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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5956 on: August 06, 2019, 10:27:18 PM »

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5957 on: August 07, 2019, 12:06:50 AM »
El Paso and Dayton Tragedy-Related Scams and Malware Campaigns
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/08/06/el-paso-and-dayton-tragedy-related-scams-and-malware-campaigns
Since these tragedies are being used to raise funds for political purposes, why not exploit them to make money.
That's unfortunately the world we live in today. Where is my Commodore Vic 20 ???
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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5958 on: August 07, 2019, 11:02:42 AM »
An issue with your settings choices related to ads on Twitter
https://help.twitter.com/en/ads-settings
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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5959 on: August 11, 2019, 07:19:49 PM »
29 VPN services in the hands of 6 China-Based Organizations: :
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/29-vpn-services-owned-by-six/
....a lot of these VPN apps harvest your personal data.

The top 97 VPN services are owned by just only 23 parent companies,

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5961 on: August 13, 2019, 06:42:37 PM »
Back-to-Back Campaigns: Neko, Mirai, and Bashlite Malware Variants Use Various Exploits to Target Several Routers, Devices
https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/back-to-back-campaigns-neko-mirai-and-bashlite-malware-variants-use-various-exploits-to-target-several-routers-devices/

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5962 on: August 14, 2019, 01:25:03 PM »
Google guru shows how WinXP-era text code grants total control
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/13/windows_notepad_flaw/



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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
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« Reply #5965 on: August 21, 2019, 08:27:49 AM »
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - August 2019
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4841
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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5967 on: August 21, 2019, 06:19:09 PM »
One down,1000 more to go.
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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #5968 on: August 29, 2019, 06:05:08 PM »
Almost everyday now new insecurity detected with plug-ins on the PHP driven WordPress CMS.
Please folks update, patch, disable user enumeration and set directory listing to disabled.
Use some from of validation like CSP (Content Security Policy header),
also scan for SQL and DOM-XSS vulnerabilities in the plug-in code.


Read: 1.5 million users could be affected: https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/wordpress-plugin-sql-injection-vulnerability.html
also: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2019/08/malicious-wordpress-redirect-campaign-attacking-several-plugins/

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« Reply #5969 on: August 29, 2019, 08:15:14 PM »
List of affected WP plug-ins:

Voor wie niet verder wil zoeken, het gaat om dit lijstje:

WordPress.AJDGSolutions.AdRotate.SQL.Injection
WordPress.Adenion.Blog2Social.SQL.Injection
WordPress.Icegram.EmailSubscribers.SQL.Injection
WordPress.WPEverest.EverestForms.SQL.Injection
WordPress.FolioVision.FlowplayerVideoPlayer.SQL.Injection
WordPress.Impress.Give.SQL.Injection
WordPress.Imagely.NextGENGallery.SQL.Injection
WordPress.10Web.PhotoGallery.SQL.Injection
WordPress.Sygnoos.PopupBuilder.SQL.Injection

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