Tag: security
Microsoft confesses its recent security updates…broke Windows 10 security patches
In its latest Patch Tuesday cumulative update, Microsoft has confirmed an embarassing bug which broke older security patches installed on Windows 10 devices. The bug is tracked as CVE-2024- 43491, and affects Windows 10 version 1507 – an older version still supported for Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB and Windows…
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Ivanti patches serious endpoint management software security bugs, so update now
Ivanti has released a patch for a critical security vulnerability, advising users to apply it immediately to secure their infrastructure. In an advisory, Ivanti said it had uncovered a deserialization of untrusted data weakness in its Endpoint Management (EPM) agent portal. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-29847 and carries a…
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Crypto fans beware — hundreds of Android apps found using OCR to steal login details
Cybersecurity researchers from McAfee have uncovered hundreds of malicious Android apps designed to steal access to people’s cryptocurrency wallets. The researchers dubbed the campaign SpyAgent, which was made up of 280 apps in total, so far, mimicking legitimate banking apps, government services tools, TV streaming, utilities apps, and more. The…
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RAMBO attack uses RAM in air-gapped computers to steal data
Cybersecurity researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, came up with a very James Bond-esque way to steal sensitive files from air-gapped systems. The method is dubbed RAMBO (short for Radiation of Air-gapped Memory Bus for Offense) because it abuses the target computer’s RAM memory to steal data, taking…
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Russia to invest over half a billion US dollars in its battle against VPN usage
Russia wants to boost its censorship infrastructure and plans to spend almost 60 billion rubles (around $650 million) over the next five years to update its internet-blocking system. This is the strategy outlined in the federal project ‘Cybersecurity Infrastructure’ as reported by Forbes. The Russian censor body, Roskomnadzor, aims to…
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Quad7 botnet expands, adding SOHO and VPN routers, media servers
The operators of the Quad7 botnet have been busy, adding new features and expanding their attack surface, according to multiple security researchers who have been keeping tabs on the malware’s recent evolution. Quad7 was first spotted by a researcher alias Gi7w0rm, and experts from Sekoia, when it was only observed…
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