Crippling Cyberattacks, Disinformation Top Concerns for Election Day
Cyber-researchers weigh in on what concerns them the most as the U.S. heads into the final weekend before the presidential election — and they also highlight the positives.
WordPress Patches 3-Year-Old High-Severity RCE Bug
In all, WordPress patched 10 security bugs as part of the release of version 5.5.2 of its web publishing software.
Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging
The DoNot APT threat group is leveraging the legitimate Google Firebase Cloud Messaging server as a command-and-control (C2) communication mechanism.
Wisc. GOP’s $2.3M MAGA Hat Debacle Showcases Fraud Concerns
Scammers bilked Wisconsin Republicans out of $2.3 million in a basic BEC scam — and anyone working on the upcoming election needs to pay attention.
New Fireware releases
New Fireware releases bpatterson Thu, 10/29/2020 – 18:11 Categories: Network Security WatchGuard published several Fireware releases over the last few weeks. Fireware 12.6.2 Update 3 is now available in the Software Downloads Center. This is an update release to v12.6.2, and includes both bug fixes and updates to some key components. This is the first v12.6.x…
Halloween News Wrap: The Election, Hospital Deaths and Other Scary Cyberattack Stories
Threatpost breaks down the scariest stories of the week ended Oct. 30 haunting the security industry — including bugs that just won’t die.
Wroba Mobile Banking Trojan Spreads to the U.S. via Texts
The Roaming Mantis group is targeting the States with a malware that can steal information, harvest financial data and send texts to self-propagate.
Wi-Fi Cloud Engage Update
Wi-Fi Cloud Engage Update mterry Fri, 10/30/2020 – 11:29 Categories: Wi–Fi Summary WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud Engage will be updated starting on Saturday, October 31, 2020. When All regions: Saturday, October 31, 2020 (12:00AM – 4:00AM PDT) Maintenance Window 4 hours Duration 4 hours User Impact Engage will be unavailable during the maintenance activity. There is…
Microsoft Warns Threat Actors Continue to Exploit Zerologon Bug
Tech giant and feds this week renewed their urge to organizations to update Active Directory domain controllers.
NVIDIA Patches Critical Bug in High-Performance Servers
NVIDIA said a high-severity information-disclosure bug impacting its DGX A100 server line wouldn’t be patched until early 2021.