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Beware of CVE-2017-6326, RCE Bug in Symantec Messaging Gateway

Symantec just fixed three flaws (CVE-2017-6326, CVE-2017-6324, CVE-2017-6325) in the Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG). The vulnerabilities were of the remote code execution, privilege escalation and file inclusion types. A security advisory addressing the vulnerabilities has been issued. Related Story: Symantec…

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CVE-2017-7521, OpenVPN Remote Code Execution Bug Patched

Are you a user of OpenVPN? The software patched four vulnerabilities just this week. One of the flaws is quite severe – a remote code execution bug that could allow an authenticated attacker to run code on a compromised box.…

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Attacks on PoS Systems Increased Significantly in 2016

PoS terminals have been a primary victim of hacking attacks in 2016, a new Trustwave report shows. Attacks targeting sales terminals increased to 31% last year, whereas e-commerce incidents fell to 26%. 49% of Data Breaches in 2016 Happened in…

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Honda WannaCry: Production of 1,000 Cars Halted After Cyberattack

Honda has suffered a WannaCry cyberattack which led to the interruption of one of their domestic vehicle plants in Japan for a whole day. The Japanese automobile company said that it had shut its plant in Sayama, near Tokyo, on…

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Microsoft Admits to Temporarily Disabling Parts of Third-Party AV Apps

Kaspersky recently filed anti-trust complaints against Microsoft with the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office. The anti-virus company did the same in the end of 2016 with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service. As to why, Kaspersky believes that Microsoft…

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Don’t Let Hackers Crash Your Success Party: Data Security Tips

Data breaches are making headlines everyday, do you want to in be one of them? Read on the article to understand how you can stop hackers from crashing your success party! No matter you are managing a business or an…

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The Pirate Bay Likely to be Blocked

There is a possibility that one of the biggest torrent trackers out there, The Pirate Bay could be permanently blocked as a result of a decision made by the higher ups at the European court. In the decision’s document, the…

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Microsoft with New Patches for Windows XP Against WannaCry

The corporation behind Windows XP, Microsoft was forced to issue more security patches for one of it’s older versions for which the support has already expired. The primary reason for releasing the security patches is the recent WannaCry ransomware virus…

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New Infection Method – Hovering Your Mouse on a Link

Researchers have identified a new method by which one can get infected with viruses and this method is likely to become widespread soon, so suggestions are to be extremely careful. The method is dangerous primarily because it takes advantage of…

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MacRansom and MacSpy Prove that Macs Are Not Safe from Malware

MacRansom and MacSpy are two samples of new Mac malware that has been created by the same person. That person is also offering the two pieces for sale via the malware-as-a-service model on two dark web portals. Potential customers and…

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Eugene Kaspersky vs. Windows Defender: the Antivirus War of 2017

Kaspersky has filed anti-trust complaints against Microsoft with the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office. The anti-virus company has already done the same in the end of 2016 with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service. The reason for these measures?…

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Google Fixes CVE-2017-5070, Multiple Security Flaws in Chrome 59

Google just released patches for CVE-2017-5070 and 29 other flaws in Chrome in the latest stable version of the browser, Chrome 59.0.3071.86. Google paid out $23,500 to external researchers for their findings. Besides the Chrome flaws, a type confusion vulnerability…

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CVE-2016-8939, the TSM Vulnerability IBM Neglected for 2 Years

For one reason or another, companies often choose to fix serious security gaps in silence. That’s exactly what happened with IBM just recently when they released a workaround quietly, addressing a flaw in its enterprise backup software. The vulnerability, given…

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QakBot 2017 Variant – Part Worm, Part Banking Trojan, Part Infostealer

Old malware doesn’t disappear, as evident by recent revivals of old cases. Just yesterday we wrote about the renewed distribution of the well-known Backdoor.Nital and Gh0st RAT. This article is dedicated to another old malware piece of the worm kind…

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Dynamics of Ransomware Prices over Time

Extortion through crypto ransomware is the most prolific cybercrime model to date. Even now that this epidemic seems to have reached its peak in terms of attack sophistication, the evolution of these perpetrating programs is underway and ransom Trojans keep…

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The State of Enterprise Endpoint Security in 2017

Duo Security has analyzed the security state of 4.6 million endpoint devices including 3.5 million mobile phones. The devices have been taken from various industries and world regions which makes the analysis quite comprehensive and indicative. The study was based…

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The EternalBlue Exploit Deployed to Deliver Backdoor.Nitol, Gh0st RAT

The now-infamous EternalBlue exploit deployed in the WannaCry ransomware outbreak and in the distribution of the Adylkuzz miner is now being used to deliver the Nitol backdoor and Gh0st RAT. Both threats have been around for several years and are…

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Gmail Anti-Phishing Features Improved to Detect Attempts Early

Several new security features and improvements of old ones have been introduced to Gmail. The reason is to improve the protection against phishing emails which have been a real menace to users, distributing malware and ransomware of the worst kind.…

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RoughTed Malvertising Campaign Defeats Ad-Blockers

RoughTed is a large-scale malvertising campaign which saw a peak in March this year but has been active for at least over a year. Both Windows and Mac operating systems are targeted, as well as iOS and Android. The operation…

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CVE-2017-1000367, Severe Root Vulnerability in Linux Sudo

CVE-2017-1000367 is a severe root Linux vulnerability discovered by Qualys Security researchers. The flaw resides in Sudo’s “get_process_ttyname()” function for Linux and could allow a user with Sudo privileges to run commands as root or elevate privileges to root. Sudo,…

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