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Citrix Patches 11 Vulnerabilities in Several Products
Citrix has fixed 11 vulnerabilities in its ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN appliances, some which could allow authenticated access to a target appliance.
Attackers Already Exploiting BIG-IP Vulnerability
A critical vulnerability in F5 Networks’ BIG-IP networking gear is under active attack, just days after the company first announced the flaw.
Facebook Changes Developer Rules After Apps Improperly Got User Data
On the heels of yet another privacy incident where Facebook app developers received user data when they shouldn’t be, the social networking giant rolled out new terms and policies for developers.
ACM Calls for Suspension of Facial Recognition Use
The Association for Computing Machinery, a venerable computing society, has called for the immediate suspension of the use of facial recognition systems until regulation is in place.
UCSF Pays Portion of $1.14M Ransom to Regain Medical School Data
The University of California San Francisco paid some of the $1.14 million ransom to regain access to data encrypted by ransomware on its School of Medicine servers.
Palo Alto Fixes Critical Authentication Bypass Flaw
Palo Alto Networks has patched a critical flaw in many of its products that support SAML-based authentication for SSO.
Bills Would Ban Federal Use of Facial Recognition
Legislation introduced in both the House and Senate would ban the use of facial recognition systems by federal entities.
New Bill Takes Direct Aim at Encrypted Devices and Services
The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act introduced this week would require device makers and service providers to create exceptional access to encrypted data at rest and in motion.
Decipher Podcast: Melanie Ensign on Security Communications
Melanie Ensign, CEO and founder of Discernible Communications, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about what effective security and privacy communications look like.
Evil Corp Deploys New WastedLocker Ransomware
The Evil Corp group responsible for the Dridex malware is using a new ransomware called WastedLocker that targets cloud services and backups.
Password Spraying Leads to Compromise of Cloud Identities
The Holmium threat group has been using password spraying attacks against Office 365 to gain access to corporate networks.
Unnamed Web Host Hit With DDoS Attack
Attackers launched a massive distributed denial-of-service against a specific website hosted by a hosting provider in early June. Not only was the 1.44 terabit-per-second DDoS attack the largest Akamai has seen to date, it was also one of the most complex to resolve.
Enterprise, Embedded Devices at Risk From Ripple20 Bugs
Hundreds of millions of embedded and enterprise devices are vulnerable to a long list of flaws in the Treck TCP/IP stack.
Pandemic-Related Malware Activity Falling Off
Malware and phishing campaigns preying on interest in the COVID-19 crisis have spiked but are now falling off in many places.
Intel to Add Hardware Defense Against Subtle Attacks
Intel's new Control-Flow Enforcement Technology will be built into its forthcoming Tiger Lake processors and integrated with Windows 10.