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Google Play Apps Remain Vulnerable to High-Severity Flaw
Patches for a flaw (CVE-2020-8913) in the Google Play Core Library have not been implemented by several popular Google Play apps, including Cisco Teams and Edge.
IBM Releases Report on Cyber Actors Targeting the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain
Original release date: December 3, 2020 IBM X-Force has released a report on malicious cyber actors targeting the COVID-19 cold chain—an integral part of delivering and storing a vaccine at safe temperatures. Impersonating a biomedical company, cyber actors are sending phishing and spearphishing emails to executives and global organizations involved in vaccine storage and transport…
Think-Tanks Under Attack by Foreign APTs, CISA Warns
The feds have seen ongoing cyberattacks on think-tanks (bent on espionage, malware delivery and more), using phishing and VPN exploits as primary attack vectors.
Xerox DocuShare Bugs Allows Data Leaks
CISA warns the leading enterprise document management platform is open to attack and urges companies to apply fixes.
Healthcare 2021: Cyberattacks to Center on COVID-19 Spying, Patient Data
The post-COVID-19 surge in the criticality level of medical infrastructure, coupled with across-the-board digitalization, will be big drivers for medical-sector cyberattacks next year.
Mozilla Releases Security Update for Thunderbird
Original release date: December 2, 2020 Mozilla has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Thunderbird 78.5.1 and apply the necessary…
Xerox Releases Security Updates for DocuShare
Original release date: December 2, 2020 Xerox has released security updates for DocuShare 6.6.1, 7.0, and 7.5 to address a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urges users and administrators review Xerox Mini Bulletin XRX20W and apply the necessary updates. This product is…
iPhone Bug Allowed for Complete Device Takeover Over the Air
Researcher Ian Beer from Google Project Zero took six months to figure out the radio-proximity exploit of a memory corruption bug that was patched in May.
Android Messenger App Still Leaking Photos, Videos
The GO SMS Pro app has been downloaded 100 million times; now, underground forums are actively sharing images stolen from GO SMS servers.
Cayman Islands Bank Records Exposed in Open Azure Blob
An offshore Cayman Islands bank’s backups, covering a $500 million investment portfolio, were left unsecured and leaking personal banking information, passport data and even online banking PINs.