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MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

Krebs on Security

Hard drive giant Western Digital is urging users of its MyBook Live brand of network storage drives to disconnect them from the Internet, warning that malicious hackers are remotely wiping the drives using a critical flaw that can be triggered by anyone who knows the Internet address of an affected device.

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Internet Safety Rules Checklist [MUST READ]

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Here’s the internet safety rules checklist. billion data breaches in 2018 alone. As technology and life online take over, protecting ourselves and our information on the internet and social media has become more critical than ever. Are you one of those people who worry about online data security? There were around 1.2

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Voatz Internet Voting App Is Insecure

Schneier on Security

This paper describes the flaws in the Voatz Internet voting app: " The Ballot is Busted Before the Blockchain: A Security Analysis of Voatz, the First Internet Voting Application Used in U.S. Abstract: In the 2018 midterm elections, West Virginia became the first state in the U.S. Federal Elections.". News articles.

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2023 FBI Internet Crime Report reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023

Security Affairs

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2023 report states that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 The 2023 Internet Crime Report published the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reveals that reported cybercrime losses reached $12.5 billion in 2023. billion in 2023. ” concludes the report.

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Patch Tuesday, October 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

The zero-day bug — CVE-2018-8453 — affects Windows versions 7, 8.1, Another vulnerability patched on Tuesday — CVE-2018-8423 — was publicly disclosed last month along with sample exploit code. 10 and Server 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019.

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Patch Tuesday, December 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft patched a zero-day flaw that is already being exploited ( CVE-2018-8611 ) and allows an attacker to elevate their privileges on a host system. Similarly, CVE-2018-8628 is flaw in all supported versions of PowerPoint which is also likely to be used by attackers. Ghacks writeup on December 2018 Patch Tuesday.

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Patch Tuesday, November 2018 Edition

Krebs on Security

As per usual, most of the critical flaws — those that can be exploited by malware or miscreants without any help from users — reside in Microsoft’s Web browsers Edge and Internet Explorer.