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Weekly News Digest #32
Memory allocation holes found by Microsoft in IoT and industrial technology Microsoft recommends users to monitor their network for any anomalies, segment network, and, when applicable, remove internet connections in case there is no possibility to patch an IoT/OT device. A batch of bad memory allocation operations in code in operational technology (industrial control systems)
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Weekly News Digest #31
Hackers require $50 million ransom to prevent the leak of stolen Apple blueprints On Wednesday, Quanta, the supplier of Apple, experienced the ransomware attack carried out by REvil ransomware group. The malicious actors are demanding Apple pay them a solid ransom of $50 mln. Otherwise, the stolen sensitive files may appear on the dark web.
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Weekly News Digest #30
Unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers are subject to cryptojacking malware installation Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers have become the target of cybercriminals. They are installing cryptocurrency mining malware to exploit the processing capacity of compromised systems for making money. Last month, Microsoft reported on zero-day vulnerabilities in its Exchange server and announced the release of critical security
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Weekly News Digest #29
WhatsApp sessions hijacked: new wormable Android malware in the Google Play Store The application available in the Google Play Store compromises usersā data by offering free Netflix Subscriptions. The malicious application dubbed āFlix Onlineā was discovered by Check Point Research (CPR) on Wednesday. The app positioned itself as a legitimate Netflix application and actively targeted
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Weekly News Digest #28
Dutch data protection authority fines Booking.com ā¬475K The ā¬475,000 fine was imposed by the European Union regulator on one of the most popular hotel booking sites in the world Booking.com for the late reporting on a data breach. Booking.com has offices in many countries but its headquarters is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and that
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Weekly News Digest #27
Critical Facebook for WordPress Plugin vulnerabilities patched At the end of 2020, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team disclosed the vulnerability related to the Facebook for WordPress plugin, formerly known as the Official Facebook Pixel. The plugin is applied to monitor site traffic and record the actions of users when they visit a particular page and
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Weekly News Digest #26
Face verification at ATMs in Singapore The customers of OCBC Bank can authenticate their identity at ATMs without using an ATM card. Face verification is now available at selected ATMs across Singapore. Currently, this technology allows customers only to check the balance, however, other operations will soon become available. Currently, there are 8 such ATMs
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Ukrainian Crypto Startups Research: Presentation of the Results
The Ministry of Digital Transformation in cooperation with the public association āUkrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Associationā and the leading of cybersecurity company Hacken presents the results of the analytical research of the most successful Ukrainian projects that have completed the token public offering āOverview of Top Ukraineās ICOsā. The research demonstrates the development
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Weekly News Digest #25
New security fixes addressing Creative Cloud, Connect, and Framemaker vulnerabilities released by Adobe Adobe publishes standard security updates every month. In the new release, the tech giant has addressed the vulnerability in Framemaker, a document processor. The identified bug tracked as CVE-2021-21056 constitutes a serious out-of-bounds read issue the exploitation of which may cause arbitrary
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Weekly News Digest #24
$40 Million Stolen from Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance, one of the most recognizable and biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has experienced a serious cryptocurrency theft. Hackers have stolen crypto assets valued at $40 million as well as API tokens and two-factor authentication codes of a number of users and the company considers this issue
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Inheriti : Worldās first and only full decentralized, patent pending, Digital inheritance platform
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets have rallied explosively during the past year, in turn inflating the value of digital asset holdings of investors. Also, an increasing number of people have taken to the internet and social media. Courtesy of the imposed COVID-19 lockdown. With this explosion in crypto prices and online social account creation, the responsibility
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Weekly News Digest #23
NSA Hacking Tool Appeared to Be Used Years Ago in China Is it possible for any intelligence agency to keep its āzero-dayā supply from falling into the wrong hands? The question that bothers security community heads since four years ago accident with a group of hackers Shadow Brokers, who launched leaking of NSA hacking tools
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