Bleeping Computer
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
This week, threat actors hijacked Bitcoin.org, the authentic website of the Bitcoin project, and altered parts of the website to push a cryptocurrency giveaway scam that unfortunately some users fell for. Although the hack lasted for less than a day, hackers seem to have walked away with a little over $17,000. [.].
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
The customer care and call center provider GSS has suffered a ransomware attack that crippled its systems and impacted its Spanish-speaking customers. GSS customer care and call center provider has suffered a ransomware attack that crippled its system and paralyzed call centers serving its Spanish-speaking customers. GSS is the Spanish and Latin America division of Covisian, a European giant of customer care and call center providers.
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Bleeping Computer
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Microsoft has released an emergency fix for freezing and crashing app issues caused by September's KB5005565 and KB5005101 cumulative updates. [.].
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Google released a Chrome emergency update for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day flaw exploited in the wild. Google has released Chrome 94.0.4606.61 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that addresses a high-severity zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-37973) exploited in the wild. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on systems running vulnerable Chrome versions.
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Bleeping Computer
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Security researchers have found a flaw in the Microsoft Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT) that could be exploited in easy attacks to install rootkits on all Windows computers shipped since 2012. [.].
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Plus: The ransomware scourge continues, a massive botnet gets wounded, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Elie
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
This large-scale study demonstrates, by surveying 17280 participants, that existing toxicity classifiers fail to generalize to the diverse concerns of Internet users.
Security Boulevard
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Our thanks to DEFCON for publishing their tremendous DEFCON Conference Cloud Village videos on the groups' YouTube channel. Permalink. The post DEF CON 29 Cloud Village – Michael Raggo’s ‘Identifying Toxic Combinations Of Permissions’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Elie
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
This large-scale study demonstrates, by surveying 17280 participants, that existing toxicity classifiers fail to generalize to the diverse concerns of Internet users.
Security Boulevard
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
via the Comic Noggins of Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech® ! Permalink. The post The Joy of Tech® ‘The Facebook Files’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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SecureWorld News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Whether it is ransomware, other types of malware, or any number of cyberattacks, threat actors keep inventing new techniques to cause disruption. Google recently landed on one of these techniques while tracking hackers in this ongoing game of cat-and-mouse. In a blog post, Neel Mehta, Information Security lead for Google, explains how a hacker has managed to break certificate code parsing to invade email inboxes and infect users with malware.
Troy Hunt
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
5 years of weekly updates, wow. It's not like anything of much significance has happened in that time, right?! I've done these videos every single week without fail, through high and lows and no matter where I was in the world. As I say early on, they've helped keep me focused and whilst it hasn't always been easy to sit here and create them each week, I'm very glad I've done it.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Immediately after the public release of the exploit code for the VMware vCenter CVE-2021-22005 flaw threat actors started using it. Researchers warn that immediately after the release of the exploit code for the recently addressed CVE-2021-22005 flaw in VMware vCenter threat actors started using it. The CVE-2021-22005 issue is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability that impacts appliances running default vCenter Server 6.7 and 7.0 deployments. vCenter Server is the centralized management
CyberSecurity Insiders
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
BOSTON & TEL AVIV, Israel–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Pentera (formerly Pcysys), the leader in Automated Security Validation, today announced it has been named a 2021 SINET16 Innovator Award winner. The highly renowned program recognizes the 16 most innovative and compelling cybersecurity companies in the world. Pentera disrupts traditional approaches to vulnerability management by showing CISOs exactly how attackers and ransomware threats can exploit their network and infrastructure.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
European Union representatives formally accused Russia of attempting to target the elections and political systems of several EU states. European Union has formally accused Russia of meddling in the elections and political systems of several EU states. EU high representative said that Russia-linked threat actors were behind a recent operation tracked as Ghostwriter.
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