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Attackers Use UPnP to Sidestep DDoS Defenses

May 15, 2018 TH Author Distributed Denial of Service, DNS, Domain Name System, Hacks, IoT, NTP, Simple Service Discovery Protocol, SSDP, UPnP, Vulnerabilities, Web Security

Universal Plug and Play networking protocols can be exploited to bypass DDoS mitigations. READ MORE HERE…

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Adobe Doles Out Second Round of Higher Priority Patches

May 15, 2018 TH Author adobe, Adobe Acrobat, adobe patch, Adobe Patches, adobe photoshop cc, Adobe Reader, critical vulnerability, patch tuesday, Vulnerabilities, Web Security

Adobe has issued a round of higher priority patches less than a week after its Patch Tuesday updates last week. READ MORE HERE…

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EFAIL Opens Up Encrypted Email to Prying Eyes

May 14, 2018 TH Author Cryptography, dissidents, efail, Encryption, mitigations, OpenPGP, Outlook, Privacy, s/mime, Secure email, sensitive communications, Vulnerabilities

The flaws threaten to expose corporate communications in Outlook as well as the messages of at-risk users like political dissidents. READ MORE HERE…

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GDPR Phishing Scam Targets Apple Accounts, Financial Data

May 14, 2018 TH Author Apple, Apple ID, GDPR, Phishing, Social Engineering, spoof website, Spoofing, Vulnerabilities, Web Security

A phishing scam fooled victims by claiming to be Apple and scooping up personal details – including financial information and Apple account information. READ MORE HERE…

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GDPR Phishing Scam Targets Apple Accounts, Financial Data

May 14, 2018 TH Author Apple, Apple ID, GDPR, Phishing, Social Engineering, spoof website, Spoofing, Vulnerabilities, Web Security

A phishing scam fooled victims by claiming to be Apple and scooping up personal details – including financial information and Apple account information. READ MORE HERE…

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Samsung Patches Six Critical Bugs in Flagship Handsets

May 14, 2018 TH Author April Android Security Bulletin, ECDSA, Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, Hacks, May Android security bulletin, Mobile Security, peek and poke, Snapdragon, Snapdragon Wear, Vulnerabilities

Samsung updates S9, Note 8 and S8 phones with 27 patches from a RCE bug to a patch that prevents an ancient peek-and-poke attack first identified in 1980s. READ MORE HERE…

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Samsung Patches Six Critical Bugs in Flagship Handsets

Samsung updates S9, Note 8 and S8 phones with 27 patches from a RCE bug to a patch that prevents an ancient peek-and-poke attack first identified in 1980s. READ MORE HERE…

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Google Project Zero Calls Windows 10 Edge Defense ‘ACG’ Flawed

May 11, 2018 TH Author 0 Comments Arbitrary Code Guard, Edge browser, Google Project Zero, Hacks, Javascript, JIT, Just-in-Time, Vulnerabilities, Web Security, Windows 10 Creators Update

Researchers maintain Microsoft’s vaunted Arbitrary Code Guard in the Edge browser can’t stop hackers from mounting attacks. Read More HERE…

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GandCrab Ransomware Found Hiding on Legitimate Websites

May 10, 2018 TH Author 0 Comments GandCrab, Hacks, legitimate websites, Malware, Malware analysis, ransomware, Vulnerabilities, Web Security

The GandCrab ransomware continues to virulently spread and adapt to shifting cyber-conditions, most recently crawling back into relevance on the back of several large-scale spam campaigns. Read More HERE…

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Major OS Players Misinterpret Intel Docs, and Now Kernels Can Be Hijacked

May 10, 2018 TH Author debug exception, documentation, Intel, Kernel, misinterpretation, os vendors, patch, privilege escalation flaw, Processors, Vulnerabilities

Apple, Microsoft, Red Hat and others have built an uncannily similar privilege escalation flaw into their Intel-based products. READ MORE HERE…