Cyber Security News of the Week, January 29, 2017

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Update
WordPress 4.7.2 Update Fixes XSS, SQL Injection Bugs: Developers with WordPress fixed three security issues this week, including a cross-site scripting and a SQL injection vulnerability, with the latest version of the CMS. ThreatPost, January 27, 2017
Cyber Warning
Remote attackers can force Samsung Galaxy devices into never-ending reboot loop: A single SMS can force Samsung Galaxy devices into a crash and reboot loop, and leave the owner with no other option than to reset it to factory settings and lose all data stored on it.

Cyber Security News of the Week, January 22, 2017

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
You’ve probably never heard of this creepy genealogy site. But it knows a lot about you: Early Tuesday morning, Anna Brittain got a text from her sister: Did she know about Familytreenow.com? The relatively unknown site, which presents itself as a free genealogy resource, seemed to know an awful lot about her.

Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, January 8, 2017

Important Security Updates
KeePass: KeePass has released version 1.32 of its open source password manager. Updates are available from the KeePass website.
Current Software Versions
Adobe Flash 24.0.0.186

Adobe Reader DC 2015.020.20039

Dropbox 16.4.30 [Citadel warns against relying on security of Dropbox or other cloud-based file exchange systems.

Cyber Security News of the Week, January 8, 2017

Individuals at Risk
Cyber Privacy
People Are Praising Pope Francis for Taking Cybersecurity Very Seriously: He has 10.2 million followers on Twitter, opened an Instagram account last year, has met with tech executives, sold his old iPad for a good price, and addressed mankind’s pervasive use of gadgets in his teachings.