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Microsoft slates end to security bulletins in February [iophk: "further obscuring"; Ed: See this]
Microsoft next month will stop issuing detailed security bulletins, which for nearly 20 years have provided individual users and IT professionals information about vulnerabilities and their patches.
One patching expert crossed his fingers that Microsoft would make good on its pledge to publish the same information when it switches to a new online database. "I'm on the fence right now," said Chris Goettl, product manager with patch management vendor Shavlik, of the demise of bulletins. "We'll have to see [the database] in February before we know how well Microsoft has done [keeping its promise]."
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Reflected XSS through AngularJS sandbox bypass causes password exposure of McDonald users
By abusing an insecure cryptographic storage vulnerability (link) and a reflected server cross-site-scripting vulnerability (link) it is possible to steal and decrypt the password from a McDonald's user. Besides that, other personal details like the user's name, address & contact details can be stolen too.
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DragonFlyBSD Installer Updated To Support UEFI System Setup
DragonFlyBSD has been working on its (U)EFI support and with the latest Git code its installer now has basic UEFI support.
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