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Update to 85.0.4183.121. Why? Because security, that’s why. It fixes these CVEs: CVE-2020-15960 CVE-2020-15961 CVE-2020-15962 CVE-2020-15963 CVE-2020-15964 CVE-2020-15965 CVE-2020-15966 It also has a fix for an issue where networking… uh… didn’t.

Mumble 1.3.2. === Client * Fixed: Overlay not starting (#4282) Server * Fixed: keychain-error on macOS for custom certificates (#4345) Known issues * Overlay blocked by BattleEye. A request to whitelist it has been made. * Overlay blocked by CS:GO Trusted Mode

UK loses 16,000 COVID-19 cases due to Excel spreadsheet snafu
If you connect it, protect it
Big IQ play from IT outsourcer: Can’t create batch files if you can’t save files. Of any kind
Google warns of security holes in other vendors’ Android phones

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Grindr security hole made it easy to hijack accounts

An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Security fixes for CVE-2020-1472

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Imagine running a dating app and being told accounts could be easily hijacked. How did that feel, Grindr?

An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

And you thought Fuzzilli was a pasta… Google offers up $50k in cloud credits to fuzz the hell out of JavaScript engines

Update to 85.0.4183.121. Why? Because security, that’s why. It fixes these CVEs: CVE-2020-15960 CVE-2020-15961 CVE-2020-15962 CVE-2020-15963 CVE-2020-15964 CVE-2020-15965 CVE-2020-15966 It also has a fix for an issue where networking… uh… didn’t. —- Update Chromium to 85.0.4183.102. Fix issue where unpackaged components prevented hardware accelerated rendering from

Mumble 1.3.2. === Client * Fixed: Overlay not starting (#4282) Server * Fixed: keychain-error on macOS for custom certificates (#4345) Known issues * Overlay blocked by BattleEye. A request to whitelist it has been made. * Overlay blocked by CS:GO Trusted Mode

Egregor Ransomware Threatens ‘Mass-Media’ Release of Corporate Data
Voter Registration ‘Error’ Phish Hits During U.S. Election Frenzy
Account Takeover Fraud Losses Total Billions Across Online Retailers

It was found that SNMP Trap Translator does not drop privileges as configured and does not properly escape shell commands in certain functions. A remote attacker, by sending a malicious crafted SNMP trap, could possibly execute arbitrary shell code with the privileges of the

Adventures in SQL Server 2019: Microsoft updates the update that broke the update
Researchers Mixed on Sanctions for Ransomware Negotiators
Aussie telco Telstra says soz after accidentally diverting traffic meant for encrypted email biz through its servers
Cyber Security Awareness Month is here!

A month teaching us that when everyone pitches in and does their part, then almost everyone is protected The post Cyber Security Awareness Month is here! appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

LATAM financial cybercrime: Competitors‑in‑crime sharing TTPs

ESET researchers discover surprisingly many indicators of close cooperation among Latin American banking trojans’ authors The post LATAM financial cybercrime: Competitors‑in‑crime sharing TTPs appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

LatAm Banking Trojans Collaborate in Never-Before-Seen Effort
Let’s talk about data security in the age of the ‘new normal’ with folks from FireEye, Microsoft, Splunk – and more
Years-Long ‘SilentFade’ Attack Drained Facebook Victims of $4M
Complexity has broken computer security, says academic who helped spot Meltdown and Spectre flaws

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squid, a high- performance proxy caching server for web clients. CVE-2020-15049

305 CVEs and Counting: Bug-Hunting Stories From a Security Engineer

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in denial of service, guest-to-host privilege escalation or information leaks.

Serious Security: Phishing without links – when phishers bring along their own web pages

Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Ryuk Shuts Down Universal Health Services Computer systems for all 400 Universal Health Services facilities around the globe have reportedly been shut down following an attack by the Ryuk ransomware group. Ryuk is known for targeting large organizations, but the healthcare industry has been gaining popularity among these groups due […]

An update that solves one vulnerability and has 25 fixes is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Malware campaign poses as Team Blue Take Action email
Russia and China’s ‘digital authoritarianism’ means we need to better arm our cyber troops, warns top UK general
Your comms may be paperless, but are they actually secure? Thought so…
US govt wins right to snaffle Edward Snowden’s $5m+ book royalties, speech fees – and all future related earnings
How’s this for overachieving? Man accused of running software outfit as a Ponzi scheme while on parole from previous fraud
Tokyo Stock Exchange breaks new record. Sadly, not a good one… its longest ever outage

Reading Time: ~ 4 min. Have you ever met a person who thinks they know it all? Or maybe you’ve occasionally been that person in your own life? No shame and no shade intended – it’s great (and important) to be confident about your skills. And in cases where you know your stuff, we encourage […]

Emotet Emails Strike Thousands of DNC Volunteers
Cloud biz Blackbaud admits ransomware crims may have captured folks’ bank info, months after saying that everything’s fine
QR Codes: A Sneaky Security Threat
Microsoft Office 365 Phishing Attack Uses Multiple CAPTCHAs

A potential HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in WEBrick was reported. WEBrick (bundled along with jruby) was too tolerant against

A potential HTTP request smuggling vulnerability in WEBrick was reported. WEBrick (bundled along with ruby2.3) was too tolerant against

Microsoft 365 services back online after hours‑long outage

Microsoft resolves a service disruption that affected Office 365, Outlook.com, Teams and other cloud-based services The post Microsoft 365 services back online after hours‑long outage appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

APT‑C‑23 group evolves its Android spyware

ESET researchers uncover a new version of Android spyware used by the APT-C-23 threat group against targets in the Middle East The post APT‑C‑23 group evolves its Android spyware appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

NFL, NBA Players Hacked in Would-Be Cyber-Slam-Dunk
Spammers Smuggle LokiBot Via URL Obfuscation Tactic

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

An update that fixes 12 vulnerabilities is now available.

The json-jwt gem before 1.11.0 for Ruby lacks an element count during the splitting of a JWE string. Therefore, there was a need to explicitly specify the number

This package allowed ../ directory traversal to access private resources because resource matching did not ensure that pathnames were in a canonical format.

Huawei’s UK code reviewers say Chinese mega-corp is still totally crap at basic software security. Bad crypto, buffer overflows, logic errors…
What to do first when your company suffers a ransomware attack
Red Hat adopts ROLIE protocol for automated exchange of security compliance assets
#BeCyberSmart – why friends don’t let friends get scammed
UK privacy watchdog confirms probe into NHS England COVID-19 app after complaints of spammy emails, texts
A complete stranger controlled this woman’s home security system, but they’re not the one she’s angry with
InterPlanetary Storm Botnet Infects 13K Mac, Android Devices
Chap beats rap in WhatsApp zap flap: Russian banker walks from insider trading case after deleting software
Smashing Security podcast #198: Chucky the coffee maker
Singapore to treat infosec as equivalent public good to fresh running water
Diplomats are supposed to be subtle and clever. Australia’s just leaked 1,000 citizens’ email addresses
GitHub adds code scanning for security bugs
OAuth Consent Phishing Ramps Up with Microsoft Office 365 Attacks
Business top brass are terrified their companies will simply be collateral damage in a future cyber-war
Russian hacker, described as ‘brilliant’ by judge, gets seven years in a US clink for raiding LinkedIn, Dropbox
Android Spyware Variant Snoops on WhatsApp, Telegram Messages
FBI, CISA warn of disinformation campaigns about hacked voting systems

Threat actors may spread false claims about compromised voting systems in order to undermine confidence in the electoral process The post FBI, CISA warn of disinformation campaigns about hacked voting systems appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Facebook Small Business Grants Spark Identity-Theft Scam
Who watches the watchers? Samsung does so it can fling ads at owners of its smart TVs
Microsoft Exchange Servers Still Open to Actively Exploited Flaw

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Updated OpenShift Container Storage packages fixing various security issues and other bugs are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage with 3.11.z Async update. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact

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

Several security improvements were added to Samba.

Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.

FYI: If you’re running HP Device Manager, anyone on your network can get admin on your server via backdoor
It’s 2020 so not only is your mouse config tool a Node.JS Electron app, it’s also pwnable by an evil webpage
Why Web Browser Padlocks Shouldn’t Be Trusted

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Reading Time: ~ 2 min. DHS Announces Massive Increase in LokiBot Attacks By monitoring and tracking of cyberattacks over 2020, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have uncovered a significant increase in cyberattacks being carried out by LokiBot, a malicious info-stealer of stored passwords and cryptocurrency information. The increase in LokiBot attacks can likely […]

Plane-tracking site Flight Radar 24 DDoSed… just as drones spotted buzzing over Azerbaijan and Armenia
Zerologon Attacks Against Microsoft DCs Snowball in a Week
The Network Perimeter: This Time, It’s Personal
DuckDuckGo cries fowl after being expunged from Google’s Android search preferences menu for most of Europe