24 Aug

VMware confirms Carbon Black causing BSODs, boot loops on Windows

VMware has admitted an update on some versions of its Carbon Black endpoint solution is responsible for BSODs and boot loops on Windows machines after

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24 Aug

Attacker snags account details from streaming service Plex

Users of popular streaming and media organizing service Plex are waking up to an unpleasant email this morning saying, in the words of a Reg

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24 Aug

McAfee launches Impact Report: How we’re doing and the opportunities ahead 

Today, we publish our annual Impact Report. In our 2021 report, we highlight initiatives and share stories about our progress in creating a more inclusive

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24 Aug

Lloyd’s to exclude certain nation-state attacks from cyber insurance policies

Lloyd’s of London insurance policies will stop covering losses from certain nation-state cyber attacks and those that happen during wars, beginning in seven months’ time.

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23 Aug

Twitter savaged by former security boss Mudge in whistleblower complaint

Twitter’s former security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko accused the company and its board of directors of violating financial rules, of fraud, and of grossly neglecting

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23 Aug

Smartphone gyroscopes threaten air-gapped systems, researcher finds

An Israeli security researcher known for foiling air gap security measures has published a reminder of just how vulnerable the approaches are to both visual

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23 Aug

Microsoft finds critical hole in operating system that for once isn’t Windows

Microsoft has described a severe ChromeOS security vulnerability that one of its researchers reported to Google in late April. The bug was promptly fixed and,

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23 Aug

If you haven’t patched Zimbra holes by now, assume you’re toast

Organizations that didn’t immediately patch their Zimbra email systems should assume miscreants have already found and exploited the bugs, and should start hunting for malicious

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22 Aug

Novant Health admits leak of 1.3m patients’ info to Facebook

Novant Health confirmed that it may have disclosed 1.3 million patients’ sensitive data, including email addresses, phone numbers, financial information – even doctor’s appointment details

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22 Aug

Hiding a phishing attack behind the AWS cloud

Criminals are slipping phishing emails past automated security scanners inside Amazon Web Services (AWS) to establish a launching pad for attacks. Scammers have latched onto

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22 Aug

Warning over Java libraries and deserialization security weaknesses

Boffins at universities in France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Sweden took a deep dive into known Java deserialization vulnerabilities, and have now resurfaced with their findings.

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22 Aug

LockBit gang hit by DDoS attack after threatening to leak Entrust ransomware data

The LockBit ransomware group last week claimed responsibility for an attack on cybersecurity vendor in June. The high-profile gang is now apparently under a distributed

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22 Aug

Zoom patches make-me-root security flaw, patches patch

In brief Zoom fixed a pair of privilege escalation vulnerabilities, which were detailed at the Black Hat conference this month, but that patch was bypassed,

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22 Aug

NSO Group CEO steps down, 100 employees let go too

Pegasus spyware-maker NSO Group announced on Sunday it will reorganize, replacing its CEO and letting go of around 100 workers. CEO and co-founder Shalev Hulio’s

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19 Aug

Ex-HP finance manager jailed after going on $5m spending spree using company plastic

Now-former HP finance manager Shelbee Szeto has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than 250 luxury items after she

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19 Aug

A Parent’s Guide To The Metaverse – Part Two

Welcome back to part 2 of my Metaverse series. If you are after tips and strategies to help your kids navigate the Metaverse safely then

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19 Aug

Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses

Apple has left a VPN bypass vulnerability in iOS unfixed for at least two years, leaving identifying IP traffic data exposed, and there’s no sign

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19 Aug

The truth about that draft law banning Uncle Sam buying insecure software

An attempt by lawmakers to improve parts of the US government’s cybersecurity defenses has raised questions – and hackles – among infosec professionals. The National

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