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Build a Privacy-respecting and Threat-blocking DNS Server
DR.CHECKER – A Soundy Vulnerability Detection Tool for Linux Kernel Drivers
BoopSuite – A Suite of Tools for Wireless Auditing and Security Testing
Deception: Why It’s Not Just Another Honeypot
Naked rowers calendar hit by denial-of-service attack following Russia ‘ban’

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Mailsploit: It’s 2017, and you can spoof the ‘from’ in email to fool filters
Beware the IDEs of Android: three biggies have vulnerabilities

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Keyboard app caught collecting users data after 31M records leaked online

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TeamViewer Rushes Fix for Permissions Bug
Data-slurping keyboard app makes Mongo mistake with user data

What if cybercriminals could generate money from victims without ever delivering malware to their systems? That’s exactly what a new phenomenon called “cryptojacking” entails, and it’s been gaining momentum since CoinHive first debuted the mining JavaScript a few months ago. The intended purpose: whenever a user visits a site that is running this script, the […]

Authorities dismantle Andromeda Botnet that infected millions of devices
Developers Targeted in ‘ParseDroid’ PoC Attack

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

Brit bank Barclays’ Kaspersky Lab diss: It’s cyber balkanisation, hiss infosec bods
ISF predicts increasing impact of data breaches next year

The association expects the increased costs incurred in security breaches to come both from traditional areas, such as network cleanup and customer notification, and newer areas such as litigation. The post ISF predicts increasing impact of data breaches next year appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Once again, UK doesn’t rule out buying F-35A fighter jets
How a hack almost sprung a prisoner out of jail
Modern-day ‘Ferris Bueller’ hacks school, changes grades, applies to Ivy League colleges
DJI drones likely spying for China, claims leaked intelligence bulletin
Turns out Leakbase can keep a secret: It has shut down with zero info
Google prepares 47 Android bug fixes, ten of them rated Critical

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 Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

Infosys names a new CEO: welcome to the hot-seat Salil S. Parekh
Dentist-turned bug-biter given a taste of freedom

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for sssd 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

Man hacks prison computers & alters records for pal’s early release
International team takes down virus-spewing Andromeda botnet
SEC’s cyber-cops cyber-file cyber-first cyber-fraud cyber-charges

LinuxSecurity.com: This is the final notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support (EUS). This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2.

Malware display fake BSOD to sell phony Windows anti-virus for $25

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2017-1000158

Prison hacker who tried to free friend now likely to join him inside
Google Cracks Down On Nosy Android Apps

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ESET helps law enforcement worldwide to disrupt Gamarue botnet

Throughout its monitoring of the threat, ESET found dozens of C&C servers every month. The bulk of ESET’s research was conducted late last year, with the peak of Wauchos’s activity going back approximately to that time. The post ESET helps law enforcement worldwide to disrupt Gamarue botnet appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Gamarue

Wauchos is an extensible bot that allows its owner to create and use custom plugins. However, there are some plugins that are widely available and that are used by many different botnets. The post ESET takes part in global operation to disrupt Gamarue appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

PayPal’s TIO Networks breach affects millions of customers
Ursnif Trojan Adopts New Code Injection Technique
Data Breach Index Website “Leakbase” Shut Down
Creepy Cayla doll violates liberté publique, screams French data protection agency
Office 365 phishing examples | Salted Hash Ep 10
Damian Green: Not only my workstation – mystery pr0n all over Parliamentary PCs
Brit MP Dorries: I gave my staff the, um, green light to use my login
The lax computer security of British MPs – as detailed in their own tweets
Google to crack down on apps that snoop
PayPal paid $US233m for company that leaked 1.6 million records
Dirty COW redux: Linux devs patch botched patch for 2016 mess

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for thunderbird 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,

RSA coughs to critical-rated bug in its authentication SDK

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LinuxSecurity.com: Update to the latest releases

UK government bans all Russian anti-virus software from Secret-rated systems
A Tricky PayPal Phishing Scam That Comes From Official PayPal Email

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed

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LinuxSecurity.com: Update to latest releases

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Websites use your CPU to mine cryptocurrency even if you close them

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Student hacks school’s computer system to alter grades and overall GPA
Guilty: NSA bloke who took home exploits at the heart of Kaspersky antivirus slurp row
Facebook new captcha wants users to upload a clear photo of them
Apple iOS 11 security ‘downgrade’ decried as ‘horror show’
Expert gives Congress solution to vote machine cyber-security fears: Keep a paper backup
Chrome to tackle crashing issue by blocking 3rd-party software from injecting code
Ex-cop who ‘kept private copies of data’ fingers Cabinet Office minister in pr0nz at work claims
Flaw Found In Dirty COW Patch
Smashing Security podcast #055: Uber, net neutrality, and website hacks
High Court judge finds Morrisons supermarket liable for 2014 data leak
Linux laptop-flinger says bye-bye to buggy Intel Management Engine
NHS’s cyber-defenses to get a £20 million shot in the arm

The health service is now on the lookout for a partner to help run the project, having invited interested parties to tender for a contract that is set to run for three to five years. The new center is set to be based in the English city of Leeds. The post NHS’s cyber-defenses to get […]

What’s new in PHP 7.2: better security, code handling

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. US Military Files Found on Publicly Available Server In the past week, researchers have discovered several publicly […]

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. US Military Files Found on Publicly Available Server In the past week, researchers have discovered several publicly […]

Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Russian hacker thrown in US slammer for $59m bank fraud
Protecting your data from ransomware
Google Chrome vows to carpet bomb meddling Windows antivirus tools

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Crypto-cash souk Coinbase forced to rat out its high rollers to probing US taxmen
How to Safely Store Cryptocurrency – Review of 5 Safest Bitcoin Wallets
Cisco Patches Critical Playback Bugs in WebEx Players
RAT Distributed Via Google Drive Targets East Asia
Lauri Love extradition appeal judges reserve decision
Hackers Breach GitHub Repository for Bitcoin Gold Windows Wallet
Uber hack: EU data protection bods launch taskforce
Firefox to warn users when visiting breached websites

The extension currently includes an input field that users can use to subscribe an email address in order to receive an alert when they may be affected by a future breach. The post Firefox to warn users when visiting breached websites appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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