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Electronic Sales Suppression Tools are cooking the books

Categories: News

Tags: electronic sales suppression software

Tags: tax

Tags: coronavirus

Tags: fraud

Tags: scam

Tags: point of sale

Tags: deception

We take a look at the tax industry’s war on electronic sales suppression software. What is it, and why are Governments going after suppliers?

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The weirdest security stories of 2022

Categories: News

Tags: Weird

Tags: 2022

Tags: infosec

Tags: social engineering

Tags: scam

Tags: romance

Tags: deepfake

Tags: video games

Tags: advertising

Tags: advergaming

Tags: apes

Tags: NFT

Tags: 419

Tags: space

Tags: astronaut

We take a look at the weirdest security related stories of 2022—from apes to the great unknowns of space.

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Iranian hacking group uses compromised email accounts to distribute MSP remote access tool

Categories: News

Tags: MuddyWater

Tags: Static Kitten

Tags: remote access tool

Tags: MSP

Tags: Iran

A new campaign by hacking group MuddyWater has been uncovered in which a legitimate remote access tool is sent to targets from a compromised email account.

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Indiana sues TikTok, describes it as “Chinese Trojan Horse”

Categories: News

Tags: TikTok

Tags: ban TikTok

Tags: states that banned TikTok

Tags: Indiana bans TikTok

Tags: Maryland bans TikTok

Tags: Shou Zi Chew

Tags: Brendan Carr

Tags: ByteDance

Tags: Brooke Oberwetter

The State of Indiana has filed two lawsuits against TikTok, Inc, the company behind the same name app, and its parent company, ByteDance.

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A week in security (December 5 – 11)

Categories: News

Tags: Lock and Code S03E25

Tags: lock & code

Tags: lock and code

Tags: S03E25

Tags: Dustin Childs

Tags: Eufy

Tags: Snapchat

Tags: Apple

Tags: Apple AirTag

Tags: Google Chrome

Tags: V8 vulnerability

Tags: Hive

Tags: Facebook hoax

Tags: PayPal phish

Tags: Lazarus Group

Tags: SIM swapper

Tags: festive scam

Tags: holiday scams

Tags: Android vulnerability

Tags: Bluetooth

Tags: SaaS

Tags: SaaS best practices

Tags: Epic Games

Tags: Threat Intelligence Reports

The most interesting security related news from the week of December 5 to 11.

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Update now! NetGear routers’ default configuration allows remote attacks

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: NetGear

Tags: Nighthawk

Tags: remote

Tags: ports

Tags: IPv6

NetGear has issued a hotfix that has to be installed manually, after researchers found a vulnerability that could allow remote attacks.

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Update now! Google patches Android vulnerability that allows remote code execution over Bluetooth

Categories: Android

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Google has issued its December round of patches, which includes a fix for a critical vulnerability that allows RCE over Bluetooth

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