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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:40:41 +0000

In 2017, a former NSA contractor named Reality Winner was arrested for allegedly leaking an internal report to the online news outlet The Intercept. To verify the report itself, a journalist for The Intercept sent an image of the report to the NSA, but upon further inspection, it was revealed that the image was actually…

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March 28, 2022 admin

Update now! Google releases emergency patch for Chrome zero-day used in the wild

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:42:54 +0000

Google’s rolled out a patch for Chrome that affects the V8 JavaScript engine. This high-severity flaw is currently being exploited.

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March 28, 2022 admin

Tech support fraud is still very much alive, says latest FBI report

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:15:27 +0000

In 2021 the IC3 received 23,903 complaints related to tech support fraud from victims in 70 countries. Stay away from these scammers.

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March 28, 2022 admin

A week in security (March 21 – 27)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:58 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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March 24, 2022 admin

Anti-war open-source software developer targets Russians and Belarussians with “protestware”

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:07:26 +0000

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought to life protestware. It’s also beginning to ruin the open-source developer community.

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March 24, 2022 admin

Elden Ring exploit traps players in infinite death loop

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:53:36 +0000

We take a look at a hack affecting people in the multiplayer component of the new Souls title Elden Ring, and how players avoided it.

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March 24, 2022 admin

Update now! Many HP printers affected by three critical security vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:20:35 +0000

HP has issued two security advisories that encourage users of a multitude of printer models to update the firmware to the latest version to thwart 3 critical vulnerabilities.

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March 23, 2022 admin

White House urges US businesses: Protect against potential Russian cyberattacks

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:56:08 +0000

The US Administration has yet again called out business leaders to strengthen their defenses against a cyberattack from Russia.

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