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Phishers Try ‘Text Direction Deception’ Technique to Bypass Email Filters

April 2, 2020 8:40 am

Advertisement Scammers can be pretty innovative when it comes to finding new ways to sneak phishing messages past secure email gateways and other filtering mechanisms. One example is “text direction deception,” a tactic where an attacker forces an HTML rendering engine to correctly display text that has been deliberately entered backward in the code —...

Apple Patches Code Execution Vulnerabilities Across Product Portfolio

March 25, 2020 9:16 pm

Advertisement A total of 27 bugs were squashed with the release of macOS Catalina 10.15.4, affecting components such as Bluetooth, Call History, CoreFoundation, FaceTime, Kernel, libxml2, Mail, sudo, and Time Machine, among others. The patched flaws could result in the execution of arbitrary code with system or kernel privileges, leak of kernel memory, privilege escalation,...

Cyber crooks continue to exploit COVID-19 for their malicious schemes

March 20, 2020 3:30 pm

Advertisement A time of chaos is a time for opportunity for unscrupulous individuals and groups, and COVID-19 is seemingly an unmissable boon for cyber crooks. We’ve already covered a variety of COVID-19-themed scams, phishing attempts, hoaxes and malware delivery campaigns, but new and inventive approaches are popping up daily. The latest schemes and scams that...

Apple Awards Researcher $75,000 for Camera Hacking Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Researcher Ryan Pickren identified a total of seven vulnerabilities in Apple’s Safari web browser, three of which can be exploited to spy on users through the camera and microphone of their iPhone, iPad or Mac computer. The attack only requires the targeted user to access...

5 Ways Enterprises Inadvertently Compromise Their Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Strong network security is essential, yet creating and maintaining bulletproof network protection remains an elusive goal for many enterprises. Ensuring that every potential gap is securely sealed continues to be a challenge for organizations of all types and sizes. Even more distressing is the fact...

Phishers Try ‘Text Direction Deception’ Technique to Bypass Email Filters

Issued by: Dark Reading

Scammers can be pretty innovative when it comes to finding new ways to sneak phishing messages past secure email gateways and other filtering mechanisms. One example is "text direction deception," a tactic where an attacker forces an HTML rendering engine to correctly display text that...

Twitch security and privacy settings

Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

At the end of January, when users’ monthly hours watched surpassed 1 billion for the first time, Twitch developers must have been jumping for joy. The world’s leading video streaming service continues to grow, and if you’re a gamer and like to watch others play,...

How to prepare Microsoft Office and Windows for ransomware and email attacks

Issued by: CSO

The headlines make it clear that we are in unusual times. Working from home will be the new norm for many of us for the near term at least. As IT and security teams work to meet the challenge of supporting and protecting employees working...

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5 Ways Enterprises Inadvertently Compromise Their Network Security

Organizations struggle with patching endpoints against critical vulnerabilities

Free security resources for work-from-home employees during the COVID-19 crisis

Number of open source vulnerabilities surged in 2019

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