Marriott’s Starwood hotels data breach
Marriott Hotels issued a statement that a breach at its subsidiary Starwood Hotels reservation system exposed personal data on nearly 500 million customers.
DNSpionage campaign threat
Cisco's Talos security group has discovered a new cyber campaign dubbed "DNSpionage" that targets organizations in the Middle East. The cyber attacks have impacted .gov domains in Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),…
Data leaks at ElasticSearch and Atrium Health
Two notable data loss incidents were reported on Wednesday, to include ElasticSearch data leak and Atrium Health data breach.
Samba security updates
Samba has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities.
Worm uses removable drives to install BLADABINDI backdoor
Last week, a worm was used to spread via removable drives and install a fileless version of the BLADABINDIbackdoor. BLADABINDI is notable as a remote access tool (RAT) used for multiple backdoor…
Germany Publishes New Broadband Router Security Guidelines
The German government Federal Office for Information Security published technical security guidelines for broadband routers commonly used in Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) environments. The new guideline provides recommendations to manufacturers on designing and implementing routing products with "adequate state-of-the -art security features."
VMware Workstation and Fusion security updates
VMware issued a critical update for Workstation and Fusion products.
Amazon “technical error” leads to customer email leak
Amazon has been sending out emails to some of their customers notifying them of a "technical error" that led to the leaking of their email.
VMware security updates for VDP (VMSA-2018-0029)
VMware issued security updates for vSphere Data Protection (VDP) to address multiple security vulnerabilities, one of them rated critical.
Adobe Flash Player security update (APSB18-44)
Adobe has released a security update (APSB18-44) for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS.