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Services Australia will get: $1.8 billion over three years to improve the cyber security environment and for additional frontline and service delivery staff to manage claims and to continue emergency response capability. $23.5 million over two years from 2024–25 to continue fraud investigation and response activities as part of the Fraud Fusion Taskforce. $46 million…
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1Critical 57Important 1Moderate 0Low Microsoft addresses 59 CVEs in its May 2024 Patch Tuesday release with one critical vulnerability and three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 59 CVEs in its May 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with one rated critical, 57 rated as important and 1 rated as moderate.…
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May 14, 2024NewsroomBluetooth / Vulnerability Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in VMware Workstation and Fusion products that could be exploited by threat actors to access sensitive information, trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, and execute code under certain circumstances. The four vulnerabilities impact Workstation versions 17.x and Fusion versions 13.x, with fixes available in version…
Read MoreUpcoming Speaking Engagements This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: The list is maintained on this page. Tags: Schneier news Posted on May 14, 2024 at 12:04 PM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis. Source link lol
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May 14, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Zero Day Google on Monday shipped emergency fixes to address a new zero-day flaw in the Chrome web browser that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-4761, is an out-of-bounds write bug impacting the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. It was reported anonymously on…
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Microsoft has announced significant improvements to its spam filtering capabilities within Outlook, aiming to reduce the amount of unwanted emails reaching users’ inboxes. These enhancements leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to better identify and block spam messages, providing a cleaner and more productive email experience. Key Improvements Improved Phishing Protection: Outlook’s spam filter…
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Since June 2023, Microsoft has been tracking activity from multiple Chinese and North Korean nation-state groups. Our observations indicate that these threat actors are doubling down on familiar targets by using novel, more sophisticated influence techniques to achieve their goals. In China, cyber actors have broadly targeted entities across the South Pacific Islands, regional adversaries…
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“As more and more apps are being offered to the public, there is a relative paucity of data on threats to those apps,” Shugrue said. “One of the goals of this report seeks to begin to remedy that situation.” The report also highlighted that gaming and financial services applications face the highest risk of attacks…
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The finding from the Tenable 2024 Cloud Security Outlook study is a clear sign of the need for proactive and robust cloud security. Read on to learn more about the study’s findings, including the main challenges cloud security teams face, their strategies for better protecting their cloud infrastructure and the tools they use to measure…
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May 14, 2024NewsroomNetwork Monitoring / Vulnerability The maintainers of the Cacti open-source network monitoring and fault management framework have addressed a dozen security flaws, including two critical issues that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The most severe of the vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2024-25641 (CVSS score: 9.1) – An arbitrary file…
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