A week in security (September 26 – October 2)
Categories: News The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week. |
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Why (almost) everything we told you about passwords was wrong
Categories: News Sorry. |
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Read moreTwo new Exchange Server zero-days in the wild
Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: Exchange Tags: ProxyShell Tags: remote PowerShell Tags: web shell Tags: CVE-2022-41040 Tags: CVE-2022-41082 Tags: SSRF Tags: RCE Two ProxyShell-like vulnerabilities are being used to exploit Microsoft Exchange Servers |
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Read moreFCC moves to block robotexts
Categories: News Categories: Scams The Federal Communications Commission wants mobile carriers to block spam texts at the network level. |
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Read moreOptus data breach “attacker” says sorry, it was a mistake
Categories: News Tags: Optus Tags: breach Tags: optusdata Tags: text messages Tags: drivers’ licenses Tags: Medicare Tags: identity protection A hacker stole the personal information of 10 million Optus customers, threatened to publish them in lots of 10,000 a day unless the ransom was paid, and then suddenly did a 180 degree turn. |
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Read moreFast Company hacked to send obscene and racist messages
Categories: Cybercrime Categories: News The US business magazine appeared to have two separate and related incidents in which it was compromised. |
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Read moreAPT28 attack uses old PowerPoint trick to download malware
Categories: News Tags: APT28 Tags: Fancy Bear Tags: PowerPoint Tags: PowerShell Tags: One Drive Tags: SyncAppvPublishingServer The Russian APT known as Fancy Bear was caught using an old mouseover technique that doesn’t need macros |
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Read moreSpyware disguises itself as Zoom downloads
Categories: News Criminals are taking advantage Zoom’s continuing popularity |
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Read moreErbium stealer on the hunt for data
Categories: News Tags: erbium Tags: malware Tags: data theft Tags: stealer Tags: wallets Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: browsers Tags: browser Tags: infection Tags: malware as a service We take a look at reports of new data theft malware relying on sold old tricks |
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Read more4 times students compromised school cybersecurity
Categories: News Tags: School Tags: password Tags: sticky note Tags: lax security Tags: Sometimes we hear stories about brilliant students that hack their school and get celebrated, but it doesn’t always end well. |
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