If you’ve been paying attention lately, you’ve likely noticed that more of your everyday websites are going HTTPS by default: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even your favorite search engine.This is a good development. For years, critics have derided default, widespread HTTPS encryption and authentication as unnecessary and performance-wasting. But now that we’ve seen most of […]
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for 389-ds-base 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…]
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel 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…]
LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Outlook for Mac is prone to a security vulnerability that may allow attackers to conduct spoofing attacks; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Outlook is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a security bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Edge is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability; fixes are available.
Type: Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability; fixes are available.
LinuxSecurity.com: New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. [More Info…]
LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
David Harley and Josep Albors on the evolution of tech support scams and why the current high incidence of reports in Spain are significant. The post Spanish Harmada: More on tech support scams appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
With the recent big screen adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, we thought it would be a good idea to review some of the cybersecurity themes it explores. The post Ghost in the Shell: Fantasy meets reality with cybersecurity themes appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
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Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
ISPs have started to monetize customer information quietly while selling them bandwidth. The temptation is strong, as that kind of aggregate data has real value on the secondary market, but what about the customers’ privacy? The post ISP privacy – how much should it cost? appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
ESET’s Lysa Myers discusses the challenges facing healthcare technology, medical and fitness devices and highlights the need to secure medical devices The post Healthcare challenges: Ransomware and the Internet of Things are the tip of the iceberg appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Three years ago, Microsoft ended its extended support for Windows XP. Today, almost 8% of desktop users worldwide are still run the operating system. The post It’s time to finally say goodbye to Windows XP. And Vista. Again appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
Email attacks are the most common methods for initiating ransomware and phishing scams. Attackers want you to open an infected attachment or click a malicious link, and unwittingly download malware to your machine. But you can avoid such attacks by being patient, checking email addresses, and being cautious of sketchy-sounding subject lines. 7 dangerous subject […]
This article sheds light on the current ecosystem of the Sathurbot backdoor trojan, in particular exposing its use of torrents as a delivery medium and its distributed brute-forcing of weak WordPress administrator accounts. The post Sathurbot: Distributed WordPress password attack appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Tax identity fraud is a multibillion dollar industry for criminals. ESET’s Lysa Myers explores new measures and offers some top tips on how to tackle this menace. The post Tax identity fraud: Bringing the fight to this menace appeared first on WeLiveSecurity