Google has patched an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome 88 update
update now Ryan Naraine / SecurityWeek : Google Chrome, Microsoft IE Zero-Days in Crosshairs Gareth Corfield / The Register : Chrome zero-day bug that is actively being abused by bad folks affects Edg...
CISA: hacking groups linked to China's Ministry of State Security have exploited F5, Citrix, Pulse Secure, and Microsoft Exchange bugs to hack US gov't networks
Chinese Ministry of State Security-Affiliated Cyber Threat Actor Activity Ravie Lakshmanan / The Hacker News : CISA: Chinese Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Devices to Target U.S. Agencies Ken Wieland / ...
Researchers observe hackers remotely exploiting a critical bug in BIG-IP products from F5 that act as load balancers within enterprise networks; patch available
F5 released a patch … Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost : Admins Urged to Patch Critical F5 Flaw Under Active Attack Robert Lemos / Dark Reading : Attackers Scan for Vulnerable BIG-IP Devices After Flaw ...
The creator of the Satori botnet, Kenneth Schuchman, is sentenced to 13 months in prison; experts says Satori gained control of 500K+ IoT devices
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Nintendo says 160K Nintendo accounts were compromised since the beginning of April using credentials obtained illegally by “some means other than our service”
We would like to provide an update on the recent incidents … Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net : Nintendo confirms up to 160,000 accounts accessed in huge privacy breach Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost : Ni...
Report: UN did not tell the public nor its general staff about a hacking attack into its IT systems from last July, despite staff records being compromised
and then tried to cover it up Associated Press : Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost : U.N. Hack Stemmed From Microsoft SharePoint Flaw Igor Bonifacic / Eng...
Chrome 76 arrives with Flash blocked by default, a new safeguard to prevent Incognito mode detection, PWA improvements, and more
For Now Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : How to Bring Back the HTTPS and WWW to the Google Chrome Address Bar Corbin Davenport / Android Police : Chrome 76 breaks Incognito Mode detection, supports site...
UK's ICO fines British Airways a record £183M fine for the data breach in 2018 that affected ~500K customers
could your business be next? Adrian Potoroaca / TechSpot : UK's ICO swings $230 million stick at British Airways for major data breach John Oates / The Register : UK privacy watchdog threatens British...
Google rolls out Private Join and Compute, a tool that lets organizations gain insights about other parties' confidential data, as an open source project
On Deploying Secure Computing Commercially … Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet : Google open sources Private Join and Compute, a tool for sharing confidential data sets PYMNTS.com : Google Releases Open Sourc...
Facebook says it has blocked 115 accounts on its services that may have been engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections
As part of our efforts to prevent interference … Tony Romm / Washington Post : Facebook ties newly suspended accounts to the Kremlin, a ‘timely reminder’ of election meddling threat CNN : Facebook tak...