PCI DSS compliance: why it’s important and how to adhere

PCI DSS is short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Every party involved in accepting credit card payments is expected to comply with the PCI DSS. The PCI Standard is mandated by the card brands, but administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council PCI SSC. The...

Revamped Qbot Trojan Packs New Punch: Hijacks Email Threads

Attacks attributed to the Qbot trojan, known as the “Swiss Army knife” of malware, are on the uptick with a reported 100,000 recent infections, according to researchers. Qbot, an ever-evolving information-stealing trojan that’s been around since 2008, has shifted tactics again and adopted a bevy ...

Nasty malware duo pre-installed on thousands of cheap Android phones

By Zara Khan The pre-installed Triada and xhelper malware have so far carried out a total of 19.2 million suspicious transactions. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nasty malware duo pre-installed on thousands of cheap Android phones...

Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU - Jan 2020 - CVE-2020-2601 affects IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions-Robotic Response Time

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 ,version 8, that is used by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions - Robotic Response Time. CVE-2020-2601 was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2020. Vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU - Jan 2002 - CVE-2020-2654 affects IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions-Robotic Response Time

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 ,version 8, that is used by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions - Robotic Response Time. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2020. Vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU - Jan 2020 -CVE-2020-2590 affects IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions-Robotic Response Time

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 ,version 8, that is used by IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions - Robotic Response Time. CVE-2020-2590 was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2020. Vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: A vulneraqbility in SQLite affects IBM Cloud Application Performance Managment R esponse Time Monitoring Agent (CVE-2020-9327)

Summary In SQLite 3.31.1, isAuxiliaryVtabOperator allows attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and segmentation fault because of generated column optimizations. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-9327 DESCRIPTION: SQLite is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer...

Security Bulletin: Addressing the Sqlite Vulnerability CVE-2020-11656, CVE-2020-11655

Summary IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager ITCAM for Transactions - Transaction Tracking has addressed the following SQLite vulnerability: Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-11656 DESCRIPTION: SQLite could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a use-after-fre...

Bitcoin wxBitcoin/bitcoind Integer Overflow Vulnerability

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in Bitcoin wxBitcoin and bitcoind versions prior to 0.3.11. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass economic restrictions and create many bitcoins via specially crafted Bitcoin transactions...

Bitcoin wxBitcoin/bitcoind Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in Bitcoin wxBitcoin and bitcoind versions prior to 0.3.13, which stems from bitcoins that do not properly process the associated bitcoin transaction with a zero-point confirmation. A remote attacker could exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial of service a large numbe...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for python2-ecdsa (EulerOS-SA-2020-1711)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Bank Card "Master Key" Stolen

South Africa's Postbank experienced a catastrophic security failure. The bank's master PIN key was stolen, forcing it to cancel and replace 12 million bank cards. The breach resulted from the printing of the bank's encrypted master key in plain, unencrypted digital language at the Postbank's old...

PYSEC-2020-47

In Indy Node 1.12.2, there is an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability. Indy Node has a bug in TAA handling code. The current primary can be crashed with a malformed transaction from a client, which leads to a view change. Repeated rapid view changes have the potential of bringing down...

U.S. Secret Service: “Massive Fraud” Against State Unemployment Insurance Programs

A well-organized Nigerian crime ring is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by committing large-scale fraud against multiple state unemployment insurance programs, with potential losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new alert issued by the U.S. Secret Service. A memo seen by...

CVE-2020-11072

In SLP Validate npm package slp-validate before version 1.2.1, users could experience false-negative validation outcomes for MINT transaction operations. A poorly implemented SLP wallet could allow spending of the affected tokens which would result in the destruction of a user's minting baton. Th...

CVE-2020-11071

SLPJS npm package slpjs before version 0.27.2, has a vulnerability where users could experience false-negative validation outcomes for MINT transaction operations. A poorly implemented SLP wallet could allow spending of the affected tokens which would result in the destruction of a user's minting...

GHSA-4W97-57V2-3W44 False-negative validation results in MINT transactions with invalid baton

Impact Users could experience false-negative validation outcomes for MINT transaction operations. A poorly implemented SLP wallet could allow spending of the affected tokens which would result in the destruction of a user's minting baton. Patches npm package slp-validate has been patched and...

False-negative validation results in MINT transactions with invalid baton

Impact Users could experience false-negative validation outcomes for MINT transaction operations. A poorly implemented SLP wallet could allow spending of the affected tokens which would result in the destruction of a user's minting baton. Patches npm package slp-validate has been patched and...

CVE-2020-11072 False-negative validation results in MINT transactions with invalid baton

In SLP Validate npm package slp-validate before version 1.2.1, users could experience false-negative validation outcomes for MINT transaction operations. A poorly implemented SLP wallet could allow spending of the affected tokens which would result in the destruction of a user's minting baton. Th...

GHSA-JC83-CPF9-Q7C6 False-negative validation results in MINT transactions with invalid baton

Impact Users could experience false-negative validation outcomes for MINT transaction operations. A poorly implemented SLP wallet could allow spending of the affected tokens which would result in the destruction of a user's minting baton. Patches npm package slpjs has been patched and published a...