Security update for phpMyAdmin (moderate)

This update for phpMyAdmin to version 4.8.3 addresses multiple issues. Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-15605: vulnerability in the file import feature allowed cross-site scripting via importing a specially-crafted file PMASA-2018-5, boo1105726 This update also contains a number of upstream bug...

Operation AppleJeus: Lazarus hits cryptocurrency exchange with fake installer and macOS malware

Overview Lazarus has been a major threat actor in the APT arena for several years. Alongside goals like cyberespionage and cybersabotage, the attacker has been targeting banks and other financial companies around the globe. Over the last few months, Lazarus has successfully compromised several...

CVE-2018-10932

lldptool version 1.0.1 and older can print a raw, unsanitized attacker controlled buffer when mngAddr information is displayed. This may allow an attacker to inject shell control characters into the buffer and impact the behavior of the terminal...

Grammarly: `socket` command allows sending data over WebSockets to arbitrary origins from Grammarly Extension

Summary 1. Attacker could trigger Grammarly extension's socket command using a crafted page to perform WS connectionand data sending from extension's background page with cookies and origin to any URL. 2. Additionally, commands received from the attacker's server are handled by extension and coul...

CVE-2018-8339

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior, aka "Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Window...

Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior. A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then...

PVS XDSW retain template disks

AllowXendesktop Setup Wizard XDSW created targets, to be created with disks as configured in the template. Background: PVS 7.x XDSW introduced new functionality to allow setting write cache size for the new target devices about to be created. XDSW will create the cache disk, and it will be...

Measuring the Rationality of Security Decisions

Interesting research: "Dancing Pigs or Externalities? Measuring the Rationality of Security Decisions": Abstract: Accurately modeling human decision-making in security is critical to thinking about when, why, and how to recommend that users adopt certain secure behaviors. In this work, we conduct...

Facebook Removes 17 Profiles Involved in Political Meddling

Facebook Tuesday said that it has removed 32 pages from its platform involved in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The action comes months before the November midterm elections – and at a time when all eyes are on Facebook to see how it protects against potential campaigns attempting to sway...

Introducing: Malwarebytes Browser Extension

Are you tired of all the unwanted content the world wide web offers up, whether you like it or not? It is our privilege to introduce you to the Malwarebytes Browser Extension BETA. Or, better said, the Malwarebytes Browser Extensions, because we have one for Firefox and one for Chrome. Introducti...

New strain of Mac malware Proton found after two years

Last week, Kaspersky reported on a new variant of the Mac malware Proton, which they have dubbed Calisto, that has been around for at least two years. Calisto is thoroughly dead at this point, but there are still potential security implications involved with these older infections. Proton was fir...

Drupal, Phishing and A New Cryptomining Botnet

It’s a well-known fact that security solutions must quickly adapt to new attack methods. There are several ways to achieve this goal, regularly applying security patches and updates, relying on threat intelligence and more. At Imperva, we use pattern anomaly detection as one of the tools to...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.300.2 - Revert 'RDS: don't commit to queue till transport connection is up' Santosh Shilimkar Orabug: 27619034 - KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in writemmio Wanpeng Li Orabug: 27951293 CVE-2017-17741 CVE-2017-17741 - kernel/exit.c: avoid undefined behaviour when calling wait4...

Design/Logic Flaw

Sensu, Inc. Sensu Core version Before version 1.4.2-3 contains a Insecure Permissions vulnerability in Sensu Core on Windows platforms that can result in Unprivileged users may execute code in context of Sensu service account. This attack appear to be exploitable via Unprivileged user may place a...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.17.1 - block: update integrity interval after queue limits change Ritika Srivastava Orabug: 27586756 - dccp: check sk for closed state in dccpsendmsg Alexey Kodanev Orabug: 28001529 CVE-2017-8824 CVE-2018-1130 - net/rds: Implement ARP flushing correctly Hakon Bugge Orabug: 28219857 -...

CVE-2018-5892

The Touch Pal application can collect user behavior data without awareness by the user in Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear...

CVE-2018-5892

The Touch Pal application can collect user behavior data without awareness by the user in Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear...

Excerpts from Modern Bank Heists – Data Gathering

Carbon Black recently published a report on how to gather data to improve the security posture of your enterprise. For more information about how Cb Defense, Carbon Black's NGAV + EDR solution, helps enterprises address their endpoint security challenges, check out our weekly Cb Defense Live Demo...

Internet Safety Month: How to manage your child’s online presence

When you hear the term "reputation risk management," you might think of a buzzword used in the business sector. Reputation risk management is a term used to describe how companies identify potential risks that may harm their reputation and mitigate them before they blow off. As companies grow, so...

Microsoft Windows: Event Log behavior when log file reaches its max size (Security)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winsecurityretention.nasl 10989 2018-08-15 14:57:51Z emoss $ Check value for Control Event Log behavior when the log file reaches its maximum size Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...