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Adobe Patches Security Bugs in Flash Player, ColdFusion, RoboHelp

Adobe just released its monthly security updates and this month the company patched vulnerabilities in three products — Adobe Flash Player, Adobe ColdFusion, and Adobe RoboHelp, the company's lesser known help authoring tool (HAT), used for the creation of online or offline documentation and help files. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adobe-patches-security-bugs-in-flash-player-coldfusion-robohelp/
Microsoft September Patch Tuesday Fixes 82 Security Issues, Including a Zero-Day

Moments ago, Microsoft published the September 2017 Patch Tuesday, and this month the OS maker fixed 82 security bugs. Among the patches, there is one zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild and three bugs whose details became public but have yet to be exploited in attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-september-patch-tuesday-fixes-82-security-issues-including-a-zero-day/
RouteX Malware Uses Netgear Routers for Credential Stuffing Attacks

A Russian-speaking hacker has been infecting Netgear routers over the past months with a new strain of malware named RouteX that he uses to turn infected devices into SOCKS proxies and carry out credential stuffing attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/routex-malware-uses-netgear-routers-for-credential-stuffing-attacks/
Windows 10 Insider Build 16362 for Skip Ahead Insiders Improves on the Boot Experience

Today Microsoft released Insider Preview Build 16362 for PC to only insiders on the fast ring who have opted to skip ahead. This build brings improvements to the boot experience, narrator, Edge, gaming, input, and the Windows Shell. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-insider-build-16362-for-skip-ahead-insiders-improves-on-the-boot-experience/
Upcoming Windows 10 Will Show Popup Dialogs for Individual App Permissions

The next major update of the Windows 10 operating system — codenamed the Fall Creators Update (FCU) — will receive new privacy controls, including popup dialogs that warn users about features an app is about to use. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/upcoming-windows-10-will-show-popup-dialogs-for-individual-app-permissions/
Developers Unwittingly Embedded Malware in Their Android Apps via Shady SDK

Malware authors hid malicious code inside a software development kit (SDK) that developers embedded in their Android apps, unwittingly exposing their users to a mobile malware strain that Check Point identifies as ExpensiveWall. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/developers-unwittingly-embedded-malware-in-their-android-apps-via-shady-sdk/
Ten Malicious Libraries Found on PyPI - Python Package Index

The Slovak National Security Office (NBU) has identified ten malicious Python libraries uploaded on PyPI — Python Package Index — the official third-party software repository for the Python programming language. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ten-malicious-libraries-found-on-pypi-python-package-index/
Adware Installs InfoStealer Trojan that it loads via Chrome DLL Hijacking

A password stealing Trojan called AdService is being quietly distributed by adware bundles that typically install other programs such as Russian adware, extensions, clickers, adware, and fake system optimization programs.  This Trojan is loaded through DLL hijacking in Chrome. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adware-installs-infostealer-trojan-that-it-loads-via-chrome-dll-hijacking/