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🔐 Why digital transformation could open you up to a DDoS attack 🔐

One hour of downtime from a DDoS attack costs an average of $221,837 globally, according to Netscout.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
🔐 Vulnerability in Android Instant Apps can be used to steal history, authentication tokens 🔐

Google's Instant Apps feature allows you to try apps before installing them, though a vulnerability allows attackers to abuse the feature to steal data.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
MyPillow and Amerisleep Targeted in Magecart Group Attacks

In both breaches of MyPillow and Amerisleep, the customers whose payment information was potentially stolen were not informed.

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via "Threatpost".
🔐 How to encrypt files with FinalCrypt 🔐

If you're looking for an encryption tool that offers a unique approach and a well-designed GUI, FinalCrypt might be just the tool.

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via "Security on TechRepublic".
Facebook Stored Passwords in Plain Text For Years

The social media giant said that it is notifying users whose passwords it stored in plain text, which made them accessible for Facebook employees to view.

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via "Threatpost".
ATENTION New - CVE-2018-10093

AudioCodes IP phone 420HD devices using firmware version 2.2.12.126 allow Remote Code Execution.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2018-10091

AudioCodes IP phone 420HD devices using firmware version 2.2.12.126 allow XSS.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2017-2659

It was found that dropbear before version 2013.59 with GSSAPI leaks whether given username is valid or invalid. When an invalid username is given, the GSSAPI authentication failure was incorrectly counted towards the maximum allowed number of password attempts.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2017-1713

IBM InfoSphere Streams 4.2.1 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 134632.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2017-16232

** DISPUTED ** LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2017-16231

** DISPUTED ** In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2016-9166

NetIQ eDirectory versions prior to 9.0.2, under some circumstances, could be susceptible to downgrade of communication security.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2016-5819

Moxa G3100V2 Series, editions prior to Version 2.8, and OnCell G3111/G3151/G3211/G3251 Series, editions prior to Version 1.7 allows a reflected cross-site scripting attack which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the user?s browser within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2016-5800

A malicious attacker can trigger a remote buffer overflow in the Communication Server in Fatek Automation PM Designer V3 Version 2.1.2.2, and Automation FV Designer Version 1.2.8.0.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
🕴 Microsoft Brings Defender Security Tools to Mac 🕴

Windows Defender becomes Microsoft Defender, and it's available in limited preview for Mac users.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🕴 Police Federation of England and Wales Suffers Apparent Ransomware Attack 🕴

National Cyber Security Centre and National Crime Agency investigate random attack that locked down the association's data and deleted backups.

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via "Dark Reading: ".
🔏 What CISOs Should Be Aware Of (But Typically Aren't) 🔏

The life of a CISO is a busy one and it can be easy for priorities to get lost in the shuffle. We've polled a group of CISOs and other security professionals to find out what CISOs should be aware of but likely aren't.

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via "Subscriber Blog RSS Feed ".
Hackers Take Down Safari, VMware and Oracle at Pwn2Own

On the first day of Pwn2Own 2019 hackers poked holes in Apple Safari, VMware Workstation and Oracle VirtualBox.

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via "Threatpost".
ATENTION New - CVE-2018-14745

Buffer overflow in prot_get_ring_space in the bcmdhd4358 Wi-Fi driver on the Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F G920FXXU5EQH7 allows an attacker (who has obtained code execution on the Wi-Fi chip) to overwrite kernel memory due to improper validation of the ring buffer read pointer. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-12029.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2018-14724

In the Ban List plugin 1.0 for MyBB, any forum user with mod privileges can ban users and input an XSS payload into the ban reason, which is executed on the bans.php page.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
ATENTION New - CVE-2018-14575

Trash Bin plugin 1.1.3 for MyBB has cross-site scripting (XSS) via a thread subject and a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) via a post subject.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".