Cybersecurity News
Cloud Usage, Biometrics Surge As Remote Work Grows Permanent
A new report reveals organizations are increasing their adoption of biometric authentication and disallowing SMS as a login method.10 November 2020
Overlooked Security Risks of the M&A Rebound
Successful technology integration, post-merger, is tricky in any market, and never more so than with today's remote work environments and distributed IT infrastructure.10 November 2020
Microsoft November 2020 Patch Tuesday arrives with fix for Windows zero-day
The Microsoft November 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 112 vulnerabilities, 24 of which are remote code execution (RCE) bugs.10 November 2020
New Platypus attack can steal data from Intel CPUs
Intel has released microcode updates today to prevent attackers from abusing the Intel RAPL mechanism to steal sensitive data from its CPUs.10 November 2020
Apple to Deliver ‘Privacy Labels’ for Apps, Revealing Data-Sharing Details

10 November 2020
Ransomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads
It's bad enough that many ransomware gangs now have blogs where they publish data stolen from companies that refuse to make an extortion payment. Now, one crime group has started using hacked Facebook accounts to run ads publicly pressuring their ransomware victims into paying up.10 November 2020
Data on millions of hotel guests exposed in cloud storage leak
The cache of data sitting wide open on a server included full names, national ID numbers and credit card data
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10 November 2020
The Double-Edged Sword of Cybersecurity Insurance

10 November 2020
Ghimob Android Banking Trojan Targets 153 Mobile Apps

10 November 2020
How Hackers Blend Attack Methods to Bypass MFA
Protecting mobile apps requires a multilayered approach with a mix of cybersecurity measures to counter various attacks at different layers.10 November 2020
Microsoft Teams Users Under Attack in ‘FakeUpdates’ Malware Campaign

10 November 2020
Critical privilege escalation bugs squashed in WordPress Ultimate Member plugin
The vulnerabilities impacted roughly 100,000 websites.10 November 2020
Chrome to block tab-nabbing attacks
Firefox and Safari are already blocking these types of web attacks10 November 2020
New 'Ghimob' malware can spy on 153 Android mobile applications
New Ghimob Android trojan rises and evolves from Brazil to spread internationally.10 November 2020
Npm package caught stealing sensitive Discord and browser files
Malicious code was found hidden inside a JavaScript library named Discord.dll.09 November 2020
New Brazilian Banking Trojan Targets Mobile Users in Multiple Countries
Ghimob is a full-fledged spy in your pocket, Kaspersky says.09 November 2020
FTC Announces Consent Agreement With Zoom
The agreement covers Zoom's misleading statements on security for its audio and video calling.09 November 2020
Hotels.com & Expedia Provider Exposes Millions of Guests' Data
Hotel reservation platform Prestige Software compromised personal data belonging to millions of travelers through a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket.09 November 2020
Bug hunter wins 'Researcher of the Month' award for DOD account takeover bug
Severe bug would have allowed hackers to hijack DOD accounts just by modifying a few parameters in web requests sent to DOD servers.09 November 2020
Trump Site Alleging AZ Election Fraud Exposes Voter Data

09 November 2020