Another Patch Tuesday with no zero-days, only two critical vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft
March’s Patch Tuesday is relatively light, containing 60 vulnerabilities — only two labeled “critical.”
You’re going to start seeing more tax-related spam, but remember, that doesn’t actually mean there’s more spam
It’s important to be vigilant about tax-related scams any time these deadlines roll around, regardless of what country you’re in, but it’s not like you need to be particularly more skeptical in March and April.
Heather Couk is here to keep your spirits up during a cyber emergency, even if it takes the “Rocky” music
. The bulk of her career was with a manufacturing company working as a security and email administrator, but she uses her criminal justice degree daily now with Talos IR helping to track down bad actors or helping customers understand adversaries’ motivation and tactics.
Why Apple added protection against quantum computing when quantum computing doesn’t even exist yet
Apple’s newest encryption technology, called PQ3, now secures iMessages with end-to-end encryption that is quantum-resistant.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader could lead to remote code execution
Other potential code execution vulnerabilities are also present in Weston Embedded µC/HTTP-server, a web server component in Weston Embedded's in-house operating system and an open-source library that processes several types of potentially sensitive medical tests.
TikTok’s latest actions to combat misinformation shows it’s not just a U.S. problem
Fake news, disinformation, misinformation – whatever label you want to put on it – will not just go away if one election in the U.S. goes one way or the other.
How CVSS 4.0 changes (or doesn’t) the way we see vulnerability severity
While distilling risk down to a simple numerical score is helpful for many in the security space, it is also an imperfect system that can often leave out important context.
Why the toothbrush DDoS story fooled us all
There was about a 24-hour period where many news outlets reported on a reported DDoS attack that involved a botnet made up of thousands of internet-connected toothbrushes.
How are attackers using QR codes in phishing emails and lure documents?
QR code attacks are particularly dangerous because they move the attack vector off a protected computer and onto the target’s personal mobile device, which usually has fewer security protections in place and ultimately has the sensitive information that attackers are after.