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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Partially Unpatched VMware Bug Opens Door to Hypervisor Takeover
Apple iPhone Malware Tactic Causes Fake Shutdowns to Enable Spying
‘Malsmoke’ Exploits Microsoft’s E-Signature Verification
Attackers Exploit Flaw in Google Docs’ Comments Feature
S3 Ep64: Log4Shell again, scammers keeping busy, and Apple Home bug [Podcast + Transcript]

Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK.

Several security issues were fixed in Apache HTTP Server.

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

The container bci/openjdk was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/openjdk-devel was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/minimal was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

1.1M Compromised Accounts Found at 17 Major Companies

Each year, as online shopping ramps up in the weeks before the holidays, so do online scams targeting the elderly. This season – in many ways unprecedented – is no different in this regard. In fact, COVID-19, Zoom meetings, vaccination recommendations and travel warnings all provide ample and unique precedent for social engineering attacks. Not […]

You better have patched those Log4j holes or we’ll see what a judge has to say – FTC
‘Elephant Beetle’ Lurks for Months in Networks
Broward Breach Highlights Healthcare Supply-Chain Problems
Uber Bug, Ignored for Years, Casts Doubt on Official Uber Emails

security update

US Army journal’s top paper from 2021 says Taiwan should destroy TSMC if China invades
FTC to Go After Companies that Ignore Log4j

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unb= reakable Linux Network:

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Instagram and teens: A quick guide for parents to keep their kids safe

How can you help your kids navigate Instagram safely? Here are a few tips to help you protect their privacy on the app. The post Instagram and teens: A quick guide for parents to keep their kids safe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

FTC threatens “legal action” over unpatched Log4j and other vulns
Remember Norton 360’s bundled cryptominer? Irritated folk realise Ethereum crafter is tricky to delete
What You Need to Know About the Predator-OS 20.04 LTS Release>
US police warn of parking meters with phishing QR codes
Windows giant seeks Pluton-ic relationship with chip maker: AMD first out of the gates with Microsoft’s security processor

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

How ransomware gangs went pro

The container sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20220103 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20220103-hvm-ssd-x86_64 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20220103-gen2 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

Microsoft Sees Rampant Log4j Exploit Attempts, Testing
SEGA’s Sloppy Security Confession: Exposed AWS S3 Bucket Offers Up Steam API Access & More
Data Skimmer Hits 100+ Sotheby’s Real-Estate Websites
SlimPay fined €180k after 12 million customers’ bank data publicly accessible for 5 years
Israeli newspapers targeted by hackers on anniversary of Iranian general’s assassination
Apple Home software bug could lock you out of your iPhone
Purple Fox Rootkit Dropped by Malicious Telegram Installers
Breaking the habit: Top 10 bad cybersecurity habits to shed in 2022

Be alert, be proactive and break these 10 bad habits to improve your cyber-hygiene in 2022 The post Breaking the habit: Top 10 bad cybersecurity habits to shed in 2022 appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

McMenamins Data Breach Affects 12 Years of Employee Info
John Edwards takes the reins at the UK’s data protection watchdog
Portugal Media Giant Impresa Crippled by Ransomware Attack

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Apache HTTP server: CVE-2021-44224

2022: The year of software supply chain security

An update for the idm:DL1 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

An update for samba is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 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 telnet is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

xorg-x11-server: SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs out-of-bounds access (CVE-2021-4008) * xorg-x11-server: SProcXFixesCreatePointerBarrier out-of-bounds access (CVE-2021-4009) * xorg-x11-server: SProcScreenSaverSuspend out-of-bounds access (CVE-2021-4010) * xorg-x11-server: SwapCreateRegister out-of-bounds access (CVE-2021-4011) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, [More…]

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, spoofing, information disclosure, downgrade attacks on SMTP STARTTLS connections or misleading display of OpenPGP/MIME signatures.

security update

An update for xorg-x11-server 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,

An update for grafana 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 grafana is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 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,

Fix missing TLS certificate verification. (CVE-2021-39359) References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29834 – https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/HRPPP47WRCAPAEJGRMEKYYJZBQCYXTLQ/

Several wireshark vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the release notes for details. References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29832

Fix shell expansion via crafted pathname in the ImageMagick convert fallback References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29829

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, spoofing, information disclosure, downgrade attacks on SMTP STARTTLS connections or misleading display of OpenPGP/MIME signatures.

Security fix for CVE-2021-4008, CVE-2021-4009, CVE-2021-4010, CVE-2021-4011