Security update for libetpan (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libetpan Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1454-1 Rating: moderate References: 1174579 Cross-References: CVE-2020-15953 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for libetpa...

Security update for claws-mail (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for claws-mail Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1192-1 Rating: moderate References: 1174457 Cross-References: CVE-2020-15917 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This updat...

Unprecedented Levels of Ransom DDoS Extortion Attacks

The FBI has released a flash warning that thousands of organizations around the world, and across multiple industries, have been threatened with DDoS attacks unless they pay a bitcoin ransom. This ransom DDoS, or RDoS, threat was covered by Akamai's Security Intelligence Response Team SIRT in a...

GHSA-4FQG-89CC-5PV5 Malicious Package in sj-labc

All versions of sj-labc contain malicious code. The package downloads and runs a script that opens a reverse shell in the system. Recommendation Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

The FBI Botched Its DNC Hack Warning in 2016—but Says It Won’t Next Time

Facing looming election threats and a ransomware epidemic, the bureau says it has revamped its process for warning hacking victims...

Missing person scams: what to watch out for

Social media has a long history of people asking for help or giving advice to other users. One common feature is the ubiquitous “missing person” post. You’ve almost certainly seen one, and may well have amplified such a Facebook post, or Tweet, or even blog. The sheer reach and virality of social...

A week in security (August 17 – 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare cybersecurity, dug into some pandemic stats in terms of how workforces coped with going remote, and served up a crash course on malware detection. Our most recent Lock and Code podcast explored the safety of parenta...

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1192-1 Security update for claws-mail

This update for claws-mail fixes the following issues: - Update to 3.17.6: It is now possible to 'Inherit Folder properties and processing rules from parent folder' when creating new folders with the move message and copy message dialogues. A Phishing warning is now shown when copying a phishing...

Improper Check for Certificate Revocation (FG-IR-19-144)

The remote host is affected by an improper check for certificate revocation vulnerability. Certificates taken out of service could potentially be improperly re-used. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid139546; scriptversion"1.2";...

Xiamen SiXin Communication Technology Co., Ltd. warning platform with SQL injection vulnerability

Xiamen Sihsin Communication Technology Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise, Fujian Province Science and Technology Innovation Small Giant leading enterprise, Internet of Things IoT platform enterprise, IoT technology expert, IoT communication equipment and solution provider. Xiamen Sihon...

Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-61588)

Microsoft Edge is a web browser from the American company Microsoft that comes with systems after Windows 10. A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge based on Chromium, which stems from the program failing to prompt a warning message to the user when downloading a DLL file. The...

openSUSE Security Update : claws-mail (openSUSE-2020-1139)

This update for claws-mail fixes the following issues : - Update to 3.17.6 : - It is now possible to 'Inherit Folder properties and processing rules from parent folder' when creating new folders with the move message and copy message dialogues. - A Phishing warning is now shown when copying a...

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1139-1 Security update for claws-mail

This update for claws-mail fixes the following issues: - Update to 3.17.6: It is now possible to 'Inherit Folder properties and processing rules from parent folder' when creating new folders with the move message and copy message dialogues. A Phishing warning is now shown when copying a phishing...

Security update for claws-mail (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for claws-mail Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1139-1 Rating: moderate References: 1174457 Cross-References: CVE-2020-15917 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for...

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Trustpoint Configuration Defaults

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense FTD Software can be configured for certificate authentication in remote access VPN deployments. An external researcher has identified several misconfigured Cisco ASA and FTD Software remote access devices where the...

ark -- directory traversal

KDE Project Security Advisory reports: KDE Project Security Advisory Title: Ark: maliciously crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory. Risk Rating: Important CVE: CVE-2020-16116 Versions: ark Date: 30 July 2020 Overview A maliciously crafted archive with "../" in the fil...

openSUSE Security Update : ntp (openSUSE-2020-934)

This update for ntp fixes the following issues : ntp was updated to 4.2.8p15 - CVE-2020-11868: Fixed an issue which a server mode packet with spoofed source address frequently send to the client ntpd could have caused denial of service bsc1169740. - CVE-2018-8956: Fixed an issue which could have...

openSUSE Security Update : ntp (openSUSE-2020-1007)

This update for ntp fixes the following issues : ntp was updated to 4.2.8p15 - CVE-2020-11868: Fixed an issue which a server mode packet with spoofed source address frequently send to the client ntpd could have caused denial of service bsc1169740. - CVE-2018-8956: Fixed an issue which could have...

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge Chromium-based when DLL files are allowed to download without prompting additional warning to the user. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could drop the DLL files on the users Download folder or equivalent an...

Rocket.Chat: Insecure use of shell.openExternal() in Rocket.Chat Desktop App leading to RCE

Summary: The Rocket.Chat Desktop app passes the links users click on to Electron's shell.openExternal function which can lead to remote code execution. Description: The filtering on the URLs passed to shell.openExternal is insufficient. An attacker can craft and send a link that when clicked will...