Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

US wireless carrier UScellular discloses data breach, personal information of customers may have been exposed and their phone numbers ported. US wireless carrier UScellular discloses a data breach that exposed personal information of its customers. United States Cellular Corporation, is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the United States, with over 4.9 million customers in 426 markets in 23 states as of the second quarter of 2020.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2021

Many thanks to BSidesSF and Conference Speakers for publishing their outstanding presentations; of which, originally appeared at the organization's BSidesSF 2020 , and on the DEF CON YouTube channel. Additionally, the BSidesSF 2021 will take place on March 6 - 9, 2021 - with no cost to participate. Enjoy! Permalink. The post BSidesSF 2020 – Jayson Grace’s ‘MOSE: Using Configuration Management For Evil’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

A ransomware infected the systems at the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), at leat two services were impacted. The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) discloses a ransomware incident that impacted a number of UKRI-related web assets. Two services were impacted, a portal for our UK Research Office (UKRO) based in Brussels and an extranet used by our Councils.

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 30, 2021

By hardening iMessage in iOS 14, the company has effectively cut off what had been an increasingly popular line of attack.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

FonixCrypter ransomware operators shut down their operations, released the master decryption key for free, and deleted malware’s source code. Good news for the victims of the FonixCrypter ransomware, the operators behind the threat shut down their operations and released the master decryption key. The FonixCrypter gang also closed its Telegram channel that was used to advertise the malware in the cybercrime underground.

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Naked Security

JANUARY 30, 2021

Many, if not most, Linux distros will be affected. Users of other operating systems should check for software that uses libgcrypt.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2021

Many thanks to BSidesSF and Conference Speakers for publishing their outstanding presentations; of which, originally appeared at the organization's BSidesSF 2020 , and on the DEF CON YouTube channel. Additionally, the BSidesSF 2021 will take place on March 6 - 9, 2021 - with no cost to participate. Enjoy! Permalink. The post BSidesSF 2020 – Vanessa Sauter’s ‘The Voight-Kampff Test For Discovering Vulnerabilities’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2021

(this is an unrolled Twitter thread converted to the blog since one never knows how long content will be preserved anywhere anymore) It looks like @StackPath (NetCDN[.]com redirects to them) is enabling insurrection-mongers. They’re fronting news[.]parler[.]com. It seems they (Parler) have a second domain dicecrm[.]com with the actual content, too. dicecrm[.]com is hosted in.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2021

via the comic delivery system monikered Randall Munroe resident at XKCD ! Permalink. The post XKCD ‘Metacarcinization’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2021

People arguing that Facebook has a point (in suing Apple) are just more evidence of the problem in America. It’s like someone at Facebook packaged logical fallacies into bright colored candy and we all know how Americans do love their sugar. Stop saying slippery slope. it’s a fallacy Stop using tu quoque. it’s a fallacy … Continue reading The Difference Between Apple and Facebook ?.

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