May 2020 Patch Tuesday – 111 Vulns, 16 Critical, SharePoint, VS Code, Adobe Patches
Continuing the trend of large Microsoft Patch Tuesdays, this month’s addresses 111 vulnerabilities with 16 of them labeled as Critical. The 16 Critical vulnerabilities cover SharePoint, Browsers, Scripting Engines, Media Foundation, Microsoft ...
Personal Information of 3.6 Million MobiFriends is Up for Grabs, Free Download Included
Following a data breach incident from January 2019, the personal information of more than 3.6 million MobiFriends users is now up for grabs on multiple online forums. While the stolen data was ...
Attack Against PC Thunderbolt Port
The attack requires physical access to the computer, but it's pretty devastating: On Thunderbolt-enabled Windows or Linux PCs manufactured before 2019, his technique can bypass the login screen of a sleeping or ...
Why Everyone Is Needed to Make Cybersecurity Matter
When it comes to cybersecurity, everyone needs to be part of the solution if we ever hope to slow the rising tide of cyberattacks Nearly 4.5 billion people—about 60% of the world’s ...
Businesses Underestimate COVID-19 Cybersecurity Risks
COVID-19 has been impacting the world for at least five months, and cybercriminals have not let up in their attempts to manipulate the crisis for their own gain. For example, in the ...
DEF CON is Canceled. Wanna Buy a Bridge?
We’re told DEF CON 28 is canceled. But obviously we’re not stupid enough to fall for that old trick ...
66 Percent of Consumers Recycle Their Account Passwords. Do You?
As the world becomes more digitally bound and workers adapt to new business models, our cyber habits should improve considerably. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case. The 2020 LastPass ‘Psychology of Passwords’ ...
Chatbooks security breach. Users told to change their passwords
Customers of Chatbooks, a photo book-making company that turns users’ Instagram posts into books, have been warned that their data has fallen into the hands of hackers. In a statement posted on ...
U.S. Marshals Announced Data Breach of Prisoners’ Information
The United States Marshals Service announced a data breach involving the personal information of its former and current prisoners. In a data breach notification letter obtained by ZDNet, the U.S. Marshals Service ...
Cognizant Expects to Lose up to $70 Million from April Ransomware Attack
IT services giant Cognizant has calculated it will lose between $50 million and $70 million from a ransomware incident in April, the CFO said on an earnings call. Cognizant confirmed to clients ...
