November 11, 2017
Someone Hacked Swedish Radio Station to Play Pro-ISIS Song
26,000 blockchain projects launched in 2016, 92 percent are now dead
November 11, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: * Fix ppc64 KVM failure (bz #1501936) * CVE-2017-15038: 9p: information disclosure when reading extended attributes (bz #1499111) * CVE-2017-15268: potential memory exhaustion via websock connection to VNC (bz #1496882) —- qemu-pr-helper didn’t work due to a change in the libmultipath/libmpathpersist APIs exposed by device-mapper-multipath-devel. This has been fixed now. Other
November 11, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: 1.6, multiple security fixes.
November 11, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: – Update to 1.1.26 – CVE-2017-15194 Release notes: https://www.cacti.net/release_notes.php?version=1.1.26
November 11, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2017-12629
November 11, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: For changes see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/52.4.0/releasenotes/
November 11, 2017
Cyberhitmen hired for sustained DDoS attacks against mans ex-employer
November 10, 2017
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November 10, 2017
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November 10, 2017
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November 10, 2017
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November 10, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Wen Bin discovered that bchunk, an application that converts a CD image in bin/cue format into a set of iso and cdr/wav tracks files, did not properly check its input. This would allow malicious users to crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary code.
November 10, 2017
Microsoft president says the world needs a digital Geneva Convention
November 10, 2017
“Eavesdropper” Flaw Exposes Millions of Call, Texts and Recordings
November 10, 2017
AutoIt Scripting Used By Overlay Malware to Bypass AV Detection
November 10, 2017
Intel’ Management Engine Tech Just Got Exposed Through USB Ports
November 10, 2017
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 more questions? Just ask. UK-Based Cryptocurrency Hit By Cyberattack Prior to the official launch of Electroneum, a UK-based cryptocurrency that […]
November 10, 2017
Threatpost News Wrap Podcast for Nov. 10
November 10, 2017
Experts share perspective on the state of journalists’ cybersafety
These days, journalists and publishers are increasingly concerned about protecting themselves, their work, and their sources. Rightfully so, for we live in a time when nearly every aspect of publishing occurs online. The post Experts share perspective on the state of journalists’ cybersafety appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
November 10, 2017
WikiLeaks drama alert: CIA forged digital certs imitating Kaspersky Lab
November 10, 2017
What to consider when deploying a next-generation firewall
November 10, 2017
Fighting persistent malware with a UEFI scanner
The biggest news in malware so far this year has been WannaCryptor a.k.a. WannaCry, and one reason that particular ransomware spread so fast was because it used a “top secret” exploit developed by the NSA, an agency known to have dabbled in UEFI compromise. The post Fighting persistent malware with a UEFI scanner appeared first […]
November 10, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 29 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. is now available.
November 10, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves one vulnerability and has 6 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 6 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 6 fixes is now available. now available.
November 10, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves 23 vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is An update that solves 23 vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is An update that solves 23 vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is now available. now available.
November 10, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libxml2, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
November 10, 2017
WikiLeaks’ Vault 8 Leaks Show CIA Impersonated Kaspersky Lab
November 10, 2017
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
November 10, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that the pg_ctlcluster, pg_createcluster and pg_upgradecluster commands handled symbolic links insecurely which could result in local denial of service by overwriting arbitrary files.
November 9, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Several vulnerabilities have been found in the PostgreSQL database system: CVE-2017-15098
November 9, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerabilitiy has been found in the PostgreSQL database system: Denial of service and potential memory disclosure in the json_populate_recordset() and jsonb_populate_recordset() functions.
November 9, 2017
US government seizes Texas gun mass murder to demand backdoors
November 9, 2017
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November 9, 2017
Google just can not get rid of BankBot malware from Play Store
November 9, 2017
Eavesdropper Vulnerability Exposes Mobile Call, Text Data
November 9, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
November 9, 2017
Google Chrome will automatically block forced website redirects
November 9, 2017
Uni staffer’s health info blabbed in email list snafu
November 9, 2017
Microsoft Provides Guidance on Mitigating DDE Attacks
November 9, 2017
Windows Movie Maker Scam spreads massively due to high Google ranking
ESET detected a modified version of Windows Movie Maker that aims to collect money from unaware users. The spread has been boosted by SEO. The post Windows Movie Maker Scam spreads massively due to high Google ranking appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
November 9, 2017
Microsoft issues advisory to users after macro-less malware attacks
November 9, 2017
Evil pixels: researcher demos data-theft over screen-share protocols
November 9, 2017
Microsoft pals up with partners for threat-hunting
November 9, 2017
Quantum computers could crack Bitcoin, but fixes are available now
November 9, 2017
Conventional wisdom about passwords is shifting, as they are increasingly seen as a less-than-ideal security measure for securing digital accounts. Even the recommended rules for creating strong passwords were recently thrown out the window. Average users are just too unreliable to regularly create secure passwords that are different across all accounts, so using technology to […]
November 9, 2017
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November 9, 2017
Risk Level: Very Low.
November 9, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Update to ansible 2.4.1.0 with various bugfixes. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.4/CHANGELOG.md for a full list of changes.
November 8, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Update to ansible 2.4.1.0 with various bugfixes. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.4/CHANGELOG.md for a full list of changes.
November 8, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: It was discovered that libpam4j, a Java library wrapper for the integration of PAM did not call pam_acct_mgmt() during authentication. As such a user who has a valid password, but a deactivated or disabled account could still log in.
November 8, 2017
A tricky Netflix phishing scam users should be aware of
November 8, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Marcin Noga discovered two vulnerabilities in LibreOffice, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PPT or DOC document is opened.
November 8, 2017
IoT is Insecure, Get Over It! Say Researchers
November 8, 2017
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November 8, 2017
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November 8, 2017
A Dark Web hacker is offering services to track anyone anywhere
November 8, 2017
Facebook and Instagram Suffer Worldwide Outage
November 8, 2017
Hundreds of Millions in Digital Currency Remains Frozen
November 8, 2017
Risk Level: Very Low.
November 8, 2017
Google Patches KRACK Vulnerability in Android
November 8, 2017
Multi-Sig Wallets worth $300M Mistakenly Blocked by User
November 8, 2017
Privacy Clouds Form Over Mantistek Gaming Keyboard
November 8, 2017
Five tips for keeping your database secure
In general, these are the most basic and essential precautions any systems manager must consider. However, depending on the system you want to protect, there are some additional issues to take into account. The post Five tips for keeping your database secure appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
November 8, 2017
Tor patches flaw that could expose MacOS and Linux IP addresses
November 8, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium browser. CVE-2017-15398
November 8, 2017
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.
November 8, 2017
Not on Facebook? News flash: Facebook still knows about you
November 8, 2017
LinuxSecurity.com: An update that solves 33 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 33 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 33 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. is now available.
November 8, 2017
Give Facebook your nude pics to tackle revenge porn
November 8, 2017
Credential-stuffing defence tech aims to defuse password leaks
November 8, 2017
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November 8, 2017
Risk Level: Very Low.
November 8, 2017
Chinese Keyboard Developer Spies on User Through Built-in Keylogger
November 7, 2017
Texas Shooter’s Phone Encrypted
November 7, 2017
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November 7, 2017
Parity calamity! Wallet code bug destroys $280 MEEELLION in Ethereum
November 7, 2017
Hackers can conduct DoS attacks Using Flaw in Brother Printers
November 7, 2017
Assessing Weaknesses in Public Key Infrastructure
November 7, 2017
Mirai, Mirai, pwn them all, who’s the greatest botnet on the whole?
November 7, 2017
Send Your Nude Pics to Facebook to Prevent Revenge Porn
November 7, 2017
Marcher Android Banking Trojan Combines 3 Threats Into 1 Scheme
November 7, 2017