SUSE SLES12 Security Update : php7 (SUSE-SU-2017:0899-1)

This update for php7 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed : - CVE-2015-8994: code permission/sensitive data protection vulnerability bsc1027210. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has...

The vulnerability of the QRadar Advisor security analysis tool, related to insufficient data protection, allows attackers to disclose protected information.

The vulnerability of the QRadar Advisor with Watson analytical security analysis tool is related to insufficient data protection. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to disclose protected information...

Human Rights by Design

Good essay: "Advancing Human-Rights-By-Design In The Dual-Use Technology Industry," by Jonathon Penney, Sarah McKune, Lex Gill, and Ronald J. Deibert: But businesses can do far more than these basic measures. They could adopt a "human-rights-by-design" principle whereby they commit to designing...

The vulnerability of the IOBit Advanced SystemCare optimization tool, related to insufficient data protection, allows a hacker to disclose protected information.

The vulnerability of the IOBit Advanced SystemCare optimization tool is related to insufficient data protection. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a hacker to disclose protected information...

Amazon sent 1,700 audio recordings of Alexa user to a stranger

By Waqas An Amazon customer in Germany under the European Union data protection law called GDPR General Data Protection Regulation requested the company to send all the data it stored on him but little did he know he was about to get his hands on a trove of 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger...

The challenges of adopting a consistent cybersecurity framework in the insurance industry

As hacking events have increased in number and severity, we in the cybersecurity community have united around common strategies that all organizations can implement to reduce their risk. Universal best practices provide organizations with many useful tools to protect their businesses. But what...

IBM Security Guardium Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

IBM Security Guardium is a suite of platforms from IBM in the United States that provide data protection capabilities. The platform includes features such as custom UI, report management and streamlined audit process building. A security vulnerability exists in IBM Security Guardium that stems fr...

Twitter Draws Data Privacy Concerns with Two New Bugs

Two recently-patched flaws in Twitter’s platform have reignited concerns about user data-privacy issues. On Monday, the social-media giant revealed a hole that accidentally enabled bad actors to pull the country codes of accounts’ phone numbers – and revealed that several IP addresses located in...

App Security and PCI; Are you ready for the audit?

As most people know, merchants, financial institutions and anybody else who is involved in processing credit cards are subject to the PCI DSS compliance to reduce fraud and cybersecurity risks. This affects both brick-n-mortar stores and banks as well as card-not-present CNP transactions that...

Data scraping treasure trove found in the wild

We bring word of yet more data exposure, in the form of “nonsensitive” data scraping to the tune of 66m records across 3 large databases. The information was apparently scraped from various sources and left to gather dust, for anyone lucky enough to stumble upon it. What is data scraping? The...

CISO series: Strengthen your organizational immune system with cybersecurity hygiene

One of the things I love about my job is the time I get to spend with security professionals, learning firsthand about the challenges of managing security strategy and implementation day to day. There are certain themes that come up over and over in these conversations. My colleague Ken Malcolmso...

CVE-2018-15773

Dell Encryption (formerly Dell Data Protection/Encryption) versions 10.1.0 and earlier contain an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious user with physical access could access the unencrypted RegBack folder containing backups of sensitive system files. The impact is confidentiality los...

CVE-2018-15773 Dell Encryption Enterprise \ Dell Data Protection Encryption Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Dell Encryption formerly Dell Data Protection | Encryption v10.1.0 and earlier contain an information disclosure vulnerability. A malicious user with physical access to the machine could potentially exploit this vulnerability to access the unencrypted RegBack folder that contains back-ups of...

A week in security (November 26 – December 2)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at our cybersecurity predictions for 2019, we explained why Malwarebytes participated in AV testing and how we took part in an joint take down of massive ad fraud botnets, warned that ESTA registration websites still lurk in paid ads on Google,...

What the Marriott Breach Says About Security

We don't yet know the root causes that forced Marriott this week to disclose a four-year-long breach involving the personal and financial information of 500 million guests of its Starwood hotel properties. But anytime we see such a colossal intrusion go undetected for so long, the ultimate cause ...

VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.0.x < 6.0.9 / 6.1.x < 6.1.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0029)

The version of VMware vSphere Data Protection installed on the remote host is 6.0.x 6.0.9 and 6.1.x 6.1.10. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities: - A remote command execution vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and...

Knuddels Flirt App Slapped with Hefty Fine After Data Breach

Germany has slapped a popular in-region dating, flirting and chat service with a €20,000 fine or around $22,667, after a hack affected more than 1.8 million accounts this summer. The Baden-Württemberg Data Protection Authority announced last week it had issued the fine, which is the country’s fir...

CVE-2018-11066

Dell EMC Avamar Client Manager in Dell EMC Avamar Server versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 18.1 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance IDPA versions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 contain a Remote Code Execution vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could...

Information disclosure

Dell EMC Avamar Server versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance IDPA 2.0 are affected by an information exposure vulnerability. Avamar Java management console's SSL/TLS private key may be leaked in the Avamar Java management client...

CVE-2018-11076

Dell EMC Avamar Server versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.4.0 and 7.4.1 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance IDPA 2.0 are affected by an information exposure vulnerability. Avamar Java management console's SSL/TLS private key may be leaked in the Avamar Java management client...