July 2022 – Page 15 – PossibleThreat Articles

Drop, crack, d'oh! My broken Android phone epiphany

July 13, 2022 0 Comments Android, Data privacy, Privacy, Security, smartphones

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0700

Man, I had one hell of a streak.

All these years — approximately 7,967 since I first started using and writing about Android — and somehow, rather miraculously, I’d never outright broken a phone.

Impressive, I know. But don’t let yourself get wrapped in awe yet, my fellow drop-dreading denizen: My streak of impeccable Android phone protection has officially come to a crashing halt.

Now, I didn’t technically drop my phone, mind you. And I didn’t technically break it myself, either. But it was definitely broken. And it happened on my watch.

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July Patch Tuesday is Rich in Azure, Windows Issues

July 12, 2022 0 Comments 2022-07, Patch Tuesday, SophosLabs Uncut, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 03:20:43 +0000

Windows-facing issues make up the bulk of the 85 CVEs addressed, with one vulnerability under active exploit in the wild

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2022 Edition

July 12, 2022 0 Comments cve-2022-22022, cve-2022-22029, cve-2022-22038, cve-2022-22039, cve-2022-22041, cve-2022-22047, cve-2022-30206, cve-2022-30221, cve-2022-30226, dan goodin, greg wiseman, immersive labs, kevin breen, microsoft patch tuesday july 2022, rapid7, security tools, sergiu gatlan, tenable, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 01:02:49 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 86 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a weakness in all supported versions of Windows that Microsoft warns is actively being exploited. The software giant also has made a controversial decision to put the brakes on a plan to block macros in Office documents downloaded from the Internet.

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Sophos named a worldwide leader in unified endpoint management (UEM)

July 12, 2022 0 Comments intercept x for mobile, Mobile, products & services, sophos mobile, sophos xdr, uem, XDR

Credit to Author: Tom Walsh| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:54:54 +0000

This latest recognition marks three years in a row that Sophos was named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) for Small and Midsize Businesses.

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Sophos’ UK Charity Day Raises Thousands for Alzheimer’s Society

July 12, 2022 0 Comments #sophoslife

Credit to Author: Byron Price| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:20:49 +0000

Raising funds for Sophos’ UK charity of choice 2022 with a host of fun activities.

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From cookie theft to BEC: Attackers use AiTM phishing sites as entry point to further financial fraud

July 12, 2022 0 Comments business email compromise (bec), cybersecurity, Microsoft security intelligence, phishing

Credit to Author: Paul Oliveria| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

A large-scale phishing campaign that attempted to target over 10,000 organizations since September 2021 used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites to steal passwords, hijack a user’s sign-in session, and skip the authentication process, even if the user had enabled multifactor authentication (MFA).

The post From cookie theft to BEC: Attackers use AiTM phishing sites as entry point to further financial fraud appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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Fake streamed cricket matches knocks victims for six

July 12, 2022 0 Comments betting, cricket, fake, gambling, Scam, scams, youtube

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:49:22 +0000

We take a look at an incredible scam which involves an entire village faking cricket matches for an online betting ring.

The post Fake streamed cricket matches knocks victims for six appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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The January 6 Insurrection Hearings Are Just Heating Up

July 12, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:27:00 +0000

The US House committee has already uncovered a more organized and sinister plot than many imagined. But history suggests the worst may be yet to come.

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