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February 9, 2022 admin

Apple accidentally kept some Siri recordings from iPhones, even for opted-out users

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:43:24 +0000

Apple’s release of iOS 15.4 beta 2 completes the fix for a bug that may have recorded interactions with Siri without permission on some devices.

Categories: Opinion

Tags: Improve Siri & Dictation iOS 15.4 recordings

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February 9, 2022 admin

IRS abandons facial recognition plans for online services

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:19:35 +0000

After multiple objections, the IRS is abandoning plans to integrate facial recognition tech into its online services.

Categories: Malwarebytes news

Tags: DHSS DMV facial recognition IRS

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February 9, 2022 admin

Update now! Firefox and Adobe updates are more critical than Microsoft’s

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:10:20 +0000

Patch Tuesday for February 2022 comes with some critical updates from Firefox and Adobe, while Microsoft keeps it cool after the January hustle.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: cve-2022-21984 cve-2022-21989 cve-2022-21996 cve-2022-22005 cve-2022-22752 cve-2022-23186 cve-2022-23188 cve-2022-23200 cve-2022-23202 cve-2022-23203 cve-2202-22754 firefox mozilla patch tuesday

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February 9, 2022 admin

Microsoft: Slow MFA adoption presents “dangerous mismatch” in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:55:24 +0000

Microsoft says its corporate users are not using MFA, another layer of security that keeps accounts safe. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated problem.

Categories: Security world

Tags: 2fa Azure Active Directory Cyber Signal Google Grzegorz Milka mfa microsoft multi-factor authentication npm twitter two-factor authentication

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February 8, 2022 admin

Meta blows safety bubble around users after reports of sexual harassment

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:41:07 +0000

Meta has enabled a security boundary as a default in its virtual realm after reports of sexual harassment.

Categories: Malwarebytes news

Tags: facebook meta vr

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February 8, 2022 admin

Microsoft takes macros out of the equation for five Office apps

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:16:00 +0000

Microsoft says it is going to disable macros in five Office apps by default.

Categories: Reports

Tags: ads macros microsoft motw VBA

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February 8, 2022 admin

“We absolutely do not care about you”: Sugar ransomware targets individuals

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 14:04:51 +0000

They call it Sugar ransomware, but it’s not sweet in any way.

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Cl0p Cl0P ransomware Encoded01 Encoded01 ransomware Marcelo Rivero Peter Antonov ransomware revil REvil ransomware SCOP encryption algorithm Simeon Maltchev stream cipher Sugar ransomware

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February 7, 2022 admin

News Corp falls victim to cyberattack

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:03:45 +0000

Media giant News Corp says it fell victim to a cyberattack that it discovered in January. Investigators suspect China to be behind the attack.

Categories: Reports

Tags: cyberattack News Corp

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