Intercept X gets enhanced defenses against fileless attacks

Credit to Author: Alex Gardner| Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:30:45 +0000

New protection against fileless attacks has been added to Intercept X. Find out what is does and how it can keep you safe.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/rBV0CtLUE6M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Slack fixes account-stealing bug

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:33:43 +0000

Slack has fixed a bug that allowed attackers to hijack user accounts by tampering with their HTTP sessions.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/i-F9hS91EoQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Tor browser fixes bug that allows JavaScript to run when disabled

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:16:27 +0000

The Tor browser has a bug that could allow JavaScript to execute on websites even when users think they’ve disabled it for maximum anonymity.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/es39u8LUhmk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Europol busts up two SIM-swapping hacking rings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:51:21 +0000

What a nightmare: your phone goes dead, and you can’t log into your bank account because it’s controlled by a hacker who’s draining you dry.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ORrtEW70IY8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft patches wormable Windows 10 ‘SMBGhost’ flaw

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:58:56 +0000

What’s the difference between a scheduled security update and one that’s out-of-band? In this case, it’s two days.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OqgpMudTrew” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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CVE-2020-0796 Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Windows 10 SMB Server


Microsoft recently released a patch for CVE-2020-0796, a critical SMB server vulnerability that affects Windows 10. In this blog post, we attempt to explain the root cause of the CVE-2020-0796 vulnerability and protections customers can apply.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/QDLX9BCZjRY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Report calls for web pre-screening to end UK’s child abuse ‘explosion’

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:57:40 +0000

The IICSA report cited “unprecedented levels of depravity” and said that encryption is getting in the way of current screening.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ELFeXrr3UeQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Open source bugs have soared in the past year

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:55:41 +0000

Open source bugs have skyrocketed, according to a report from WhiteSource, with XSS flaws account for a quarter of those bugs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ex96Deh5Pk4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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