Mobile Devices Contain A Chip With A Security Risk. A new, high severity vulnerability is in Qualcomm's MSM (Mobile Station Modem) chips, including the company's latest 5G-capable versions. The security issue could allow hackers to access a user's call history, text messages, and even listen in on their conversations. Unfortunately, given the … [Read more...] about Mobile Devices Contain A Chip With A Security Risk
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Global-Scale Phishing Attack Brings New Malware
Global-Scale Phishing Attack Brings New Malware. There's an ongoing, global-scale phishing attack you should be aware of, even if your firm isn't a current target. Mandiant is tracking the Global-scale phishing attack, who recently published a report about it. According to that report, the plan of attack was in waves, hitting more than 50 … [Read more...] about Global-Scale Phishing Attack Brings New Malware
Chrome Zero-Day Exploit has Fix With Latest Update
Chrome Zero-Day Exploit Has Fix With Latest Update. On April 20, 2021, Google releases Chrome 90.0.4430.85, designed to address zero-day exploit hackers are currently taking advantage of, tracked as CVE-2021-21224. The patch also patches four other high severity security flaws that had previously been plaguing the most popular browser on the web. … [Read more...] about Chrome Zero-Day Exploit has Fix With Latest Update
Linux Malware Has Been Around For Years
Linux Malware Has Been Around For Years without any detections until recently. Researchers at Qihoo 360 Network Security discovered a particularly stealthy piece of malware designed to create backdoors in the Linux ecosystem. It was so good at its job and so stealthy that it went entirely undetected for years. That gave the hackers controlling … [Read more...] about Linux Malware Has Been Around For Years
Skype For Business is going away July 31, 2021
Skype For Business is going away July 31, 2021, and if you're still using Skype for Business at your firm, Microsoft recently is sending another friendly reminder out to all users of the service. Microsoft's reminder says that it is going away as of July 31, 2021, so you'll need to complete your migration to Microsoft Teams (or an instance of Skype … [Read more...] about Skype For Business is going away July 31, 2021
Qnap a NAS Device Vendor Recommends Update after Recent Fix
Qnap, a NAS Device Vendor, Recommends Update after Recent Fix addresses a critical security vulnerability. Previous to the fix, Qnap had included hard-coded credentials to serve as a backdoor to the device. Unfortunately, hackers became aware of this and began abusing those credentials. That resulted in several confirmed instances where … [Read more...] about Qnap a NAS Device Vendor Recommends Update after Recent Fix
