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CISA calls for urgent action against critical threats

January 21, 2022 admin 0 Comments cisa insights, directive 22-01, known vulnerabilities, mfa, reports, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:02:47 +0000

CISA warns that every organization in the United States is at risk from cyberthreats that could disrupt essential services.

Categories: Reports

Tags: CISA insights directive 22-01 known vulnerabilities mfa ukraine

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Red Cross begs attackers to “Do the right thing” after family reunion service compromised

January 20, 2022 admin 0 Comments Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:44:00 +0000

Data has been taken without permission from the Red Cross’ Restoring Family Links program and humanitarian workers are worried by the potential fallout.

Categories: Malwarebytes news

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Update now! Chrome patches critical RCE vulnerability in Safe Browsing

January 20, 2022 admin 0 Comments chrome, cve-2022-0096, cve-2022-0289, Exploits and vulnerabilities, RCE, safe browsing, site-isolation, uaf

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:32:26 +0000

Google has issued an update for Chrome which includes 26 security fixes, with one rated as “critical”.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: chrome cve-2022-0096 cve-2022-0289 rce safe browsing site isolation UAF

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Combatting SMS and phone fraud: UK government issues guidance

January 20, 2022 admin 0 Comments do not originate, How-tos, link, mef, ncsc, phishing, Scammer, sms, spoofing, url shorteners

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:07:16 +0000

A quick guide for organizations embarking on SMS and telephone messages to reach their audience or customers.

Categories: How-tos

Tags: do not originate link MEF NCSC phishing scammer sms spoofing url shorteners

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Open Subtitles breach: The dangers of password reuse

January 20, 2022 admin 0 Comments breach, data, logins, opensubtitles, passwords, privacy, ransom

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:06:00 +0000

We look at a breach of popular site Open Subtitles which took place last August. Are you at risk from reused logins?

Categories: Privacy

Tags: breach data logins opensubtitles passwords ransom

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Steer clear of gift card balance scams

January 20, 2022 admin 0 Comments gift card, phish, phishing, scams, Target

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:30:07 +0000

We look at gift card scams, where fake sites designed to look like the real thing trick victims into entering gift card balance details.

Categories: Scams

Tags: gift card phish phishing target

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Browsers on iOS, iPadOS and Mac leak your browsing activity and personal identifiers

January 19, 2022 admin 0 Comments apple, Exploits and vulnerabilities, google user id, indexeddb, iOS, ipados, safari

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:15:35 +0000

Safari 15 on macOS and all browsers on iOS and iPadOS can leak browsing information and personal information through flaw in the way the browsers use the IndexedDB API.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: Apple Google User ID IndexedDB iOS iPadOS safari