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Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:05:22 +0000

Microsoft corrigió 59 vulnerabilidades en el martes de parches de octubre, incluidas varias vulnerabilidades críticas de ejecución remota de código (RCE). Uno de las más importantes fue una vulnerabilidad (CVE-2019-1333) en el Cliente de Escritorio remoto de la empresa que permitiría que un servidor malicioso obtenga el control de un ordenador Windows que se conecte […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/t9ECCCbOVjE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Dispositivos Android afectados por un exploit día cero que Google creía que había parcheado

October 15, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, Microsoft, vulnerabilidad

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:12:59 +0000

Google ha admitido que algunos dispositivos con Android se han vuelto vulnerables recientemente a un grave exploit día cero que la compañía pensó que había reparado definitivamente hace casi dos años. El problema salió a la luz recientemente cuando el Grupo de Análisis de Amenazas (TAG) de Google se enteró de que se estaba utilizando […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/C1QSpGRPTh8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cómo defenderse del ransomware Ryuk

October 15, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Sophos Iberia| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:36:40 +0000

En las últimas semanas, SophosLabs ha visto un aumento significativo del ransomware Ryuk. Esta amenaza particularmente desagradable se propaga a través de un ataque sofisticado de múltiples etapas, paralizando a las organizaciones y dejándolas como rehenes de rescates devastadores. Para entender cómo detener a Ryuk, es útil saber cómo se desarrollan los ataques. Los ciberdelincuentes […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/PLbqaLHGiac” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Update now! Windows users targeted by iTunes Software Updater zero-day

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Apple, apple software updater, bitpaymer, iOS, itunes, OS X, Ransomware, security threats, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:06:07 +0000

The flaw is a rare ‘unquoted path class’ described as “so thoroughly documented that you would expect programmers to be well aware…” But that’s not the case.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/PLucYEnVB5k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses all but one payment company

October 15, 2019 0 Comments cryptocurrency, ebay, facebook, financial stability board, FSB, g20, g7, global stablecoin, imf, international monetary fund, Law & order, libra, libra association, mastercard, Paypal, stablecoin, stablecoins, visa

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:00:01 +0000

Gone: Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago. Of six payments firms first involved in Libra, just one, PayU, remains.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7AWGkl-XHVQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple says Tencent isn’t snooping on your browsing habits

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Apple Safari, browser privacy, china, Cryptography, fraudulent website warning, Google, Organisations, Privacy, Safari, safari browser, safe browsing, Tencent, Web Browsers, web browsing

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:46:27 +0000

Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users’ website requests for malicious URLs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1ZcuAGpfi7s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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350+ hackers hunt down missing people in first such hackathon

October 15, 2019 0 Comments #aucyberweek2019, #aumissingctf2019, australia, canberra, capture the flag, cyber security innovation node, hackathon, Law & order, missing people, national australian missing persons hackathon, open source intelligence, osint, trace labs

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:42:33 +0000

Organizers said 100 leads were generated every 10 minutes by contestants using OSINT – open-source intelligence such as online searches.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ciYe6y5KRMc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps

October 14, 2019 0 Comments assault, cyber harassment, cyberbullying, cyberstalker, digital stalker, Google, google map, j-pop, japan, Law & order, matsuoka nagato, pop star, Privacy, sato, sexual assault, Social networks, stalker, street view

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:15:53 +0000

A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EBtLxj4uYMM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Soldering spy chips inside firewalls is now a cheap hack, shows researcher

October 14, 2019 0 Comments attiny85 chip, china, Cisco, Firewall, monta elkins, security threats, spying, supermicro

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:01:04 +0000

The tiny ATtiny85 chip doesn’t look like the next big cyberthreat facing the world, but sneaking one on to a firewall motherboard would be bad news for security were it to happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/I8hFrWixXu4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Computing enthusiast cracks ancient Unix code

October 14, 2019 0 Comments hashing, ken thompson, password hack, passwords, Privacy, unix

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:45:15 +0000

Old passwords never die… they just become easier to decode.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_6ksZGv5hWM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>