Remove 2022 Remove Malware Remove Software Review
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The hidden costs of your helpdesk

CIO

Text messages can be intercepted via malware such as SMS trojan , SIM swapping (an account breaching technique in which fraudsters pay wireless carrier employees to swap a customer’s SIM for one controlled by the threat actor), and OTP interception bots , which can access customers’ one-time-passwords.

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April Patch Tuesday 2022

Ivanti

Attackers are exploiting the Spring4Shell vulnerability to spread Mirai Botnet malware. Apache Tomcat updates released on April 1 resolved CVE-2022-22965. Make sure to spend some time evaluating your organizations’ exposure to Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965) and deploy recently released updates where needed.

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October Patch Tuesday 2022

Ivanti

The October Patch Tuesday lineup is predominantly a Microsoft lineup but includes an update for Adobe Acrobat and Reader ( APSB22-46 ) and is a prelude to the Oracle Quarterly CPU due to release on Tuesday, October 18th. In this case the CVE exploit code maturity is listed as unproven, so the exposure may not be too serious.

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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO

Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of organizations reviewing their password management strategies. It’s worth re-mentioning that a 2022 study by security company Tessian and Stanford University professor Jeff Hancock found that employee mistakes and human errors were the cause of 88% of data breach events.

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Volt Typhoon: U.S. Critical Infrastructure Targeted by State-Sponsored Actors

Tenable

Additionally, this group works using hands-on-keyboard attacks, rather than relying on automated malware scripts. These network devices are widely used and many EOL devices have known and exploitable vulnerabilities with readily available exploit code. Once compromised, these devices are then implanted with the KV Botnet malware.

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Leaky Apps – How Banning Them Builds App Security

Ivanti

Employees rely on software to help them do their jobs more efficiently, save time and increase their productivity. But not all software is created equal, and not all apps are implemented securely. In deciding, the organization should consider several types of risk caused by leaky apps or other software.

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Radar trends to watch: May 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

2022 promises to be an even bigger year for cryptocrime than 2021. QR codes are awful. It doesn’t sound like it should work, but playing games with the error correction built into the standard allows the construction of animated QR codes. The malware targets WatchGuard firewalls and Asus routers.