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LinuxSecurity.com: An update for openjpeg 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 [More…]

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

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Twitter suspended 377,000 accounts for promoting terror and extremism

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for icoutils is now available for 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, [More…]

LastPass fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities
iPhone, Mac owners: How to stymie hackers extorting Apple, threatening to wipe devices
It’s happening! It’s happening! W3C erects DRM as web standard
Russian mastermind of $500m bank-raiding Citadel coughs to crimes
Error prone, insecure, inevitable: Say hello to today’s facial recog tech
Google, Jigsaw Partner on Free Tools to Secure Elections
Malware ‘disguised as Siemens software drills into 10 industrial plants’
Flaws in LastPass Password Manager Allowed Hackers to Steal Credentials
You are not alone, ThePirateBay.org is down for everyone
Blank Slate Spam Campaign Spreads Cerber Ransomware
Hackers threaten to wipe millions of Apple devices, demand ransom
Bloke, 48, accused of whaling two US tech leviathans out of $100m
US lawmakers question police use of facial recognition tech
SAP Vulnerability Puts Business Data at Risk for Thousands of Companies
Gift cards or the iPhone gets it: Hackers threaten Apple with millions of remote wipes
LastPass Fixes Three Password Theft Vulnerabilities
Smut surfers infected with Ramnit trojan as malvertising campaign deploys pop-under ads
Hackers can crash Google’s Nest Dropcams by exploiting Bluetooth flaws
Customer security awareness: alerting you to vulnerabilities that are of real risk
The economics of cybersecurity for the undecided

How do you calculate the value at risk? Choosing between investing in antivirus software or doing nothing to prevent cybercrime is not black and white. We explore the grey areas of cybersecurity economics. The post The economics of cybersecurity for the undecided appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Security Sessions: Where is VC security funding going?
Hackers claim to steal 200 million Apple accounts; demand $75k ransom
Coppers ‘persistently’ breach data protection laws with police tech
Gemalto profits hit by crummy US card sales, dials back expectations by, oh, €100m
Devops embracing security measures to build safer software
Victims’ real details helping hackers trick victims into installing banking malware
UK vuln ‘fessing pilot’s great but who’s going to give a FoI?
Web smut seekers take resurgent Ramnit malware from behind
Mac OS IM tool Adium lagging on library security vulnerability
Microsoft’s ‘Application Verifier’ bug-finder is easily pwnable
X-Rated Photos of WWE Divas Maria, Melina and Kaitlyn Leaked
Flaws in Moodle CMS put thousands of e-learning websites at risk
China Installs Facial Recognition System in Public Toilets
What should password managers not do? Leak your passwords? What a great idea, LastPass
What it takes to become an IT security engineer
Critical Moodle Vulnerability Could Lead to Server Compromise
Code Execution Vulnerability Found in Libpurple IM Library
Now UK bans carry-on lappies, phones, slabs on flights from six nations amid bomb fears
World’s worst botnet fiends switch from ransomware to stock scam spam

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

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Locky, Cerber Ransomware Skilled at Hiding

Sometimes it takes a close call or bad experience to really hammer it home. The concept of identity theft is nothing new. To put it in perspective, my step-dad had his identity stolen, and didn’t even know it. He was targeted by a social engineering attack and forked over several hundred dollars during the scam […]

Latest Tax Scams Include Phishing Lures, Malware
IDG Contributor Network: Could iris recognition be coming to the enterprise?
Touch Bar in New MacBook Pro ‘Hacked’ by White Hat Hackers
Hackers claim they will wipe iPhones and iCloud accounts unless Apple pays ransom
Three’s website exposes mobile phone customers’ details to strangers
US bans electronics larger than smartphones in cabins on certain flights
Three cops to data breach
Old Linux kernel security bug bites
Firefox gets complaint for labeling unencrypted login page insecure
Virtual machine escape fetches $105,000 at Pwn2Own hacking contest
GitHub awards researcher $18,000 for remote code execution flaw discovery
Laptops, tablets and other gadgets banned from cabin on some US-bound flights
Malicious hackers discovered way to deliver malware through unloved Ask Toolbar
Airplane bomb fears spark America’s laptop, tablet carry-on ban
Vastly improve your IT security in 2 easy steps

It’s a rough number, but I’d wager that 99 percent of computer security risk in most organizations can be attributed to two root causes: social engineering and unpatched software. I’m not talking about pure numbers of success exploits, but overall impact. Many CISOs and threat intelligence analysts have told me that 100 percent of the […]

Tip for darknet drug lords: Don’t wear latex gloves to the post office

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for quagga is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for subscription-manager, subscription-manager-migration-data, and python-rhsm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for bash is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for samba4 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for samba is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for tigervnc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for openssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for ocaml is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

DNS lookups can reveal every web page you visit, says German boffin
Nest cameras can be easily blacked out by Bluetooth burglars
Millions of Accounts from 11 Hacked Bitcoin Forums Being Sold on Dark Web

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Confirmed: TSA bans gear bigger than phones from airplane cabins
FBI, NSA top brass: We’ve seen jack squat to back up Trump’s claims of Obama wiretaps

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Russian bank Alfa Says it was Under DNS Botnet Attacks
‘Sorry, I’ve forgotten my decryption password’ is contempt of court, pal – US appeal judges
WWE star’s swiped sex snaps survey spam snares selfie sickos
Local Windows Admins Can Hijack Sessions Without Credentials
ABTA experiences data breach

The Association of British Travel Agents discovered the data breach on March 1st, but failed to notify customers until March 16th. The post ABTA experiences data breach appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

LinuxSecurity.com: A buffer overflow in PuTTY might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

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

LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability in OpenOffice Impress could cause memory corruption.

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for firefox is now available for 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 [More…]

Mozilla Patches Pwn2Own Zero Day in Firefox
Cisco Warns of Critical Vulnerability Revealed in ‘Vault 7’ Data Dump
Stop shifting the blame onto third parties. That breach is still your firm’s responsibility
FBI looks into Russian hack of US election, possible Trump involvement