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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5730 on: August 17, 2018, 01:47:42 PM »
23 security extensions removed from firefox: https://blocked.cdn.mozilla.net/96b2e7d5-d4e4-425e-b275-086dc7ccd6ad.html

Extensions were Web Security and also from the same group of developers Browser Security, Browser Privacy and Browser Safety, also YouTube MP3 Converter, Dirty Little Helpers & Video Downloader.

Extensions were blocked because they could send certain browser user data to remote servers, also remote code could be executed inside the browser.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5731 on: August 17, 2018, 02:18:10 PM »
Impact of the so-called foreshadowing flaw inside Intel processors.

What was not discussed is the impact of the foreshadowing bug for future developments for cryptocurrency:
https://www.coindesk.com/what-intels-foreshadow-flaw-means-for-the-future-of-cryptocurrency/

Moxie Marlinspike's MobilCoin project with SGX in a prominent role, now should be postponed for the time being.
That is a bad thing for an initiative that tries to create a more eco-friendly alternative to gigantic energy-consuming "mining".  SGX as  a new a new way of saving private keys now is put on hold for a while.

It is a good thing a fix for that particular flaw was ready by Intel a few months before the flaw was openly disclosed, but as the mitigation and patches are slow to be implemented overall, we still will be confronted with a vulnerable infrastructure for quite some time.

"Trusted hardware". We have to wait a while when we can talk about real "trusted hardware" again.
Root causes for such problems are big commerce with almost murderous processor competition.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5732 on: August 22, 2018, 11:54:24 AM »
Gaping Ghostscript hole let attackers perform commands remotely!
Re: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/2
Read: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928

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« Reply #5733 on: August 22, 2018, 11:59:44 AM »
Explorer (IE) vulnerability > CVE-2018-8373
https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/use-after-free-uaf-vulnerability-cve-2018-8373-in-vbscript-engine-affects-internet-explorer-to-run-shellcode/


" Internet Explorer 11 is not vulnerable since VBScript in Windows 10 Redstone 3 (RS3) has been effectively disabled by default."




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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5735 on: August 24, 2018, 06:03:39 PM »
Mirai-malware now also came to Android systems thanks to Aboriginal Linux:
https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/mirai-cross-platform-infection.

The ease of a cross-platform broad compilation software malware.
Not only comfort for developers, also for the sneaky cyber-malcreant.

All can be tested under QUEMU, so also a real testbed for the cyber-criminal.

Project: https://github.com/landley/aboriginal

Easy peasy mirai everywhere.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5736 on: August 25, 2018, 02:55:01 PM »
On JavaScript projects with a 1 in 2 vulnerablity score:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/22/npm_vulnerability_scanner/

Probably known from all I report via volunteer website security scanning and detected retirable jQuery code (also via SNYK)
and the JavaScript unpacker error reports I file there quite regularly.

JavaScript, it never became really secure since it came out first time in the previous century.

Block it using a combination of uMatrix and uBlock Origin or any other 3rd party script blocker (NoScrip[t) etc.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5738 on: August 26, 2018, 03:22:56 PM »
Security updates available for Adobe Photoshop CC | APSB18-28
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb18-28.html
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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5739 on: August 28, 2018, 03:22:21 PM »
New gaping zero-day hole in Windows 10
Read: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/906424

Wait for the patch scheduled for the coming next patch round

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Work around for the time being is: As the implementation is open source, so one can block this leak with:

icacls c:\windows\tasks /remove:g "Authenticated Users"
icacls c:\windows\tasks /deny system:(OI)(CI)(WD,WDAC)

Warning, this will block system rights to write unto your tasks and removes authenticated user rights in the tasks folder. This could possibly affect the functioning of planned tasks. In a short test everything worked still fine.
Info credits for this temp. fix go to Tweaker.net's Karsten88

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5740 on: August 31, 2018, 04:13:50 PM »
PHP-based content management software is a continuous risk to use on websites like magento, WordPress etc.
Not everybody will fully patch, update, upgrade or configurate it properly, putting not only themselves but also others at risk.
"PEBKAC" mainly.

MagentoCore skimmer malware threats many Magento webshops:  
Approx. 7300 webshops hacked so far!
Read:
https://gwillem.gitlab.io/2018/08/30/magentocore.net_skimmer_most_aggressive_to_date/
Also here: https://twitter.com/gwillem/status/1035119660277096448

So scan your shop's CMS at https://www.magereport.com/

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5741 on: September 06, 2018, 01:45:32 PM »
390.000 websites vulnerable world-wide according to the Vladimir Smitka scan:
https://lynt.cz/blog/global-scan-exposed-git

Hand your website code to a hacker and he/she can get at sensitive data all sorts
or what is secure code to-day may be vulnerable and hackable code to-morrow.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5744 on: September 07, 2018, 06:47:20 PM »
Theft of Customer Data at British Airways
http://www.iairgroup.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=240949&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=2366426
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/incident/data-theft/latest-information

A lot in the papers and the news in the UK about this today.  They are already talking about financial penalties, something like a few million or 4% of turnover, whichever is higher and that could be as much as a few £billion. 

Now would be the question where does this financial penalty go ?
I rather doubt it would go towards and fraudulent use of those customers card information, etc.  They may well be able to try and get recovery from the banks for fraudulent use, but why should the banks be held liable or responsible.
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