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VMware Patches Multiple Security Issues in Workstation

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May

2017

VMware fixed two bugs in its VMware Workstation late Thursday night, including an insecure library loading vulnerability and a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Jann Horn, a security researcher for Google Project Zero who’s previously uncovered bugs in Xen’s hypervisor and the Linux kernel, found the library loading vulnerability in VMware’s Workstation Pro/Player product.

Category Vulnerabilities Written by Threatpost 0 Comments

Bell Canada hacked; 1.9 million customer records stolen

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May

2017

Data belonging to 1.9 million customers was stolen from Bell Canada in a massive security breach, announced the country’s largest telecom company earlier this week. The compromised information consists of email addresses, names and telephone numbers, including 1,700 active numbers.

Category Hacker Security Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

NSA Brute-Force Keysearch Machine

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May

2017

The Intercept published a story about a dedicated NSA brute-force keysearch machine being built with the help of New York University and IBM. It’s based on a document that was accidentally shared on the Internet by NYU. The article is frustratingly short on details.

Category Security Tech Written by Schneier 0 Comments

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