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Europe loves to pay by bonk* – survey
Yahoo accused of deliberately making it hard to close your account
Online safety tips for social media and IM fans

Since October is European Cyber Security Month, it is a good time to recap on social media and IM security. These online safety tips will do you well. The post Online safety tips for social media and IM fans appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Leaky IoT devices help hackers attack e-commerce sites
Decrypt THIS! Ransomware dev taunts security researchers in support forum
12 hardware and software vulnerabilities you should address now
Snowden investigator slams leaker-detector background checks
Singapore slings millions into ASEAN infosec
Adobe on patch parade to march out 83 bugs
Oz infosec spooks: ease back on the “cybers”, this is serious
Hungarian bug-hunters spot 130,000 vulnerable Avtech vid systems on Shodan

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Nuclear Power Plant Disrupted by Cyber Attack
Like it or not, here are ALL your October Microsoft patches

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Microsoft Patches Five Zero Days Under Attack
Second hacking group targets SWIFT-connected banks
Adobe Fixes 81 Vulnerabilities in Acrobat, Reader, Flash

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for tomcat 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…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for tomcat6 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Encrypted communications could have an undetectable backdoor
IoT Botnet Uses HTTP Traffic to DDoS Targets
NHS increasingly being targeted by ransomware attacks

NHS hospitals in England are increasingly being targeted with ransomware attacks, according to an investigation by the i newspaper The post NHS increasingly being targeted by ransomware attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

WinRar and TrueCrypt Installer Dropping Malware on Users’ PCs
NSA could put undetectable “trapdoors” in millions of crypto keys
Systemd vulnerability crashes Linux systems
Even a Fake Clinton Foundation Hack Can Do Serious Damage
WikiLeaks dumps another trove of email, allegedly from Clinton aide
<div>10 decisions you'll face when deploying a honeypot</div>

Honeypots provide the best way I know of to detect attackers or unauthorized snoopers inside or outside your organization. For decades I’ve wondered why honeypots weren’t taking off, but they finally seem to be reaching critical mass. I help a growing number of companies implement their first serious honeypots — and the number of vendors […]

Group policies, meet EMM: New and old Windows 10 management unite
10 decisions you’ll face when deploying a honeypot

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MySQL and MariaDB, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Subversion and Serf, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

One-quarter of UK police websites lack a secure connection
Nuke plant has been hacked, says Atomic Energy Agency director

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

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

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

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

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

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to an information disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to multiple information-disclosure vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Graphics Component is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.

Researchers Send Secure Passwords Using the Human Body
Samsung tells Galaxy Note 7 users to stop using it, and turn it off NOW
‘Cyber terrorist’ trades cufflinks for handcuffs
Yahoo has a creepy plan for advertising billboards to spy on you

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel 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…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache, the worst of which could allow HTTP request smuggling attacks or a Denial of Service condition.

LinuxSecurity.com: Groovy is vulnerable to a remote execution of arbitrary code when java serialization is used.

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

The next Google Chrome update will make it consume less RAM

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.

TV5Monde was saved from airtime-KO hack by unplugging infected box

  Recently, source code for the Internet of Things (IoT) botnet malware, Mirai, was released on hack forums. This type of malware was used last month in an historic distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against KrebsOnSecurity, which was estimated to have sent 650 gigabits per second of traffic from unsecured routers, IP cameras, DVRs and more to […]

Why and how to delete your Yahoo email account permanently
Security fatigue is preventing us from being safe online

Individuals are demonstrating security fatigue when it comes to protecting themselves online, increasing their risk of being compromised by a cyberattack. The post Security fatigue is preventing us from being safe online appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

StrongPity APT Covets Secrets of Crypto Users
These 60 dumb passwords can hijack over 500,000 IoT devices into the Mirai botnet