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Scathing Federal Report Rips Microsoft for Shoddy Security, Insincerity in Response to Chinese Hack Associated Press
Cyber Safety Review Board, said “a cascade of errors” by Microsoft let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials. The post Scathing Federal Report Rips Microsoft for Shoddy Security, Insincerity in Response to Chinese Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Google Chrome Beta Tests New DBSC Protection Against Cookie-Stealing Attacks [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Google on Tuesday said it’s piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware. The prototype – currently tested against “some” Google Account users running Chrome Beta – is built with an aim to make it an open web standard, the tech…
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Critical Vulnerability Found in LayerSlider Plugin Installed on a Million WordPress Sites Ionut Arghire
A critical SQL injection vulnerability in the LayerSlider WordPress plugin allows attackers to extract sensitive information. The post Critical Vulnerability Found in LayerSlider Plugin Installed on a Million WordPress Sites appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Missouri County Hit by Ransomware Ionut Arghire
Jackson County, Missouri, discloses ‘significant disruptions’ to IT systems, says ransomware attack likely at fault. The post Missouri County Hit by Ransomware appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Attack Surface Management vs. Vulnerability Management [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Attack surface management (ASM) and vulnerability management (VM) are often confused, and while they overlap, they’re not the same. The main difference between attack surface management and vulnerability management is in their scope: vulnerability management checks a list of known assets, while attack surface management assumes you have unknown assets and so begins with discovery.…
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Cyber Safety Review Board slams Microsoft security failures
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Google Patches Chrome Flaw That Earned Hackers $42,500 at Pwn2Own Ionut Arghire
Google pushes a new Chrome update to patch another zero-day vulnerability demonstrated at a hacking contest. The post Google Patches Chrome Flaw That Earned Hackers $42,500 at Pwn2Own appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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XZ Utils Backdoor Attack Brings Another Similar Incident to Light Eduard Kovacs
The discovery of the XZ Utils backdoor reminds an F-Droid developer of a similar incident that occurred a few years ago. The post XZ Utils Backdoor Attack Brings Another Similar Incident to Light appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities Ionut Arghire
Google patches 28 vulnerabilities in Android and 25 bugs in Pixel devices, including two flaws exploited in the wild. The post Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. Read More
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Mispadu Trojan Targets Europe, Thousands of Credentials Compromised [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The banking trojan known as Mispadu has expanded its focus beyond Latin America (LATAM) and Spanish-speaking individuals to target users in Italy, Poland, and Sweden. Targets of the ongoing campaign include entities spanning finance, services, motor vehicle manufacturing, law firms, and commercial facilities, according to Morphisec. “Despite the geographic expansion, Mexico remains theRead More