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Legacy apps are at risk with the September Patch Tuesday update

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments microsoft, microsoft outlook, Security, small and medium business, windows

Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:28:00 -0700

This week’s Patch Tuesday was an unusual update from Microsoft and we have added Windows, the Microsoft development platform, and Adobe Reader to our “Patch Now” schedule.

These updates are driven by the zero-day patch (CVE-2021-40444) to the core Microsoft browser library MSHTML. In addition to leading to significant remote code execution worries, this update may also lead to unexpected behaviours in legacy applications that depend on or include this browser component. Be sure to assess your portfolio for key apps that have these dependencies and perform a full functionality test before deployment. (We have identified some key mitigation strategies for handling ActiveX controls and for protecting your system during your testing and deployment phases.)

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Looking to DCIM to Manage a Hybrid IT Environment that’s Resilient, Secure, and Sustainable

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments cybersecurity, Data Center, DCIM, hybrid IT, Innovation at the Edge, software, Sustainability

Credit to Author: Kevin Brown| Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I read Who Moved My Cheese but I thought of the book recently when speaking at DCD New York City about the future needs of… Read more »

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Anonymous Leaked a Bunch of Data From a Right-Wing Web Host

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Ax Sharma, Ars Technica| Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000

The hacktivist collective targeted the domain registrar Epik for providing services to clients including the Texas GOP, Parler, and 8chan.

A New App Helps Iranians Hide Messages in Plain Sight

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Nahoft uses encryption to turn chats into a random jumble of words, and it works even when the internet doesn’t.

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This Week in Security News – September 17, 2021

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments trend micro research : articles, news, reports, trend micro research : cloud, trend micro research : cyber crime, trend micro research : cyber threats, trend micro research : expert perspective, trend micro research : exploits & vulnerabilities, trend micro research : mobile, trend micro research : network

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

2021 Midyear Cybersecurity Report and Apple emergency patches fix zero-click iMessage bug used to inject NSO spyware

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[updated] Patch now! PrintNightmare over, MSHTML fixed, a new horror appears … OMIGOD

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments Azure, cve-2021-36958, cve-2021-36968, cve-2021-38645, cve-2021-38647, cve-2021-38648, cve-2021-40444, cve-2022-38649, Exploits and vulnerabilities, mshtml, omigod, Patch Tuesday, printnightmare, September

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:19:48 +0000

Septermber 2021’s Patch Tuesday could be remembered for ending the PrintNightnare, or for the bug that made us go OMIGOD.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: Azure cve-2021-36958 cve-2021-36968 cve-2021-38645 cve-2021-38647 cve-2021-38648 cve-2021-40444 cve-2022-38649 mshtml omigod patch tuesday printnightmare september

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Facebook’s own research reveals the harm that Instagram can inflict

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments adam mosseri, awareness, engineered addiction, Facebook, instagram, mark zuckerberg, peter kafka, project daisy, recod media podcast, rfacebook research, social comparison, social media is like cars, The Wall Street Journal

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:34:31 +0000

Reporting by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has lifted the lid on Facebook’s own research into the harm that Instagram can do to young users.

Categories: Awareness

Tags: Adam Mosseri engineered addiction facebook Instagram Mark Zuckerberg Peter Kafka Project Daisy Recod Media podcast RFacebook research social comparison social media is like cars The Wall Street Journal

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FBI and CISA warn of APT groups exploiting ADSelfService Plus

September 17, 2021 admin 0 Comments adselfservice plus, APT, cgcyber, cisa, cve-2021-40539, Exploits and vulnerabilities, FBI, managengine, zoho

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:48:46 +0000

APT actors are exploiting a recently-discovered flaw in ManageEngine’s self-service password management product.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: adselfservice plus APT cgcyber cisa cve-2021-40539 fbi managengine Zoho

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