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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 11 fixes is now available.

Several security issues and a regression were fixed in Expat.

Huawei UK board members resign over silence on Ukraine invasion

Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code, information disclosure, spoofing or sandbox bypass.

Ukraine invasion: This may be the quiet before the cyber-storm, IT staff warned

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 15.0, and -current to fix security issues.

SEC proposes four-day rule for public companies to report cyberattacks
APT41 Spies Broke Into 6 US State Networks via a Livestock App

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App, security teams need closer bond to fend off cyberattacks
Dell opts out of Microsoft’s Pluton security for Windows
Most ServiceNow Instances Misconfigured, Exposed
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Millions of APC Smart-UPS devices vulnerable to TLStorm

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

Securing healthcare: An IT health check on the state of the sector

No sector or organization is immune to rapidly escalating cyberthreats, but when it comes to healthcare, the stakes couldn’t be higher The post Securing healthcare: An IT health check on the state of the sector appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

Where are the (serious) Russian cyberattacks?

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities, contains one feature is now available.

Internet backbone provider Lumen quits Russia
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Microsoft Addresses 3 Zero-Days & 3 Critical Bugs for March Patch Tuesday

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“Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel bug lets anyone to write to any file
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Cyber‑readiness in the face of an escalated gray zone conflict

Organizations worldwide should remain on high alert for cyberattacks as the risk of major cyber-spillover from the crisis in Ukraine continues to loom large The post Cyber‑readiness in the face of an escalated gray zone conflict appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

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Bug in the Linux Kernel Allows Privilege Escalation, Container Escape
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It was discovered that SPIP, a website engine for publishing, would allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed

Redis could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic from an authenticated user.

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Azure flaw allowed users to control others’ accounts
Linux distros patch ‘Dirty Pipe’ make-me-root kernel bug

The container suse/sle15 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/bci-init was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/bci-init was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

Novel Attack Turns Amazon Devices Against Themselves

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

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An update for the virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel modules is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK.

Several security issues were fixed in GNU C Library.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat, an XML parsing C library, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code, if a malformed XML file is processed.

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.

A command injection vulnerability was found in FreeCAD, a parametric 3D modeler, when importing DWF files with crafted filenames. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version

Prevent hackers by getting into their heads. Here’s how.
Global consultancies quit Russia
Conti ransomware gang, which leaked ransomware victims’ data, has its own data leaked

Several issues have been found in tiff, a library and tools to manipulate and convert files in the Tag Image File Format (TIFF). CVE-2022-22844

It was discovered that the SQL plugin in cyrus-sasl2, a library implementing the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, is prone to a SQL injection attack. An authenticated remote attacker can take advantage

Removing an XSLT parameter during processing could have lead to an exploitable use-after-free (CVE-2022-26485). An unexpected message in the WebGPU IPC framework could lead to a use-after-free and exploitable sandbox escape (CVE-2022-26486).

A bug was found in containerd where containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation with a specially-crafted image configuration could gain access to read-only copies of arbitrary files and directories on the host. This may bypass any policy-based enforcement on container setup (including a Kubernetes Pod Security Policy) and expose potentially sensitive

Null source pointer passed as an argument to memcpy() function within TIFFFetchStripThing() in tif_dirread.c in libtiff versions from 3.9.0 to 4.3.0 could lead to Denial of Service via crafted TIFF file. (CVE-2022-0561)

An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26. When establishing an SFTP connection, the fingerprint of the server is neither checked nor displayed. As a result, a user connects to the server without the ability to verify its authenticity. (CVE-2021-36370)

Firefox patches two in-the-wild exploits – update now!

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes 15 vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

The container suse/sle15 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

Leaked stolen Nvidia cert can sign Windows malware

The container suse/sle15 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

Russia’s invasion kicks Senate into cybersecurity law mode
Massive Meris Botnet Embeds Ransomware Notes from REvil

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Facebook is vile, but banning it in Russia is wrong

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure.

ESET Research Podcast: Ukraine’s past and present cyberwar

Press play to hear Aryeh Goretsky, Jean-Ian Boutin and Robert Lipovsky discuss how recent malware attacks in Ukraine tie into years of cyberattacks against the country The post ESET Research Podcast: Ukraine’s past and present cyberwar appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Free HermeticRansom Ransomware Decryptor Released
BBC points Russians to the Tor version of itself