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Digi-dosh exchange Coinbase: Someone tried to pwn our staff via this week’s Firefox zero-day security hole

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The development and release of a critical Firefox security patch this week was, in part, triggered by an attempted cyber-heist of crypto-coin exchange Coinbase.

Coinbase chief information security officer Philip Martin said on Wednesday night the digital-dosh trading site was […]

By |June 21st, 2019|Cyber News|

Millions of Windows Dell PCs need patching: Give-me-admin security gremlin found lurking in bundled support tool

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Dell’s troubleshooting software SupportAssist, bundled with the US tech titan’s home and business computers, has a security flaw that can be exploited by malware and rogue logged-in users to gain administrator powers.

The Texan system slinger today issued an advisory warning that […]

By |June 21st, 2019|Cyber News|

If Uncle Sam could quit using insecure .zip files to swap info across the ‘net, that would be great, says Silicon Ron Wyden

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Influential US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is not happy about Uncle Sam’s employees using insecure .zip files and other archive formats to electronically transfer information.

The Oregon Democrat today sent a letter  to Walter Copan, director of America’s National Institute of […]

By |June 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

Using Oracle WebLogic? Put down your coffee, drop out of Discord, grab this patch right now: Vuln under attack

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Oracle has issued an emergency critical update to address a remote code execution vulnerability in its WebLogic Server component for Fusion Middleware – a flaw miscreants are exploiting in the wild to hijack systems.

The programming blunder, designated CVE-2019-2729, is present […]

By |June 20th, 2019|Cyber News|

Awoogah! Awoogah! Firefox fans urged to update and patch zero-day hole exploited in the wild by miscreants

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Mozilla has released an emergency critical update for Firefox to squash a zero-day vulnerability that is under active attack.

The Firefox 67.0.3 and ESR 60.7.1 builds include a patch for CVE-2019-11707. The vulnerability is a type confusion bug in the way Firefox […]

By |June 19th, 2019|Cyber News|

Delicious irony: Hacked medical debt collector AMCA files for bankruptcy protection from debt collectors

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The healthcare debt collector ransacked by hackers, who gained access to millions of patients’ personal information, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau, aka American Medical Collection Agency, told the Southern New York US District Court this week […]

By |June 19th, 2019|Cyber News|

Freaking out about fiendish IoT exploits? Maybe stop disable telnet and change that default password first?

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While netizens and journalists worry about criminals and spies using sophisticated cyber-weapons to hijack Internet of Things devices, basic security protections are being overlooked – and pose a far greater threat.

Miscreants targeting internet-connected devices, especially those found in homes […]

By |June 18th, 2019|Cyber News|

Smash GandCrab: Free tools released to decrypt files scrambled by notorious ransomware

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Victims of the latest incarnations of the GandCrab ransomware now have a way to reclaim their files without paying a penny to extortionists, thanks to the release of a decryption tool.

Infosec shop BitDefender said this week it has teamed up with […]

By |June 18th, 2019|Cyber News|

Samsung reminds rabble to scan smart TVs for viruses – then tries to make them forget

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Samsung on Sunday sent out a tweet urging people to check their Sammy smart TVs for viruses – and then deleted the message, as if someone realized that highlighting the risks posed by connected TVs may be bad for business.

The Twitter […]

By |June 18th, 2019|Cyber News|

Why are fervid Googlers making ad-blocker-breaking changes to Chrome? Because they created a monster. And are fighting to secure it

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Analysis In a mild PR blitz, Google engineers this month insisted the ad giant’s shake up of Chrome browser extensions won’t kill advert blockers. Instead, we’re told, Googlers are making the plugins safer. Those engineers have more work to do than it […]

By |June 17th, 2019|Cyber News|