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Telegram Triangulation Pinpoints Users’ Exact Locations
Google Warns of Critical Android Remote Code Execution Bug

LibreOffice slideshow aborts with stack smashing in cairo’s composite_boxes. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version

One month after ransomware attack, Metro Vancouver’s transit system still not up to speed
Bug? No, Telegram exposing its users’ precise location is a feature working as ‘expected’
Major Gaming Companies Hit with Ransomware Linked to APT27
ElectroRAT Drains Cryptocurrency Wallet Funds of Thousands
Data from August Breach of Amazon Partner Juspay Dumped Online
T-Mobile suffers its fourth hack in less than three years – still “takes the security of your information very seriously”
Scotland waves £15m for low-code partner to help with social security overhaul as technical debt mounts
Think you’re hot stuff when it comes to infosec? Prove it

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 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

The package dovecot before version 2.3.13-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including information disclosure and denial of service.

The package poppler before version 21.01.0-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution.

The package roundcubemail before version 1.4.10-1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Singapore changes the rules and will now use COVID-19 contact-tracing app data in criminal cases

The package rsync before version 3.2.3-2 is vulnerable to man-in-the- middle.

The container harbor/harbor-trivy-adapter was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

Happy New Year: Jan 1, 2021 security cert expiration causes havoc for some Check Point VPN users
Ransomware Gang Collects Data from Blood Testing Lab
Researcher Breaks reCAPTCHA With Google’s Speech-to-Text API
Leading Game Publishers Hit Hard by Leaked-Credential Epidemic
PayPal users targeted in new SMS phishing campaign

The scam starts with a text warning victims of suspicious activity on their accounts The post PayPal users targeted in new SMS phishing campaign appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

T-Mobile Faces Yet Another Data Breach
Ticketmaster Coughs Up $10 Million Fine After Hacking Rival Business
New year, new rant: Linus Torvalds rails at Intel for ‘killing’ the ECC industry
Linux Pentesting: What Is It and How Can It Improve Network Security?>
Julian Assange will NOT be extradited to the US over WikiLeaks hacking and spy charges, rules British judge

It was discovered that there was an issue in the gssproxy privilege separation caused by gssproxy not unlocking cond_mutex prior to calling pthread_exit.

It was discovered that csync2, a cluster synchronization tool, did not correctly check for the return value from GnuTLS security routines. It neglected to repeatedly call this function as required by the design of the API.

The vlc package has been updated to version 3.0.12.1, which includes security enhancements in the web interface, as well as other fixes and enhancements. See the upstream NEWS file for details.

There is a floating point exception in dcraw_common.cpp of libRAW. It will lead to remote denial of service attack. This code is embedded in rawtherapee (CVE-2017-13735). References:

Kevin Backhouse discovered that GDM incorrectly launched the initial setup tool when the accountsservice daemon was not reachable. A local attacker able to cause accountsservice to crash or stop responding could trick GDM into launching the initial setup tool and create a privileged user (CVE-2020-16125).

libxml2 v2.9.10 and earlier has a global Buffer Overflow vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal at libxml2/entities.c (CVE-2020-24977). References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27300

SolarWinds mess that flared in the holidays: Biz confirms malware targeted crocked Orion product

Audacity through 2.3.3 saves temporary files to /var/tmp/audacity-$USER by default. After Audacity creates the temporary directory, it sets its permissions to 755. Any user on the system can read and play the temporary audio .au files located there (CVE-2020-11867).

2021 Cybersecurity Trends: Bigger Budgets, Endpoint Emphasis and Cloud

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ceph 15.2.8 GA Security fix for CVE-2020-27781

Multiple security issues were discovered in the Chromium web browser, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure.

It was discovered that incorrect validation of JWT tokens in InfluxDB, a time series, metrics, and analytics database, could result in authentication bypass.

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Would you take the bait? Take our phishing quiz to find out!

Is the message real or fake? Take our Phishing Derby quiz to find out how much you know about phishing. The post Would you take the bait? Take our phishing quiz to find out! appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Ticketmaster fined $10 million after hack of business rival
Inbox Attacks: The Miserable Year (2020) That Was

David Cook reported several memory safety issues affecting the RPC protocol in p11-kit, a library providing a way to load and enumerate PKCS#11 modules.

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

The 5 Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2020
What’s Next for Ransomware in 2021?

Several security vulnerabilities were discovered in XStream, a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. CVE-2020-26258

It was discovered that minidlna does not forbid the acceptance of a subscription request with a delivery URL on a different network segment than the fully qualified event-subscription URL, aka the CallStranger issue (CVE-2020-12695).

Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data. (CVE-2020-8231). A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way

The package qemu before version 5.2.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

The package firefox before version 84.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, content spoofing and information disclosure.

The package openssl before version 1.1.1.i-1 is vulnerable to denial of service.

New warning issued over COVID‑19 vaccine fraud, cyberattacks

Cybercriminals look to cash in on the vaccine rollout, including by falsely offering to help people jump the line The post New warning issued over COVID‑19 vaccine fraud, cyberattacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

FBI Warn Hackers are Using Hijacked Home Security Devices for ‘Swatting’

An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

This update includes the changes in tzdata 2020e for the Perl bindings. For the list of changes, see DLA-2510-1. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version

This update includes the changes in tzdata 2020e. Notable changes are: – – Volgograd switched to Moscow time on 2020-12-27 at 02:00.

21 arrested after allegedly using stolen logins to commit fraud

UK police also give some food for thought to those on the verge of breaking the law The post 21 arrested after allegedly using stolen logins to commit fraud appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Taking a Neighborhood Watch Approach to Retail Cybersecurity
The curse of knowing a bit about IT: ‘Could you just…?’ and ‘No I haven’t changed anything’
Lawsuit Claims Flawed Facial Recognition Led to Man’s Wrongful Arrest

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

6 Questions Attackers Ask Before Choosing an Asset to Exploit
Japanese Aerospace Firm Kawasaki Warns of Data Breach
2020 Work-for-Home Shift: What We Learned

Fixes stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via HTML or plain text messages with malicious content. (CVE-2020-35730). References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27957

In FLAC__bitreader_read_rice_signed_block of bitreader.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation (CVE-2020-0499).

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in pngcheck 2.4.0 and older (rhbz#1902806). References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27922

There’s a flaw in openjpeg in src/lib/openjp2/pi.c. When an attacker is able to provide crafted input to be processed by the openjpeg encoder, this could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest impact from this flaw is to application availability (CVE-2020-27841).

In Python 3 through 3.9.0, the Lib/test/multibytecodec_support.py CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved via HTTP (CVE-2020-27619). References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27868

posix/JackSocket.cpp in libjack in JACK2 1.9.1 through 1.9.12 has a “double file descriptor close” issue during a failed connection attempt when jackd2 is not running. Exploitation success depends on multithreaded timing of that double close, which can result in unintended information disclosure, crashes, or file corruption due to having the wrong file associated with the […]

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How Reverse Engineering Can Help Secure Your Linux Systems Against Malware>
Hackers Amp Up COVID-19 IP Theft Attacks
Ransomware in 2020: A Banner Year for Extortion

An issue was discovered in roundcube where in a cross-site scripting (XSS) via HTML or plain text messages with malicious content was possible.

Alex Birnberg discovered that roundcube, a skinnable AJAX based webmail solution for IMAP servers, is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability in handling HTML or Plain text messages with malicious content.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

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An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

The update for python-apt released as DSA 4809-1 introduced a regression when passing a file descriptor to apt_inst.ArFile or apt_inst.DebFile causing a segmentation fault. Updated python-apt packages are now available to correct this issue.

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Backport patches for CVE-2020-16592 and CVE-2020-16598

Backport patches for CVE-2020-16592 and CVE-2020-16598

Update to latest upstream version.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Rebar3 versions 3.0.0-beta.3 to 3.13.2 are vulnerable to OS command injection via URL parameter of dependency specification (CVE-2020-13802). References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27511

Smart tech gifts: How to keep your kids and family safe

Cyberthreats can take the fun out of connected gadgets – here’s how to make sure your children enjoy the tech without putting themselves or their family at risk The post Smart tech gifts: How to keep your kids and family safe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

The update for python-apt released as 2488-1 introduced a regression by causing a segmentation fault, which is now fixed with this update. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version

An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.