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UK gov keeps repeating its voter registration website is NOT a scam

Every year local government bodies or councils across Britain contact residents, asking them to update their voter details on the electoral register if these have changed. To do so, residents are asked to visit HouseholdResponse.com, a domain that looks anything but official and has often confused people, who mistake it for a scam. [...]
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Ford says cars with WiFi vulnerability still safe to drive

Ford is warning of a buffer overflow vulnerability in its SYNC3 infotainment system used in many Ford and Lincoln vehicles, which could allow remote code execution, but says that vehicle driving safety isn't impacted. [...]
Ford says cars with WiFi vulnerability still safe to drive

Ford is warning of a buffer overflow vulnerability in its SYNC3 infotainment system used in many Ford and Lincoln vehicles, which could allow remote code execution, but says that vehicle driving safety isn't impacted. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ford-says-cars-with-wifi-vulnerability-still-safe-to-drive/
UK gov keeps repeating its voter registration website is NOT a scam

Every year local government bodies or councils across Britain contact residents, asking them to update their voter details on the electoral register if these have changed. To do so, residents are asked to visit HouseholdResponse.com, a domain that looks anything but official and has often confused people, who mistake it for a scam. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-gov-keeps-repeating-its-voter-registration-website-is-not-a-scam/
MaginotDNS attacks exploit weak checks for DNS cache poisoning

A team of researchers from UC Irvine and Tsinghua University has developed a new powerful cache poisoning attack named 'MaginotDNS,' that targets Conditional DNS (CDNS) resolvers and can compromise entire TLDs top-level domains. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/maginotdns-attacks-exploit-weak-checks-for-dns-cache-poisoning/
Criminal IP Teams Up with PolySwarm to Strengthen Threat Detection

The addition of Criminal IP as a new contributor to PolySwarm's malicious URL detection represents a significant leap in specialized threat identification. Learn more from Criminal IP about this new collaboration. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/criminal-ip-teams-up-with-polyswarm-to-strengthen-threat-detection/
Monti ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers with new Linux locker

The Monti ransomware has returned to action after a two-month hiatus, now targeting primarily legal and government organizations, and VMware ESXi servers using a new Linux variant that is vastly different from its predecessors. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/monti-ransomware-targets-vmware-esxi-servers-with-new-linux-locker/