Cybersecurity News
Mozilla Firefox 73 Browser Update Fixes High-Severity RCE Bugs

12 February 2020
Stop Defending Everything
Instead, try prioritizing with the aid of a thorough asset inventory.12 February 2020
SoundCloud Tackles DoS, Account Takeover Issues

12 February 2020
5G Adoption Should Change How Organizations Approach Security
With 5G adoption, businesses will be able to power more IoT devices and perform tasks more quickly, but there will be security ramifications.12 February 2020
Chaos & Order: The Keys to Quantum-Proof Encryption

12 February 2020
Chaos May Be the Key to Quantum-Proof Encryption

12 February 2020
5 Common Errors That Allow Attackers to Go Undetected
Make these mistakes and invaders might linger in your systems for years.12 February 2020
Katie Moussouris: The Bug Bounty Conflict of Interest

12 February 2020
Report to Your Management with the Definitive ‘IR Management and Reporting’ Presentation Template

12 February 2020
Apple joins FIDO Alliance, commits to getting rid of passwords
Passwords are a notorious security mess. The FIDO Alliance wants to replace them with better, more secure technology and now Apple is it them in this effort.12 February 2020
FBI: $3.5B Lost in 2019 to Known Cyberscams, Ransomware

12 February 2020
Average tenure of a CISO is just 26 months due to high stress and burnout
Report: The vast majority of interviewed CISO executives (88%) report high levels of stress, a third report stress-caused physical health issues, half report mental health issues.12 February 2020
Intel warns of critical security flaw in CSME engine, issues discontinued product notices
The CSME system is subject to a severe bug leading to a host of different exploits.12 February 2020
Adobe squashes 35 critical vulnerabilities in security patch update
Arbitrary code execution issues have eclipsed other security problems in February’s patch round.12 February 2020
Play Protect blocked 1.9B malware installs from non-Google sources last year
The number of user attempts to install malware-infected apps from outside the Play Store has gone up from 1.6 billion, reported in 2017 and 2018, to 1.9 billion, last year.11 February 2020
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes IE zero‑day and 98 other flaws
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it brings a bumper crop of patches
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11 February 2020
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2020 Edition
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.11 February 2020
Healthcare Ransomware Damage Passes $157M Since 2016
Researchers found the total cost far exceeded the amount of ransom paid to attackers.11 February 2020
Microsoft Addresses Active Attacks, Air-Gap Danger with 99 Patches

11 February 2020
FBI: BEC scams accounted for half of the cyber-crime losses in 2019
Average loss per BEC scam amounted to nearly $75,000, per complaint, on average.11 February 2020