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Half a million ‘de-identified’ patients records to be shared in Bradford
Hackers Are Emptying ATMs With a Single Drilled Hole and $15 Worth of Gear
Trump signs law allowing ISPs to sell your browsing history
Facebook appeal over New York search warrants fails
Everything’s fine, says Cylance, as ‘one in five’ workers given the boot
Online Trust Alliance merges with Internet Society
Phishing scammers exploit Wix web hosting
Brazilians whacked: Crooks hijack bank’s DNS to fleece victims
Patch Qubes to prevent pwnage via Xen bug
McAfee is McAfee again, promises security with kum ba yah
Schneider Electric still shipping passwords in firmware
RAT-catchers spot new malware attacking South Korean word processor
Apple fans, Android world scramble to patch Broadcom’s nasty drive-by Wi-Fi security hole
US border cops must get warrants to search citizens’ gadgets – draft bipartisan law emerges

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

Raise your hand if you’ve ever received a call from a company, unsolicited, that got aggressive? Maybe the caller wouldn’t hang up or kept calling back. Maybe the caller asked for money or made a threat. Regardless, you were upset. But when you alerted the company of the bad deed, they gave you some line […]

As Trump signs away Americans’ digital privacy, it’s time to bring out the BS detector
Webcam sex blackmailer faces extradition to Canada to stand trial for bullied teen’s suicide
Android Variant of Notorious Pegasus Spyware Found
Details Around Romanian Phishing Kit Creator, Campaign Revealed
Hackers can take over Smart Dildos and stream videos online
Lessons From Top-to-Bottom Compromise of Brazilian Bank
Trump Signs Repeal of ISP Privacy Rules
A free decryption tool is now available for all Bart ransomware versions
Skype Users Hit By Fake Flash Player Download Malware Scam
Politicians’ web browsing history targeted after privacy vote
China-based hacking crew pokes holes in UK firms and drains data
New RAT Targets Koreans And Is Skilled At Evading Detection
IAAF: ‘Fancy Bear’ Sednit behind cyberattack

The IAAF has become the latest organization to fall victim to the cybercriminal gang Sednit. The post IAAF: ‘Fancy Bear’ Sednit behind cyberattack appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Smart sex toy’s security flaws fulfil every hacker’s fantasy
WWW daddy Sir Tim Berners-Lee stands up for end-to-end crypto
Researchers sink scalpel into Lazarus crew. Yup. Autopsy shows distinct hacker tradecraft
Notorious iOS spyware has an Android sibling
Don’t pay for what is for free: Malicious Adobe Flash Player app found on Google Play

ESET researchers have discovered a malicious app at Google Play tricking its victims into paying €18 ($19) for Adobe Flash Player. The post Don’t pay for what is for free: Malicious Adobe Flash Player app found on Google Play appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Congress to US citizens: Want online privacy? Pay up!
TorBirdy 0.2.2 is released
Email security appears grounded as attacks continue to take flight
6 Best Alternatives for The Pirate Bay
Abuse, theft, exposure: What's in store for your web history

“If you’re being watched, you change your behavior, and that means you have less freedom. I don’t think you can have freedom without privacy.” —Kevin Mitnick, quoted in my new book, “Hacking the Hacker.”The United States has a long history of protecting at least some individual privacy rights with respect to common carriers. Much of […]

Old attack code is new weapon for Russian hackers

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

Wi-Fi sex toy with built-in camera fails penetration test
Security Analyst Summit 2017 Day One Recap
Drive-by Wi-Fi i-Thing attack, oh my!
Hacker Shows How Smart TVs Can Be Remotely Hacked
Lazarus APT Spinoff Linked to Banking Hacks
Fileless Banking Malware Attackers Break In, Cash Out, Disappear
Fancy Bears Hacked IAAF – Athletes’ Data Stolen
Kremlin hackers suspected in assault on athletics governing body

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: New samba packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a regression with the previous security patch. [More Info…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

Lines Around Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing Blurring
Memory Corruption Mitigations Doing Their Job
Fake SEO Plugin Used In WordPress Malware Attacks
Russian-Speaking Turla Joins APT Elite
Power plant cyber threat: Lock up your ICSs and SCADAs
Microsoft Friday false positive: Bluber-A ballsup makes sysadmins blub
The right to privacy in the digital era

ESET’s Miguel Ángel Mendoza discusses the right to privacy in the digital era, which is an increasingly important issue. The post The right to privacy in the digital era appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Telegram Update Allows Users to Make Secure, AI-Powered Voice Calls
Europe supplants US as biggest source of child abuse hubs
That sound you hear is Splunk leaking data

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

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

New York Post’s App Hacked to Send “Heil Trump” Notification
McDonald’s Canada Hacked: Personal Data of 95,000 Jobseekers Stolen
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Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Anonymous hacks ISIS website; infecting users with malware
The free Nintendo Switch emulator you stumbled upon? Sorry, it’s a fake!
New Android ransomware proves why antivirus software are a joke
Using a VPN Sucks
EFF: Verizon will install spyware on all its Android phones
Verizon Rebuts Critics of Data-Collecting App
Good Guy Comcast: We’re not going to sell your data, trust us
Yee-hacked! Fired Texan sysadmin goes rogue, trashes boot business

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. Ransomware Exploits Safari Bug Apple fixed a flaw earlier this week that allowed scammers to exploit […]

Russian hacking goes far beyond 2016 pro-Trump effort
Data-Stealing Malware ‘Dimnie’ Targeting Developers on Github
US ATM fraud surges despite EMV
IDG Contributor Network: Biometrics can provide better data provenance
IXmaps Map reveals if your Internet traffic is being monitored by the NSA
WikiLeaks exposes CIA anti-forensics tool that makes Uncle Sam seem fluent in enemy tongues
Threatpost News Wrap, March 31, 2017
Kremlin-linked hacker crew’s tactics exposed
Point-and-pwn tool for posers dumbs down ransomware spreading
Backup your (digital) life

In the digital age, data backup is essential. Find out how you can protect yourself ahead of World Backup Day, which falls on April Fool’s Day. The post Backup your (digital) life appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Senator: Russia used ‘thousands’ of internet trolls during US election
APT29 Domain Fronting With TOR
Someone is putting lots of work into hacking Github developers
Aviation-Related Phishing Campaigns Seeking Credentials
Jenkins users can shore up software security with plugins