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A Light at the End of Liberty Reserve’s Demise?

February 14, 2020 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, arthur budovsky, irs, liberty reserve, u.s. internal revenue service, u.s. justice department

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:48:39 +0000

In May 2013, the U.S. Justice Department seized Liberty Reserve, alleging the virtual currency service acted as a $6 billion financial hub for the cybercrime world. Prompted by assurances that the government would one day afford Liberty Reserve users a chance to reclaim any funds seized as part of the takedown, KrebsOnSecurity filed a claim shortly thereafter to see if and when this process might take place. This week, an investigator with the U.S. Internal Revenue service finally got in touch to discuss my claim.

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MIT researchers say mobile voting app piloted in U.S. is rife with vulnerabilities

February 13, 2020 0 Comments Blockchain, Emerging Technology, Government IT, Mobile, Privacy, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:30:00 -0800

Elections officials in numerous states have piloted various mobile voting applications as a method of expanding access to the polls, but MIT researchers say one of the more popular apps has security vulnerabilities that could open it up to tampering by bad actors.

The MIT analysis of the application, called Voatz, highlighted a number of weaknesses that could allow hackers to “alter, stop, or expose how an individual user has voted.”

Additionally, the researchers found that Voatz’s use of Palo Alto-based vendor Jumio for voter identification and verification poses potential privacy issues for users.

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A large – but manageable – February Patch Tuesday brings critical browser updates

February 13, 2020 0 Comments PCs, Security, Windows

Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0800

With 99 reported vulnerabilities and patches to both Microsoft browsers, Office and Windows, this month’s Patch Tuesday update is not as large an administrative burden as you might initially think. We’ve rated the browser updates as a “Patch Now” update due to issues with the Chakra engine, but both Office and Windows can be scheduled according to a regular patch cadence. Unfortunately, we have another Adobe Flash update to deploy, but no critical development updates for February.

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BlackBerry says its new Digital Workplace eliminates need for VPN, VDI

February 12, 2020 0 Comments mdm, Mobile, Mobile Management, Mobile Security, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:18:00 -0800

BlackBerry has unveiled its Digital Workplace platform, a web portal and workspace for secure online and offline access to corporate on-premise or cloud content, including Microsoft Office 365 resources.

Digital Workplace, announced last week, integrates a secure browser-based workspace sold by Awingu, a Belgium company that penned a partnership with BlackBerry in 2018. Businesses can access their legacy Windows, Linux, SaaS or internal web apps, desktops and files inside of Awingu’s secure managed browser. Awingu’s unified workspace runs Windows, Linux, web and intranet apps.

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What's the difference between the deep web and the dark web?

February 12, 2020 0 Comments Security

We hear the terms "deep web" and "dark web" thrown around a lot… but what do they actually mean? And what's the difference between the two? CSO Online writer J.M. Porup joins Juliet to dispel rumors and discuss what sets the deep web and dark web apart from the rest of the web.

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Patch Tuesday: 99 holes, 'exploited' IE fix, Win7 mayhem and UEFI ghost

February 12, 2020 0 Comments PCs, Security, Windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:40:00 -0800

What a month it’s been – and the Patch Tuesday patches have only been out for 24 hours. There are many February patching foibles to report.

Every version of Windows 10, stretching back to the beginning of time (except for the long-neglected version 1511) got patches this month.

Welcome to the new, improved, paid-for Win7 patches

There was no free Windows 7 update this month, even though Microsoft released a Monthly Rollup Preview in January. Anyone concerned about the well-documented “Stretch” black wallpaper bug caused by last month’s Win7 Monthly Rollup apparently can pound sand – or manually download and install the fix. Your choice.

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Thought you already paid for Win7 Extended Security Updates? Think again.

February 12, 2020 0 Comments Microsoft, Security, Windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:43:00 -0800

I’m hearing lots of complaints from people who spent good money to get Win7 Extended Security Updates, but don’t see this month’s patches. There’s a reason why. Microsoft didn’t bother to tell us that you need a new patch, released yesterday, in order to start receiving Win7 ESU updates. You have to download the new patch, KB 4538483, from the Microsoft Catalog, and install it manually before the updates even appear.

Folks who spent money to get the February and later patches are livid.

Yesterday, after releasing the February updates, Microsoft modified its ESU Procedure page to add this step:

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How cyber attackers hide malware on your network

February 12, 2020 0 Comments Security

Knowing where to look for malware lurking on your network gives you a better chance to prevent damage from it.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2020 Edition

February 11, 2020 0 Comments alan liska, cve-2019-1280, cve-2020-0618, cve-2020-0674, cve-2020-0688, jimmy graham, microsoft patch tuesday february 2020, Qualys, recorded future, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:13:57 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 100 security holes in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that is actively being exploited. Also, Adobe has issued a bevy of security updates for its various products, including Flash Player and Adobe Reader/Acrobat.

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For Patch Tuesday, verify you have 'Pause Updates' enabled

February 11, 2020 0 Comments Microsoft, Security, Windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:13:00 -0800

Remember the frenzy after last month’s Patch Tuesday? How everybody and his twice-removed cousin — even the N forkin’ SA — told you to get patched immediately because of this big, spooky Crypto API security hole that was supposed to bring down Windows As We Know It, like, right now?

Guess what. It never materialized.

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