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Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

LinuxSecurity.com: New libsndfile packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. [More Info…]

LinuxSecurity.com: New curl packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. [More Info…]

LinuxSecurity.com: USN-2880-1 introduced a regression in Firefox.

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

Many of you are probably familiar with VirusTotal, a service that allows you to scan a file or URL using multiple antivirus and URL scanners. VirusTotal results are often used in write-ups about new malware to show how widely a sample is detected by the AV community. We receive links to VirusTotal results via our […]

Google adds warning to unencrypted emails

In a 2016 survey of 500 PC gamers, Webroot discovered statistically significant differences in the ways that male and female gamers approach internet security, 3rd party modifications, and the way they choose to portray their gender online. In fact, we found surprisingly large discrepancies between those who identified as male and those who identified as […]

Southwest Airlines flight giveaway scams spread on Facebook

There is no such thing as a free lunch, and even if there was… who likes airline food that much anyway? The post Southwest Airlines flight giveaway scams spread on Facebook appeared first on We Live Security.

US government wants to sharply increase spending on cyber security
Cybersecurity e-learning course launches in the UK for HR staff

A new e-learning tool has been launched in the UK to help HR professionals effectively deal with cybersecurity issues in the British workplace. The post Cybersecurity e-learning course launches in the UK for HR staff appeared first on We Live Security.

Safer Internet Day: 6 tips for your kids (and for you, too!)
Adwind evolves to offer cyber criminals one-stop shop for malware
Stay safe with our Facebook cheat sheet

Learn how to boost your Facebook privacy on Safer Internet Day with our excellent cheat sheet. It’ll work to your advantage now and in the future. The post Stay safe with our Facebook cheat sheet appeared first on We Live Security.

How “gag clauses” are used to squash negative reviews and punish reviewers
Innocent Chrome game used as cover for many tentacled Android invader
5 tips to protect your admin credentials
Teen sues TV station for broadcasting sexting video along with his name

LinuxSecurity.com: Nearly three years after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden first leaked details about massive domestic spying, his revelations have prompted a broader discourse, especially among legal scholars, over the potentially invasive nature of big data cybersurveillance tools.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Outlook for Mac is prone to a security vulnerability that may allow attackers to conduct spoofing attacks; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An updated sos package that fixes one security issue and one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Updated python-django packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Update from 3.13.1 to 3.13.2 for bug-fixes. Includes security fix forCVE-2015-8708.

LinuxSecurity.com: – update to upstream release 1.8.1 – CVE-2016-0747: Insufficient limits ofCNAME resolution in resolver – CVE-2016-0746: Use-after-free during CNAMEresponse processing in resolver – CVE-2016-0742: Invalid pointer dereference inresolver

LinuxSecurity.com: Prosody 0.9.10 ============== A summary of changes in this release: Security——– * mod_dialback: Adopt key generation algorithm from XEP-0185, toprevent impersonation attacks (CVE-2016-0756) Fixes and improvements———————- * Startup: Open /dev/urandom read-only, to fix afailure to start on some systems (fixes #585) * Networking: Improve handling ofthe ‘select’ network backend running out of file descriptors […]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

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Hacker says he’s breached DHS and FBI, leaks claimed staff data
Student arrested for grade changing school data breach

A 17-year-old student in American has been arrested and charged with illegally accessing government computers, months after the data breach took place. The post Student arrested for grade changing school data breach appeared first on We Live Security.

Java installer flaw shows why you should clear your Downloads folder
Report: Hacker steals, posts personal details on 9,000 DHS employees
Cyber criminals cash out using PowerShell, other legitimate tools
Remtasu is disguising itself as a tool to appropriate Facebook accounts

Almost a year ago we warned about the spreading of Remtasu, and far from lessening, we have been able to identify numerous instances of this threat being propagated further. The post Remtasu is disguising itself as a tool to appropriate Facebook accounts appeared first on We Live Security.

Malware Museum shows how it was “before it was all about money”
Burglars allegedly spoof caller ID to scare couple out of their home
What happens when you fly your drone into the Empire State Building
Facebook taunts send another “catch me if you can” crook to jail
Google says “No more” to deceptive download and play buttons in ads
The security review: Encryption 101 and Android security updates

Highlights from the past seven days in information security include encryption insights, Android updates, Facebook at 12 and a data breach at UCF in the US. The post The security review: Encryption 101 and Android security updates appeared first on We Live Security.

“Error 53” – could an iPhone update turn your phone into a brick?

LinuxSecurity.com: Bring technologists and members of the intelligence community together to figure out what to do about unbreakable encryption and guess what they conclude? They conclude that they don’t really need to worry about it.

I forgot my Windows 10 password!
Monday review – the hot 25 stories of the week

LinuxSecurity.com: Three and a half years after he sought temporary asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London only to find himself a captive instead, a UN group has ruled that UK and Swedish authorities unlawfully detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in violation of their international human rights obligations.

LinuxSecurity.com: On Sunday, an account on Twitter posted a Department of Homeland Security staff directory with 9,355 names. Shortly after the DHS data was posted, the account went on to claim that an additional data dump focused on 20,000 FBI employees was next.

LinuxSecurity.com: Days after a group of concerned professors raised alarm bells over a new network monitoring system installed at the University of California, Berkeley and the other nine campuses of the University of California system, a separate committee of system-wide faculty has now given its blessing.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft VBScript and JScript are prone to multiple remote memory-corruption vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

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Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a security vulnerability that may allow attackers to conduct spoofing attacks; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Android is prone to a remote security vulnerability.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to multiple unspecified memory-corruption vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to multiple remote code-execution vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to multiple remote code-execution vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

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You let a COMPUTER edit my source code? [Chet Chat Podcast 230]
8 hot technologies the CIA wants

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

LinuxSecurity.com: Updated dnf patch —- Update to bugfix release 2015.5.9, patched with properdnf support

LinuxSecurity.com: This update together with previous releases addresses the followingvulnerabilities: – CVE-2015-7096 – CVE-2015-7098 Additional fixes: – DisableDNS prefetch when a proxy is configured. – Reduce the maximum simultaneousnetwork connections to match other browsers. – Make WebKitWebView alwayspropagate motion-notify-event signal. – Add a way to force acceleratingcompositing mode at runtime using an environment variable. – […]

LinuxSecurity.com: updated to 3.2 (#1301310)