Handler on Duty: Guy Bruneau
Threat Level: green
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ISC StormCast for Thursday, September 24th 2015
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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Semiannual Software Security Advisory
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep15.html
Apple iOS 9.0.1 Release (currently no security content posted, but if any is included, it should be listed at the URL below)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
Partial iOS 9 Lock Screen Bypass
https://twitter.com/presentservices/status/646730290790969344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Over 4,000 Apps Affected by XCodeGhost
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/executive-perspective/2015/09/protecting_our_custo.html
Kaspersky Patches Security Vulnerabilities in AV product
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/kaspersky-mo-unpackers-mo-problems.html
OPM Breach Update: 5.6 Million Fingerprints Stolen
https://www.opm.gov/news/releases/2015/09/cyber-statement-923/
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep15.html
Apple iOS 9.0.1 Release (currently no security content posted, but if any is included, it should be listed at the URL below)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
Partial iOS 9 Lock Screen Bypass
https://twitter.com/presentservices/status/646730290790969344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Over 4,000 Apps Affected by XCodeGhost
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/executive-perspective/2015/09/protecting_our_custo.html
Kaspersky Patches Security Vulnerabilities in AV product
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/kaspersky-mo-unpackers-mo-problems.html
OPM Breach Update: 5.6 Million Fingerprints Stolen
https://www.opm.gov/news/releases/2015/09/cyber-statement-923/
Discussion
The lockscreen bypass was obviously a backdoor implanted on purpose, as no real code could accidentally cause such behaviour. It is strange how people continue trusting closed hardware and software produced in the US. Quoting Linus Torvald's father to Microsoft: "You have bug-backdoors".
Posted by Enos on Wed Sep 30 2015, 05:55
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