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OpenSSH Adds Protection Against Side-Channel Attacks That Now Encrypts Secret SSH Keys in the System Memory

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/openssh-side-channel-vulnerability.html
New macOS malware found exploiting the latest GateKeeper bypass vulnerability that was disclosed publicly last month after Apple left it unpatched for 90 days

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/macos-malware-gatekeeper.html
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Microsoft introduces "OneDrive Personal Vault"

A new password / 2FA-protected folder within users' online Cloud Storage accounts where they can store sensitive and personal files with an extra layer of authentication.

Read more ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/microsoft-onedrive-personal-vault.html
"Legit Apps Turned into Spyware" Targeting Android Users in Middle East

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/android-malware-hacking.html
Account Takeover Vulnerability Found in the Popular EA Games' Origin Platform

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/ea-origin-game-hacking.html

Checkout the video demonstration shared by CheckPoint researchers.
Exclusive — German police yesterday raided the house of OmniRAT developer and seized his computers and mobile phones.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/police-raid-omnirat-developer.html

OmniRAT is one of the popular remote administration tools that allows users to monitor Android, Windows, Linux, Mac devices remotely.
Starting with Firefox 68, the Mozilla browser will automatically trust system-installed CA Root certificates to fix certain TLS errors, often triggered when antivirus software installed on a system tries to intercept HTTPS connections.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/firefox-https-security.html
Google's latest Android July 2019 security update patches 33 new vulnerabilities, the most critical of which resides in the Media framework that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on targeted devices using a specially crafted file

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/android-security-update.html
China's border guards have been caught secretly installing a surveillance app—called Feng Cai (蜂采) or BXAQ—on the tourists' phones that instantly extracts texts messages, call records, contacts, more, and also scan the device for 73,000 objected files

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/xinjiang-fengcai-spyware.html
D-Link has agreed to implement a "comprehensive software security" program and undergo 10 years of biennial security audits to settle FTC charges over the security of its routers & IP cameras, and negligence in patching reported vulnerabilities

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/ftc-d-link-router-security.html
23-Year-Old DDoS Attacker Who Ruined Gamers' Christmas Gets 27 Months in Prison

Read more — https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/christmas-ddos-attacks.html

He has also been ordered to pay $95,000 in damages to Daybreak Games, previously known as Sony Online Entertainment.
Beware ➤ 17-Year-Old weakness in Firefox browser could allow downloaded HTML files to access other sensitive files stored on a victim's computer and send data back to remote attackers.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/firefox-same-origin-policy-hacking.html

Researcher successfully weaponized the issue and demonstrated PoC.
Official GitHub account of Canonical—the company behind Ubuntu Linux project—gets hacked.

Read more ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/canonical-ubuntu-github-hacked.html
British Airways Fined £183.39 Million Under #GDPR Over 2018 Data Breach

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/british-airways-breach-gdpr-fine.html
BEWARE — If you use (popular) Zoom video conferencing software on your Mac computer, then any website you're visiting can turn on your WEBCAM without your permission.

Learn more ⮞ https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/webcam-hacking-video-conferencing.html

Details and PoC for a severe security flaw in Zoom app disclosed.
Watch Out! Microsoft Spotted Spike in Astaroth Fileless Malware Attacks

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/astaroth-fileless-malware.html
Over 1,300 Android Apps Have Been Caught Using "Covert and Side-Channels" Techniques to Collect Your Data Even When You Deny Permissions, Including Device Location and Identifiers.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/android-permission-bypass.html
Severe Unpatched "Prototype Pollution" Vulnerability [CVE-2019-10744] Affects All Versions [Including Latest] of Popular Lodash Library

Details & PoC ➤ https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/lodash-prototype-pollution.html

Lodash a highly popular JavaScript library used by more than 4 million projects on GitHub alone.
July 2019 Patch Tuesday—Microsoft Releases Latest Security Updates

6 Flaws were disclosed publicly
2 Flaws found being actively exploited in the wild

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https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/microsoft-security-updates.html
Adobe releases latest #security bulletins of July 2019 that includes patches for:

Adobe Bridge CC
Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Dreamweaver

No Flash Player
No Acrobat Reader
No Critical Flaws

Read more: https://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1765