Weekly Infosec News Brief 27 Jul-2 Aug

Critical Vulnerability in BIND DNS Service Creates Potential Threat of Major Internet Outages

A bug in the BIND DNS service was announced this week. The vulnerability (CVE-2015-5477) allows an attacker to use a vulnerable DNS server to launch crippling denial of service attacks against other systems. Patches are now available for most UNIX and Linux distributions. If your organization is running a UNIX or Linux DNS server, you should check to see if it vulnerable.
http://www.scmagazine.com/critical-bind-vulnerability-could-snuff-out-large-parts-of-internet/article/429843/
http://www.zdnet.com/article/remote-denial-of-service-vulnerability-exposes-bind-servers/


New Phishing Campaign Targets US and UK Businesses

A new phishing attack targeting US and UK businesses poses as an email delivering a voice mail message. The malicious attachment is in the form of a .LNK file, which is an unusual format for malicious phishing messages.
http://www.scmagazine.com/phishing-campaign-strikes-uk-and-us-companies/article/429720/


Android Devices Vulnerable to Exploit, Many Unpatched

A security researcher with security firm Zimperium disclosed an unusual new vulnerability that affects most Android devices. The vulnerability can affect most phones via a text message with a multi-media attachment even if the user never reads the message. Google has released a patch for the Android operating system, and has made it available for their Nexus 6 phone. However, phone makers will each need to release the patch for their own devices, and speculation is that many may never do so.
http://www.scmagazine.com/android-dos-bug-can-render-phones-unresponsive-nearly-unusable/article/429276/

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