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Half of Chrome Pageloads are HTTPS
World-leading heart hospital ‘very, very lucky’ to dodge ransomware hit
Test-Run DDoS Attacks Against Liberia Cease
Hacker finds flaw in Gmail allowing anyone to hack any email account
Fake Android Flash Player App Malware Targeting Banks, Social Media
Berners-Lee raises spectre of weaponized open data
I can see your texts: A deep dive into SMS/messaging clients, security, and privacy

ESET’s Michael Aguilar takes a deep dive into SMS/messaging clients, security, and privacy. The post I can see your texts: A deep dive into SMS/messaging clients, security, and privacy appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Another Country is under massive DDoS attacks – Thanks to Mirai Malware
Amazon’s very own Linux now available for download
William Hill website hit with DDoS attack

UK-based bookmaker William Hill has been hit with a DDoS attack, preventing many of its customers from being able to access its main website. The post William Hill website hit with DDoS attack appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Glasses make facial recognition think you’re a celebrity
Tokens of terror spark ‘major security update’ at GitLab
Microsoft extends support for EMET security tool

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oracle’s JRE and JDK software suites allowing remote attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code, obtain information, and cause Denial of Service.

LinuxSecurity.com: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in both LibreOffice and OpenOffice, the worst of which allows for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Is password security at just $1/month too expensive for most?

LinuxSecurity.com: New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. [More Info…]

LinuxSecurity.com: New curl 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…]

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

LinuxSecurity.com: This update addresses multiple security problems and fixes systemd dependencies.

LinuxSecurity.com: This update addresses multiple security problems and fixes systemd dependencies.

LinuxSecurity.com: the new package fixes the CVE-2016-7966. for more info please take a look athttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-1.txt

LinuxSecurity.com: This update backports an upstream patch to fix multiple integer overflows(CVE-2016-9085).

DMCA Exemptions Lift Hacking Restrictions

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

Outlook Web Access Two-Factor Authentication Bypass Exists
GitLab Patches Command Execution Vulnerability
WeMo smart home devices can be used to spy on Android phones
XSS flaw on Wix leaves the door open to worms

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.

Major Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Entire National Health Service System
Ubuntu Core Snaps door shut on Linux’s new Dirty COWs
Cisco Patches Critical Bugs in 900 Series Routers, Prime Home Server
Browser hanging? Don’t call that support number! It’s a scam!
OurMine Compromise Business Insider Website through Re-Used Password
Estonia: Digital powerhouse offering e-residency to non-nationals

In terms of technological advancement, Estonia is up there. It is, for example, the first ever country to offer e-residency permits to any world citizen. The post Estonia: Digital powerhouse offering e-residency to non-nationals appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Barracuda: Outage caused by ‘large number of inbound connections’
Teen pleads guilty to creating DDoS tool used in 1.7 million attacks
10 AWS security blunders and how to avoid them
Universal hijack hole turns DIY Wix blogs into botnets
Leaks password, check. Leaks Wi-Fi password, check. Can be spoofed, check. Ding! We have an Internet of S**t winner

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for postgresql is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for util-linux is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for mod_nss is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for fontconfig is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for powerpc-utils-python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for libreswan is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for php is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for subscription-manager, subscription-manager-migration-data, and python-rhsm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

Vuln hunter finds nasty shared server god mode database hack holes

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for resteasy-base is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for squid is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for 389-ds-base is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which [More…]

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.

Uncle Sam emits DNS email security guide – now speak your brains
Unpatched Vulnerability on Wix.com Puts Millions of Sites at Risk
NullCrew’s Canadian telco hacker thrown in the clink for four years
29% off Litom Solar Outdoor Motion Sensor Security Lights, 2 Pack – Deal Alert

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Facebook halts plan to mine profiles for insurance quotes
Mitigations Available for PanelShock Vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric Magelis HMIs

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: update to upstream release 0.2.8.9

LinuxSecurity.com: Fixes CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7970 and CVE-2016-7972 —- Update to 0.13.3.Contains various bugfixes.

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2016-5407

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2016-7953

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2016-7949, CVE-2016-7950

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2016-7951, CVE-2016-7952

LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948

Critical MySQL Vulnerabilities Can Lead to Server Compromise

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

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, Virus, Worm.

Don’t cyber-mess with Britain, warns UK Chancellor
Firefox kills the Battery Status ‘super cookie’
New FCC ISP privacy rules create more questions than answers
Barracuda email security scanning services in worldwide TITSUP
Belkin’s WeMo Gear Can Hack Android Phones
Survey finds 75% of security execs believe they are INVINCIBLE
Services slowly resume after malware strikes UK hospitals
William Hill website under siege from DDoS attacks
Flashback Tuesday: The Morris Worm

On November 2nd 1988, the Morris Worm was released, bringing the internet to an effective standstill. It was a seminal moment in internet history. The post Flashback Tuesday: The Morris Worm appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Linux/Moose: Still breathing

For the past year, ESET and the security firm GoSecure combined their skills in order to research Linux/Moose further. Here’s some of what was uncovered. The post Linux/Moose: Still breathing appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

86-year-old grandmother billed $5K, accused of pirating zombie game
Fixing the communications breakdown between IT security and the board and c-suite