Month: October 2024
Microsoft says this month’s Patch Tuesday cumulative updates fix a known issue that causes Windows servers to disrupt Remote Desktop connections in enterprise networks after installing the July Windows Server security updates. Redmond first confirmed this known issue following many reports from Windows admins that the RD Gateway service kept crashing every 30 minutes after…
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The vendor disclosed that some customers have been attacked through exploitation of the newly discovered flaws in its Cloud Service Appliance. Ivanti disclosed Tuesday that some customers have been attacked through exploitation of three newly discovered vulnerabilities in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) gateway. The vendor said the flaws have been exploited in conjunction with…
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‘Partners are dealing with overly complex solutions from other vendors. We’ve simplified our product to meet the basic needs of small businesses, without overloading them with features they don’t use,’ says Cloudli CEO Jamie Minner. With a partner-focused mindset and a forward-thinking strategy to outpace competition, Cloudli Communications is ripe for growth as the unified…
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Today is Microsoft’s October 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 118 flaws, including five publicly disclosed zero-days, two of which are actively exploited. This Patch Tuesday fixed three critical vulnerabilities, all remote code execution flaws. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: 28 Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities 7 Security…
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Microsoft addresses 117 CVEs with three rated as critical and four zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 117 CVEs in October 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with three rated critical, 113 rated important and one rated moderate. Our counts omitted one vulnerability reported by Hackerone. Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities…
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Ava Smithing was eleven when she saw a swimsuit on Pinterest that she liked. That innocent click turned into an eating disorder. How? This episode explores the most dangerous thing children face today: Algorithms. On a mission to hold Big Tech accountable, Ava shares her journey as an activist with us, including her recent role…
Read MoreToday, CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released joint fact sheet, How to Protect Against Iranian Targeting of Accounts Associated with National Political Organizations. This fact sheet provides information about threat actors affiliated with the Iranian Government’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeting and compromising accounts of Americans to stoke discord and undermine…
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Oct 08, 2024Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cybercrime Users searching for game cheats are being tricked into downloading a Lua-based malware that is capable of establishing persistence on infected systems and delivering additional payloads. “These attacks capitalize on the popularity of Lua gaming engine supplements within the student gamer community,” Morphisec researcher Shmuel Uzan said in a…
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Microsoft has released the KB5044273 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which includes nine changes and fixes, including a new Windows Update opt-in notification shown when you log in to the operating system. The Windows 10 KB5044273 update is mandatory as it contains Microsoft’s October 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates. Windows users…
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‘Rather than filling out data centers ourselves or building, buying and running equipment, we instead leverage equipment that is already being run, powered and controlled around the world,’ says Storj CEO Ben Golub. Distributed cloud object storage technology developer Storj Tuesday unveiled the acquisition of PetaGene, which offers distributed file storage technology. The acquisition of…
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