Apache Bug Lets Normal Users Gain Root Access Via Scripts
A privilege escalation vulnerability of important severity in the Apache HTTP server allowing users with the right to write and run scripts to gain root on Unix systems was fixed in Apache httpd 2.4.39. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apache-bug-lets-normal-users-gain-root-access-via-scripts/
A privilege escalation vulnerability of important severity in the Apache HTTP server allowing users with the right to write and run scripts to gain root on Unix systems was fixed in Apache httpd 2.4.39. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apache-bug-lets-normal-users-gain-root-access-via-scripts/
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Apache Bug Lets Normal Users Gain Root Access Via Scripts
A privilege escalation vulnerability of important severity in the Apache HTTP server allowing users with the right to write and run scripts to gain root on Unix systems was fixed in Apache httpd 2.4.39.
Mozilla Aims to Reduce Web Site Notification Spam in Firefox
Mozilla is performing a study on how to reduce the increasing usage of displaying web site browser subscription prompts that users find annoying and are abused to send browser notification spam appearing on a user's desktop. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-aims-to-reduce-web-site-notification-spam-in-firefox/
Mozilla is performing a study on how to reduce the increasing usage of displaying web site browser subscription prompts that users find annoying and are abused to send browser notification spam appearing on a user's desktop. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-aims-to-reduce-web-site-notification-spam-in-firefox/
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Mozilla Aims to Reduce Web Site Notification Spam in Firefox
Mozilla is performing a study on how to reduce the increasing usage of displaying web site browser subscription prompts that users find annoying and are abused to send browser notification spam appearing on a user's desktop.
OceanLotus APT Uses Steganography to Load Backdoors
The OceanLotus advanced persistent threat group (also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty) is using steganography-based loaders to drop backdoors on compromised systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oceanlotus-apt-uses-steganography-to-load-backdoors/
The OceanLotus advanced persistent threat group (also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty) is using steganography-based loaders to drop backdoors on compromised systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oceanlotus-apt-uses-steganography-to-load-backdoors/
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OceanLotus APT Uses Steganography to Load Backdoors
The OceanLotus advanced persistent threat group (also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty) is using steganography-based loaders to drop backdoors on compromised systems.
Chromium Microsoft Edge Can Play 4K Netflix Video, Unlike Chrome
To give Google more cause for concern, the new Microsoft Edge is the first Chromium browser to support both the WideVine and PlayReady DRM technologies. By including Microsoft's PlayReady DRM, the Chromium-based Edge will be able to to play Netflix videos at both 1080p HD and 4K UHD resolutions. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/chromium-microsoft-edge-can-play-4k-netflix-video-unlike-chrome/
To give Google more cause for concern, the new Microsoft Edge is the first Chromium browser to support both the WideVine and PlayReady DRM technologies. By including Microsoft's PlayReady DRM, the Chromium-based Edge will be able to to play Netflix videos at both 1080p HD and 4K UHD resolutions. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/chromium-microsoft-edge-can-play-4k-netflix-video-unlike-chrome/
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Chromium Microsoft Edge Can Play 4K Netflix Video, Unlike Chrome
To give Google more cause for concern, the new Microsoft Edge is the first Chromium browser to support both the WideVine and PlayReady DRM technologies. By including Microsoft's PlayReady DRM, the Chromium-based Edge will be able to to play Netflix videos…
Cryptojacking Still a Foreign Concept for Many Security Pros
For over 57% of the 150 cybersecurity professionals surveyed by Exabeam the concept of cryptojacking is not something they are acquainted with, while roughly 65% said that they are also unfamiliar with shadow mining. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptojacking-still-a-foreign-concept-for-many-security-pros/
For over 57% of the 150 cybersecurity professionals surveyed by Exabeam the concept of cryptojacking is not something they are acquainted with, while roughly 65% said that they are also unfamiliar with shadow mining. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptojacking-still-a-foreign-concept-for-many-security-pros/
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Cryptojacking Still a Foreign Concept for Many Security Pros
For over 57% of the 150 cybersecurity professionals surveyed by Exabeam the concept of cryptojacking is not something they are acquainted with, while roughly 65% said that they are also unfamiliar with shadow mining.
Azure AD Password Protection Available, Lowers Spray Attack Risks
The Azure AD Password Protection feature which blocks commonly used and compromised passwords to dramatically reduce the risks raised by password spray attacks is now generally available. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/azure-ad-password-protection-available-lowers-spray-attack-risks/
The Azure AD Password Protection feature which blocks commonly used and compromised passwords to dramatically reduce the risks raised by password spray attacks is now generally available. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/azure-ad-password-protection-available-lowers-spray-attack-risks/
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Azure AD Password Protection Available, Lowers Spray Attack Risks
The Azure AD Password Protection feature which blocks commonly used and compromised passwords to dramatically reduce the risks raised by password spray attacks is now generally available.
Verizon Customers Targets in Mobile-Focused Phishing Campaigns
Phishing campaigns, some launched as recently as March, aimed at stealing credentials from Verizon mobile customers by spoofing the company's support service. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/verizon-customers-targets-in-mobile-focused-phishing-campaigns/
Phishing campaigns, some launched as recently as March, aimed at stealing credentials from Verizon mobile customers by spoofing the company's support service. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/verizon-customers-targets-in-mobile-focused-phishing-campaigns/
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Verizon Customers Targeted in Mobile-Focused Phishing Campaigns
Phishing campaigns, some launched as recently as March, aimed at stealing credentials from Verizon mobile customers by spoofing the company's support service.
CIA Porn Extortion Scams Now Use Password Protected PDFs
A new variant of the CIA porn investigation emails are now putting the extortion payment instructions in password protected PDF attachments. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cia-porn-extortion-scams-now-use-password-protected-pdfs/
A new variant of the CIA porn investigation emails are now putting the extortion payment instructions in password protected PDF attachments. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cia-porn-extortion-scams-now-use-password-protected-pdfs/
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CIA Porn Extortion Scams Now Use Password Protected PDFs
A new variant of the CIA porn investigation emails are now putting the extortion payment instructions in password protected PDF attachments.
Dozens of Credit Card Info Skimming Scripts Infect Thousands of Sites
Malicious web code that Magecart groups use to steal payment card data from online stores is bustling business on underground forums. There are at least 38 unique families of such scripts, some more advanced than others, but each with multiple custom variants under their belt. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dozens-of-credit-card-info-skimming-scripts-infect-thousands-of-sites/
Malicious web code that Magecart groups use to steal payment card data from online stores is bustling business on underground forums. There are at least 38 unique families of such scripts, some more advanced than others, but each with multiple custom variants under their belt. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dozens-of-credit-card-info-skimming-scripts-infect-thousands-of-sites/
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Dozens of Credit Card Info Skimming Scripts Infect Thousands of Sites
Malicious web code that Magecart groups use to steal payment card data from online stores is bustling business on underground forums. There are at least 38 unique families of such scripts, some more advanced than others, but each with multiple custom variants…
Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes Info for 1.3 Million People
Georgia Tech announced yesterday that a vulnerability in a web application allowed an attacker to gain access to the personal information of up to 1.3 million students, college applications, staff, and faculty members. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/georgia-tech-data-breach-exposes-info-for-13-million-people/
Georgia Tech announced yesterday that a vulnerability in a web application allowed an attacker to gain access to the personal information of up to 1.3 million students, college applications, staff, and faculty members. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/georgia-tech-data-breach-exposes-info-for-13-million-people/
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Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes Info for 1.3 Million People
Georgia Tech announced yesterday that a vulnerability in a web application allowed an attacker to gain access to the personal information of up to 1.3 million students, college applications, staff, and faculty members.
Insider Attacks More Common, Harder to Detect After Cloud Migration
Insider attacks are becoming more and more prevalent each year as 73% of information of IT professionals told Bitglass, while 59% also stated that their companies have also gone through at least one such incident during the past year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/insider-attacks-more-common-harder-to-detect-after-cloud-migration/
Insider attacks are becoming more and more prevalent each year as 73% of information of IT professionals told Bitglass, while 59% also stated that their companies have also gone through at least one such incident during the past year. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/insider-attacks-more-common-harder-to-detect-after-cloud-migration/
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Insider Attacks More Common, Harder to Detect After Cloud Migration
Insider attacks are becoming more and more prevalent each year as 73% of information of IT professionals told Bitglass, while 59% also stated that their companies have also gone through at least one such incident during the past year.
NVIDIA Fixes Flaws in Linux4Tegra Driver for Jetson AI Supercomputers
NVIDIA released a security update for the Jetson TX1 and TX2 to patch vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux for Tegra driver package that could enable local attackers with basic user privileges to elevate privileges and to perform privilege escalation, denial-of-service (DoS) or information disclosure attacks. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nvidia-fixes-flaws-in-linux4tegra-driver-for-jetson-ai-supercomputers/
NVIDIA released a security update for the Jetson TX1 and TX2 to patch vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux for Tegra driver package that could enable local attackers with basic user privileges to elevate privileges and to perform privilege escalation, denial-of-service (DoS) or information disclosure attacks. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nvidia-fixes-flaws-in-linux4tegra-driver-for-jetson-ai-supercomputers/
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NVIDIA Fixes Flaws in Linux4Tegra Driver for Jetson AI Supercomputers
NVIDIA released a security update for the Jetson TX1 and TX2 to patch vulnerabilities discovered in the Linux for Tegra driver package that could enable local attackers with basic user privileges to elevate privileges and to perform privilege escalation,…
Realistic Phishing Attacks Take Advantage of U.S. Tax Season
With the United States tax season in full swing, attackers are utilizing a variety of realistic methods to lure victims into opening malicious documents or submit sensitive information. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/realistic-phishing-attacks-take-advantage-of-us-tax-season/
With the United States tax season in full swing, attackers are utilizing a variety of realistic methods to lure victims into opening malicious documents or submit sensitive information. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/realistic-phishing-attacks-take-advantage-of-us-tax-season/
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Realistic Phishing Attacks Take Advantage of U.S. Tax Season
With the United States tax season in full swing, attackers are utilizing a variety of realistic methods to lure victims into opening malicious documents or submit sensitive information.
540 Mllion Facebook User Records Leaked by Public Amazon S3 Buckets
More than 540 million records of Facebook users were exposed by publicly accessible Amazon S3 buckets used by two third-party apps to store user data such as plain text app passwords, account names, user IDs, interests, relationship status, and more. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/540-mllion-facebook-user-records-leaked-by-public-amazon-s3-buckets/
More than 540 million records of Facebook users were exposed by publicly accessible Amazon S3 buckets used by two third-party apps to store user data such as plain text app passwords, account names, user IDs, interests, relationship status, and more. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/540-mllion-facebook-user-records-leaked-by-public-amazon-s3-buckets/
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540 Mllion Facebook Records Leaked by Public Amazon S3 Buckets
More than 540 million records of Facebook users were exposed by publicly accessible Amazon S3 buckets used by two third-party apps to store user data such as plain text app passwords, account names, user IDs, interests, relationship status, and more.
Windows 10 1809 Cumulative Update Released with Huge List of Fixes
Microsoft has finally released the latest cumulative update for Windows 10 build 1809 and with it comes a huge amount of fixes for open issues. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-1809-cumulative-update-released-with-huge-list-of-fixes/
Microsoft has finally released the latest cumulative update for Windows 10 build 1809 and with it comes a huge amount of fixes for open issues. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-1809-cumulative-update-released-with-huge-list-of-fixes/
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Windows 10 1809 Cumulative Update Released with Huge List of Fixes
Microsoft has finally released the latest cumulative update for Windows 10 build 1809 and with it comes a huge amount of fixes for open issues.
Financial Mobile Apps Fail to Follow Proper Security Standards
Financial mobile apps come with large numbers of vulnerabilities stemming from a dangerous lack of security controls and insecure coding practices, according to a report prepared by advisory firm Aite Group for Arxan. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/financial-mobile-apps-fail-to-follow-proper-security-standards/
Financial mobile apps come with large numbers of vulnerabilities stemming from a dangerous lack of security controls and insecure coding practices, according to a report prepared by advisory firm Aite Group for Arxan. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/financial-mobile-apps-fail-to-follow-proper-security-standards/
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Financial Mobile Apps Fail to Follow Proper Security Standards
Financial mobile apps come with large numbers of vulnerabilities stemming from a dangerous lack of security controls and insecure coding practices, according to a report prepared by advisory firm Aite Group for Arxan.
Windows 10 News App Blunder Made Users Think They're Infected
A configuration mistake in the Microsoft News app caused Window 10 users to receive strange test notifications, which caused them to think they were infected. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-news-app-blunder-made-users-think-theyre-infected/
A configuration mistake in the Microsoft News app caused Window 10 users to receive strange test notifications, which caused them to think they were infected. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-news-app-blunder-made-users-think-theyre-infected/
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Windows 10 News App Blunder Made Users Think They're Infected
A configuration mistake in the Microsoft News app caused Window 10 users to receive strange test notifications, which caused them to think they were infected.
New Xwo Web Scanner Helps MongoLock Ransomware Find Victims
Code and infrastructure from two known malware families have been observed with a new threat named Xwo, which helps operators of the MongoLock ransomware discover unprotected web services reachable over the internet. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-xwo-web-scanner-helps-mongolock-ransomware-find-victims/
Code and infrastructure from two known malware families have been observed with a new threat named Xwo, which helps operators of the MongoLock ransomware discover unprotected web services reachable over the internet. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-xwo-web-scanner-helps-mongolock-ransomware-find-victims/
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New Xwo Web Scanner Helps MongoLock Ransomware Find Victims
Code and infrastructure from two known malware families have been observed with a new threat named Xwo, which helps operators of the MongoLock ransomware discover unprotected web services reachable over the internet.
CIA Exortion Scams Using SatoshiBox to Sell Alleged Proof for $500
The CIA extortion scams continue to evolve in order to squeeze as much money out of a victim as they can. In a new variant discovered by researchers, the extortion emails are now selling alleged proof on Satoshi Box for $500 that show you are part of the CIA investigation. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cia-exortion-scams-using-satoshibox-to-sell-alleged-proof-for-500/
The CIA extortion scams continue to evolve in order to squeeze as much money out of a victim as they can. In a new variant discovered by researchers, the extortion emails are now selling alleged proof on Satoshi Box for $500 that show you are part of the CIA investigation. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cia-exortion-scams-using-satoshibox-to-sell-alleged-proof-for-500/
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CIA Exortion Scams Using SatoshiBox to Sell Alleged Proof for $500
The CIA extortion scams continue to evolve in order to squeeze as much money out of a victim as they can. In a new variant discovered by researchers, the extortion emails are now selling alleged proof on Satoshi Box for $500 that show you are part of the…
London Blue Scammers Extend Operation, Attack Targets in Asia
Over the past five months, the London Blue cybercriminal group has been running business email compromise (BEC) scams against employees in Asia working for companies based mostly in the United States, Australia or Europe. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/london-blue-scammers-extend-operation-attack-targets-in-asia/
Over the past five months, the London Blue cybercriminal group has been running business email compromise (BEC) scams against employees in Asia working for companies based mostly in the United States, Australia or Europe. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/london-blue-scammers-extend-operation-attack-targets-in-asia/
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London Blue Scammers Extend Operation, Attack Targets in Asia
Over the past five months, the London Blue cybercriminal group has been running business email compromise (BEC) scams against employees in Asia working for companies based mostly in the United States, Australia or Europe.
Windows 10 1809 Changed the Default Removal Policy for External Drives
The default removal policy for external storage media was changed by Microsoft in Windows 10 version 1809 from "Better performance" to "Quick removal" which, for some users, may translate into faster removal times with degraded performance. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-1809-changed-the-default-removal-policy-for-external-drives/
The default removal policy for external storage media was changed by Microsoft in Windows 10 version 1809 from "Better performance" to "Quick removal" which, for some users, may translate into faster removal times with degraded performance. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-1809-changed-the-default-removal-policy-for-external-drives/
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Windows 10 1809 Changed the Default Removal Policy for External Drives
The default removal policy for external storage media was changed by Microsoft in Windows 10 version 1809 from "Better performance" to "Quick removal" which, for some users, may translate into faster removal times with degraded performance.