Hackers used VPN flaws to access US govt elections support systems
Government-backed hackers have compromised and gained access to US elections support systems by chaining together VPN vulnerabilities and the recent Windows CVE-2020-1472 security flaw. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-used-vpn-flaws-to-access-us-govt-elections-support-systems/
Government-backed hackers have compromised and gained access to US elections support systems by chaining together VPN vulnerabilities and the recent Windows CVE-2020-1472 security flaw. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-used-vpn-flaws-to-access-us-govt-elections-support-systems/
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Hackers used VPN flaws to access US govt elections support systems
Government-backed hackers have compromised and gained access to US elections support systems by chaining together VPN vulnerabilities and the recent Windows CVE-2020-1472 security flaw.
QBot uses Windows Defender Antivirus lure to infect computers
The Qbot botnet uses a new template for the distribution of their malware that uses a fake Windows Defender Antivirus theme to trick you into enabling Excel macros. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qbot-uses-windows-defender-antivirus-lure-to-infect-computers/
The Qbot botnet uses a new template for the distribution of their malware that uses a fake Windows Defender Antivirus theme to trick you into enabling Excel macros. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qbot-uses-windows-defender-antivirus-lure-to-infect-computers/
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QBot uses Windows Defender Antivirus lure to infect computers
The Qbot botnet uses a new template for the distribution of their malware that uses a fake Windows Defender Antivirus theme to trick you into enabling Excel macros.
Windows Update can be abused to execute malicious files
The Windows Update client has just been added to the list of living-off-the-land binaries (LoLBins) attackers can use to execute malicious code on Windows systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-update-can-be-abused-to-execute-malicious-files/
The Windows Update client has just been added to the list of living-off-the-land binaries (LoLBins) attackers can use to execute malicious code on Windows systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-update-can-be-abused-to-execute-malicious-files/
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Windows Update can be abused to execute malicious programs
The Windows Update client has just been added to the list of living-off-the-land binaries (LoLBins) attackers can use to execute malicious code on Windows systems.
Amazon Prime 2020: Early deals on Amazon devices and electronics
Amazon Prime Day kicks off tomorrow, October 13th, at midnight PST, but it's possible to grab some early deals on Alexa and Ring devices, as well as other electronics. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/amazon-prime-2020-early-deals-on-amazon-devices-and-electronics/
Amazon Prime Day kicks off tomorrow, October 13th, at midnight PST, but it's possible to grab some early deals on Alexa and Ring devices, as well as other electronics. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/amazon-prime-2020-early-deals-on-amazon-devices-and-electronics/
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Amazon Prime 2020: Early deals on Amazon devices and electronics
Amazon Prime Day kicks off tomorrow, October 13th, at midnight PST, but it's possible to grab some early deals on Alexa and Ring devices, as well as other electronics.
London Borough of Hackney suffers ‘serious’ cyberattack
The city council systems for the London Borough of Hackney have been hit with a 'serious' cyberattack that impacts many of their services and IT systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/london-borough-of-hackney-suffers-serious-cyberattack/
The city council systems for the London Borough of Hackney have been hit with a 'serious' cyberattack that impacts many of their services and IT systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/london-borough-of-hackney-suffers-serious-cyberattack/
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London Borough of Hackney suffers ‘serious’ cyberattack
The city council systems for the London Borough of Hackney have been hit with a 'serious' cyberattack that impacts many of their services and IT systems.
Mozilla releases Firefox 81.0.2 to fix Twitter errors
Mozilla released Firefox 81.0.2 today, October 13th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android with a fix for a known issue preventing Twitter's website from loading. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-releases-firefox-8102-to-fix-twitter-errors/
Mozilla released Firefox 81.0.2 today, October 13th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android with a fix for a known issue preventing Twitter's website from loading. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-releases-firefox-8102-to-fix-twitter-errors/
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Mozilla releases Firefox 81.0.2 to fix Twitter errors
Mozilla released Firefox 81.0.2 today, October 13th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android with a fix for a known issue preventing Twitter's website from loading.
Adobe fixes critical security vulnerability in Flash Player
Adobe has released a security update for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that could be exploited by simply visiting a website. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adobe-fixes-critical-security-vulnerability-in-flash-player/
Adobe has released a security update for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that could be exploited by simply visiting a website. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adobe-fixes-critical-security-vulnerability-in-flash-player/
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Adobe fixes critical security vulnerability in Flash Player
Adobe has released a security update for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that could be exploited by simply visiting a website.
Norway says Russian hackers were behind August Parliament attack
Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide today said that Russia is behind the August 2020 cyber-attack on the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget). [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/norway-says-russian-hackers-were-behind-august-parliament-attack/
Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide today said that Russia is behind the August 2020 cyber-attack on the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget). [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/norway-says-russian-hackers-were-behind-august-parliament-attack/
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Norway says Russian hackers were behind August Parliament attack
Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide today said that Russia is behind the August 2020 cyber-attack on the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget).
International law firm Seyfarth discloses ransomware attack
International law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced on Monday that it was the victim of a ransomware attack over the weekend. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/international-law-firm-seyfarth-discloses-ransomware-attack/
International law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced on Monday that it was the victim of a ransomware attack over the weekend. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/international-law-firm-seyfarth-discloses-ransomware-attack/
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International law firm Seyfarth discloses ransomware attack
International law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced on Monday that it was the victim of a ransomware attack over the weekend.
Windows 10 now warns when apps are configured to run at startup
Microsoft has recently added a new automated alert in the latest Windows 10 builds to let users know when an app registers itself to automatically launch after system startup. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-now-warns-when-apps-are-configured-to-run-at-startup/
Microsoft has recently added a new automated alert in the latest Windows 10 builds to let users know when an app registers itself to automatically launch after system startup. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-now-warns-when-apps-are-configured-to-run-at-startup/
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Windows 10 now warns when apps are configured to run at startup
Microsoft has recently added a new automated alert in the latest Windows 10 builds to let users know when an app registers itself to automatically launch after system startup.
Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4579311 & KB4577671 Released
Today is the second Tuesday of October 2020 and the first batch of security updates or 'B' updates are now available for all supported versions of Windows 10. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-cumulative-updates-kb4579311-and-kb4577671-released/
Today is the second Tuesday of October 2020 and the first batch of security updates or 'B' updates are now available for all supported versions of Windows 10. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-cumulative-updates-kb4579311-and-kb4577671-released/
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Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4579311 & KB4577671 Released
Today is the second Tuesday of October 2020 and the first batch of security updates or 'B' updates are now available for all supported versions of Windows 10.
Microsoft October Patch Tuesday fixes 87 bugs, six publicly disclosed
Today is Microsoft's October 2020 Patch Tuesday, and your Windows administrators will be pulling their hair out as they install new updates and try to fix bugs that pop up. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-october-patch-tuesday-fixes-87-bugs-six-publicly-disclosed/
Today is Microsoft's October 2020 Patch Tuesday, and your Windows administrators will be pulling their hair out as they install new updates and try to fix bugs that pop up. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-october-patch-tuesday-fixes-87-bugs-six-publicly-disclosed/
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Microsoft October 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 87 security bugs
Today is Microsoft's October 2020 Patch Tuesday, and your Windows administrators will be pulling their hair out as they install new updates and try to fix bugs that pop up.
Windows 10 now blocks some third-party drivers from installing
Microsoft says that Windows 10 and Windows Server users will be blocked from installing incorrectly formatted third-party drivers after deploying this month's cumulative updates. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-now-blocks-some-third-party-drivers-from-installing/
Microsoft says that Windows 10 and Windows Server users will be blocked from installing incorrectly formatted third-party drivers after deploying this month's cumulative updates. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-now-blocks-some-third-party-drivers-from-installing/
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Windows 10 now blocks some third-party drivers from installing
Microsoft says that Windows 10 and Windows Server users will be blocked from installing incorrectly formatted third-party drivers after deploying this month's cumulative updates.
Intel’s Ice Lake Xeon processors get new security features
Intel today revealed data security and privacy upgrades that will be introduced to the upcoming 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors code-named Ice Lake and built to power data center platforms. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intel-s-ice-lake-xeon-processors-get-new-security-features/
Intel today revealed data security and privacy upgrades that will be introduced to the upcoming 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors code-named Ice Lake and built to power data center platforms. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intel-s-ice-lake-xeon-processors-get-new-security-features/
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Intel’s Ice Lake Xeon processors get new security features
Intel today revealed data security and privacy upgrades that will be introduced to the upcoming 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors code-named Ice Lake and built to power data center platforms.
US Cyber Command: Patch Windows 'Bad Neighbor' TCP/IP bug now
US Cyber Command warns Microsoft customers to patch their systems immediately against the critical and remotely exploitable CVE-2020-16898 vulnerability addressed during this month's Patch Tuesday. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-cyber-command-patch-windows-bad-neighbor-tcp-ip-bug-now/
US Cyber Command warns Microsoft customers to patch their systems immediately against the critical and remotely exploitable CVE-2020-16898 vulnerability addressed during this month's Patch Tuesday. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-cyber-command-patch-windows-bad-neighbor-tcp-ip-bug-now/
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US Cyber Command: Patch Windows 'Bad Neighbor' TCP/IP bug now
US Cyber Command warns Microsoft customers to patch their systems immediately against the critical and remotely exploitable CVE-2020-16898 vulnerability addressed during this month's Patch Tuesday.
FIN11 hackers jump into the ransomware money-making scheme
FIN11, a financially-motivated hacker group with a history starting since at least 2016, has adapted malicious email campaigns to transition to ransomware as the main monetization method. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fin11-hackers-jump-into-the-ransomware-money-making-scheme/
FIN11, a financially-motivated hacker group with a history starting since at least 2016, has adapted malicious email campaigns to transition to ransomware as the main monetization method. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fin11-hackers-jump-into-the-ransomware-money-making-scheme/
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FIN11 hackers jump into the ransomware money-making scheme
FIN11, a financially-motivated hacker group with a history starting since at least 2016, has adapted malicious email campaigns to transition to ransomware as the main monetization method.
Microsoft fixes Windows certificate spoofing bug abusing CAT files
Microsoft's October 2020 Patch Tuesday fixed 87 security bugs, one of which is an "Important" Windows Spoofing Vulnerability that abuses CAT files. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-fixes-windows-certificate-spoofing-bug-abusing-cat-files/
Microsoft's October 2020 Patch Tuesday fixed 87 security bugs, one of which is an "Important" Windows Spoofing Vulnerability that abuses CAT files. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-fixes-windows-certificate-spoofing-bug-abusing-cat-files/
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Microsoft fixes Windows certificate spoofing bug abusing CAT files
Microsoft's October 2020 Patch Tuesday fixed 87 security bugs, one of which is an "Important" Windows Spoofing Vulnerability that abuses CAT files.
Microsoft fixes critical Outlook bug exploitable via preview pane
The highlight of this month's Microsoft Office security updates is without a doubt CVE-2020-16947, a remote code execution vulnerability that leads to remote code execution when previewing or opening maliciously crafted emails with a vulnerable Microsoft Outlook version. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-fixes-critical-outlook-bug-exploitable-via-preview-pane/
The highlight of this month's Microsoft Office security updates is without a doubt CVE-2020-16947, a remote code execution vulnerability that leads to remote code execution when previewing or opening maliciously crafted emails with a vulnerable Microsoft Outlook version. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-fixes-critical-outlook-bug-exploitable-via-preview-pane/
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Microsoft fixes critical Outlook bug exploitable via preview pane
The highlight of this month's Microsoft Office security updates is without a doubt CVE-2020-16947, a remote code execution vulnerability that leads to remote code execution when previewing or opening maliciously crafted emails with a vulnerable Microsoft…
Zoom rolls out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) next week
Zoom estimates that the next E2EE rollout phase will start in 2021, adding Single sign-on (SSO) integration and better identity management [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zoom-rolls-out-end-to-end-encryption-e2ee-next-week/
Zoom estimates that the next E2EE rollout phase will start in 2021, adding Single sign-on (SSO) integration and better identity management [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zoom-rolls-out-end-to-end-encryption-e2ee-next-week/
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Zoom rolls out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) next week
Zoom estimates that the next E2EE rollout phase will start in 2021, adding Single sign-on (SSO) integration and better identity management
Microsoft is forcibly installing Office PWAs in Windows 10
Microsoft is performing a test where they are installing a suite of Office progressive web apps in Windows 10 without asking permission from the user. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-forcibly-installing-office-pwas-in-windows-10/
Microsoft is performing a test where they are installing a suite of Office progressive web apps in Windows 10 without asking permission from the user. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-forcibly-installing-office-pwas-in-windows-10/
Online Proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
The online proctoring service ProctorTrack has disabled access to their service after its parent company was hacked. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/online-proctor-service-proctortrack-disables-service-after-hack/
The online proctoring service ProctorTrack has disabled access to their service after its parent company was hacked. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/online-proctor-service-proctortrack-disables-service-after-hack/
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Online proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
The online proctoring service ProctorTrack has disabled access to their service after its parent company was hacked.