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⚠ How scammers abuse Google Search’s open redirect feature ⚠

Google Search uses open redirects by design, which is handy if you're a scammer trying to hide an iffy-looking URL.

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via "Naked Security".
❌ Paying Ransomware Crooks Doubles Clean-up Costs, Report ❌

Paying ransom to cybercriminals costs companies hit with ransomware attacks more than recovering data on their own, according to a new research.

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via "Threatpost".
⚠ S2 Ep 39: Thunderspy, government encryption, and reply all mistakes – Naked Security Podcast ⚠

In this episode Mark discusses government encryption, Duck tells us why turning your computer off is a cool idea and Greg regales us with his reply all woes. Host Anna Brading is joined by Sophos experts Mark Stockley, Paul Ducklin, Greg Iddon and Producer Alice Duckett. Listen now! LISTEN NOW Click-and-drag on the soundwaves below […]

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ 4 Challenges with Existing VPNs πŸ•΄

A VPN is a step in the right direction, but it's not the be-all and end-all when it comes to security and falls short in many ways.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ” How to restrict the Nextcloud ONLYOFFICE to groups πŸ”

If you're the Nextcloud admin for your company or home office, you might want to restrict who has access to the ONLYOFFICE suite of tools. Jack Wallen shows you how.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
πŸ” Coronavirus-themed phishing templates used to capture personal information πŸ”

Spoofing government and health organizations, these templates help attackers create and customize their own phishing pages to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic, says Proofpoint.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ Quantum Security Goes Live with Samsung Galaxy ❌

Quantum encryption, which has been touted as "unhackable," debuts with Samsung, SK Telecom in a world's first.

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via "Threatpost".
❌ RATicate Group Hits Industrial Firms With Revolving Payloads ❌

A new threat group uses NSIS as an installer to target industrial companies with revolving payloads, including LokiBot, FormBook, BetaBot, Agent Tesla and Netwire.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ” Friday Five: 5/15 Edition πŸ”

ChatBooks suffers a data breach, the Texas court system disables its network following a ransomware attack, and the FBI issues a security warning to healthcare organizations - catch up on the week's news with the Friday Five.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2018-10756

Use-after-free in libtransmission/variant.c in Transmission before 3.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted torrent file.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
πŸ” Average US citizen had personal information stolen at least 4 times in 2019 πŸ”

A new study of publicly reported data shows the average person experienced a breach every three months last year.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
❌ News Wrap: Ransomware Extortion Tactics, Contact-Tracing App Security Worries ❌

Threatpost editors discuss recent ransomware attacks and contact-tracing app privacy concerns.

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via "Threatpost".
πŸ•΄ Microsoft Open Sources Its Coronavirus Threat Data πŸ•΄

Microsoft's COVID-19 intelligence will be made publicly available to help businesses fight virus-related security threats.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
πŸ•΄ Templates Make Coronavirus Phishing Campaigns Easy πŸ•΄

Ready-made website templates make it simple for criminals to create fake government and NGO websites for COVID-19-related phishing campaigns.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2019-20390

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Subrion CMS 4.2.1 that allows a remote attacker to remove files on the server without a victim's knowledge, by enticing an authenticated user to visit an attacker's web page. The application fails to validate the CSRF token for a GET request. An attacker can craft a panel/uploads/read.json?cmd=rm URL (removing this token) and send it to the victim.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2019-20389

An XSS issue was identified on the Subrion CMS 4.2.1 /panel/configuration/general settings page. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript code in the v[language_switch] parameter (within multipart/form-data), which is reflected back within a user's browser without proper output encoding.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2019-19721

An off-by-one error in the DecodeBlock function in codec/sdl_image.c in VideoLAN VLC media player before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this may be related to the SDL_Image product.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTIONβ€Ό New - CVE-2019-18666

An issue was discovered on D-Link DAP-1360 revision F devices. Remote attackers can start a telnet service without authorization via an undocumented HTTP request. Although this is the primary vulnerability, the impact depends on the firmware version. Versions 609EU through 613EUbeta were tested. Versions through 6.12b01 have weak root credentials, allowing an attacker to gain remote root access. After 6.12b01, the root credentials were changed but the telnet service can still be started without authorization.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
πŸ” How to enable SSL on Ubuntu Linux for testing πŸ”

Sometimes admins need to be able to test a web-based solution before deciding it's worth using. When that software requires SSL, you can enable a snake-oil SSL key for testing purposes.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".