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Adobe Patches Critical Bugs Affecting Media Encoder and After Effects

Adobe today released out-of-band software updates for After Effects and Media Encoder applications that patch a total of two new critical vulnerabilities.Both …

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US Govt Warns Critical Industries After Ransomware Hits Gas Pipeline Facility

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) earlier today issued a warning to allÂindustries operating c…

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Vulnerability In WordPress Plugin ThemeGrill Demo Importer Allowed Wiping of a Victim Website

A WordPress plugin threatened the integrity of thousands of websites. This time, the vulnerability appeared in the ThemeGrill Demo ImporterVulnerability In Wor…

WordPress

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New Senate Bill Would Place Moratorium on Federal Use of Facial Recogniti

Two Democratic senators want to temporarily pause the government's use of facial recognition technology while a commission develops regulations.

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The Hacker News

Ring Makes 2-Factor Authentication Mandatory Following Recent Hacks

Smart doorbells and cameras bring a great sense of security to your home, especially when you're away, but even a thought that someone could be spying on you t…

AWS

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Mozilla Firefox 73.0.1 Released with Critical Linux Fix

Mozilla has recently released the first minor update for Firefox 73, this time bringing important fixes for Windows and Linux systems running the browser.

Linux Windows

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World Health Organization Warns About Coronavirus Phishing Attacks

Once again, cybercriminals have proved their indifference to morality by exploiting the panic and hype for the horrifying Coronavirus epidemicWorld Health Orga…

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Cynet Offers Free Threat Assessment for Mid-sized and Large Organizations

Visibility into an environment attack surface is the fundamental cornerstone to sound security decision making. However, the standard process of 3rd party thre…

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Iranian Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Backdoor Organizations Worldwide

A new report published by cybersecurity researchers has unveiled evidence of Iranian state-sponsored hackers targeting dozens of companies and organizations in…

VPN

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Ring now requires two-factor sign-ins for its home security devic

Ring is continuing its bid toÂimprove privacy and securityÂafter facing criticism. As of today, the Amazon brand will startÂrequiringÂtwo-factor authentication…

AWS

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Millions Of Windows And Linux Systems Are Vulnerable To This 'Hidden' Cyber Atta

What if I told you that there is an exploitable security risk hiding in plain sight that could result in the compromise of your Linux or Windows machine? What …

Linux Windows

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Here's How To Remove The 'Unremovable' xHelper Malware

From the many viruses emerging or spreading last year, xHelper was the most robust one for Android users. Within aHere's How To Remove The 'Unremovable' xHelpe…

Android

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Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, c…

WordPress

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500 Malicious Extensions Removed From Chrome That Previously Barraged Users With Ads

Google Web Store had hundreds of malicious Chrome extensions that used to barrage users with advertisements. Google has now removed500 Malicious Extensions Rem…

Chrome

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OpenSSH now supports FIDO U2F security keys for 2-factor authentication

Here's excellent news for sysadmins. You can now use a physical security key as hardware-based two-factor authentication to securely log into a remote system v…

OpenSSH

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SMS Phishing Campaign Aims At Mobile Banking Apps In North America

Mobile banking app users in the United States and Canada should remain vigilant when receiving SMS from unknown senders sinceSMS Phishing Campaign Aims At Mobi…

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Google pulls 500 malicious Chrome extensions after researcher tip-o

Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and …

Chrome

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A Dozen Vulnerabilities Affect Millions of Bluetooth LE Powered Devices

A team of cybersecurity researchers late last week disclosed the existence of 12 potentially severe security vulnerabilities, collectively named 'SweynTooth,' …

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Rutter's Store Suffered POS Malware Attack Exposing Payment Card Data

Another US store, Rutters has made it to the news due to a POS malware attack. Reportedly, Rutter's suffered aRutter's Store Suffered POS Malware Attack Exposi…

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VPN Obfuscation (Everything You Need to Know ' What It Is, How It Works, Why You Need It, and Mor

We all likely heard about VPN obfuscation at this point. Over the past years, a pretty noticeable number of VPN providers started using the term on their web p…

VPN

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South African Nedbank Suffered Data Breach Affecting 1.7 Million Customers

Extending the trail of security breaches this year, now joins the South African bank Nedbank. As revealed, Nedbank suffered aSouth African Nedbank Suffered Dat…

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Vulnerability In WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin Risks 700K Websites

Another WordPress plugin has now joined the list of plugins exhibiting threatening security flaws. This time, the vulnerability appeared inVulnerability In Wor…

WordPress

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Microsoft Rolled Out Huge Patch Tuesday February With 99 Bug Fixes

This week, Microsoft has rolled out one of the biggest Patch Tuesday update bundles ever. It contains fixes for 99Microsoft Rolled Out Huge Patch Tuesday Febru…

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500 Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing Private Data of 1.7 Million Use

Google removed 500 malicious Chrome extensions from its Web Store after they found to inject malicious ads and siphon off user browsing data to servers under t…

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