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What to do when hackers break into your cloud
Security analyst says Yahoo!, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Tumblr all popped by same gang
Want to make US$1.5m this weekend? Just jailbreak iOS

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

‘Syrian Electronic Army’ goon extradited from Germany now coughs to hacking, extortion
Backdoored D-Link Router Should be Trashed, Researcher Says
Apple Users Targeted with iCloud Phishing Scam
Zerodium Triples its iOS 10 Bounty to $1.5 Million
Yahoo Challenged on Claims Breach Was State-Sponsored Attack

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Microsoft opens up its ‘million dollar’ bug-finder
Cisco Warns of Critical Flaw in Email Security Appliances
Aussie Border Police Bust Dark Net Drug Dealer
Russian hackers likely targeted journalists investigating Flight MH17
Microsoft widens Edge browser bug hunt for bounty hunters
VESK coughs up £18k in ransomware attack
Internet’s largest 1Tbps DDoS Attack was conducted using 145k hacked cameras
Vendetta Brothers Cyber Crooks Adopt Real World Tactics
Russian hackers target MH17 journalists for embarrassing Putin
Fingerprint tech makes ATMs super secure, say banks. Crims: Bring it on, suckers
Why employees are still a security risk
Syrian Electronic Army hacker pleads guilty after sending victim scan of his passport
Lab test reveals 10x productivity gain from real-time threat intelligence for SIEMs
FBI reports more attempts to hack voter registration system
Microsoft’s cloud dominance comes with a security risk
What’s left for BlackBerry? The products that still matter
Yahoo! Answers used to cloak command and control networks
Researchers crack Oz Govt medical data in ‘easy’ attack with PCs
D-Link DWR-932 B owner? Trash it, says security bug-hunter
Yahoo could have reset all user passwords two years ago, but chose not to

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Microsoft Unveils Cloud-Based Fuzz-Testing Service

security update

ISC Patches Critical Error Condition in BIND
How to create a security startup and bag VC millions – step one: Containers, AI or cloud
CloudFlare tells court it does not assist pirate sites: Report

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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 kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

Congressional Leaders Demand Answers on Yahoo Breach
Meet Apache Spot, a new open source project for cybersecurity
DarkNet Hackers ‘DarkOverlord’ Hack WestPark Capital Bank for Ransom
Hacker downloads 2.2 million PLAINTEXT passwords from teen social site
Microsoft Edge Adds App Guard Browser Security
Internet of Things security? Start with who owns the data
Germany Orders Facebook to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp Users
Microsoft preps defence against the dark arts for enterprise customers
TheDarkOverlord holds investment bank to ransom, or else hacked files will be released
How do you approach continuous security?
Urgent! Log in for spear-phisher survey or your account will be deleted
Financial sector expands use of blockchain databases
Analysts laud and lance new Microsoft browser armor

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for bind97 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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 bind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

Growth of cybercrime is ‘ruthless’

Cybercrime has established itself as a permanent fixture in 21st century life, with the number of incidents and victims continuing to rise with dogged determination. The post Growth of cybercrime is ‘ruthless’ appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Google, Dropbox the latest US tech giants to sign up to the Privacy Shield
Donald Trump says hackers sit in their bedrooms, weighing 400lb
Aerospace industry warned of targeted attacks from the Komplex OS X trojan
Germany tells Facebook to delete and stop saving WhatsApp user data

security update

Type: Vulnerability. Adobe Flash Player is prone to multiple unspecified memory-corruption vulnerabilities; fixes are available.

LinuxSecurity.com: New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. [More Info…]

Mozilla Wants to Drop WoSign as Trusted CA
OS X devices targeted by APT28 group with new Trojan called Komplex
Yahoo! Mail! down?! Great! timing! as! more! US! senators! dogpile! hacked! web! giant!

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue. [More Info…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in QEMU, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. [More Info…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Worm.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Signal Adds iPhone Access to Desktop App
Facebook Debuts Open Source Detection Tool for Windows
New Google Tools Help Devs Improve Content Security Policy Protection
MarsJoke Ransomware Targeting Educational, Government Agencies
No wonder we’re being hit by Internet of Things botnets. Ever tried patching a Thing?
Security blogger Krebs says IoT DDoS attack was payback for a blog