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This is a security update for JBoss EAP Continuous Delivery 19. 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

Using container technology to make a more secure pipeline

An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Smashing Security podcast #180: Taking care of Clare
Why zero trust security needs strong hardware foundations

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DoubleGun Group Builds Massive Botnet Using Cloud Services
26 million logins believed to be stolen from LiveJournal in 2017 pop up on hacker forum
From Agent.BTZ to ComRAT v4: A ten‑year journey

Turla has updated its ComRAT backdoor and now uses the Gmail web interface for Command and Control The post From Agent.BTZ to ComRAT v4: A ten‑year journey appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

‘[F]Unicorn’ Ransomware Impersonates Legit COVID-19 Contact-Tracing App

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Exclusive: Hacker selling 500 million Facebook user data from 82 countries
26 million LiveJournal users warned that their passwords have been breached
Hackers Sell Data from 26 Million LiveJournal Users on Dark Web

Several security issues were fixed in Unbound.

Fighting exploits with Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) in Clang
Oh cool, tech service prices are plummeting. And by tech services, we mean botnet rentals and stolen credit cards
10 steps to automating security in Kubernetes pipelines

Updated transmission packages fix security vulnerability: Use-after-free in libtransmission/variant.c in Transmission before 3.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted torrent

Updated sleuthkit packages fix security vulnerabilities: An issue was discovered in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.6.6. There is an off-by-one overwrite due to an underflow on tools/hashtools/hfind.cpp while using a bogus hash table (CVE-2019-14532).

Updated log4net packages fix security vulnerability This patch fixes a security vulnerabiliy reported by Karthik Balasundaram. The security vulnerability was found in the way how log4net parses xml configuration files where it allowed to process XML External Entity Processing. An attacker could use

Advisory text to describe the update. Wrap lines at ~75 chars. Updated dojo package fixes security vulnerabilities: In affected versions of dojo, the deepCopy method is vulnerable to

Microsoft banishes Trend Micro code at center of driver ‘cheatware’ storm from Windows 10, rootkit detector product pulled from site
Mulled Chrome API shines light on long-neglected privacy gap: Sites can snoop on your find-in-page searches
Use of cloud collaboration tools surges and so do attacks
India said its coronavirus contact-tracing app is perfect… adds bug bounty and open-sources it anyway
US lawmakers get a second shot at forcing FBI agents to obtain a warrant before they leaf through web histories
StrandHogg 2.0 Critical Bug Allows Android App Hijacking
If someone could stop hackers pwning medical systems right now, that would be cool, say Red Cross and friends
Crooks threaten to leak customer data stolen from e‑commerce sites

A hack-and-extort campaign takes aim at poorly secured databases replete with customer information that can be exploited for further attacks The post Crooks threaten to leak customer data stolen from e‑commerce sites appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Two years later, has GDPR fulfilled its promise?

Has the landmark law helped build a culture of privacy in organizations and have consumers become more wary of sharing their personal data? The post Two years later, has GDPR fulfilled its promise? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Airline-chasing lawyers leap on Easyjet for £18bn after 9m folks’ data, itineraries nicked
Turla APT Revamps One of Its Go-To Spy Tools
Unmanned drones to slash NHS delivery times to one-fifth of road ‘n’ rail transport

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

How EasyJet customers could make money out of the airline being hacked
eBay users spot the online auction house port-scanning their PCs. Um… is that OK?

An update for Red Hat Data Grid is now available. 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

New iOS Jailbreak Tool Works on iPhone Models iOS 11 to iOS 13.5

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Our 2020 Threat Report shows increasing risks for businesses and consumers still running Windows 7, which ceased updates, support and patches earlier this year. This creates security gaps that hackers are all too eager to exploit. In fact, according to the report, malware targeting Windows 7 increased by 125%. And […]

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

An update for rh-maven35-jackson-databind is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. 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 that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Galaxy S20 security is already old hat as Samsung launches new safety silicon
Contact-tracing app may become a permanent fixture in major Chinese city

This microcode updates provides new microcode versions for the following Intel Ice Lake and Sandy Bride family processors: Processor Stepping Model Update Name – ICL-U/Y D1 6-7e-5/80 00000046->00000078 Core Gen10 Mobile

ThreatList: People Know Reusing Passwords Is Dumb, But Still Do It
70 Percent of Mobile, Desktop Apps Contain Open-Source Bugs

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Pre-authentication, remote root hole in call-center software? Thanks, Cisco. Just what a long weekend needs
The Civil Service’s rogue tweet about “Truth Twisters”

### python-markdown2 2.3.9 ### – [pull #335] Added header support for wiki tables – [pull #336] Reset _toc when convert is run – [pull #353] XSS fix – [pull #350] XSS fix

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

The 5.6.14 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

### python-markdown2 2.3.9 ### – [pull #335] Added header support for wiki tables – [pull #336] Reset _toc when convert is run – [pull #353] XSS fix – [pull #350] XSS fix

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Georgi Guninski and the Qualys Research Labs discovered multiple vulnerabilities in qmail (shipped in Debian as netqmail with additional patches) which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, bypass of mail address verification and a local information leak whether a file

Security fix for CVE-2018-1285

Update to 8.10 release (CVE-2020-12823)

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Security fix for CVE-2020-12662 and CVE-2020-12663

– CVE-2020-10957: lmtp/submission: A client can crash the server by sending a NOOP command with an invalid string parameter. This occurs particularly for a parameter that doesn’t start with a double quote. This applies to all SMTP services, including submission-login, which makes it possible to crash the submission service without authentication. – CVE-2020-10958: lmtp/submission:

Fake supreme court subpoena phishing scam steals Office 365 credentials
Hackers leak data of 29 million Indian job seekers for download

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

The package chromium before version 83.0.4103.61-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including access restriction bypass, arbitrary code execution, content spoofing and insufficient validation.

The package openconnect before version 1:8.10-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution.

The package powerdns-recursor before version 4.2.2-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service and insufficient validation.

The package dovecot before version 2.3.10.1-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Winnti hacking group hits gaming firms with new backdoor malware

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It wasn’t just a few credit cards: Entire travel itineraries were stolen by hackers, Easyjet now tells victims
Personal data of 12 million Facebook users exposed online
Chrome 83 arrives with enhanced security and privacy controls

New features include DNS over HTTPS, a Safety Check section and simpler cookie management The post Chrome 83 arrives with enhanced security and privacy controls appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

No “Game over” for the Winnti Group

The notorious APT group continues to play the video game industry with yet another backdoor The post No “Game over” for the Winnti Group appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

As hackers sell 8 million user records, Home Chef confirms data breach
Forget BYOD, this is BYOVM: Ransomware tries to evade antivirus by hiding in a virtual machine on infected systems
‘Coronavirus Report’ Emails Spread NetSupport RAT, Microsoft Warns
Home Chef Serves Up Data Breach for 8 Million Records
EasyJet’s breach notification email to customers – a closer look
Hackers deface 1000+ Israeli websites in attempt to get webcam access
NSO Group Impersonates Facebook Security Team to Spread Spyware — Report
Chafer APT Hits Middle East Govs With Latest Cyber-Espionage Attacks
blog | Hardening QEMU through continuous security testing

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.

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

**PHP version 7.3.18** (14 May 2020) **Core:** * Fixed bug php#78875 (Long filenames cause OOM and temp files are not cleaned). (**CVE-2019-11048**) (cmb) * Fixed bug php#78876 (Long variables in multipart/form-data cause OOM and temp files are not cleaned). (**CVE-2019-11048**) (cmb) * Fixed bug php#79434 (PHP 7.3 and PHP-7.4 crash with NULL-pointer dereference on !CS […]

To test its security mid-pandemic, GitLab tried phishing its own work-from-home staff. 1 in 5 fell for it

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Long Tail Analysis: A New Hope in the Cybercrime Battle
Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Dovecot email server, which could cause crashes in the submission, submission-login or lmtp services, resulting in denial of service.

Hacker leaks 2.3 million Indonesian citizenship data for download
These things may be cool, but are they safe?

In the rush to embrace IoT devices, we shouldn’t trade in our privacy and security for the added convenience The post These things may be cool, but are they safe? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity