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  • Report: TikTok Harvested MAC Addresses By Exploiting Android Loophole
  • Researchers Find Exploitable Bugs in Mercedes-Benz Cars
  • North Korean .Gov Hackers Back With Fake Pen-Test Company
  • Intel MDS Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know
  • Google Releases Tool to Block USB Keystroke Injection Attacks
  • Pwn2Own 2021: Hackers Offered $200,000 for Zoom, Microsoft Teams Exploits
  • Adobe: Critical Flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Illustrator
  • Google Warns of Exploited Zero-Days in Chrome Browser
  • Security Firm Discloses CrowdStrike Issue After 'Ridiculous Disclosure Process'
  • Project Zero Flags High-Risk Zoom Security Flaw

Vulnerability in Acer Laptops Allows Attackers to Disable Secure Boot

Published: 2022-11-29 12:36:28

Popularity: 12

Author: Ionut Arghire

Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Boot fail""

    A vulnerability impacting multiple Acer laptop models could allow an attacker to disable the Secure Boot feature and bypass security protections to install malware. read more

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    Google Unveils KataOS 'Verifiably-Secure' Operating System for Embedded Devices

    Published: 2022-10-19 10:18:02

    Popularity: 14

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • IoT Security
  • Google last week unveiled a new project focused on building a secure embedded platform for machine learning (ML) applications. The project’s goal is designing intelligent ambient ML systems that are secure and trustworthy. read more

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    'DirtyCred' Vulnerability Haunting Linux Kernel for 8 Years

    Published: 2022-08-23 12:35:00

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "buggy kernel"

    Academic researchers from Northwestern University have shared details on ‘DirtyCred’, a previously unknown privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. read more

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    Security Firm Discloses CrowdStrike Issue After 'Ridiculous Disclosure Process'

    Published: 2022-08-23 11:29:19

    Popularity: 27

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Cyber Oops"

    A security firm has disclosed the details of an issue affecting a CrowdStrike product after what it described as a ‘ridiculous vulnerability disclosure process’. CrowdStrike has provided some clarifications following the disclosure. read more

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    Secure Boot Bypass Flaws Affect Bootloaders of Many Devices Made in Past Decade

    Published: 2022-08-15 13:30:49

    Popularity: 8

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Bootjacked"

    Bootloaders present in a majority of computers made in the past 10 years are affected by Secure Boot bypass vulnerabilities, according to firmware security company Eclypsium. read more

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    Lenovo Patches UEFI Code Execution Vulnerability Affecting Many Laptops

    Published: 2022-07-13 20:02:47

    Popularity: 19

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

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  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""UEFI bugger""

    Lenovo has released a security advisory to inform customers that more than 70 of its laptops are affected by a UEFI/BIOS vulnerability that can lead to arbitrary code execution. read more

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    Microsoft Confirms Temporary Rollback of Macro Blocking Feature

    Published: 2022-07-11 17:50:26

    Popularity: 10

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Virus & Threats
  • Virus & Malware
  • Microsoft has confirmed that the recent rollback of a feature related to the blocking of internet macros in its Office suite is only temporary. read more

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    Report: L3 Emerges as Suitor for Embattled NSO Group

    🤖: "Spy game 😏"

    L3 Technologies, a U.S. government contractor that sells aerospace and defense technology, has emerged as a suitor for Israeli exploit merchant NSO Group. read more

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    Firmware Flaws Allow Disabling Secure Boot on Lenovo Laptops

    🤖: "Boot fail"

    Computer maker Lenovo has started pushing security patches to address three vulnerabilities impacting the UEFI firmware of more than 110 laptop models. read more

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    Adobe Patches Gaping Security Holes in Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop

    🤖: "security alert"

    Adobe's security update engine revved into overdrive this month with the release of patches for at least 78 documented software vulnerabilities, some serious enough to expose corporate customers to remote code execution attacks. read more

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    Software Supply Chain Weakness: Snyk Warns of 'Deliberate Sabotage' of NPM Ecosystem

    Software supply chain security fears escalated again this week with the discovery of what’s being described as "deliberate sabotage" of code in the open-source npm package manager ecosystem. read more

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    New Variant of Spectre Attack Bypasses Intel and Arm Hardware Mitigations

    Published: 2022-03-10 11:55:14

    Popularity: 18

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: ""Spectre strikes again""

    A team of researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands has demonstrated a new Spectre attack variant that can bypass hardware mitigations implemented in recent years by Intel and Arm. read more

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    Project Zero Flags High-Risk Zoom Security Flaw

    Video conferencing software giant Zoom has shipped patches for a pair of security defects that expose Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android users to malicious hacker attacks. read more

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    GitHub Confirms Another Major NPM Security Defect

    Microsoft-owned GitHub is again flagging major security problems in the npm registry, warning that a pair of newly discovered vulnerabilities continue to expose the soft underbelly of the open-source software supply chain. read more

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    Blacksmith: Rowhammer Fuzzer Bypasses Existing Protections

    🤖: "Hammer time crashes"

    A group of security researchers devised a new attack that completely bypasses the existing mitigations against the Rowhammer vulnerability in dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips. read more

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    Shrootless: macOS Vulnerability Found by Microsoft Allows Rootkit Installation

    Published: 2021-10-29 13:28:08

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Vulnerabilities
  • 🤖: "Rootkit alert!"

    Microsoft on Thursday published information on a vulnerability in Apple’s macOS platform that could allow an attacker to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and modify operating system files. read more

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    Akamai to Acquire Guardicore in $600M Zero Trust Tech Deal

    Edge security and content delivery giant Akamai Technologies on Wednesday announced plans to spend $600 million to acquire Guardicore, an Israeli micro-segmentation technology startup. Akamai said the deal would add new capabilities to help customers thwart ransomware attacks by blocking the spread of malware within an already-compromised enterprise. read more

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    Apple Confirms New Zero-Day Attacks on Older iPhones

    Apple on Thursday confirmed a new zero-day exploit hitting older iPhones and warned that the security vulnerability also affects the macOS Catalina platform. read more

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    Google Warns of Exploited Zero-Days in Chrome Browser

    🤖: "Zero Day Alert"

    Google has joined the list of major software providers scrambling to respond to zero-day exploits in the wild. read more

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    Adobe Plugs Critical Photoshop Security Flaws

    🤖: "Photoshop fail"

    Adobe has issued a warning for a pair of major security vulnerabilities affecting its popular Photoshop image manipulation software. The flaws, rated critical, expose both Windows and MacOS users to code execution attacks, Adobe said in an advisory released Tuesday. read more

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    Adobe: Critical Flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Illustrator

    🤖: "Crashing software"

    Adobe has issued multiple security advisories with patches for critical vulnerabilities in a wide range of software products, including the ever-present Adobe Acrobat and Reader application. read more

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    Researchers Find Exploitable Bugs in Mercedes-Benz Cars

    🤖: "car hack"

    Following an eight-month audit of the code in the latest infotainment system in Mercedes-Benz cars, security researchers with Tencent Security Keen Lab identified five vulnerabilities, four of which could be exploited for remote code execution. read more

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    North Korean .Gov Hackers Back With Fake Pen-Test Company

    A North Korean government-backed APT group has been caught using a fake pen-testing company and a range of sock puppet social media accounts in an escalation of a hacking campaign targeting security research professionals. read more

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    Pwn2Own 2021: Hackers Offered $200,000 for Zoom, Microsoft Teams Exploits

    Published: 2021-01-27 09:49:45

    Popularity: 54

    Author: Eduard Kovacs

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • Network Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Application Security
  • Cloud Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • IoT Security
  • Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) on Tuesday announced the targets, prizes and rules for the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2021 hacking competition, a hybrid event scheduled to take place on April 6-8. read more

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    Report: TikTok Harvested MAC Addresses By Exploiting Android Loophole

    The ongoing controversies surrounding TikTok hit a new gear on Thursday with a bombshell report accusing the Chinese company of spying on millions of Android users using a technique banned by Google. read more

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    Google Releases Tool to Block USB Keystroke Injection Attacks

    Published: 2020-03-12 18:25:13

    Popularity: 59

    Author: Ionut Arghire

    Keywords:

  • Endpoint Security
  • NEWS & INDUSTRY
  • Identity & Access
  • Google has released a new software tool designed to identify potential USB keystroke injection attacks and block devices they originate from.  read more

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    Intel MDS Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know

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