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Cisco Patches XXE, DOS, Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Cybereason snags $100m from Softbank to mount distribution, tech offensive
Honda plant in Japan briefly stops making cars after fresh WannaCrypt outbreak
Breach at UK.gov’s Cyber Essentials scheme exposes users to phishing attacks
Microsoft admits to disabling third-party antivirus code if Win 10 doesn’t like it
Ad ‘urgently’ seeks company to build national e-ID system
Hacker exposed bank loophole to buy luxury cars and a face tattoo
US is Number One! In sales register hacking attacks, at least
NSA had NFI about opsec: 2016 audit found laughably bad security
Stack Clash flaws blow local root holes in loads of top Linux programs
South Korean hosting co. pays $1m ransom to end eight-day outage
Mexican government accused of illegal phone hacking of citizens
Fancy buying our aircraft carrier satnav, Raytheon asks UK
US voter info stored on wide-open cloud box, thanks to bungling Republican contractor
Worried about election hacking? There’s a technology fix – Helios
It’s 2017, and UPnP is helping black-hats run banking malware
FOIA documents show the Kafkaesque state of US mass surveillance

LinuxSecurity.com: New openvpn packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.

LinuxSecurity.com: Emeric Boit of ANSSI reported that SPIP, a website engine for publishing, insufficiently sanitises the value from the X-Forwarded-Host HTTP header field. An unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause remote code execution.

LinuxSecurity.com: The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Average Cost of Breach Goes Down For the First Time Ever
News in brief: AI comes to Mars; WannaCry hits speed cameras; Edge bounty program extended

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Microsoft Says Fireball Threat ‘Overblown’
What does looking under the hood of your browser reveal about you?
Microsoft PatchGuard flaw could let hackers plant rootkits on x64 Windows 10 boxen
Phishing campaign spoofs online auto brand, exposes stolen passwords
Two Brits nabbed in connection with global plot to hack Microsoft network
Birthday Reminder looks benign but the devil’s in the details: Hooks DNS, serves dodgy ads

The strange behavior of a simple Windows application caught our attention and sparked the analysis by ESET of a previously undocumented malware. The post Birthday Reminder looks benign but the devil’s in the details: Hooks DNS, serves dodgy ads appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

UCL ransomware attack traced to malvertising campaign
WannaCry Ransomware Hits Traffic Cameras in Australia
Coming soon (maybe) to toyshops – AI doll that can read kids’ emotions
Botnets – malware that makes you part of the problem [Security SOS Week]
Honeypots and the Internet of Things
WannaCry ransomware infects Australian traffic cameras, human error blamed
‘No decision’ on Raytheon GPS landing system aboard Brit aircraft carriers
Deep Root: what can we learn from the GOP’s data leak?

LinuxSecurity.com: Disable executable stack for aarch64 builds.

NSA-Backed OpenC2.org Aims to Defend Systems at Machine Speed

LinuxSecurity.com: This update addresses CVE-2017-1000366, a vulnerability in the dynamic linker allowing local privilege escalation.

LinuxSecurity.com: CVE-2017-1000381: c-ares NAPTR parser out of bounds access

LinuxSecurity.com: Update to .104. Fix mp3 playback. Security fix for CVE-2017-5087, CVE-2017-5088, CVE-2017-5089

LinuxSecurity.com: Rebuild for new luajit

Smashing Security #030: GDPR – The good and the bad

LinuxSecurity.com: Alvaro Munoz and Christian Schneider discovered that jython, an implementation of the Python language seamlessly integrated with Java, is prone to arbitrary code execution triggered when sending a serialized function to the deserializer.

LinuxSecurity.com: Aniket Nandkishor Kulkarni discovered that in tomcat7, a servlet and JSP engine, static error pages used the original request’s HTTP method to serve content, instead of systematically using the GET method. This could under certain conditions result in undesirable results,

LinuxSecurity.com: Aniket Nandkishor Kulkarni discovered that in tomcat8, a servlet and JSP engine, static error pages used the original request’s HTTP method to serve content, instead of systematically using the GET method. This could under certain conditions result in undesirable results,

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

Researcher calls the fuzz on OpenVPN, uncovers crashy vulns
Homeland Security: Putin’s hackers tried to crack electoral networks in 21 US states

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US Judge falls for email scam; loses $1 million
Microsoft Extends Edge Bug Bounty Program Indefinitely
Trump’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Under Fire

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Chromium web browser, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the GNU C Library, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in mbed TLS, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Kodi, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: A header injection vulnerability in GNU Wget might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers.

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

News in brief: WannaCry knocks out Honda plant; Skype hit by global outage; NSA shares tools on GitHub
Honda Shut Down Plant Impacted by WannaCry
Commercial spyware unleashed against Mexican political activists
ProtonMail Launches Free ProtonVPN to Fight Online Censorship
GDPR: how to avoid the data protection cowboys
Honda hit by WannaCry ransomware attack; shuts down plant
OpenVPN Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
New malware uses old trick – and is a reminder to disable UPnP
Netflix’ Orange Is the New Black Season was Stolen Using Windows Flaw
Avaya Patches Remote Code Execution Flaw in Aura
Ztorg malware hid in Google Play to send premium-rate SMS texts, delete incoming SMS messages
Supreme Court: sex offenders can’t be banned from social media
When does security turn into snooping? [Security SOS Week]
WannaCryptor attack ‘may have come from Lazarus group’

Experts in the UK and the US have reportedly claimed that the recent global WannaCryptor ransomware attack was initiated by the North Korean Lazarus Group. The post WannaCryptor attack ‘may have come from Lazarus group’ appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Stack Clash vulnerabilities smash Linux defenses in the quest for root access
pyrasite – Inject Code Into Running Python Processes
NSA failed to implement security measures, says damning report

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 35 fixes An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 35 fixes An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 35 fixes is now available. is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has one errata An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has one errata An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available. is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: For changes see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/52.2.0/releasenotes/

LinuxSecurity.com: Fixes CVE-2017-9502 (Windows builds only)

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TP-Link Fixes Code Execution Vulnerability in End-of-Life Routers
Internet-Enabled Drill Demonstrates IoT Security Done Right
URL Padding: Facebook Mobile Users Hit by Phishing Scam
University College London Ransomware Linked to AdGholas Malvertising Group

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is now available. is now available.

News in brief: Canada warns on election threats; ‘Record’ $1m ransom paid; Hawking urges return to moon
ProtonMail Launches Free VPN Service
Stack Clash Linux vulnerability: you need to patch now
Erebus Ransomware: Hosting Firm Pays Hackers $1m Ransom
How social media companies are using AI to fight terrorist content
Man arrested for uploading Deadpool on Facebook may face 3 years in jail
Many companies have been ‘hacked’, but please don’t make it THIS easy