Overview On October 16, local time (early morning on October 17, Beijing time), Oracle officially released the October (third quarter) Critical Patch Update (CPU), which fixes a July (second quarter) CPU patch. The WebLogic remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-2893) has not been fully fixed. The newly fixed vulnerability is assigned...
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Oracle October 2018 Critical Patch Update for All Product Families Threat Alert
Overview On October 16, 2018, local time, Oracle released its quarterly security advisory of the Critical Patch Update (CPU) for the third quarter. The CPU fixes 301 vulnerabilities of varying severity levels across the product families. For details about affected products and available patches, see the appendix. (more…)
Crypto Mining, DDoS Attacks On The Rise – Report
BlockTribune - NSFOCUS, a hybrid security solution company, today released its H1 Cybersecurity Insights report, which highlights the observations of the NSFOCUS Threat Intelligence center, a security research organization created by NSFOCUS for implementing an intelligent security 2.0 strategy and improving the cybersecurity ecosystem. NSFOCUS analyzed traffic from January 1,...
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The Cyber Wire - McAfee researchers report finding a hitherto unremarked "data reconnaissance implant" that's targeting Korean speakers. They're calling it "Oceansalt," an homage to the earlier Seasalt implant that the old Chinese Comment Crew used back in 2010. Indeed, Oceansalt reuses code from Seasalt. The Comment Crew, also known...
Google security official on election threats, spearphishing
POLITICO - GOOGLE EMAIL SECURITY GURU SPEAKS — MC recently caught up with Mark Risher, director of product management at Google with an emphasis on security and privacy. A few highlights: — Election security threats are broader than one country or one group of people, Risher said. “One of the...
New Report from NSFOCUS Analyzes 27 Million Attacks in H1 Cybersecurity Insights Report
SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 18, 2018 – NSFOCUS, a leader in holistic hybrid security solutions, today released its H1 Cybersecurity Insights report, which highlights the observations of the NSFOCUS Threat Intelligence center, a security research organization created by NSFOCUS for implementing an intelligent security 2.0 strategy and improving the cybersecurity...
