Notable Security Updates
- Adobe have issued an emergency patch for a critical bug in Flash — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Patch Skype for Business now or risk DoS via emoji kittens! — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Update now! Dangerous AMP for WordPress plugin fixed — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Microsoft pulls Office patches that are causing application crashes. Office365 users don’t need to take action, but those with perpetual licensees are being warned they should manually remove the patches to prevent crashes — arstechnica.com/…
Notable News
- FireFox have integrated their recently launched FireFox monitor service into the latest version of their browser. The first time you visit a site that is known to have been breached FireFox will warn you of that fact — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Tackle Growing Criticisms — www.macobserver.com/…
Suggested Reading
- PSAs, Tips & Advice
- Notable Breaches & Privacy Violations
- ⭐️ Amazon has informed users that it found a vulnerability that left email addresses and other non-password data theoretically exposed, but it seems Amazon found and fixed the problem before any bad guys got to abuse it — www.imore.com/…
- ⭐️ A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes — techcrunch.com/… & SMS Database Leak Exposed 2FA Login Codes — tidbits.com/…
- ⭐️ USPS Site Exposed Data on 60 Million Users — krebsonsecurity.com/… & Hacker says USPS ignored serious security flaw for over a year — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Facebook has patched a bug in Instagram that accidentally exposed the plain-text passwords of some users earlier this year. It seems not many users were affected, and Facebook say they have notified those affected already — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- News
- Hacking MiSafes’ smartwatches for kids is child’s play — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Cryptocurrency ‘minting’ flaw could have leached money from exchanges — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Hackers erase 6,500 sites from the Dark Web in one attack — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Tim Cook defends using Google as primary search engine on Apple devices — arstechnica.com
- Opinion & Analysis
- ⭐️ Sophos have released their annual threat report for 2019 — www.sophos.com/… (PDF)
- Summary: Cybercriminal Techniques — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Summary: Mobile & IoT attacks — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
- Former Facebook Privacy Advisor says Silicon Valley Lost its Soul — www.macobserver.com/…
- ⭐️ Sophos have released their annual threat report for 2019 — www.sophos.com/… (PDF)
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