Google Chrome Now Blocks Site Notifications With Abusive Content Starting with Chrome 86, Google is automatically hiding website notification spam on sites showing a pattern of sending abusive notification content to visitors. The “quiet notification permission UI” used to hide the web alert spam from users was introduced in Chrome 80 and improved Read more…
Microsoft Improves Windows 10 Defrag, Adds Theme-Aware Splash Screens Microsoft has improved the defrag experience and introduced theme-aware app splash screens with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20241, the latest Windows build available for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Insiders in the Dev channel who wish to upgrade Read more…
QNAP Warns Of Windows Zerologon Flaw Affecting Some NAS Devices Network-attached storage device maker QNAP warns customers that some NAS storage devices running vulnerable versions of the QTS operating system are exposed to attacks attempting to exploit the critical Windows ZeroLogon (CVE-2020-1472) vulnerability. “If exploited, this elevation of privilege vulnerability allows remote Read more…
Windows 10 20H2 Adds Faster Malware Detection To Security Baseline Microsoft announced the security baseline draft release for Windows 10 and Windows Server, version 20H2, as well as the intention to include the Microsoft Defender Antivirus ‘Block At First Sight’ (BAFS) feature within the new baseline. The Windows 10 security baseline enables Read more…
LockBit Ransomware Moves Quietly On The Network, Strikes Fast LockBit ransomware takes as little as five minutes to deploy the encryption routine on target systems once it lands on the victim network. Joining the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business in September 2019, LockBit is atypical in that it’s driven by automated processes for quick Read more…
Lightning Network Discloses “Concerning” Crypto Vulnerabilities The team behind Lightning Network has released extensive details on the vulnerabilities that were discovered in the cryptocurrency protocol and its software implementations. Attackers could have exploited these vulnerabilities to cause DoS and to disrupt crypto transactions by intercepting “smart contracts” made between two parties. Lightning Network is Read more…
Montreal’s STM Public Transport System Hit By Ransomware Attack Montreal’s Société de transport de Montréal (STM) public transport system was hit with a RansomExx ransomware attack that has impacted services and online systems. On October 19th, STM suffered an outage that affected its IT systems, website, and customer support. While these outages Read more…
TrickBot Malware Under Siege From All Sides, And It’s Working The Trickbot malware operation is on the brink of completely shutting down following efforts from an alliance of cybersecurity and hosting providers targeting the botnet’s command and control servers. Initial disruption actions seemed to leave the botnet unphased as its Read more…
Cisco Warns Of Attacks Targeting High Severity Router Vulnerability Cisco today warned of attacks actively targeting the CVE-2020-3118 high severity vulnerability found to affect multiple carrier-grade routers that run the company’s Cisco IOS XR Software. The IOS XR Network OS is deployed on several Cisco router platforms including NCS 540 & 560, NCS 5500, 8000, Read more…
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