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For many years now, Microsoft has offered a system with Windows that allows you to take control of another machine. This has been invaluable for system admins that need to control servers and other Windows machines, without having to run around from office to office or site to site. Easy takeover of machines does […]
LinuxSecurity.com: Several security issues were fixed in Python.
LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary
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.
Hackers broke into the MailChimp accounts of some businesses, and send out malicious invoice emails to subscribers… but that doesn’t mean that MailChimp suffered a serious security breach. Once again, two-factor authentication could have saved users’ bacon. The post MailChimp accounts hacked to spam out malicious emails appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for memcached 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 memcached 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…]
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Worm.
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LinuxSecurity.com: New ntp packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. [More Info…]
LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary
LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary
Michigan State University has experienced a data breach, which it said took place on November 13th. The post Michigan State University experiences data breach appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
Amazon customers are the latest victims of an email scam, warns Get Safe Online. The post Get Safe Online warns of Amazon email scam appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
The long-awaited SHA-1 deprecation deadline of Jan. 1, 2017, is almost here. At that point, we’ll all be expected to use SHA-2 instead. So the question is: What is your browser going to do when it encounters a SHA-1 signed digital certificate? We’ll delve into the answers in a minute. But first, let’s review what […]
Your business’s CCTV camera could be coughing up your admin passwords. Patch now, or regret later. The post Siemens-branded CCTV webcams require urgent firmware patch appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.
LinuxSecurity.com: A buffer overflow in TestDisk might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
LinuxSecurity.com: A path traversal attack in Tar may lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
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 buffer overflow in RPCBind might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.
LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Chromium web browser, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Poppler, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MIT Kerberos 5, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
LinuxSecurity.com: A vulnerability in MongoDB can lead to a Denial of Service condition.
LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in imlib2, the worst of which allows for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
LinuxSecurity.com: – update to new upstream (50.0)
LinuxSecurity.com: The 4.8.8 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
LinuxSecurity.com: – update to new upstream (50.0)
LinuxSecurity.com: 3.1.3
LinuxSecurity.com: The 4.8.7 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across thetree.
LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2016-6170 —- Security fix for CVE-2016-8864
LinuxSecurity.com: Rebase to 1.5.3 to fix CVE-2016-9243
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
The Conficker worm was huge news when it emerged towards the end of 2008, exploiting millions of Windows devices. Today, it remains one of the most pervasive malware families around the globe. The post The odd, 8-year legacy of the Conficker worm appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.