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Stalkerware Installations Up 60% in 2019

Adam Levin

The number of stalkerware apps detected on smartphones increased in 2019, a full 60% over the previous year according to a new report released by Kaspersky Labs. . This is thought to be the way Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was hacked in 2019. The post Stalkerware Installations Up 60% in 2019 appeared first on Adam Levin.

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Microsoft Exchange 2019 has reached end of mainstream support

Bleeping Computer

Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support for its Exchange Server 2019 on-premises mail server software on January 9, 2023. [.]

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Phishing Trends: 2019-2022

Security Boulevard

The post Phishing Trends: 2019-2022 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Bolster's 2022 report predicted the growth of cyberfraud in a digital-first society. Q3 2022 saw a new record high of 1.27M phishing attacks. Stay tuned for Bolster's 2023 report for more insights on evolving trends.

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Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign Goes Undetected Since 2019

Heimadal Security

An ongoing cryptocurrency mining campaign that developed undetected since 2019 has been attributed to a Turkish-speaking agent called Nitrokod. The post Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign Goes Undetected Since 2019 appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. A list of countries affected includes the […].

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Patch Tuesday, December 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

By nearly all accounts, the chief bugaboo this month is CVE-2019-1458 , a vulnerability in a core Windows component (Win32k) that is present in Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008-2019. ’ An odd discrepancy on top of a CVE advisory for an outdated OS. It is very likely this is being exploited in the wild.”

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Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

One interesting patch from Microsoft this week comes in response to a zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2019-0797 ) reported by researchers at Kaspersky Lab, who discovered the bug could be (and is being) exploited to install malicious software.

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Patch Tuesday, August 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

“According to Microsoft, at least two of these vulnerabilities ( CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182 ) can be considered ‘wormable’ and [can be equated] to BlueKeep,” referring to a dangerous bug patched earlier this year that Microsoft warned could be used to spread another WannaCry-like ransomware outbreak.

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