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

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

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Cisco Warns of Command Injection Flaw in Cloud Platform
DHS Announces Intent to Draft IoT Security Framework
Yahoo Reportedly to Confirm Breach of Hundreds of Millions of Credentials
Yahoo reportedly to confirm massive data breach
Donald Trump’s Website Caught Leaking Intern Résumé Files
Hackers are automatically seeding trackers with malware disguised as most popular downloads
Malware Evades Detection with Novel Technique
Book of Eli: African targeted attacks

ESET’s latest research analyzes a piece of malware active since 2012, but which has targeted one specific country – Libya. The post Book of Eli: African targeted attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Raum turns the most popular torrents on the web into malware spreading weapons
Chinese Researchers Hack Tesla S Models, Expose Bugs
Florida Man Charged With Hacking Linux Servers
More than 840,000 Cisco devices are vulnerable to NSA-related exploit
5 simple ways you can protect yourself from phishing attacks

With these top tips, you should have no trouble in keeping yourself protected against all sorts of phishing attacks. The post 5 simple ways you can protect yourself from phishing attacks appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Bank cyber heists are here to stay, says SWIFT security chief
Lockdown! Harden Windows 10 for maximum security
Black Team’s tool ‘RAUM’ is infecting torrent users with malware
Yahoo ‘expected to confirm massive data breach’, says Recode
DDoS attacks: For the hell of it or targeted – how do you see them off?
SWIFT warns of more ‘sophisticated’ attacks, readies anti-fraud tool
Google automates Apps OAuth token revocation

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Worm.

Who on earth would want to use Google’s Allo chat app?
Danger USB! Oz police warn of malware in the letterbox
Cisco snaps shut remote pwnage hole in Cloud Services Platform
Almost any file is up for grabs when this Android banking trojan attacks
SWIFT Confirms Banks Still Being Targeted, Announces Mitigation Tool

security update

US cities promise to crack down on police surveillance tech

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge 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.

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

Google Retreats on Some Allo Privacy Promises
iSpy Keylogger Targets Passwords, Skype, Webcams
US Firefighters: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Not Guilty of Burning Jeep
Tesla Model S hacked from 12 miles away

A team of researchers was able to hack the controls of a Tesla Model S from a distance of 12 miles – adjusting the mirrors, locks and even slamming on the brakes. The post Tesla Model S hacked from 12 miles away appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

  While ransomware has become a buzzword for some, cyber criminals have made it a lucrative business and one which they are constantly evolving. Each day, the Webroot BrightCloud® Threat Intelligence Platform monitors, classifies and scores 95% of the internet to discover 6,000 phishing sites and 80,000 variants of malware and PUAs. According to Webroot’s […]

Brian Krebs site hit with 665 Gbps DDoS attack; Largest Internet has ever seen
RIG Picks Up Where Neutrino Left Off, Pushes CrypMIC Ransomware
Mozilla Patches Certificate Pinning Vulnerability in Firefox
Secure Docker on Linux or Windows platforms
Kali Linux 2016.2 Delivers New Security Testing Options
Is Debian the gold standard for Linux security?
Russia, Others Indeed Could Hack The Vote
PoodleCorp DDoS Blizzard Servers Twice in Last 24 Hours
IT security: 3 things you need to know now
Bossies 2016: The Best of Open Source Software Awards
Bossie Awards 2016: The best open source networking and security software
Caught between security and stupidity
Wow, RIP hackers … It’s Cyber-Lord Blunkett to the rescue for UK big biz
Police warn of malware-laden USB sticks dropped in letterboxes
Greybeards beware: Hair dye for blokes outfit Just For Men served trojan
BT’s Wi-Fi Extender works great – at extending your password to hackers
10-second hijack hole could kill any Facebook profile
Citrix swats Sweet32 bug by just turning off old ciphers
Anonymous Targets Italian Healthcare Sites Against ADHD Treatment
Apple Squashes 68 Security Bugs With Sierra Release
Mamba Ransomware Encrypts Hard Drives Rather Than Files

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

Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer 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.

CloudFlare offers web encryption up the wazoo
Experts Want Transparency From Government’s Vulnerabilities Equities Process
Fake FedEx ‘missed delivery’ emails infecting devices with ransomware

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.

LinuxSecurity.com: The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

LinuxSecurity.com: The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: New curl 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…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Python Imaging Library could be made to crash if it received specially craftedinput or opened a specially crafted file.

Tesla Fixes Critical Remote Hack Vulnerability
Mobile review website MoDaCo coughs to data breach
Cisco customers targeted by hackers using leaked NSA hacking tools
Watch Chinese hackers taking control of Tesla’s brakes from 12 miles away
Android Banking Trojan First to Gain Root Privileges
Payment Gateway Data Breach Exposes Financial Details of 324,000 users
Vulnerability Patched in WordPress Theme That Allows Unrestricted Uploads
Android community MoDaCo suffers data breach, user database stolen
How any Facebook page could have been hijacked or deleted, in just 10 seconds
Watch Teslas being hacked as they drive, from up to 20 km away
Going, going, done: Trio of prolific auction fraud fraudsters jailed
Hackers claim they breached Aussie point-of-sale tech firm, try to sell ‘customer DB’
Seagate NAS hack should scare us all

No fewer than 70 percent of internet-connected Seagate NAS hard drives have been compromised by a single malware program. That’s a pretty startling figure. Security vendor Sophos says the bitcoin-mining malware Miner-C is the culprit.I’m surprised this story hasn’t garnered more attention. Perhaps it’s because we’re talking only 7,000 hard drives possibly in total, or […]

Online scammers speed up: Hit gold every 15 seconds
Microsoft lets Beijing fondle its bits in new source code audit hub

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Bypass an iPhone 5c’s passcode lock for $100
Mozilla Patching Firefox Certificate Pinning Vulnerability
Facebook Fixes Vulnerability That Led to Account Takeover, Pays Researcher $16K