August 2019 – Page 14 – PossibleThreat Articles

Everything is bigger in Texas, including ransomware attacks

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, Intercept X, Intercept X Advanced, Ransomware, Sophos Products, Texas

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:54:28 +0000

Bigger isn’t always better.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/I5Rz6ay9jvY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ransomware disrupts 22 Texas government departments

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Government security, local government, malware, Ransomware, security threats, Texas, Texas Department of Information Resources

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:44:59 +0000

On August 16, Texas local government became the latest victim of the expanding global racket that is ransomware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sXMvstdTRNU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Google’s Nest webcam needs patching after flaws found

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Cisco, Cisco Talos, Google, Internet of Things, IoT, Nest cam, Nest Cam IQ Indoor camera., Privacy, security threats, vulnerability, webcam

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:02:22 +0000

The list of vulnerabilities recently discovered by researchers relate to one model, the Nest Cam IQ Indoor camera.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/b8ycfMnDE9o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

How to avoid using RDP in Windows

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Security, Windows

Several new vulnerability disclosures in Windows Remote Desktop Protocol suggest it’s time to stop using it. Here’s how.

ComputerWorld Independent

Safari to ape Firefox, go all-in on anti-tracking

August 20, 2019 0 Comments Browsers, Security, Software

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:53:00 -0700

The WebKit project – the open-source initiative that generates code for Apple’s Safari browser – quietly announced last week that it would follow in Mozilla’s footsteps and quash tracking technologies designed to follow users across the web.

In a short message on Aug. 14, the WebKit team pointed to its new Tracking Prevention Policy, a document that spells out its plans in detail, including what types of tracking it will create and how it will deal with any side effects.

“We have implemented or intend to implement technical protections in WebKit to prevent all tracking practices included in this policy,” the document read. “If we discover additional tracking techniques, we may expand this policy to include the new techniques and we may implement technical measures to prevent those techniques.”

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MalwareBytes Security

DEF CON 27 retrospective: badge life redux

August 20, 2019 0 Comments Researcher's corner

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:42:20 +0000

Learn about one of our researcher’s badge experiences at DEF CON 27.

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Microsoft Security

One simple action you can take to prevent 99.9 percent of attacks on your accounts

August 20, 2019 0 Comments phishing, Threat protection

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:00:56 +0000

Learn about common vulnerabilities and what you can do to protect your company from attacks.

The post One simple action you can take to prevent 99.9 percent of attacks on your accounts appeared first on Microsoft Security .

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Apple iOS update ends in jailbroken iPhones (if that’s what you want)

August 20, 2019 0 Comments Apple, iOS, iPhone, jailbreak, sockpuppet, unc0ver, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:55:20 +0000

Programmers call it “regresssion” – when fixing a new bug unfixes an old one – and it’s a jailbreakers dream!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MWaHZOUkY_4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome users ignoring warnings to change breached passwords

August 20, 2019 0 Comments chrome, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, Google Password Checkup, Have I been pwned, password reuse, password security, security threats, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:45:15 +0000

If you were told that the password you had just entered was known to have been compromised in a data breach, what would you do?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4HvdcwUNkIs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>