January 2020 – Page 19 – PossibleThreat Articles

Apple refuses latest government iPhone-unlock request

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Apple, Enterprise Systems Management, mdm, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:30:00 -0800

Apple turned down a request from U.S. Attorney General William Barr this week, saying it will not help unlock two iPhones used by a terrorist suspect last month in the deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.

Barr said the shooter, 21-year-old Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, acted alone when he shot and killed three service members and wounded several others, including two sheriff’s deputies responding to the attack. Alshamrani, a member of the Saudi Air Force and an aviation student at the base, was shot dead on the scene by police.

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January 2020 Patch Tuesday delivers fixes for 50 bugs

January 14, 2020 0 Comments chromium, Edge, elevation of privilege, exploits, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, RDP, SophosLabs Uncut, updates, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:15:18 +0000

This month’s big security news from Microsoft is the end of support for Windows 7, and a patch of a cryptographic library<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/wiyw9sHJyLE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How to prevent a rootkit attack

January 14, 2020 0 Comments application rootkits, bootloader, firmware rootkits, hardware rootkits, how-tos, kernel rootkits, phishing, rootkit, rootkit attacks, Social engineering, virtualized rootkits

Credit to Author: Gilad Maayan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:31:55 +0000

Rootkit attacks are considered one of the most dangerous cyberthreats today. Learn what they are, how they infect systems, and how to protect against them.

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Tags: application rootkits bootloader firmware rootkits hardware rootkits kernel rootkits phishing rootkit rootkit attacks Social Engineering virtualized rootkits

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Sophos Mobile 9.5 and Intercept X for Mobile have launched!

January 14, 2020 0 Comments enduser, Intercept X, intercept x for mobile, Mobile, sophos mobile, sophos mobile 9.5

Credit to Author: Tom Hope PMM| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:11:02 +0000

Enhanced security reporting, Intercept X, Chromebook security, and more are here in Sophos Mobile 9.5.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/HJ2OryX0YvI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Windows 7 computers will no longer be patched after today

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Exploit, Microsoft, Patch, patchocalypse, vulnerability, windows 7

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:58:49 +0000

Today’s the day. The balloon goes up. The ship goes down. The patches fall behind. The crooks pull ahead.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5GCHHFgc5Rs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fleeceware is back in Google Play – massive fees for not much at all

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Android, fleeceware, Google, Google Play, play store

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:45:36 +0000

The apps itself isn’t malicious – the treachery lies in the payment model.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hTaSy5s-eoE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fleeceware apps persist on the Play Store

January 14, 2020 0 Comments Android, fleeceware, free trial, go keyboard, SophosLabs Uncut, subscription scam

Credit to Author: Jagadeesh Chandraiah| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:30:10 +0000

Fleeceware remains a problem on Google Play, where Android users still run the risk of being charged hundreds of dollars or euros for “subscriptions” to apps<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/LoJDdyoq4vs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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