Microsoft Outlook, Google Chrome Credentials
You don’t have clearance for that: Microsoft ups the paranoia with a preview of Azure Firewall Premium
Details Tied to Safari Browser-based ‘ScamClub’ Campaign Revealed
Think your backups will protect you from ransomware? What do you think the malware attacked first?
Soviet ‘Enigma’ cipher machine sells for $22k at collapsed museum’s exhibits auction
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Palo Alto Networks drops $156m to absorb DevSecOps firm Bridgecrew

An update is now available for Red Hat Decision Manager. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit. An overflow bug in the x64_64 Montgomery squaring procedure, an integer overflow in CipherUpdate and a NULL pointer dereference flaw X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() were found, which could

An update is now available for Red Hat Process Automation Manager. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability

Attacks targeting IT firms stir concern, controversy

The Exaramel backdoor, discovered by ESET in 2018, resurfaces in a campaign hitting companies that use an outdated version of a popular IT monitoring tool The post Attacks targeting IT firms stir concern, controversy appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

* Bring back the WebKitPluginProcess that was removed by mistake. (It will disappear again soon.) * Fix RunLoop objects leaked in worker threads. * Use Internet Explorer quirk for Google Docs. (Yes, even this new quirk is broken already.) * Security fixes: CVE-2020-13558

New upstream release 2.0.25

**Release 1.4.11** – Display a nice error informing about no PHP8 support – Elastic: Fix compatibility with Less v3 and v4 (#7813) – Fix bug with managesieve_domains in Settings > Forwarding form (#7849) – Fix errors in MSSQL database update scripts (#7853) – **Security**: Fix cross-site scripting (XSS) via HTML messages with malicious CSS content

LastPass to limit fans of free password manager to one device type only – computer or mobile – from next month
Complaint Blasts TikTok’s ‘Misleading’ Privacy Policies
Let’s Encrypt Gears Up to Replace 200M Certificates a Day
DDoS Attacks Wane in Q4 Amid Cryptomining Resurgence

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SHAREit app for Android said to share way too much: Billion-download code with holes no one wants to fix

Most people would categorically agree that increased privacy online is a good thing. But in practice, questions of privacy online are a bit more complex. In recent months, you’ve likely heard about DNS over HTTPS, also known as DNS 2.0 and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, […]

Romance scams in 2020: Breaking hearts, wallets – and records

As dating apps experience a boom amid COVID-19, losses to romance scams soar too The post Romance scams in 2020: Breaking hearts, wallets – and records appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Record‑breaking number of vulnerabilities reported in 2020

High-severity and critical bugs disclosed in 2020 outnumber the sum total of vulnerabilities reported 10 years prior The post Record‑breaking number of vulnerabilities reported in 2020 appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Misconfigured Baby Monitors Allow Unauthorized Viewing
Microsoft Pulls Bad Windows Update After Patch Tuesday Headaches
Romance scams at all-time high: here’s what you need to know