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How Vulnerability Management Can Stop a Data Breach
Vulnerability management may not be the sexiest topic. But, while buzzier topics are certainly important, vulnerability management may just be the key to an effective data security strategy. According to…
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Spotify Hack – Over 300k Accounts Hacked in Credential Stuffing Attack
Spotify is a Swedish-based audio streaming and media services provider, with over 299 million active monthly users in 2020. Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team have discovered a potential credential stuffing operation whose origins are unknown, but that affected some online users who even have Spotify accounts. Credential stuffing is a hacking technique that takes advantage of […]
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August Patch Tuesday Fixes Critical IE, Important Windows Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
The August batch of Patch Tuesday updates includes 120 updates for the Microsoft suite, with 17 fixes rated as Critical, and the remaining 103 ranked as Important.
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Mirai Botnet Exploit Weaponized to Attack IoT Devices via CVE-2020-5902
We found an internet of things (IoT) Mirai botnet downloader exploiting CVE-2020-5902 in the wild, two weeks after getting a 10 out of 10 CVSS rating in its disclosure. Analyzing the said variant, it can also abuse nine other recently discovered security bugs in other devices.
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OkCupid Vulnerabilities Let Hackers to Steal the Personal and Sensitive Data of Users
OkCupid is one of the most popular dating apps that has more than 50 million registered users and used in 110 countries. The app was launched first in 2004 by four friends from Harvard. In 2019, the app claims that they made 91 million connections at an average with an average of 50,000 dates arranged […]
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Patch Tuesday: Fixes for ‘Wormable’ Windows DNS Server RCE, SharePoint Flaws
The July update issues 123 patches, including fixes in RemoteFX vGPU, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OneDrive, and Jet Database Engine. The patches address 18 vulnerabilities rated Critical and 105 that were rated Important in severity.
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How Threat Actors Are Adapting to the Cloud
With organizations increasingly moving to cloud environments, cloud security is more critical than ever. Cloud environments often hold large troves of valuable and sensitive data that can put organizations and…
Patch Tuesday: Fixes for LNK, SMB, and SharePoint Bugs
This month’s Patch Tuesday had the highest number of entries so far in 2020 — a whopping 129, a continuation of the trend seen from the previous months. The update includes fixes for LNK, SMB, SharePoint, and Win32k vulnerabilities.
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