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Three vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL Connector/J JDBC driver. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed

Multiple security issues have been found in Thunderbird which could result in the setup of a non-encrypted IMAP connection, denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Network traffic control for containers in Red Hat OpenShift

It was discovered that there was an escaping issue in libphp-phpmailer, an email generation utility class for the PHP programming language.

Bitcoin scammers take YouTube channels for a SpaceX ride

This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs and provides mitigations for the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0543), Vector Register Sampling (CVE-2020-0548) and L1D Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549) hardware vulnerabilities.

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

Microsoft squishes 129 bugs with Patch Tuesday updates
How to scale endpoint management, improve employee productivity and reduce costs
Tencent floats bug bounties for its cloudy Linux and IoT OSes

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Another month, another way to smash Intel’s SGX security. Let’s take a closer look at these latest holes…
Gaming Security – Valve and Riot Games

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Helping Remote Workers Overcome Remote Attacks
Snake Ransomware Delivers Double-Strike on Honda, Energy Co.
Vast hack‑for‑hire scheme targeted thousands of people, organizations

An obscure Indian company operated a scheme targeting banks, non-profits, politicians and journalists all over the world, a report says The post Vast hack‑for‑hire scheme targeted thousands of people, organizations appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Critical Intel Flaws Fixed in Active Management Technology
Keepnet kerfuffle: Firing legal threats at bloggers did infosec biz more damage than its exposed database
YouTube scammers impersonated Elon Musk, SpaceX; stole $150k in BTC
14 IT certifications that will survive and thrive in the pandemic
Readers of a certain age will remember GPRS: Old insecure tech from turn of millennium still haunts 5G networks

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Encryption Utility Firm Accused of Bundling Malware Functions in Product

An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 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

Thanos Ransomware First to Weaponize RIPlace Tactic

Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2432

hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (CVE-2020-0543) * hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549) * hw: Vector Register Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0548) SL6 x86_64 microcode_ctl-1.17-33.26.el6_10.x86_64.rpm microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-33.26.el6_10.x86_64.rpm i386 microcode_ctl-1.17-33.26.el6_10.i686.rpm microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-33.26.el6_10.i686.rpm [More…]

kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to KEYCTL_READ on negative key (CVE-2017-12192) SL6 x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-754.30.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.30.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.30.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.30.2.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.30.2.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.30.2.el [More…]

Lettuce Encrypt, Encrypt We Must: Hobby projects change name after Let’s Encrypt fires off trademark complaints
Babylon mobile health app mixes up patient consultation videos
Billions of devices affected by UPnP vulnerability
Google tracks browsing activity in Chrome’s Incognito mode – Lawsuit
An Internet of Trouble lies ahead as root certificates begin to expire en masse, warns security researcher
Nintendo warns 300,000 accounts have been hacked since early April
GnuTLS patches huge security hole that hung around for two years – worse than Heartbleed, says Google cryptoboffin
June’s Patch Tuesday reveals 23 ways to remotely pwn Windows – and over 100 more bugs that could ruin your day
Barcode Reader Apps on Play Store Infected with Adware
Thought you’d addressed those data-leaking Spectre holes on Linux? Guess again. The patches aren’t perfect
Microsoft June Patch Tuesday Fixes 129 Flaws in Largest-Ever Update
Linux Malware: The Truth About This Growing Threat [Updated]>
Alarm sounded over security risks in online voting system

Bad actors could tamper with ballots cast via OmniBallot without being detected by voters, election officials or the tool’s developer, a study finds The post Alarm sounded over security risks in online voting system appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Researchers unmask Indian ‘infosec’ firm to reveal hacker-for-hire op that targeted pretty much anyone clients wanted
Espionage Group Hits U.S. Utilities with Sophisticated Spy Tool
After threatening me with legal action, Keepnet Labs finally issues statement over data breach
Apple hopes to bolster password security with open source project

The tech giant wants developers of password managers to collaborate for better user experience and security The post Apple hopes to bolster password security with open source project appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Dark web hacker leaks sensitive Indian defense contractor data

The package chromium before version 83.0.4103.97-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including access restriction bypass, arbitrary code execution and content spoofing.

The package firefox before version 77.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, denial of service, private key recovery and content spoofing.

Hospital-busting hacker crew may be behind ransomware attack that made Honda halt car factories, say researchers
Adobe Warns of Critical Flaws in Flash Player, Framemaker
Brave soz about coding snafu that sent search queries to affiliate links but insists practice is ‘industry-standard’
Dark Basin Hack-For-Hire Group Targeted Thousands Over 7 Years

An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Can Governments Defeat Nation-State Attacks on Critical Infrastructures?
Facebook labels ‘state-controlled’ Russian, Chinese, Iranian media

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An information disclosure vulnerability in GnuTLS allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Brave CEO apologises for adding affiliate links to URLs

Reading Time: ~ 3 min. Nestled within our chapter on malware in the 2020 Webroot Threat Report is a comparison of infection rates between business and personal devices. The finding that personal devices are about twice as likely as business devices to become infected was always significant, if not surprising. But the advent of the […]

Singapore to distribute wearable contact-tracing device and won’t rule out making it compulsory
Because things aren’t bad enough already: COVID-19 is going to mess up election security assumptions too
Singapore’s Contact Tracing Wearable Causes Privacy Backlash

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Your “smart” household appliance might have a short lifespan
Double-crossing ransomware decryptor scrambles your files again!
SMBGhost RCE Exploit Threatens Corporate Networks
Phishing Attack Hits German Coronavirus Task Force
Huawei launches UK charm offensive: We’ve provided 2G, 3G and 4G for 20 years, and you’re worried about 5G?
No prison for cyber criminal duo behind vDOS DDoS for hire service

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

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

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

DDoS-for-hire gang escape with light community service sentence

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

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

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Why would someone want to hack Germany’s PPE supply chain? We’re glad you masked
Smart fridges are cool, but after a few short years you could be stuck with a big frosty brick in the kitchen
Tycoon malware rages through US schools, LG’s boot problem, and QNAP admins had better get busy

The following CVE(s) were reported against src:cups. CVE-2019-8842

A vulnerability was discovered in graphicsmagick, a collection of image processing tools, that results in a heap buffer overwrite when magnifying MNG images.

Top US aerospace services provider suffers breach, loses 1.5 TB of data

GnuTLS could be made to expose sensitive information.

How to use Signal messenger face blur tool on Android & iOS

A flaw was reported in the TLS session ticket key construction in GnuTLS, a library implementing the TLS and SSL protocols. The flaw caused the TLS server to not securely construct a session ticket encryption key considering the application supplied secret, allowing a

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Node.js, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in

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Reading Time: ~ 2 min. TrickBot Silently Targets Servers Knowing that many domain controller servers are rarely shutdown or rebooted, the authors of TrickBot have made some changes to allow the infection to run from memory. While this can be detrimental to the payload, as a reboot could easily remove it, the stealth approach could […]

Scammers using voicemail email phishing scam to steal data
British Army pulls up its SOC: New regiment to do infosec work even civvies will recognise
FTC Slams Children’s App Developer for COPPA Violations
Cyberattacks targeting BLM movement see widespread increase
Electrolux, Others Conned Out of Big Money by BEC Scammer
Kind of goes without saying, but fix your admin passwords or risk getting borged by this brute-forcing botnet
News Wrap: Fake Minneapolis Police Breach, Zoom End-To-End Encryption Debate
Mozilla fixes high‑risk Firefox flaws, bug in DoH feature

The browser maker rolls out updates on back-to-back days, including a patch to avoid unintentionally overloading DNS providers The post Mozilla fixes high‑risk Firefox flaws, bug in DoH feature appeared first on WeLiveSecurity