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9 Nov, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2021 Edition

Cybersecurity Allan Liska, CVE-2021-41371, CVE-2021-42292, CVE-2021-42321, CVE-20213-38631, Dustin Childs, Latest Warnings, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day, Recorded Future, remote desktop protocol, Security Tools, Time to Patch, Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

29 Sep, 2021

The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots

Cybersecurity Intel 471, Latest Warnings, otp agency, OTP circumvention bot, OTP interception bot, Security Tools, SMS Buster, SMS interception bot, SMSRanger, telegram, Web Fraud 2.0

20 Sep, 2021

Does Your Organization Have a Security.txt File?

Cybersecurity alex holden, Alphabet, amazon, Edwin Foudil, Facebook, HCA Healthcare, Hold Security, Kroger, Procter & Gamble, Security Tools, security.txt, USAA, Walmart

It happens all the time: Organizations get hacked because there isn’t an obvious way for security researchers to let them know about security vulnerabilities or data leaks. Or maybe it isn’t entirely clear who should get the report when remote access to an organization’s internal network is being sold in the cybercrime underground. In a bid to minimize these scenarios, a growing number of major companies are adopting “Security.txt,” a proposed new Internet standard that helps organizations describe their vulnerability disclosure practices and preferences. …

13 Jul, 2021

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2021 Edition

Cybersecurity Automox, Chad McNaughton, CVE-2021-31979, CVE-2021-33771, CVE-2021-34448, CVE-2021-34458, CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34494, CVE-2021-34523, CVE-2021-34527, Microsoft Patch Tuesday July 2021, PrintNightmare, Satnam Narang, Security Tools, Tenable, Time to Patch, Windows updates

7 Jul, 2021

Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw

Cybersecurity CVE-2021-34527, KB5004945, Latest Warnings, PrintNightmare, Satnam Narang, Security Tools, Tenable, Time to Patch

Microsoft on Tuesday issued an emergency software update to quash a security bug that’s been dubbed “PrintNightmare,” a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows that is actively being exploited. The fix comes a week ahead of Microsoft’s normal monthly Patch Tuesday release, and follows the publishing of exploit code showing would-be attackers how to leverage the flaw to break into Windows computers. …

19 May, 2021

Recycle Your Phone, Sure, But Maybe Not Your Number

Cybersecurity Google Voice, Latest Warnings, number parking services, Princeton University, Security Tools, SMS, T-Mobile, Verizon, Web Fraud 2.0

Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents. Which means losing control over one thanks to a divorce, job termination or financial crisis can be devastating. Even so, plenty of people willingly abandon a mobile number without considering the potential fallout to their digital identities when those digits invariably get reassigned to someone else. New research shows how fraudsters can abuse wireless provider websites to identify available, recycled mobile numbers that allow password resets at a range of email providers and financial services online. …

17 May, 2021

Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate

Cybersecurity Allison Nixon, Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, Cybereason, DarkSide ransomware, fbi, Lance James, Microsoft Windows, Ransomware, rEvil, Security Tools, Sodinokibi, twitter, Unit221B

In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built-in failsafe designed to cover the backsides of the malware purveyors: They simply will not install on a Microsoft Windows computer that already has one of many types of virtual keyboards installed — such as Russian or Ukrainian. So many readers had questions in response to the tweet that I thought it was worth a blog post exploring this one weird cyber defense trick. …

9 Feb, 2021