July 2019 – Page 3 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:25:39 +0000

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Microsoft Patch Alert: Welcome to the Upside Down

July 30, 2019 admin microsoft, Microsoft Office, PCs, Security, windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:33:00 -0700

This month, Microsoft Patch Land looks like a stranger Stranger Things Upside Down, where Security-only patches carry loads of telemetry, Visual Studio patches appear for the wrong versions… and we still can’t figure out how to keep the Win10 1903 upgrade demogorgon from swallowing established drivers.

As we end the month, we’ve seen the second “optional” monthly cumulative updates for all Win10 versions — the 1903 patch was released, pulled, then re-released — and fixes for Visual Studio’s transgressions. There’s a kludge for getting the Win10 1903 upgrade to work. And BlueKeep still looms like a gorging Mind Flayer.

Win7 Security-only patch brings telemetry

Those of you who have been dodging Windows 7 telemetry by using the monthly Security-only patches — a process I described as “Group B” three years ago — have reached the end of the road. The July 2019 Win7 “Security-only” patch, KB4507456, includes a full array of telemetry/snooping, uh, enhancements.

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MalwareBytes Security

Exploit kits: summer 2019 review

July 30, 2019 admin drive-by, EK, EKs, exploit kits, Exploits, Fallout, GreenFlash Sundown, Magnitude, RIG, Spelevo, Threat analysis, Underminer

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:20:33 +0000

In this edition of our seasonal review of exploit kits, we review active and unique EKs hitting consumers and businesses over the summer 2019 season.

Categories:

Threat analysis

Tags: drive-by EK EKs exploit kits exploits Fallout GreenFlash Sundown Magnitude RIG Spelevo Underminer

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MalwareBytes Security

How to get your Equifax money and stay safe doing it

July 30, 2019 admin awareness, credit monitoring, data breach, data breach settlement, Equifax, EU, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, fraud, fraud prevention, FTC, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Identity Theft, phishing, scams, settlement, Social Security numbers

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Equifax has been ordered to pay at least $650 million in relation to its enormous 2017 data breach. Users who were affected might be eligible for a claim. But watch out for scams!

Categories:

Awareness

Tags: credit monitoring data breach data breach settlement Equifax EU European Union Federal Trade Commission fraud fraud prevention FTC gdpr General Data Protection Regulation identity theft phishing scams settlement social security numbers

Microsoft Security

Council of EU Law Enforcement Protocol improves cross-border cooperation

July 30, 2019 admin cybersecurity policy, Incident Response, Security Intelligence, Threat protection

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The new EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol addresses the growing problem of planning and coordinating between governments, agencies, and companies when cyberattacks occur across international boundaries.

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Independent Krebs

Capital One Data Theft Impacts 106M People

July 30, 2019 admin Capital One breach, data breaches, GitHub, Masergy, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Paige A. Thompson, Ray Watson, slack, Twitter

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:59:54 +0000

Federal prosecutors this week charged a Seattle woman with stealing data from more than 100 million credit applications made with Capital One Financial Corp. Incredibly, much of this breached played out publicly over several months on social media and other open online platforms. What follows is a closer look at the accused, and what this incident may mean for consumers and businesses.

Kaspersky Security

Update to iOS 12.4 right away

July 30, 2019 admin iMessage, iOS, iPhone, mobile devices, spying, Threats, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:16:37 +0000

Six severe vulnerabilities in iMessage that allow remote execution and data stealing with no user interaction? Sounds like a good reason to update to iOS 12.4 as soon as possible.

QuickHeal Security

MegaCortex Returns…

July 30, 2019 admin encryption, ransomware

Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:27:12 +0000

MegaCortex, a ransomware which was first spotted in January this year, has become active again and has changed the way it previously attacked/targeted the corporate world. In order to simplify its execution and increase its scale of operation, it uses ‘Command Prompt’ instead of ‘PowerShell’ in current targeted campaign. Key…

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