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Monday review – the hot 21 stories of the week

maandag 17 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

From the GoldBrute botnet to Microsoft's battle with irresponsibly disclosed bugs - and everything in between. It's your weekly roundup.

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Critical flaw found in Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome

vrijdag 14 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Anyone using it in its unpatched state is at risk not only of a compromise of their Evernote account but, potentially, of third-party accounts too.

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Android phones can now be security keys for iOS devices

vrijdag 14 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Hey, iOS users. Got a spare Android phone lying around? Now, you can use it as a secure access key for online services.

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Facebook got 187,000 users’ data with snoopy VPN app

vrijdag 14 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

According to a letter it sent to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, that's 31,000 US users, with the rest in India.

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Cop arrested following explicit chat with bogus 16yo girl

vrijdag 14 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

A male college student Snapchat-filtered himself into a young girl and went out to catch a predator. The first one he caught was a Californian cop.

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Facebook keeps deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg

donderdag 13 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

"Whoever controls the data, controls the future," says the evil Zuck, who, according to the platform's current policy, won't be taken down.

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Backpacker claims to find a network of hidden webcams in farm stay

donderdag 13 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

In the bug repellent gizmo, in the shower, in the little birds glued to the footboard—all hiding webcams, alleges the Dutch backpacker.

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Vim devs fix system-pwning text editor bug

donderdag 13 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Diehard text editor users everywhere breathed a sigh of relief this week as the open source community fixed a bug in one of the most venerable *nix programs: Vim.

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Microsoft’s battle with SandboxEscaper zero days turns into grim Groundhog Day

donderdag 13 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Why is SandboxEscaper releasing vulnerabilities in such an irresponsible way? It matters not - Microsoft must patch what’s in front of it whatever the backstory.

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Critical Adobe Flash player bug and more in June’s Patch Tuesday

woensdag 12 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

June patch Tuesday features fixes from Adobe and Microsoft for critical flaws including a remote code vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.

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FBI warns users to be wary of phishing sites abusing HTTPS

woensdag 12 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Why you shouldn't trust a website simply because it's secured using HTTPS and backed by the green padlock symbol.

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Radiohead releases ‘OK Computer’ sessions that hacker tried to ransom

woensdag 12 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

The band shrugged off the threat and released the files on Bandcamp. They're long and not very interesting, they said.

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Hackers stole photos of travelers and license plates from subcontractor

woensdag 12 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Critics say if the US can't protect such data - which was improperly stored by a subcontractor - it shouldn't collect it.

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Critical flaws found in Amcrest security cameras

dinsdag 11 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

The Amcrest 721 family of security cameras features six security flaws discovered back in 2017 by a researcher at security outfit Synopsys.

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iOS 13 will map the apps that are tracking you

dinsdag 11 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

A map will display the snail-slime trails that we all leave behind in our daily travels and through which background tracking apps follow us.

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It’s a SCAM: Send Bitcoin or your company’s reputation is TOAST!

dinsdag 11 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

"I will insult people. And everyone will not care that it's not you." But it's social-disaster baloney!

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Researchers crack digital safe using HSM flaw

dinsdag 11 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

French researchers have found a bug in a hardware security module (HSM) that could enable an attacker to steal highly prized secrets.

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Microsoft warns of time-travelling equation exploit – are you safe?

maandag 10 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

An Office bug that was squashed back in 2017 is still in widespread use - make sure your computer hasn't slipped through the patch cracks!

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The GoldBrute botnet is trying to crack open 1.5 million RDP servers

maandag 10 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Even its most optimistic users would have to concede that it’s been a bracing few weeks for anyone who relies on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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Cryptocurrency attack thwarted by npm team

maandag 10 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Cryptocurrency users narrowly escaped losing all their funds last week after an attacker poisoned a digital wallet with malicious code that stole their blockchain access details.

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Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by Feds – after 2.5 years

maandag 10 juni 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the election but still went ahead and used remote access software.

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