RLSA-2020:4690 Moderate: qt5-qtbase and qt5-qtwebsockets security and bug fix update

Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The qt5-base packages contain base tools for string, xml, and network handling in Qt. Security Fixes: qt: XML entity expansion vulnerability CVE-2015-9541 qt5-qtwebsockets: websocket implementation allows only limited size for frames and...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qt5-qtbase on SL7.x x86_64 (20201001)

Security Fixes : - qt: files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution CVE-2020-0569 - qt: files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution CVE-2020-0570 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Brute force attacks increase due to more open RDP ports

While leaving your back door open while you are working from home may be something you do without giving it a second thought, having unnecessary ports open on your computer is a security risk that is sometimes underestimated. Thats because an open port can be subject to brute force attacks. What...

India Witnessed Spike in Cyber Attacks Amidst Covid-19 - Here's Why?

The COVID-19 outreach is turning out to be not only health, social, and economic hazard but also a cybersecurity crisis. The pandemic has presented new challenges for businesses in the areas of remote collaboration and business continuity. With increased remote working for better business...

BEC Attacks: Nigeria No Longer the Epicenter as Losses Top $26B

A study of more than 9,000 instances of business email compromise BEC attacks all over the world shows that the number has skyrocketed over the past year, and that the social-engineering scam has expanded well beyond its historic roots in Nigeria. The report from Agari’s Cyber Intelligence Divisi...

Ransomware Attackers Buy Network Access in Cyberattack Shortcut

For prices between $300 and $10,000, ransomware groups have the opportunity to easily buy initial network access to already-compromised companies on underground forums. Researchers warn this opportunity gives groups like Maze or Sodinokibi the ability to more easily kickstart ransomware attacks...

Remote Code Execution (RCE)

Qt is vulnerable to remote code execution. Files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution CVE-2020-0569...

qt: files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution

Out of bounds write in IntelR PROSet/Wireless WiFi products on Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access...

Ransom from Home – How to close the cyber front door to remote working ransomware attacks

Coronavirus has caused a major shift to our working patterns. In many cases these will long outlast the pandemic. But working from home has its own risks. One is that you may invite ransomware attacks from a new breed of cyber-criminal who has previously confined his efforts to directly targeting...

1H 2020 Cyber Security Defined by Covid-19 Pandemic

When we published our 2020 Predictions report in December, we didn’t realize there was a global pandemic brewing that would give cybercriminals an almost daily news cycle to take advantage of in their attacks against people and organizations around the world. Malicious actors have always taken...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15167

In Miller command line utility using the configuration file support introduced in version 5.9.0, it is possible for an attacker to cause Miller to run arbitrary code by placing a malicious .mlrrc file in the working directory. See linked GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. A fix is rea...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15167

In Miller command line utility using the configuration file support introduced in version 5.9.0, it is possible for an attacker to cause Miller to run arbitrary code by placing a malicious .mlrrc file in the working directory. See linked GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. A fix is rea...

Akamai, CISA, and CIS Join Forces to Improve SLTT Cyber Defenses

Cybercriminals continue to target U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial SLTT government organizations. In 2019, there were more than 100 ransomware attacks -- including an attack on Baltimore's IT systems that locked out thousands of computers and disrupted nearly every city service. This...

How to Write a Cybersecurity Playbook During a Pandemic

If it feels like you’re constantly revising the draft of your cybersecurity playbook these days, it’s because you probably are. Executing a thorough cybersecurity approach was hard enough before the pandemic. Then COVID-19 came along and forced all of your employees out of the office and into the...

Google Fixes High-Severity Chrome Browser Code Execution Bug

The Google Chrome web browser has a high-severity vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code, researchers say. The flaw has been fixed in the Chrome 85 stable channel, set to be rolled out to users this week. The flaw CVE-2020-6492 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the WebGL We...

Microsoft Out-of-Band Security Update Fixes Windows Remote Access Flaws

Microsoft has released an out-of-band security update addressing two high-severity elevation-of-privilege EoP bugs. Both flaws exist in a service called Windows Remote Access, which provides remote-access capabilities to client applications on computers running Windows. Of note, both flaws were...

The Challenges and Opportunities of Working Remotely

Security has faced its own unique set of challenges during the shift to remote working. Ian Keller, CSO of SBV Services, recently sat down with Trend Micro and shared his thoughts on how his organization is coping with the current pandemic...

Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-48271)

Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Server are both products of Microsoft Corporation.Microsoft Windows is an operating system for personal devices.Microsoft Windows Server is a server operating system. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows...

Top Tips For Home Cybersecurity And Privacy In A Coronavirus-Impacted World (Part 1)

Welcome to the new normal. We’re all now living in a post-COVID-19 world characterized by uncertainty, mass home working and remote learning. The lines demarcating normal life have shifted abruptly – perhaps never to return. That’s not the worst that can happen, as we all know, but it does mean w...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : java-11-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2020:2143-1)

This update for java-11-openjdk fixes the following issues : Update to upstream tag jdk-11.0.8+10 July 2020 CPU, bsc1174157 - Security fixes : + JDK-8230613: Better ASCII conversions + JDK-8231800: Better listing of arrays + JDK-8232014: Expand DTD support + JDK-8233234: Better Zip Naming +...