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Maze ransomware hits US giant Cognizant

Posted on April 20, 2020 by John E Dunn

The latest company to fall victim to a ransomware attack is Cognizant, a large US IT services company which admitted at the weekend that it had fallen victim to Maze. Continue reading Maze ransomware hits US giant Cognizant→

Posted in cognizant, data breach, Data loss, maze, Ransomware

Update now! Windows zero day flaws fixed in Patch Tuesday

Posted on April 16, 2020 by John E Dunn

…and there are fixes for Adobe, Oracle and Intel products too. Go get your updates! Continue reading Update now! Windows zero day flaws fixed in Patch Tuesday→

Posted in adobe, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, patch tuesday, Windows 10, Zero-Day Vulnerability

WordPress WooCommerce sites targeted by card swiper attacks

Posted on April 15, 2020 by John E Dunn

Credit card swipers have found a hard-to-detect way to target WordPress websites using the WooCommerce plugin by secretly modifying legitimate JavaScript files. Continue reading WordPress WooCommerce sites targeted by card swiper attacks→

Posted in Credit card skimming, ecommerce, magecart, Magento, Vulnerability, WooCommerce, wordpress

Microsoft project proposed to aid Linux IoT code integrity

Posted on April 8, 2020 by John E Dunn

Imagine a computer user from 2010 dreaming of a world in which Microsoft is not only an enthusiastic proponent of open source software but actively contributes to it with its own ideas. The time is now. Continue reading Microsoft project proposed to aid Linux IoT code integrity→

Posted in Cloud, Integrity Policy Enforcement (IPE, linux, Microsoft, Security threats

Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds

Posted on April 7, 2020 by John E Dunn

A study has found that thousands of legitimate Android apps are taking liberties or installing with capabilities that users wouldn’t expect to exist. Continue reading Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds→

Posted in Android, backdoor, baidu, Google, google play, Security threats | Tagged Samsung

COVID-19 forces browser makers to continue supporting TLS 1.0

Posted on April 2, 2020 by John E Dunn

In one of the strangest stories of the year, the COVID-19 virus has halted plans by major browsers to drop support for the aging and insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols. Continue reading COVID-19 forces browser makers to continue supporting TLS 1.0→

Posted in Chrome, COVID-19, Edge browser, Firefox, Google, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, Vulnerability

Microsoft’s Edge browser to get breached credential alerts

Posted on April 1, 2020 by John E Dunn

Microsoft has announced a list of new security and privacy features it plans to add to forthcoming versions in an effort to take on its rivals. Continue reading Microsoft’s Edge browser to get breached credential alerts→

Posted in Bing, Edge browser, Edge Password Monitor, firefox monitor, Google, Google Password Checkup, Microsoft, privacy

Patch now! Critical flaw found in OpenWrt router software

Posted on March 31, 2020 by John E Dunn

OpenWrt is an open source operating system used by millions of home and small business routers and embedded devices. Continue reading Patch now! Critical flaw found in OpenWrt router software→

Posted in CVE-2020-7982, Flaw, Guido Vranken, home router, open-source, openwrt, router, router security, Security threats, Vulnerability

Apple’s iOS 13.4 hit by VPN bypass vulnerability

Posted on March 30, 2020 by John E Dunn

It’s less than a week since iOS 13.4 appeared and already researchers have discovered a bug that puts at risk the privacy of VPN connections. Continue reading Apple’s iOS 13.4 hit by VPN bypass vulnerability→

Posted in apple, iOS 13.4, privacy, ProtonVPN, vpns, Vulnerability

Firefox 76 will have option to enforce HTTPS-only connections

Posted on March 27, 2020 by John E Dunn

The aim is to block the browser from reaching the small number of sites that cling to HTTP, closing security risks. Continue reading Firefox 76 will have option to enforce HTTPS-only connections→

Posted in browser security, Firefox, Google, HTTP, HTTP to HTTPS, https, HTTPS Everywhere, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Security threats, TLS, Web Browsers, Web browsing

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