‘Shellshock’ bug may affect as many as 500 million machines
If you run any linux (including MacOS) – be on the lookout for a patch or patches for the command “bash” – and apply them immediately. Even if you’re behind a firewall – if you have a single infected machine (even windows), the bots these criminals will load can be configured to go and hunt for vulnerable machines inside your network… it only takes ONE machine with an unrelated infection on your network.
‘Deadly serious’ new vulnerability found
The unix command BASH was found to have a critical bug which may allow a remote user to run commands on an affected server – potential to hit 500M servers.
Adobe issues update to fix critical issues in Acrobat + Reader
Adobe issues updates for both Adobe Acrobat + Adobe Reader – fixing critical issues in the commonly used software: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-20.html Users should manually check for updates by choosing Help > Check for Updates....Nearly 5 Million GMail accounts leaked, but not so bad as you might think…
thenextweb.com and other sources are reporting the close to 5 million gmail accounts were leaked through a Russian Bitcoin forum.