Organisations – PossibleThreat Articles

Google suspends Xiaomi from Home Hub over camera privacy glitch

January 7, 2020 0 Comments Cloud Security, contributor by google, Google, ip cameras, Organisations, Privacy, security threats, xiaomi

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:51:23 +0000

A user reported to Google that he was seeing images from other people’s devices.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/obA4FzgLKds” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Adobe fixes 46 critical bugs in patchfest

October 17, 2019 0 Comments acrobat, acrobat reader, Adobe, CVEs, Organisations, Patch Tuesday, Patches, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:54:55 +0000

Adobe patched a total of 82 vulnerabilities across a range of products on Tuesday, including 46 critical bugs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/g6fa2l2I0F8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Apple says Tencent isn’t snooping on your browsing habits

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Apple Safari, browser privacy, china, Cryptography, fraudulent website warning, Google, Organisations, Privacy, Safari, safari browser, safe browsing, Tencent, Web Browsers, web browsing

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:46:27 +0000

Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users’ website requests for malicious URLs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1ZcuAGpfi7s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

October Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical remote desktop bug

October 9, 2019 0 Comments Azure, cve-2019-1060, cve-2019-1255, cve-2019-1333, cve-2019-1365, cve-2019-1366, cve-2019-1367, cve-2019-1368, CVEs, edge browser, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Microsoft Edge, Operating Systems, Organisations, Patch Tuesday, Patches, remote code, remote code execution, security threats, Technologies, vulnerability, Web Browsers, Windows

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:14:46 +0000

Microsoft fixed 59 vulnerabilities in October’s Patch Tuesday, including several critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jWWY6mMadts” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

O.MG! Evil Lightning cable about to hit mass distribution

October 2, 2019 0 Comments Apple, apple lightening cable, hak5, iOS, lightening cable, lightening charger, lockscream, mac, malware, NSA, o.mg, Operating Systems, Organisations, OS X, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:27:19 +0000

This malicious O.MG Lightning cable has come a long way, with extensive work on the kinds of payload it can deliver.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/P7a9UkBNKp0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Chrome cripples movie studio Mac Pros

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Apple, avid, Bug, chrome, Chrome browser, Google, Google Chrome, mac, Organisations, OS X, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:54:59 +0000

A few days ago, movie editors started reporting that Mac Pros running Avid software were crashing throughout Hollywood.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BZ_Snk9ZWg4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Mozilla Private Network VPN gives Firefox another privacy boost

September 13, 2019 0 Comments 1.1.1.1, browser privacy, chrome, Cloudflare DNS, DNS-over-HTTPS, DoH, firefox, Firefox Focus, Google, Mozilla, Organisations, Privacy, vpn, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:47:28 +0000

Is this week’s test pilot launch of Mozilla Private Network the moment browser VPNs finally become a must-have privacy feature?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MYg9gnQyZ7o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

September 2019’s Patch Tuesday: 2 zero-days, 17 critical bugs

September 12, 2019 0 Comments Adobe, Adobe Flash, Flash Player, Microsoft, Organisations, Patch Tuesday, RDP, Remote Desktop Services, security threats, Stuxnet, Windows, zero day

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:33:58 +0000

Sometimes, a Patch Tuesday update arrives with a bang that sends users scrambling for cover – September’s update earns that description.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/lRHTsM8cImQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

YouTube fined $170m for covertly tracking kids online

September 6, 2019 0 Comments Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Coppa, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Google, New York, Organisations, Privacy, youtube

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:43:26 +0000

YouTube can’t track kids online anymore without their parents’ permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1ObwzofWsMw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Firefox won’t follow Chrome’s anti-ad-blocker changes, says Mozilla

September 5, 2019 0 Comments ad blocker, Adblocker, Apple Safari, Brave, browser extensions, chrome, chromium, firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Opera, Organisations, Web Browsers, WebExtensions

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:27:12 +0000

Mozilla has told developers not to fret – it won’t follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m–la7sLG8k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

← Previous