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🕴 California's Prop. 24 Splits Privacy Advocates 🕴

Critics worry that the curatives in Prop. 24 are worse than the disease of privacy-rights violations.

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via "Dark Reading".
CVE-2020-9861

A stack overflow issue existed in Swift for Linux. The issue was addressed with improved input validation for dealing with deeply nested malicious JSON input.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-16001

Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-15973

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass same origin policy via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-16007

Insufficient data validation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a local attacker to potentially elevate privilege via a crafted filesystem.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-15987

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted WebRTC stream.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-16010

Heap buffer overflow in UI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 86.0.4240.185 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
CVE-2020-6557

Inappropriate implementation in networking in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via a crafted HTML page.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
🕴 6 Cybersecurity Lessons From 2020 🕴

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed new weaknesses in enterprise cybersecurity preparedness.

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via "Dark Reading".
Oracle Rushes Emergency Fix for Critical WebLogic Server Flaw

The remote code-execution flaw (CVE-2020-14750) is low-complexity and requires no user interaction to exploit.

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via "Threat Post".
🦿 It's an urgent plea this Election Day: Don't click on ransomware disguised as political ads 🦿

Remote work and social media have made it easier for businesses to be impacted by security breaches. Here's why, and how organizations can protect themselves.

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via "Tech Republic".
🕴 Reworking the Taxonomy for Richer Risk Assessments 🕴

By accommodating unique requirements and conditions at different sites, security pros can dig deeper get a clearer sense of organizational risk.

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via "Dark Reading".
CVE-2020-4649

IBM Planning Analytics Local 2.0.9.2 and IBM Planning Analytics Workspace 57 could expose data to non-privleged users by not invalidating TM1Web user sessions. IBM X-Force ID: 186022.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
Media Comms Giant Says Ransomware Hit Will Cost Millions

Aussie firm Isentia said "remediation and foregone revenue" could total $8.5 million AUS or more.

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via "Threat Post".
🕴 9 Cyber Disaster-Recovery Planning Tips for a Disaster-Prone Time 🕴

This year has been the ultimate test of business resilience, and if anything has become clear, it's this: Security pros need to get to work and overhaul their playbooks in preparation for multilayered attacks.

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via "Dark Reading".
Two Chrome Browser Updates Plugs Holes Actively Targeted by Exploits

Patches for both the Chrome desktop and Android browser address high-severity flaws with known exploits available in the wild.

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via "Threat Post".
🔏 What is SOC 2? 🔏

SOC 2 is a set of compliance requirements for companies that use cloud-based storage of customer data. Learn about the basics of SOC 2 and best practices in this week's Data Protection 101!

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via "Digital Guardian".
🕴 Oracle Issues Out-of-Band Update for Remote-Access Vulnerability 🕴

The exploit could give an attacker complete control of vulnerable WebLogic servers.

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via "Dark Reading".
34M Records from 17 Companies Up for Sale in Cybercrime Forum

A diverse set of companies, including an adaptive-learning platform in Brazil, an online grocery service in Singapore and a cold-brew coffee-maker company, are caught up in the large data trove.

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via "Threat Post".
🕴 Neustar Agrees to Buy Verisign's Public DNS Service 🕴

The address space for Verisign Public DNS will be incorporated into Neustar's UltraDNS Public service following the acquisition.

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via "Dark Reading".
APT Groups Finding Success with Mix of Old and New Tools

The APT threat landscape is a mixed bag of tried-and-true tactics and cutting-edge techniques, largely supercharged by geo-politics, a report finds.

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via "Threat Post".