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  • November 11, 2022

Microsoft Blames Russian Hackers for Prestige Ransomware Attacks on Ukraine and Poland

Microsoft on Thursday attributed the recent spate of ransomware incidents targeting transportation and logistics sectors in Ukraine and Poland to a threat cluster that shares overlaps with the Russian state-sponsored Sandworm group. The attacks, which were disclosed by the tech giant last month, involved a strain of previously undocumented malware called Prestige and is said to have taken […]

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  • November 11, 2022

CVE-2019-8561: A Hard-to-Banish PackageKit Framework Vulnerability in macOS

This blog entry details our investigation of CVE-2019-8561, a vulnerability that exists in the macOS PackageKit framework, a component used to install software installer packages (PKG files).

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  • November 10, 2022

Lacework releases cloud-native application security service

Cloud security vendor Lacework this week announced the availability of a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for its broader Polygraph Data Platform offering, providing an agentless, low-touch option for organizations looking to improve their application security posture. There are two main components to the CNAPP release, according to Lacework, both of which require only that […]

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  • November 10, 2022

S3 Ep108: You hid THREE BILLION dollars in a popcorn tin?

Patches, busts, leaks and why even low-likelihood exploits can be high-severity risks – listen now!

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  • November 10, 2022

Lawsuit Seeks Food Benefits Stolen By Skimmers

A nonprofit organization is suing the state of Massachusetts on behalf of thousands of low-income families who were collectively robbed of more than a $1 million in food assistance benefits by card skimming devices secretly installed at cash machines and grocery store checkout lanes across the state. Federal law bars states from replacing these benefits […]

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#IRISSCON: Police Officer Urges More Reporting and Engagement to Tackle Cybercrime

Ireland’s National Cyber Crime Bureau outlines cybercrime trends being observed in law enforcement

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New Lenovo Notebook Models Affected By UEFI Firmware Vulnerabilities

The flaws affect various Lenovo Yoga, IdeaPad and ThinkBook devices

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Qualys Security Conference 2022: Corralling horses in an expanding edge rodeo

It wasn’t a “Day of Anger” as Qualys used the final leg of its multi-city conference series to discuss the control of edge assets. The post Qualys Security Conference 2022: Corralling horses in an expanding edge rodeo appeared first on TechRepublic.

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  • November 10, 2022

Hacker Rewarded $70,000 for Finding Way to Bypass Google Pixel Phones’ Lock Screens

Google has resolved a high-severity security issue affecting all Pixel smartphones that could be trivially exploited to unlock the devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20465 and reported by security researcher David Schütz in June 2022, was remediated as part of the search giant’s monthly Android update for November 2022. “The issue allowed an attacker with physical access to bypass

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