A week in security (February 10 – 16)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:40:45 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security news, including Malwarebytes’ release of the 2020 State of Malware Report, online dating woes, Emotet infection vectors, ransomware attacks, and more.

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Dell fixes privilege elevation bug in support software

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:43:39 +0000

Users of Dell SupportAssist should patch their software immediately to fix a software bug that could lead to arbitrary code execution.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qWZIGKgr3WU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:23:23 +0000

His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vcTREDMg0FE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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