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Ubuntu Security Notice 6446-2 - Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain unusual packets from a paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Bien Pham discovered that the netfiler subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Ubuntu Security Notice 6441-2 - Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain unusual packets from a paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Kyle Zeng discovered that the networking stack implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate skb object size in certain conditions. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Hundreds of millions of users of Grammarly, Vidio, and the Indonesian e-commerce giant Bukalapak are at risk for financial fraud and credential theft due to OAuth misfires — and other online services likely have the same problems.
Though often viewed as the “crown jewel” of the US intelligence community, fresh reports of abuse by NSA employees and chaos in the US Congress put the tool's future in jeopardy.
Popular password management solution 1Password said it detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29 following the support system breach, but reiterated that no user data was accessed. "We immediately terminated the activity, investigated, and found no compromise of user data or other sensitive systems, either employee-facing or user-facing," Pedro Canahuati, 1Password CTO,
Categories: News Categories: Personal Categories: Privacy Tags: Google Tags: Chrome Tags: IP Protection Google plans to roll out its IP Protection feature for Chrome in phases. (Read more...) The post Google Chrome wants to hide your IP address appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Despite warnings that sending one-time passwords via text messages is a flawed security measure, companies continue to roll out the approach, especially in consumer-facing applications.
A spoofed version of an Israeli rocket-attack alerting app is targeting Android devices, in a campaign that shows how cyber-espionage attacks are shifting to individual, everyday citizens.
By Waqas The feature is called IP Protection, and it's important to note that it is not a VPN. A VPN encrypts all of a user's traffic, while IP Protection only masks their IP address. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google Chrome to Mask User IP Addresses to Protect Privacy
By Owais Sultan PCI DSS compliance in e-commerce safeguards cardholder data, fortifying trust in online transactions with robust security measures. Protecting… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: PCI DSS Compliance for E-commerce: Ensuring the Security of Cardholder Data