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2020-02-08 02:25:01 | Windows 7 bug prevents users from shutting down or rebooting computers (lien direct) | Another major bug hits Windows 7 after the January 14 end-of-life (EOL) deadline. | |||
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2020-02-08 00:55:35 | Hackers deface Facebook\'s official Twitter and Instagram accounts (lien direct) | After hitting the NFL and ESPN, OurMine returns to strike at Facebook properties. | |||
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2020-02-07 20:01:23 | Apple deprecating macOS kernel extensions (KEXTs) is a great win for security (lien direct) | Apple kernel extension APIs to be deprecated in macOS 10.15.4. | |||
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2020-02-07 15:38:18 | As coronavirus challenges mount, WHO\'s reputation is being hijacked for data theft scams (lien direct) | A potential pandemic, an “infodemic,” and scams are all challenges being faced by the WHO. | |||
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2020-02-07 15:22:49 | Ransomware installs Gigabyte driver to kill antivirus products (lien direct) | RobbinHood ransomware deploys novel technique to make sure it can encrypt files without being interrupted. | Ransomware | ||
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2020-02-07 11:47:22 | UK government rolls out red carpet for infamous spyware vendor (lien direct) | NSO Group will be touting its wares to visiting officials, including those potentially from oppressive regimes. | |||
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2020-02-07 10:35:33 | Device security firm Forescout snapped up by Advent in $1.9 billion deal (lien direct) | The agreement represents a premium of roughly 30 percent on closing share prices. | |||
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2020-02-07 02:39:00 | US Attorney General says US and allies should invest in Huawei competitors (lien direct) | US Attorney General Barr says the US and its allies should invest in Nokia and Ericsson. | |||
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2020-02-07 01:25:41 | Malaysia warns of Chinese hacking campaign targeting government projects (lien direct) | MyCERT security alert points the finger at APT40, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking crew. | Industrial | APT 40 | |
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2020-02-06 23:43:41 | Google fixes no-user-interaction bug in Android\'s Bluetooth component (lien direct) | Fixes are available via the Android Security Bulletin for February 2020. | |||
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2020-02-06 20:15:34 | Google to block some HTTP file downloads starting with Chrome 83 (lien direct) | Google will block files from being downloaded via HTTP when the website domain shows HTTPS. | |||
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2020-02-06 15:36:50 | Wacom drawing tablets track every app you open (lien direct) | But there's a way to disable it. | |||
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2020-02-06 13:30:40 | Dutch court rules AI benefits fraud detection system violates EU human rights (lien direct) | SyRI was used to predict who may be at high risk of conducting housing or social security fraud. | |||
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2020-02-06 11:21:20 | Health Share of Oregon discloses data breach, theft of member PII (lien direct) | A break-in and stolen laptop are at the heart of the security incident. | |||
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2020-02-06 06:00:05 | Academics steal data from air-gapped systems using screen brightness variations (lien direct) | Israeli researchers use quick flickers in LCD screen brightness to encode and exfiltrate data. | |||
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2020-02-05 19:42:00 | Bug hunter finds cryptocurrency-mining botnet on DOD network (lien direct) | Monero-mining botnet infects one of the DOD's Jenkins servers. | |||
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2020-02-05 18:01:00 | Chrome to block intrusive video ads starting August 5, 2020 (lien direct) | Google to implement new quality standard for video ads for Chrome, but also YouTube. | |||
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2020-02-05 16:00:00 | CDPwn vulnerabilities impact tens of millions of enterprise devices (lien direct) | CDPwn vulnerabilities can be used to escalate initial access and completely take over entire networks. | |||
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2020-02-05 12:31:16 | UK small businesses say cyberattack fears, not cash flow, keeps them awake at night (lien direct) | The use of consumer rather than business-grade cybersecurity solutions is not helping matters. | |||
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2020-02-05 10:39:00 | Irish watchdog launches Google, Tinder GDPR data processing probe (lien direct) | The companies' roles as data controllers are being examined in depth. | |||
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2020-02-05 10:07:00 | Microsoft says it detects 77,000 active web shells on a daily basis (lien direct) | Microsoft detects and tracks a daily average of around 77,000 active web shells, spread across 46,000 infected servers. | |||
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2020-02-05 06:00:09 | Malware stew cooked up on Bitbucket, deployed in attacks worldwide (lien direct) | Bitbucket is being abused and used as the host for cryptocurrency miners, ransomware, and Trojans deployed in a single attack chain. | Malware | ||
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2020-02-05 00:04:00 | Chrome 80 released with silent notification popups, support for same-site cookies (lien direct) | Chrome 80 also comes with support for blocking heavy-loading online ads. | |||
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2020-02-04 21:07:55 | Researcher: Backdoor mechanism discovered in devices using HiSilicon chips (lien direct) | Researcher said he did not notify HiSilicon due to a lack of trust in the hardware vendor to adequately fix the issue. | |||
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2020-02-04 21:07:00 | Researcher: Backdoor mechanism still active in many IoT products (lien direct) | Researcher says a backdoor mechanism in devices running Xiongmai firmware is still active years after first being discovered. | |||
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2020-02-04 17:14:21 | Nintendo hacker pleads guilty (lien direct) | Teen who hacked Nintendo twice and leaked data on the company's yet unreleased Switch console pleaded guilty last week. | Guideline | ||
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2020-02-04 14:39:25 | Teen takes down ISP with DDoS attacks to get info on one of its subscribers (lien direct) | Ukrainian teen arrested last month for taking down a local ISP with DDoS attacks. | |||
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2020-02-04 14:08:53 | UK AI advisors call for online platforms to become accountable for user content targeting (lien direct) | The advisory board says that online services should also allow researchers more scope to act on topics of public concern. | |||
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2020-02-04 11:15:59 | HPE acquires zero-trust networking, security firm Scytale (lien direct) | The startup is made up of engineers from AWS, Google, Splunk, and other tech giants. | |||
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2020-02-04 06:05:04 | Tesla and other autopilot-driven cars tricked with 2D projections (lien direct) | Car driving assistance systems and autopilots will need to be able to recognize 2D depthless objects going forward, similar to how facial recognition systems can distinguish between a real face and a photo. | |||
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2020-02-03 23:10:25 | Google cuts Chrome \'patch gap\' in half, from 33 to 15 days (lien direct) | Future plans include cutting the patch gap further, which might mean that Google will have to release Chrome security fixes on a weekly basis. | |||
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2020-02-03 21:21:00 | Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers (lien direct) | The attack took place on Christmas Eve and came from IP addresses from Iran, Israel, and Malaysia. | |||
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2020-02-03 17:39:00 | Only three of the Top 100 international airports pass basic security checks (lien direct) | Tests involved scanning public websites, mobile apps, and exposures of sensitive airport data on public code repositories and the dark web. | |||
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2020-02-03 12:44:12 | Charges dropped against Coalfire security team who broke into courthouse during pen test (lien direct) | Miscommunication led to arrests during a midnight physical security test. | |||
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2020-02-03 11:32:40 | ZeroHedge banned from Twitter over coronavirus bioweapon claims (lien direct) | The financial news website came under fire for doxxing a Chinese scientist accused of being behind the virus. | |||
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2020-02-03 09:40:00 | Magecart group jumps from Olympic ticket website to new wave of e-commerce shops (lien direct) | Skimmer references were spotted on domains serving customers worldwide. | |||
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2020-02-02 18:48:00 | Hackers are hijacking smart building access systems to launch DDoS attacks (lien direct) | More than 2,300 building access systems can be hijacked due to a severe vulnerability left without a fix. | Vulnerability | ||
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2020-02-02 14:31:00 | Raytheon engineer arrested for taking US missile defense data to China (lien direct) | FBI arrests former Raytheon electric engineer for taking info about US missile defense systems to China and then lying about it. | |||
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2020-02-01 07:50:08 | Firefox now shows what telemetry data it\'s collecting about you (lien direct) | Users can no go to about:telemetry and see what Mozilla is collecting about their Firefox installs. | |||
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2020-01-31 18:41:35 | Ransomware hits TV & radio news monitoring service TVEyes (lien direct) | Newsrooms, political campaigns, and PR agencies panic as they lose access to one of their crucial media monitoring tools. | Ransomware | ||
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2020-01-31 14:42:49 | Three suspects arrested in Maltese bank cyber-heist (lien direct) | Suspects used stolen funds to buy Rolex watches, along with a Jaguar and an Audi A5. | |||
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2020-01-31 11:57:50 | Japanese company NEC confirms 2016 security breach (lien direct) | NEC needed seven months to discover the hack, did not disclose it publicly. | |||
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2020-01-31 10:01:01 | FBI launches investigation into Pegasus spyware vendor over US citizen hacks (lien direct) | NSO Group denies any knowledge of a probe taking place. | |||
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2020-01-31 08:59:00 | Hacker snoops on art sale and walks away with $3.1m, victims fight each other in court (lien direct) | Each impacted party is claiming the other is responsible for not detecting the scam. The ownership of a valuable painting is at stake. | |||
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2020-01-30 21:44:29 | Google open-sources the firmware needed to build hardware security keys (lien direct) | Google open-sourced today OpenSK, a Rust-based project to aid hardware vendors build hardware security keys. | |||
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2020-01-30 18:55:00 | Microsoft launches Xbox bug bounty program with rewards of up to $20,000 (lien direct) | Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) to start accepting vulnerabilities in Xbox gaming platform. | |||
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2020-01-30 18:00:07 | Iranian hackers target US government workers in new campaign (lien direct) | New spear-phishing campaign targets government workers disguised as a well-known government survey service. | |||
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2020-01-30 16:07:23 | Apple wants to standardize the format of SMS OTPs (one-time passcodes) (lien direct) | WebKit team proposal aims to improve the security of one-time passcodes sent to users via SMS. | |||
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2020-01-30 12:16:33 | Facebook agrees to pay $550 million to end facial recognition tech lawsuit (lien direct) | The company says it is in the best interest of users and shareholders to pay up. | |||
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2020-01-30 10:56:15 | Avast winds down Jumpshot, cites user data sale privacy concerns (lien direct) | Avast's CEO said the move is “absolutely the right thing to do.” |
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