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Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 19:33:31 +0000

The Veterans Affairs’ VistA software has a vulnerability that could let an attacker “masquerade as a doctor,” a security researcher warns.

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: Cisco gets hit by ransomware, Twilio gets phished, a new way to fight email spammers, and much more.

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:00:00 +0000

An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac. Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:34:00 +0000

The popular video meeting app makes it easy to keep the software up to date—but it also introduced vulnerabilities.

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:55:28 +0000

FBI agents reportedly searched Mar-a-Lago for “nuclear documents.” That can fall into one of these four categories.

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:09:27 +0000

The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:28:34 +0000

The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.