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  • November 9, 2022

Install Latest Windows Update ASAP! Patches Issued for 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Microsoft’s latest round of monthly security updates has been released with fixes for 68 vulnerabilities spanning its software portfolio, including patches for six actively exploited zero-days. 12 of the issues are rated Critical, two are rated High, and 55 are rated Important in severity. This also includes the weaknesses that were closed out by OpenSSL the previous week. Also […]

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  • November 9, 2022

Patch Tuesday, November 2022 Election Edition

Let’s face it: Having “2022 election” in the headline above is probably the only reason anyone might read this story today. Still, while most of us here in the United States are anxiously awaiting the results of how well we’ve patched our Democracy, it seems fitting that Microsoft Corp. today released gobs of security patches […]

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  • November 8, 2022

Fortanix unveils free DSM Explorer edition for managed data security

Fortanix is offering a free tier for its data security manager software, aiming squarely at attracting new small- and medium-size businesses into its customer ranks. The Explorer tier, announced Tuesday, offers five separate solutions for businesses to try or implement long-term, as long as they stay within the various usage caps. Those solutions include tokenization […]

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SEC Announces ‘Enforcement Action’ For SolarWinds Over 2020 Hack

In a recent 8-K filing with the SEC, the firm said it reached an agreement with shareholders

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  • November 8, 2022

Silk Road drugs market hacker pleads guilty, faces 20 years inside

Jurisprudence isn’t like arithmetic… two negatives never make a positive!

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Insider Risk on the Rise: 12% of Employees Take IP When Leaving Jobs

The data comes from workforce cyber intelligence and security company Dtex

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Conti Affiliates Black Basta, BlackByte Continue to Attack Critical Infrastructure

Between February and July, 81 victim organizations were listed on the groups’ data leak sites

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  • November 8, 2022

New Laplas Clipper Malware Targeting Cryptocurrency Users via SmokeLoader

Cryptocurrency users are being targeted with a new clipper malware strain dubbed Laplas by means of another malware known as SmokeLoader. SmokeLoader, which is delivered by means of weaponized documents sent through spear-phishing emails, further acts as a conduit for other commodity trojans like SystemBC and Raccoon Stealer 2.0, according to an analysis from Cyble. Observed in

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Mastodon: What you need to know for your security and privacy

Mastodon is hot right now. After some years of only being used by geeks (yes, I’ve had an account for a while now) it’s at the tipping point of becoming mainstream. If you’re part of the exodus of users leaving Twitter for Mastodon, what are the security and privacy issues that you need to be […]

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