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Facebook Fallout Continues as Politicians Call For Legal Action

LinuxSecurity.com: Various issues were discovered in exempi, a library to parse XMP metadata that may cause a denial-of-service or may have other unspecified impact via crafted files.

LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0549

LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0549

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for collectd is now available for RHEV 4.X RHEV-H and Agents for RHEL-7 and RHEV Engine version 4.1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

Since inception in late 2016, the TrickBot banking trojan has continually undergone updates and changes in attempts to stay one step ahead of defenders. While TrickBot has not always been the stealthiest trojan, its authors have remained consistent in the use of new distribution vectors and development of new features for their product. On March […]

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

WhatsApp Co-Founder Urges Users to Delete Their Facebook Accounts
Orbitz Warns 880,000 Payment Cards Suspected Stolen
UK surgeon suspects his PC was hacked to target Syrian hospital
Pirate websites expose users to more malware, study finds

The research confirmed that the more time the users spent on pirate sites the higher the likelihood that some type of malware would compromise their computers. The post Pirate websites expose users to more malware, study finds appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Symantec cert holdout sites told: Those Google Chrome warnings are not a good look
Hackers pwn Edge, Firefox, Safari, macOS, & VirtualBox at Pwn2Own 2018

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for rh-mariadb101-mariadb and rh-mariadb101-galera is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

Easily Fund Open Source Projects With These Platforms
Administrator’s Password Bad Practice
Creaking Chromebooks getting Meltdown protection soon
Commonwealth Games are just the ticket for Facebook
CTS who? AMD brushes off chipset security bugs with firmware patches
Now that’s a bad trip: 880k credit cards ‘likely’ stolen by Orbitz hackers
Experts Call Facebook’s Latest Controversy a Social Media ‘Breach Of Trust’
AMD Acknowledges Vulnerabilities, Will Roll Out Patches In Coming Weeks
Security – it shouldn’t just be the jewel in your crown, but your partners and suppliers too
FBI raids home of spy sat techie over leak of secret comms source code on Facebook
Hackers steal banking & personal data of 800,000 Orbitz customers

In light of the publicity, panic, and lingering despair around Spectre and Meltdown, I thought this might be a good time to clear up the differences between vulnerabilities, exploits, and malware. Neither Spectre nor Meltdown are exploits or malware. They are vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities don’t hurt people, exploits and malware do. To understand this distinction, witness […]

LinuxSecurity.com: Paramiko could be made to run programs if it received speciallycrafted network traffic.

LinuxSecurity.com: Paramiko could be made to run programs if it received speciallycrafted network traffic.

Telegram Ordered to Hand Over Encryption Keys to Russian Authorities

LinuxSecurity.com: This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.7.2 ESR. * Mozilla: Vorbis audio processing out of bounds write (MFSA 2018-08) (CVE-2018-5146) SL6 x86_64 firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.x86_64.rpm firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm i386 firefox-52.7.2-1.el6_9.i686.rpm firefox-debuginfo-52.7.2-1.el6 [More…]

IBM Developing World’s Tiniest Computer Smaller than a Grain of Salt
Programs Controlling ICS Robotics Are ‘Wide Open’ to Vulnerabilities
Cambridge Analytica controversy: Was there a Facebook data breach?
Adrian Lamo, ‘Homeless Hacker’ Who Turned in Chelsea Manning, Dead at 37
Cryptographic crumpling: The encryption ‘middle ground’ for government surveillance
ICANN meets as internet overseers weigh website owner privacy
Brit police forces spend peanuts on cybercrime training
Leading by example: UK.gov’s secure server setup is patchy at best
UK’s National Lottery urges millions of players to change their passwords

The lottery’s operator has found that attackers probably used an automated method known as ‘credential stuffing’ to access up to 150 customer accounts. The post UK’s National Lottery urges millions of players to change their passwords appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

You need an ‘I’ve been hacked’ plan for your cloud
Apple moves on HSTS abuse in Safari

LinuxSecurity.com: The package lib32-libcurl-gnutls before version 7.59.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service and information disclosure.

LinuxSecurity.com: The package libcurl-gnutls before version 7.59.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service and information disclosure.

LinuxSecurity.com: The package libcurl-compat before version 7.59.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service and information disclosure.

LinuxSecurity.com: The package lib32-libcurl-compat before version 7.59.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service and information disclosure.

LinuxSecurity.com: The package lib32-curl before version 7.59.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service and information disclosure.

LinuxSecurity.com: The package curl before version 7.59.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service and information disclosure.

LinuxSecurity.com: The package clamav before version 0.99.4-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

1 in 5 Michigan state staffers fail phishing test but that’s OK apparently
Researchers Show How Popular Text Editors Can Be Attacked Via Third-Party Plugins
Social media accounts of Cambridge Analytica whistleblower suspended
BOOM! Cambridge Analytica explodes following extraordinary TV expose

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LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Facebook Data Privacy Policies Bashed By Critics After Cambridge Analytica Incident
How to Keep Your Customers Safe Online – 2018
A Mirai Botnet Postscript: Lessons Learned
Coverity Scan code checker’s systems crypto-jacked to run cheeky mining op
Prilex ATM Malware Modified to Clone Chip-and-Pin Payment Cards

LinuxSecurity.com: The package firefox before version 59.0.1-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution.

LinuxSecurity.com: The package libvorbis before version 1.3.6-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

This Android malware redirects calls you make to your bank to go to scammers instead
Facebook Secretly Provided Analytic Firm Access to Million of Profiles
Facebook suspends account of Cambridge Analytica whistleblower

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in KDE Plasma Workspaces, the worst of which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gentoo’s JabberD 2.x ebuild, the worst of which allows local attackers to escalate privileges. [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oracle’s JDK and JRE software suites, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. [More…]

Cambridge Analytica’s grab of 50 million Facebook users’ data

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities were found in cURL, an URL transfer library: CVE-2018-1000120

LinuxSecurity.com: The package ntp before version 4.2.8.p11-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, content spoofing and denial of service.

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LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

Facebook confirms Cambridge Analytica stole its data; it’s a plot claims former director

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The Pirate Bay is down – Here are its best alternatives

LinuxSecurity.com: Richard Zhu and Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write when playing Vorbis media files could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Hackers Hide Monero Cryptominer in Scarlett Johansson’s Picture
Microsoft bug bounty program: $250k for reporting Meltdown & Spectre type flaws
AMD security flaw saga, browsers broken, Lamo dead at 37, and more
Hacker Adrian Lamo who tipped off FBI about Chelsea Manning dies at 37

LinuxSecurity.com: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write in the codebook parsing code of the Libtremor multimedia library could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed Vorbis file is opened.

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New Microsoft Bug Bounty Program Looks To Squash The Next Spectre, Meltdown

LinuxSecurity.com: Richard Zhu discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write in the codeboook parsing code of the Libvorbis multimedia library could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

PS4 Firmware 4.55 Modified to Be Compatible with Firmware 5.50
Crooks opt for Monero as crypto of choice to launder ill-gotten gains
The ‘Perfect Storm’ of Disinformation and Hacking
Pre-installed malware on Android devices made $115k revenue in 10 days
Intel Details CPU ‘Virtual Fences’ Fix As Safeguard Against Spectre, Meltdown Flaws
Poisoned BitTorrent client kickstarted malware outbreak that tried to infect 400,000 PCs