Microsoft rolled out today its monthly batch of security patches known as Patch Tuesday. This month, the Redmond-based company fixed 64 vulnerabilities, 17 of which were rated critical, including two zero-days affecting in its main product, the Windows operating system. First Windows zero-day The first of these zero-days is […] …
If your business is still running on Windows 7, you have some important decisions to make, and not a lot of time remaining. Windows 7 support officially ends in less than a year, on January 14, 2020. After that date, […] here to view original web page at www.zdnet.com
Google A security firm said this week that it discovered malicious PDF documents exploiting a Google Chrome browser zero-day. The vulnerability allowed attackers to collect data from users who opened PDF files inside Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer. Exploit detection service EdgeSpot, the company that found these malicious files, […] …
Adobe has released a second patch to resolve a critical zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader after its original fix failed. The vulnerability, CVE-2019-7089 , was patched in Adobe’s February 12 patch release . Buried among 42 other critical bugs, the […] here to view original web page at www.zdnet.com
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Products (NCBP), a Minnesota-based provider of point-of-sale (POS) products, announced a security breach last week. The company said hackers compromised its IT system and later planted POS malware on the network of some of its customers. The breach occurred on January 3, 2019, according to NCBP. […] …
Researchers have described a new phishing attack which is able to pass Microsoft malicious file filters. On Tuesday, cybersecurity firm Avanan said the attack, dubbed NoRelationship , uses a link parsing weakness in email scanning products to hide malicious links. […] here to view original web page at www.zdnet.com
This device is unable to play the requested video. Avast security researchers have discovered a new malware strain named Rietspoof that’s currently being spread to victims via instant messaging clients such as Facebook Messenger and Skype. In a report published over the weekend, researchers described this new threat as […] …
Microsoft on Tuesday issued a bevy of patches to correct at least 70 distinct security vulnerabilities in Windows and software designed to interact with various flavors of the operating system. This month’s patch batch tackles some notable threats to enterprises — including multiple flaws that were publicly disclosed prior […] …
Dunkin’ Donuts announced today that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack during which hackers gained access to customer accounts. This marks the second time in three months that the coffee shop chain notifies users of account breaches following credential stuffing attacks. Credentials stuffing is a cyber-security […] …
This device is unable to play the requested video. A micropatch has been made available to resolve a zero-day vulnerability impacting Adobe Reader which could lead to the theft of hashed password values. The vulnerability was originally disclosed Alex Inführ on 26 January and proof-of-concept (PoC) code has […] …
