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Weekly Update 256

Troy Hunt

Well this week went on for a bit, an hour and 6 mins in all. The 2 Apple things were particularly interesting due to the way in which both catching CSAM baddies and catching baddies who steal your things involves using technology that can be abused. Is it good tech because it can do good things? Bad tech because it can do bad things?

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Vulnerability Recap 4/29/24 – Cisco, Microsoft, Palo Alto & More

eSecurity Planet

It seems that many continue to struggle to keep up with patching and updating backlogs, which suggests that more organizations need outside help from patch management as a service or managed service providers (MSPs) to catch up. The fix: For those with Chrome updates automatically enabled, make sure that all users restart their browsers.

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Lazarus APT Targeting Cryptocurrency, CISA Warns

SecureWorld News

Within the code is a function that purports to be an 'update,' with a name such as UpdateCheckSync , that downloads and executes a malicious payload. The update function makes an HTTP POST request to a PHP script hosted on the TraderTraitor project's domain at either the endpoint /update/ or /oath/checkupdate.php.

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'Downfall' Vulnerability Unveiled as New Security Risk in Intel CPUs

SecureWorld News

In fact, Moghimi demonstrated the ability to steal AES 128-bit and 256-bit cryptographic keys in a controlled environment, emphasizing the vulnerability's potential threat to data security. Moghimi is set to present his research at the annual Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas this week.

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WINTRIAGE: THE TRIAGE TOOL FOR WINDOWS DFIRERS

Security Affairs

Sometimes it is interesting (or even mandatory) to take out only one compressed file and obtain its hash SHA-256. Only if you have an account in this service ( [link] ), Wintriage can send the SHA-256 of the compressed file to eGarante and you will receive an email with a signed PDF containing the received SHA-256. Version 4.2.0

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Zoom Settles with FTC over Allegations of Deceptive Security Practices

Hot for Security

One major allegation brought forth by the FTC is that, since at least 2016, Zoom misled users by claiming it offered ‘end-to-end, 256-bit encryption’ when in fact it provided a lower level of security. Alleged negligence and deception towards end users. 290 million new users in four months.

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New Cring ransomware deployed targeting unpatched Fortinet VPN devices

Security Affairs

This ransomware encrypts data from victims with AES-256 + RSA-8192 and then demands a ~ 2 BTC ransom to get the files back. “The lack of timely antivirus database updates for the security solution used on attacked systems also played a key role, preventing the solution from detecting and blocking the threat. Pierluigi Paganini.

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