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October 24, 2017 By aatech

This past Patch Tuesday, Adobe released, well, nothing. Given that the past few months of Adobe Patch Tuesdays have been gradually diminishing, perhaps some of us thought these Flash-related patches were going the way of the dodo. Alas, it was wishful thinking. Six days after Patch-Tuesday-that-wasn’t, Adobe has released an out-of-band patch for Flash in […]

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Recently Patched .NET Flaw Exploited by China-Linked Cyberspies

October 23, 2017 By aatech

A cyber espionage group previously linked to China has been using a recently patched .NET vulnerability in attacks aimed at organizations in the United States, including a shipbuilding company and a university research center with ties to the military. The threat actor, known for its use of a remote access trojan (RAT) named NanHaiShu, has […]

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Adobe Patches Flash Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks

October 20, 2017 By aatech

A Flash Player security update released on Monday by Adobe patches a zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in targeted attacks. The security hole, tracked as CVE-2017-11292, has been described as a critical type confusion issue that could lead to remote code execution.The vulnerability affects the Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS versions of Flash […]

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Wi-Fi at risk from KRACK attacks – here’s what to do

October 19, 2017 By aatech

News of the week – and it’s still only Monday – is a Bug With An Impressive name (and its own logo!) called the KRACK Attack.Actually, there are several attacks of a similar sort discussed in the paper that introduced KRACK, so they’re more properly known as the KRACK Attacks.These KRACK attacks mean that most […]

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Microsoft Patches Office Bug Actively Being Exploited

October 18, 2017 By aatech

Security experts are urging network administrators to patch a Microsoft Office vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability (CVE-2017-11826) could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. It was one of 62 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates released today. […]

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Researchers Warn of Cyber Risks for Olympic Games

October 17, 2017 By aatech

The Olympic Games offer a tempting target for hackers and other malicious actors, with potentially devastating consequences for one of the world’s premier sporting events, researchers said Tuesday. A report by University of California researchers said the efforts to disrupt the 2016 US election should serve as warning about the impact of a cyber-attack on […]

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Vendor BPC Banking Silent on Patching SQL Injection in SmartVista Ecommerce Software

October 16, 2017 By aatech

A popular ecommerce platform sold in 60 countries suffers from a SQL injection vulnerability privately disclosed in April that has yet to be patched by the vendor. BPC Banking Technologies of Switzerland has not acknowledged the vulnerability in its SmartVista suite of ecommerce and financial software product, despite numerous reports from Rapid7, CERT/CC in the […]

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iOS Password Prompts are Ripe for Abuse

October 13, 2017 By aatech

Apple’s policy to repeatedly ask users for their iTunes password needlessly exposes iOS device owners to possible phishing attacks, according a mobile app developer Felix Krause.Krause’s beef with Apple is that too often and seemingly at random times, popups deliver a dialogue box for users to enter their Apple ID. The prompts have become so […]

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Cryptocurrency Mining Takes its Toll on AWS Servers

October 12, 2017 By aatech

Bitcoin has skyrocketed over the last several years and has become the most coveted currency of today. Not belonging to any state or country, able to be used all over the world equally and immediately, and able to provide complete anonymity when doing business — these are some of its biggest draws. But like any […]

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Microsoft Adds Java Support to Azure Functions Serverless Platform

October 11, 2017 By aatech

Java developers can now use Azure Functions, Microsoft’s serverless computing platform, to build and deploy applications on the Redmond, Wash. software marker’s cloud. Serverless computing is gaining ground among businesses and the world’s major cloud providers, but contrary to the image the term conjures up, servers are still very much involved in serverless applications. What’s […]