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Mac users warned that disabling all Office macros doesn’t actually disable all Office macros

Several security issues were fixed in WebKitGTK+.

An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

An update for openstack-octavia is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens). 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 qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

We’re almost into the third decade of the 21st century and we’re still grading security bugs out of 10 like kids. Why?
Microsoft crams Office 365 docs into Edge-style sandboxes to thwart malware infections
Ex-Twitter staff charged with spying for Saudi royals: Duo accused of leaking account records, including those of critics
Smashing Security #153: Cybercrime doesn’t pay (but Uber does)
Google’s joins Gang of Four to guard Play Store apps from malware, and maybe not fail so much
Microsegmentation and Isolation: 2 Essential Strategies in Zero-Trust Security
You’ve Been Served…with Subpoena-Themed Phishing Emails
NSA to Congress: Our spy programs don’t work, aren’t used, or have gone wrong – now can you permanently reauthorize them?
Rogue Trend Micro Employee Sold Customer Data for 68K Accounts

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Trend Micro: Our super-duper security software will keep you safe from everyone – except our staff who go rogue

Type: Vulnerability. Joomla! is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability; fixes are available.

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

Type: Vulnerability. Google Android is prone to multiple information-disclosure vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. MantisBT is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Google Android is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Red Hat ‘389-ds-base’ is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.

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

Type: Vulnerability. Linux Kernel is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager is prone to an OS command-injection vulnerability; fixes are available.

Facebook Privacy Breach: 100 Developers Improperly Accessed Data
DarkUniverse APT Emerges to Deliver Sophisticated, Targeted Spy Attacks
Controversies aren’t Boeing away for aircraft maker amid claims of faulty oxygen systems and wobbling wings
Emotet Resurgence Continues With New Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
Leeds IT bloke pleads guilty to hacking Jet2 CEO’s email account
Google Analytics Emerges as a Phishing Tool
Presentation Template: Build Your 2020 Security Plan
Before you high-five yourselves for setting up that bug bounty, you’ve got the staff in place to actually deal with security, right?

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Type: Vulnerability. Multiple F5 BIG-IP Products are prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Android keyboard app caught red‑handed trying to make sneaky purchases

The virtual keyboard app ai.type, which has racked up 40 million downloads, has been found to sign up users to premium services without their consent The post Android keyboard app caught red‑handed trying to make sneaky purchases appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

‘Peregrine falcon’-style drone swarms could help defend UK against Gatwick copycat attacks
Trump, Putin and Politics Name-Dropped to Peddle Malware
Concerns raised over privacy and security of UK Home Office’s £842m biometrics programme
Three UK does it again: Random folk on network website are still seeing others’ account data
Eye Clinic Breach Reveals Data of 20,000 Patients
Five ways to strengthen employee cybersecurity awareness

How can organizations foster a workplace environment that enables employees to acquire the skills needed to keep cyber-threats at bay? The post Five ways to strengthen employee cybersecurity awareness appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

PSA: Turning off silent macros in Office for Mac leaves users wide open to silent macro attacks
Ransomware freezes govt IT in Canadian territory of Nunavut, drops citizens right Inuit
Magecart Groups Attack Simultaneous Sites in Card-Theft Frenzy
Alexa, Siri, Google Smart Speakers Hacked Via Laser Beam
DoHn’t believe the hype! You are being lied to by data-hungry ISPs, Mozilla warns lawmakers

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

Type: Vulnerability. Xen is prone to a security vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. OpenAFS is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office for Mac is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Type: Vulnerability. Apple Xcode is prone to multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Honeywell equIP and Performance Series IP Cameras and Recorders is prone to a remote authentication-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Multiple Honeywell Products are prone to an unauthorized-access vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Advantech WISE-PaaS/RMM is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Multiple IBM Products are prone to an unauthorized-access vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Apache Commons Beanutils is prone to a remote security vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. LibGD is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability; fixes are available.

In a world of infosec rockstars, shutting down sexual harassment is hard work for victims
Wizard Spider Upgrades Ryuk Ransomware to Reach Deep into LANs

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Critical Remote Code Execution Flaw Found in Open Source rConfig Utility
BEC Scam Costs Media Giant Nikkei $29 Million
Please tell us why you’re not securing yourselves, UK.gov asks businesses
After months of worry, BlueKeep vulnerability is now being exploited in mass-hacking campaign
BlueKeep Attacks Have Arrived, Are Initially Underwhelming
Emerging Technology and Privacy: What You Need to Know
Chrome bug squashed, QNAP NAS nasty hits, BlueKeep malware spreads, and more

Risk Level: Very Low.

The package qt5-webengine before version 5.13.2-2 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution.

Antimalware Day 2019: Building a culture of cybersecurity awareness

The introduction to a series of articles marking this year’s Antimalware Day and highlighting the importance of cyber-readiness The post Antimalware Day 2019: Building a culture of cybersecurity awareness appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

An update that fixes 21 vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes 21 vulnerabilities is now available.

Rebasing to 2.26.x For release info please see https://www.webkitgtk.org/2019/09/09/webkitgtk2.26.0-released.html and https://www.webkitgtk.org/2019/09/23/webkitgtk2.26.1-released.html CVE fixes: CVE-2019-8625, CVE-2019-8720, CVE-2019-8769, CVE-2019-8771

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

– fix heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info() (CVE-2019-18218)

Updates the nspr and nss packages to upstream NSPR 4.23 and NSS 3.47 respectively. For details about new functionality and a list of bugs fixed in this release please see the upstream release notes – https://developer.mozilla.org/en- US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.47_release_notes

Updates the nspr and nss packages to upstream NSPR 4.23 and NSS 3.47 respectively. For details about new functionality and a list of bugs fixed in this release please see the upstream release notes – https://developer.mozilla.org/en- US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.47_release_notes

**PHP version 7.3.11** (24 Oct 2019) **Core:** * Fixed bug php#78535 (auto_detect_line_endings value not parsed as bool). (bugreportuser) * Fixed bug php#78620 (Out of memory error). (cmb, Nikita) **Exif :** * Fixed bug php#78442 (‘Illegal component’ on exif_read_data since PHP7) (Kalle) **FPM:** * Fixed bug php#78599 (env_path_info underflow in fpm_main.c can lead to RCE).

Updated libxslt package fixes security vulnerabilities: * In numbers.c in libxslt 1.1.33, an xsl:number with certain format strings could lead to a uninitialized read in xsltNumberFormatInsertNumbers. This could allow an attacker to discern whether a byte on the stack contains

Updated libsoup package fixes security vulnerability: It was discovered that libsoup incorrectly handled parsing certain NTLM messages. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

Updated aspell packages fix security vulnerability: libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated character (CVE-2019-17544).

Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability: Daniel Mandragona discovered that invalid DSA public keys can cause a panic in dsa.Verify(), resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-17596).

Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerabilities: ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they could contain special characters. Passwords should be wrapped to prevent templates trigger and exposing them

An update that fixes 21 vulnerabilities is now available.

Updates the nspr and nss packages to upstream NSPR 4.23 and NSS 3.47 respectively. For details about new functionality and a list of bugs fixed in this release please see the upstream release notes – https://developer.mozilla.org/en- US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.47_release_notes

Updates the nspr and nss packages to upstream NSPR 4.23 and NSS 3.47 respectively. For details about new functionality and a list of bugs fixed in this release please see the upstream release notes – https://developer.mozilla.org/en- US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.47_release_notes

Office for Mac Users Warned of Malicious SYLK Files

**PHP version 7.2.24** (24 Oct 2019) **Core:** * Fixed bug php#78535 (auto_detect_line_endings value not parsed as bool). (bugreportuser) * Fixed bug php#78620 (Out of memory error). (cmb, Nikita) **Exif:** * Fixed bug php#78442 (‘Illegal component’ on exif_read_data since PHP7) (Kalle) **FPM:** * Fixed bug php#78599 (env_path_info underflow in fpm_main.c can lead to RCE).

Solar, Wind Power Utility Disrupted in Rare Cyberattack

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

Type: Vulnerability. Xen is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Honeywell equIP Series IP Cameras is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Xen is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.