IT threat evolution Q1 2018. Statistics

Q1 figures According to KSN: Kaspersky Lab solutions blocked 796,806,112 attacks launched from online resources located in 194 countries across the globe. 282,807,433 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components. Attempted infections by malware designed to steal money via...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mariadb-10.0.35-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

Nigerian BEC Scammers Growing Smarter, More Dangerous

Nigerian business email compromise scams are growing more dangerous and sophisticated as cybercriminals add new tools and techniques to their arsenal such as remote access trojans RATs and advanced information stealers, researchers found. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said in a report released...

OPC UA security analysis

This paper discusses our project that involved searching for vulnerabilities in implementations of the OPC UA protocol. In publishing this material, we hope to draw the attention of vendors that develop software for industrial automation systems and the industrial internet of things to problems...

[slackware-security] wget

New wget packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/wget-1.19.5-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a security issue where a malicious web server could...

Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls

By Waqas Kaspersky Lab has discovered a brand new cyber-spying campaign targeting This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-52.7.4esr-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

FreeBSD : chromium -- vulnerability (36ff7a74-47b1-11e8-a7d6-54e1ad544088)

Google Chrome Releases reports : 62 security fixes in this release : - 826626 Critical CVE-2018-6085: Use after free in Disk Cache. Reported by Ned Williamson on 2018-03-28 - 827492 Critical CVE-2018-6086: Use after free in Disk Cache. Reported by Ned Williamson on 2018-03-30 - 813876 High...

WSO2 Identity Server 5.3.0 Cross Site Scripting

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Multiple Stored XSS Vulnerabilities product: WSO2 Carbon, WSO2 Dashboard Server vulnerable version: WSO2 Identity Server 5.3.0 fixed version: WSO2 Identity Server 5.5.0 C...

Energetic Bear/Crouching Yeti: attacks on servers

Energetic Bear/Crouching Yeti is a widely known APT group active since at least 2010. The group tends to attack different companies with a strong focus on the energy and industrial sectors. Companies attacked by Energetic Bear/Crouching Yeti are geographically distributed worldwide with a more...

Podcast: How Millions of Apps Leak Private Data

SAN FRANCISCO – Threatpost’s Tom Spring talked to Roman Unuchek, senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab, about new research on leaky apps made public this week. Unuchek released his research at the RSA conference this week, revealing that millions of apps leak personal identifiable information –...

Roaming Mantis uses DNS hijacking to infect Android smartphones

In March 2018, Japanese media reported the hijacking of DNS settings on routers located in Japan, redirecting users to malicious IP addresses. The redirection led to the installation of Trojanized applications named facebook.apk and chrome.apk that contained Android Trojan-Banker. According to ou...

Lenovo Help Mobile App Transmits Information Over HTTP - US

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-20475 Potential Impact: Exposure of user-identifiable information Severity: High Scope of Impact: Lenovo-specific CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-3776 Summary Description: The Lenovo Help Android app assists users with support for Lenovo devices. This requires transmitting...

Operation Parliament, who is doing what?

Summary Kaspersky Lab has been tracking a series of attacks utilizing unknown malware since early 2017. The attacks appear to be geopolitically motivated and target high profile organizations. The objective of the attacks is clearly espionage – they involve gaining access to top legislative,...

Mind-Reader Headset Transfers Your Thoughts On Screen with 90% Accuracy

By Carolina MIT Media Lab researchers call it AlterEgo headset. Though it sounds This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Mind-Reader Headset Transfers Your Thoughts On Screen with 90% Accuracy...

KYOCERA Net Admin 3.4 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

Summary KYOCERA Net Admin is Kyocera's unified device management software that uses a web-based platform to give network administrators easy and uncomplicated control to handle a fleet for up to 10,000 devices. Tasks that used to require multiple programs or walking to each printer can now be...

KYOCERA Multi-Set Template Editor 3.4 Out-Of-Band XML External Entity Injection

Summary KYOCERA Net Admin is Kyocera's unified device management software that uses a web-based platform to give network administrators easy and uncomplicated control to handle a fleet for up to 10,000 devices. Tasks that used to require multiple programs or walking to each printer can now be...

Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions From Chrome Web Store

In an effort to prevent cryptojacking by extensions that maliciously mine digital currencies without users' awareness, Google has implemented a new Web Store policy that bans any Chrome extension submitted to the Web Store that mines cryptocurrency. Over the past few months, we have seen a sudden...

SharpLynx v9.2.3 Insecure File Permissions

Summary Back Office Software for Sharp POS Terminals. Catering for the needs of retail and hospitality businesses, SharpLynx has been developed as a modular software solution with options from simple program management and sales analysis through to multi-location stock control. Description...

VideoFlow Digital Video Protection DVP 10 Authenticated Directory Traversal

Summary VideoFlow's Digital Video Protection DVP product is used by leading companies worldwide to boost the reliability of IP networks, including the public Internet, for professional live broadcast. DVP enables broadcast companies to confidently contribute and distribute live video over IP with...