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  • February 15, 2023

Update Now: Microsoft Releases Patches for 3 Actively Exploited Windows Vulnerabilities

Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates to address 75 flaws spanning its product portfolio, three of which have come under active exploitation in the wild. The updates are in addition to 22 flaws the Windows maker patched in its Chromium-based Edge browser over the past month. Of the 75 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 66 are rated Important […]

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Oakland City Services Struggle to Recover From Ransomware Attack

Fire emergency, 911 services functioning, along with Oakland financial systems, city says.

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Check Point’s annual cybersecurity event spotlights power of AI

The company showcased dozens of new security tools and services to detect and prevent malware, phishing, ransomware and other attacks, but AI took center stage. The post Check Point’s annual cybersecurity event spotlights power of AI appeared first on TechRepublic.

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  • February 14, 2023

9 Scammers Busted for 5M Euro Phishing Fraud Ring

The network is alleged to have operated 100 bank accounts and stolen millions from American people and companies.

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  • February 14, 2023

Dark Web Revenue Down Dramatically After Hydra’s Demise

Competitor markets working to replace Hydra’s money-laundering services for cybercriminals.

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  • February 14, 2023

A Safer AWS Organizations Management Role

ACM.156 Altering the AWS Organizations default management role to reduce risk Continue reading on Cloud Security »

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  • February 14, 2023

Patch Now: Apple’s iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari Under Attack with New Zero-Day Flaw

Apple on Monday rolled out security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-23529, the issue relates to a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine that could be activated when processing maliciously crafted web content, culminating in arbitrary code execution. The […]

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Is a Blockchain Thingy

I had no idea—until I read this incredibly jargon-filled article: Squid is a cross-chain liquidity and messaging router that swaps across multiple chains and their native DEXs via axlUSDC. So there. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my […]

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  • February 13, 2023

CISA Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting Fortra MFT, TerraMaster NAS, and Intel Driver Flaws

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active abuse in the wild. Included among the three is CVE-2022-24990, a bug affecting TerraMaster network-attached storage (TNAS) devices that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution with the highest privileges. Details

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