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Notepad++ 8.5.7 released with fixes for four security vulnerabilities

Notepad++ version 8.5.7 has been released with fixes for multiple buffer overflow zero-days, with one marked as potentially leading to code execution by tricking users into opening specially crafted files.
- Bill Toulas
- September 08, 2023
- 03:46 PM
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- September 05, 2023
- 02:06 PM
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Yes, there's an npm package called @(-.-)/env and some others like it

Strangely named npm packages like -, @!-!/-, @(-.-)/env, and --hepl continue to exist on the internet's largest software registry. While not all of these may necessarily pose an obvious security risk, some were named before npm enforced naming guidelines and could potentially break tooling.
- Ax Sharma
- September 02, 2023
- 08:00 AM
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Microsoft retires Visual Studio for Mac, support ends in a year

Microsoft has announced it is retiring Visual Studio for Mac and that support for the latest version, 17.6, will continue for another year, until August 31, 2024.
- Bill Toulas
- September 01, 2023
- 01:57 PM
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Bitwarden releases free and open-source E2EE Secrets Manager

Bitwarden, the maker of the popular open-source password manager tool, has released 'Secrets Manager,' an end-to-end encrypted secrets manager for IT professionals, software development teams, and the DevOps industry.
- Bill Toulas
- August 23, 2023
- 03:04 PM
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WinRAR zero-day exploited since April to hack trading accounts

A WinRar zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831 was actively exploited to install malware when clicking on harmless files in an archive, allowing the hackers to breach online cryptocurrency trading accounts.
- Bill Toulas
- August 23, 2023
- 09:53 AM
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New CVE-2023-3519 scanner detects hacked Citrix ADC, Gateway devices

Mandiant has released a scanner to check if a Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) or NetScaler Gateway Appliance was compromised in widespread attacks exploiting the CVE-2023-3519 vulnerability.
- Bill Toulas
- August 15, 2023
- 11:32 AM
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Threat actors use beta apps to bypass mobile app store security

The FBI is warning of a new tactic used by cybercriminals where they promote malicious "beta" versions of cryptocurrency investment apps on popular mobile app stores that are then used to steal crypto.
- Bill Toulas
- August 14, 2023
- 06:13 PM
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Google to fight hackers with weekly Chrome security updates

Google has changed the Google Chrome security updates schedule from bi-weekly to weekly to address the growing patch gap problem that allows threat actors extra time to exploit published n-day and zero-day flaws.
- Bill Toulas
- August 09, 2023
- 11:30 AM
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Brave Search adds private image and video search capability

The privacy-focused search engine Brave Search has finally introduced its own, independent image and video search capabilities, breaking free from relying on Bing and Google for media search.
- Bill Toulas
- August 03, 2023
- 12:00 PM
- 0
Norwegian government IT systems hacked using zero-day flaw

The Norwegian government is warning that its ICT platform used by 12 ministries has suffered a cyberattack after hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in third-party software.
- Bill Toulas
- July 24, 2023
- 11:14 AM
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MOVEit Transfer customers warned to patch new critical flaw

MOVEit Transfer, the software at the center of the recent massive spree of Clop ransomware breaches, has received an update that fixes a critical-severity SQL injection bug and two other less severe vulnerabilities.
- Bill Toulas
- July 07, 2023
- 08:35 AM
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New tool exploits Microsoft Teams bug to send malware to users

A member of U.S. Navy's red team has published a tool called TeamsPhisher that leverages an unresolved security issue in Microsoft Teams to bypass restrictions for incoming files from users outside of a targeted organization, the so-called external tenants.
- Bill Toulas
- July 05, 2023
- 11:03 AM
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New Python tool checks NPM packages for manifest confusion issues

A security researcher and system administrator has developed a tool that can help users check for manifest mismatches in packages from the NPM JavaScript software registry.
- Bill Toulas
- July 04, 2023
- 07:01 AM
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Snappy: A tool to detect rogue WiFi access points on open networks

Cybersecurity researchers have released a new tool called 'Snappy' that can help detect fake or rogue WiFi access points that attempts to steal data from unsuspecting people.
- Bill Toulas
- July 02, 2023
- 10:17 AM
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Free Akira ransomware decryptor helps recover your files

Cybersecurity firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can help victims recover their data without paying the crooks any money.
- Bill Toulas
- June 30, 2023
- 12:45 PM
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Brave Browser boosts privacy with new local resources restrictions

The Brave team has announced that the privacy-centric browser will soon introduce new restriction controls allowing users to specify how long sites can access local network resources.
- Bill Toulas
- June 28, 2023
- 11:44 AM
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DuckDuckGo browser for Windows available for everyone as public beta

DuckDuckGo has released its privacy-centric browser for Windows to the general public. It is a beta version available for download with no restrictions.
- Bill Toulas
- June 22, 2023
- 08:01 AM
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SAP releases security updates for two critical-severity flaws

Enterprise software vendor SAP has released its April 2023 security updates for several of its products, which includes fixes for two critical-severity vulnerabilities that impact the SAP Diagnostics Agent and the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform.
- Bill Toulas
- April 11, 2023
- 04:54 PM
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- April 07, 2023
- 07:18 AM
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