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Blighty flogs Qatar a bunch of missiles and Typhoon fighter jets
Hackers’ delight: Mobile bank app security flaw could have smacked millions
Happy holidays, scam spotters!

Businesses are often sent fake invoices and waybills which install ransomware. Teach staff to avoid these. If questionable, ask your IT dept to look at it. E-cards have been a target in the past and may be used again in holiday-themed attacked. The post Happy holidays, scam spotters! appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Language bugs infest downstream software, fuzzer finds
Leftover Synaptics debugger puts a keylogger on HP laptops
Dynamics 365 sandbox leaked TLS certificates

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LinuxSecurity.com: It discovered that the Private Browsing mode in the Mozilla Firefox web browser allowed to fingerprint a user across multiple sessions via IndexedDB.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple security issues have been found in Thunderbird, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed

Someone hacked this traffic sign with anti-Trump messages
A Trove of 1.4 Billion Clear Text Credentials File Found on Dark Web

LinuxSecurity.com: – fix NTLM buffer overflow via integer overflow (CVE-2017-8816) – fix FTP wildcard out of bounds read (CVE-2017-8817)

LinuxSecurity.com: Update to latest upstream version.

Update payment method: Netflix phishing scam steals login credentials

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Researcher finds pre-installed keylogger in hundreds of HP laptops

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which result in denial of dervice or the execution of arbitrary code.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. fixes is now available.

Security Vulnerabilities in Certificate Pinning
10 useful ncat (nc) Command Examples for Linux Systems
WordPress hit with keylogger, 5,400 sites infected

LinuxSecurity.com: This is a cumulative update to the Mozilla CA certificates trust list version 2.20, which has been published as part of Mozilla NSS 3.34.1. It also includes the changes that were previously released as version 2.18 as part of NSS 3.34. For additional details, please refer to the release notes of NSS 3.34.1 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-

LinuxSecurity.com: Patch CVE-2017-16927.

LinuxSecurity.com: Upstream released new version. See https://collectd.org/news.shtml#news106 for the list of changes. Fixes CVE-2017-16820 (double free in snmp plugin)

LinuxSecurity.com: New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.

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Bitcoin investors targeted by Orcus RAT in new phishing campaign
Android Flaw Poisons Signed Apps with Malicious Code
Android flaw lets attack code slip into signed apps

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security update

Man who threw away $121m of Bitcoin wants to dig up landfill site
Apple Fixes Flaw Impacting HomeKit Devices
UK.gov law resources now untrustworthy, according to browsers
StrongPity2 spyware replaces FinFisher in MitM campaign – ISP involved?

As we reported in September, in campaigns we detected in two different countries, man-in-the-middle attacks had been used to spread FinFisher, with the “man” in both cases most likely operating at the ISP level. The post StrongPity2 spyware replaces FinFisher in MitM campaign – ISP involved? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Four hours after being taught the rules of chess, AlphaZero became the strongest player the world has ever seen
Next-gen telco protocol Diameter has last-gen security – researchers

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes 18 vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes 18 vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes 18 vulnerabilities is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes 41 vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes 41 vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes 41 vulnerabilities is now available.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available. is now available.

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

LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available. is now available.

Quantum Computing Is the Next Big Security Risk
The Most Exciting Linux Kernel Stories Of 2017
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Falsely Claims Killing Net Neutrality Will Help Sick and Disabled People
Sloppy coding + huge PSD2 changes = Lots of late nights for banking devs next year

The Cyber News Rundown brings you the latest happenings in cyber news weekly. Who am I? I’m Connor Madsen, a Webroot Threat Research Analyst, and a guy with a passion for all things security. Any questions? Just ask. PayPal Plagued by Phishing Emails Recently, many PayPal users have received emails about a fake transaction failure […]

LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that the TLS server in Erlang is vulnerable to an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack against RSA keys. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed

VMware and Carbon Black: you complete me, no you complete me

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

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for rh-postgresql95-postgresql 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

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for rh-postgresql96-postgresql 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

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for postgresql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for rh-postgresql94-postgresql 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

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

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Security industry needs to be less trusting to get more secure
More than 5,000 WordPress websites plagued with Keylogger
Oops! This Android keyboard app accidentally leaked 31 million users’ personal details
Apple gets around to patching all the other High Sierra security holes
Banking Apps Found Vulnerable to MITM Attacks

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk 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 Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

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

Process Doppelgänging attack affects all Windows version & evades AV products
HMS Queen Lizzie formally joins the Royal Navy
Virtual keyboard app exposes personal data of 31 million users

The developer’s keyboard apps boast 40 million users across Android and iOS, but “only” Android users were affected by the security lapse. The post Virtual keyboard app exposes personal data of 31 million users appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Toucan play that game: Talking toy bird hacked
Smashing Security podcast #056: Peeping Toms, prison hacks, and parliamentary passwords

LinuxSecurity.com: George Shuklin from servers.com discovered that Nova, a cloud computing fabric controller, did not correctly enforce its image- or hosts-filters. This allowed an authenticated user to bypass those filters by simply rebuilding an instance.

LinuxSecurity.com: Michael Eder and Thomas Kittel discovered that Heimdal, an implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos, did not correctly handle ASN.1 data. This would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash of

LinuxSecurity.com: An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact

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

Cryptocurrency mining market NiceHash hacked; $67m might be stolen
NiceHash diced up by hackers, thousands of Bitcoin pilfered
Ashley Madison Found Leaking Private & Explicit Photos of Users

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

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

Google Patches Critical Encryption Bug Impacting Pixel, Nexus Phones

LinuxSecurity.com: curl could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for liblouis is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from

LinuxSecurity.com: libxml2 could be made to crash if it opened a specially craftedfile.

As the holiday season kicks into high gear, keep in mind that shoppers are at an even higher risk of cyberattacks during this time of year. Salesforce projects that mobile users will account for 60 percent of traffic to retail sites around the globe this year. With the increased popularity of shopping on the go, […]

Intel Management Engine pwned by buffer overflow
Former US State Department cyber man: We didn’t see the Russian threat coming
Satori botnet rears its head, exploiting IoT vulnerabilities
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex plagued by DDoS attacks

The cast of characters behind the attacks, or their motives, are unclear. However, the onslaughts come at a time when the bitcoin price hits new highs, possibly triggering efforts on the part of cybercriminals to manipulate and cash in on the price. The post Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex plagued by DDoS attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

TeamViewer Vulnerability Lets Attackers Take Full Control of PCs
Six things to consider before implementing an ISMS

These factors can be key to the success or failure of the ISMS implementation, due to the day-to-day activities in the organization and the resources required for system operation. The post Six things to consider before implementing an ISMS appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Google and pals rush to repair Android dev tools, block backdoor risks