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⚠️ iPhones/iPads Mail app vulnerable

"The flaws could eventually let remote hackers secretly take complete control over Apple devices just by sending an email to any targeted individual with his email account logged-in to the vulnerable app."

Severity: 🔶 High
More Information: https://yt.gl/tjqz8

#alert #severityhigh #vulnerability #apple #mailapp

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⚠️Buffer overflow in sudo (linux utility) - ❗️ affects most distributions/versions - CVE-2021-3156
While a local user is required to exploit this vulnerability, even the account 'nobody' can exploit this vulnerability. An unprivileged user can gain root privileges on affected hosts!

Check if you are affected!
To check if you are affected, run sudoedit -s / as non-root user. If the response is sudoedit: your system is vulnerable.

The following "sudo" versions are vulnerable
* All legacy versions from 1.8.2 to 1.8.31p2
* All stable versions from 1.9.0 to 1.9.5p1

Severity: 🔸High

Additional information
https://yt.gl/sudobufferoverflow

#alert #severityHigh #vulnerability #linux #sudo

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⚠️ "Barcode Scanner" app on Android turned evil! Removed from playstore but not from your devices. It had over 10 million installs so there is a good chance that you know someone that has it. Please let them know.

App Name: Barcode Scanner
MD5: A922F91BAF324FA07B3C40846EBBFE30
Package Name: com.qrcodescanner.barcodescanner

Severity: 🔸High

Additional information
https://yt.gl/barcodeevil

#alert #severityHigh #maliciousupdate #barcodescanner #android

➡️ Please forward to your friends and family that could be using this app. Thanks for the report that was sent in.
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⚠️ Microsoft Exchange Server - GENERAL ADVISORY - UPDATE IMMEDIATELY!
Several new flaws (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065) have been reported and Microsoft issued an emergency fix. It is reported that the vulnerabilities are actively being exploited.

Affected: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, and Exchange Server 2019.

More Information (Advisory/Updates): https://yt.gl/exchangeexp

(severity: 🔶 very high)

#alert #vulnerability #severityhigh #exchange #CVE-2021-26855 #CVE-2021-26857 #CVE-2021-26858 #CVE-2021-27065.

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