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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Dynamics 365 is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability; fixes are available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in Python.

Critical WordPress Flaw Grants Admin Access to Any Registered Site User
Lock-Screen Bypass Bug Quietly Patched in Handsets

Reading Time: ~2 min.Infowars Online Site Compromised by MageCart Attack Earlier this week, a security researcher found payment card-stealing scripts running on the Infowars online site. The scripts managed to stay active for nearly 24 hours. At least 1,600 users of the site may have been affected during this period, though many were returning customers […]

BlackBerry absorbs Operation Cleaver beaver Cylance into threat detection unit
‘Unjustifiably excessive’: Not even London cops can follow law with their rubbish gang database
Cloud security: The essential checklist
Where to implant my employee microchip? I have the ideal location
MIT to Oz: Crypto-busting laws risk banning security tests

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 7.

Super Micro chief bean counter: Bloomberg’s ‘unwarranted hardware hacking article’ has slowed our server sales

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that incorrect connection setup in the server for Teeworlds, an online multi-player platform 2D shooter, could result in denial of service via forged connection packets (rendering all game server slots occupied) (CVE-2018-18541). This update fixes it.

LinuxSecurity.com: Updated php-pear-CAS packages fix security vulnerabilities: An XSS vulnerabilities has been fixed for proxy mode. References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23833

LinuxSecurity.com: An important vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 31.0.0.122 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2018-15978) References:

LinuxSecurity.com: There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack. Carefully crafted requests can impact the data returned by the `scheme` method on `Rack::Request`.Applications that expect the scheme to be limited to “http” or “https” and do not escape the return value could be vulnerable to an XSS attack (CVE-2018-16471).

LinuxSecurity.com: A flaw was found in gdal up to version 2.3.0. A Heap-buffer-overflow in GTiffOddBitsBand::IReadBlock. A flaw was found in gdal. A Heap-buffer-overflow in NITFRasterBand::Unpack.

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357).

LinuxSecurity.com: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way patch processed patch files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash patch by tricking it into processing crafted patches (CVE-2018-6951). A double-free flaw was found in the way the patch utility processed

LinuxSecurity.com: A flaw was found in the way Postgresql allowed a user to modify the behavior of a query for other users. An attacker with a user account could use this flaw to execute code with the permissions of superuser in the database (CVE-2018-1058).

tRat Emerges as New Pet for APT Group TA505
Up to three million kids’ GPS watches can be tracked by parents… and any miscreant: Flaws spill pick-and-choose catalog for perverts

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

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Dynamics 365 is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability; fixes are available.

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

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

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

John McAfee is ‘liable’ for 2012 death of Belize neighbour, rules court
Managing the Risk of IT-OT Convergence

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

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Connected Wristwatch Allows Hackers to Stalk, Spy On Children
Ahead of Black Friday, Rash of Malware Families Takes Aim at Holiday Shoppers
20% of MageCart-compromised merchants get reinfected within days
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Security researchers bypass encryption on self-encrypting drives

Industry standard specification does not guarantee the safety of the self-encrypting drives despite verification The post Security researchers bypass encryption on self-encrypting drives appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Reading Time: ~3 min.What business owners and MSPs should know about the year’s biggest online retail holiday It’s no secret that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are marked by an uptick in online shopping. Cyber Monday 2017 marked the single largest day of online sales to date, with reported sales figures upwards of $6.5 billion. […]

Dutch Film Boss Sacked After 19m BEC Loss
2018 on Track to Be One of the Worst Ever for Data Breaches
Cyber criminals abuse US Postal Service Informed Delivery for ID theft
Employees’ cybersecurity habits worsen, survey finds

Almost all young people recycle their passwords, often doing so across work and personal accounts The post Employees’ cybersecurity habits worsen, survey finds appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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US China-watcher warns against Middle Kingdom tech dominance

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were mitigated in the Linux kernel.

CISA’s Palace: Congress backs new cybersecurity nerve-center for cyber-America’s cyber-future
Smashing Security #104: The world’s most evil phishing test, and cyborgs in the workplace

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bitcoin Giveaway Scam Balloons, with Google the Latest Victim
Pwn2Own Trifecta: Galaxy S9, iPhone X and Xiaomi Mi6 Fall to Hackers
Another Meltdown, Spectre security scare: Data-leaking holes riddle Intel, AMD, Arm chips
Did you by chance hack OPM back in 2015? Good news, your password probably still works!

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LinuxSecurity.com: PostgreSQL could be made to run SQL statements as the administrator.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Dynamics 365 is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Skype for Business and Lync are prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.

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

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

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

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

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

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LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in Python.

Siemens Patches Firewall Flaw That Put Operations at Risk

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean hackers aren’t going to nuke your employer into the ground tomorrow
Apple says nothing as Apple ID accounts mysteriously locked down
WordPress GDPR Compliance plugin hacked to spread backdoor
You are not alone; social media giant Facebook is down
Cloudflare Launches Android and iOS version of 1.1.1.1 DNS Service
Will good prevail over bad as bots battle for the internet?
Headmaster caught mining cryptocurrency at school; gets fired