DDoS attack on US Health agency part of coordinated campaign

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:54:20 +0000

It coincided with a disinformation campaign carried out via SMS, email and social media claiming that national quarantine was imminent.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/eIFGE7W8MpI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Human traffickers use social media oversharing to gain victims’ trust

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:57:24 +0000

Posts about money or family trouble are being used to gain trust by those who force victims into sex work or slavery, the FBI warns.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HfUZ3TW3ABg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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“Double agent”: a MacOS bundleware installer that acts like a spy

Credit to Author: Sergei Shevchenko| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 08:00:58 +0000

Security software frequently blocks “bundleware” installers &#8211; software distribution tools that bundle their advertised applications with (usually undesired) additional software &#8211; as potentially undesirable applications. But one widely-used software distribution tool for MacOS applications goes to great lengths to avoid being blocked as “bundleware” &#8211; using a number of anti-forensics techniques that are more common [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/n8Txqmat4RA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Patch now! Microsoft releases fixes for the serious SMB bug CVE-2020-0796

Credit to Author: alexandrebecholey| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:34:59 +0000

Microsoft issues its latest set of cumulative updates for Windows and other Microsoft products this week, but the March, 2020 Patch Tuesday is notable not only because of the sheer volume of fixes, but because it will prevent one very serious bug in its Server Message Block (SMB) technology (download the patch right now) that [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/d5Hn2Ie7ee4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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