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Adobe, Apple, Google & Microsoft Patch 0-Day Bugs

September 12, 2023 admin adobe, apple, automox, cve-2023-26369, cve-2023-36761, cve-2023-36802, cve-2023-38148, cve-2023-41064, google, ios 16.16.1, lockdown mode, microsoft, microsoft patch tuesday september 2023, Microsoft Word, Time to Patch, tom bowyer

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:36:01 +0000

Microsoft today issued software updates to fix at least five dozen security holes in Windows and supported software, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited. Also, Adobe, Google Chrome and Apple iOS users may have their own zero-day patching to do.

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ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability

November 6, 2019 admin access act, apple pages, big tech, Center for Democracy and Technology, Competition, Congress, data interoperability, data portability, Data Privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, ello, European Union, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, google, google docs, instagram, interoperability, LinkedIn, mark zuckerberg, Mastodon, messenger, Microsoft Word, portability, privacy, Senate, the access act, Twitter, us congress, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, user privacy, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy?

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A week in security (September 30 – October 6)

October 7, 2019 admin a week in security, Adwind RAT, APT, cobalt, consumer behavior study, daas, disinformation-as-a-service, domestic violence awareness month, ghostcat-3pc, google alert, Hyas, insikt group, magecart group 4, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, national cyber security centre, national cybersecurity awareness month, ncsam, ncsc, odt, opendocument text, ransomware, robocall, scams in ads, security orchestration, security research labs, simjacking, sms-based attacks, srlabs, stalkerware, the media trust, vpn vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 15:43:53 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of September 30 – October 6, including National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Magecart, and more.

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A new Equation Editor exploit goes commercial, as maldoc attacks using it spike

July 18, 2019 admin CVE-2018-0798, doc, Equation Editor, exploit, maldoc, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, PDF, RTF, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:00:18 +0000

Weaponized RTF documents adopt CVE-2018-0798, another Equation Editor vulnerability<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ltjXsAajVFc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Flurry of new Mac malware drops in December

December 11, 2018 admin backdoors, Mac, mac malware, macros, Microsoft Word, Social engineering, Threat analysis, Word

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Multiple new pieces of Mac malware have appeared in December, all distributed through different means, but all opening backdoors on infected computers.

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State Govts. Warned of Malware-Laden CD Sent Via Snail Mail from China

July 27, 2018 admin Krebs's 3 Basic Rules for Online Safety, Latest Warnings, Microsoft Word, MS-ISAC, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, snail mail phishing, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:45:09 +0000

Here’s a timely reminder that email isn’t the only vector for phishing attacks: Several U.S. state and local government agencies have reported receiving strange letters via snail mail that include malware-laden compact discs (CDs) apparently sent from China, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. This particular ruse, while crude and simplistic, preys on the curiosity of recipients who may be enticed into popping the CD into a computer. According to a non-public alert sent by the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the scam arrives in a Chinese postmarked envelope and includes a “confusingly worded typed letter with occasional Chinese characters.”

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Hackers Breached Virginia Bank Twice in Eight Months, Stole $2.4M

July 24, 2018 admin ATM fraud, C&E rider, Charisse Castagnoli, data breaches, Everest National Insurance Company, First Data, Foregenix, John Marshall Law School, Microsoft Word, National Bank of Blacksburg, Navigator, STAR Network, Verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:38:12 +0000

Hackers used phishing emails to break into a Virginia bank in two separate cyber intrusions over an eight-month period, making off with more than $2.4 million total. Now the financial institution is suing its cybersecurity insurance provider for refusing to fully cover the losses.

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