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How sad – this looks like a fine excuse to avoid video conferences for a while Google has issued an unexpected update to its Chrome browser to address a zero-day WebRTC flaw that is actively being exploited.…
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Keep boxes updated and protected to avoid a NAS-ty shock QNAP is warning users about another wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks against its network-attached storage (NAS) devices – and urged customers to update their devices' QTS or QuTS hero operating systems to the latest versions.…
Dark Reading
Work across the organization and take practical steps to ease user stress — prioritize user productivity by offering the right tools to avoid shadow IT and cultivate a transparent security culture. Remember the security team, too, and automate as many processes as possible.
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MIT CSAIL boffins devise PACMAN attack to let existing exploits avoid pointer authentication Apple's M1 chip has been found to contain a hardware vulnerability that can be abused to disable one of its defense mechanisms against memory corruption exploits, giving such attacks a greater chance of success.…
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Albeit to avoid US sanctions hitting it in the wallet The Russian-based Evil Corp is jumping from one malware strain to another in hopes of evading sanctions placed on it by the US government in 2019.…
Krebs on Secuity
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal prosecutors pursue cybercrime cases. The new guidelines state that prosecutors should avoid charging security researchers who operate in “good faith” when finding and reporting vulnerabilities. But legal experts continue to advise researchers to proceed with caution, noting the new guidelines can’t be used as a defense in court, nor are they any kind of shield against civil prosecution.
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QNAP is urging customers of its NAS products to update QTS and avoid exposing the devices to the Internet.
Krebs on Secuity
Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.
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Infosec outfit says group avoided detection by hiding payloads in undocumented Windows logs Infosec outfit Cybereason says it's discovered a multi-year – and very successful – Chinese effort to steal intellectual property.…
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The cybercriminals trash files larger than 2MB, forever losing them to the void Ransomware groups in recent years have ramped up the threats against victims to incentivize them to pay the ransom in return for their stolen and encrypted data. But a new crew is essentially destroying files larger than 2MB, so data in those files is lost even if the ransom is paid.…