Afraid of missing important security news during the week? We’re here to help! Every week we put together a curated list of all important security news in one place, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
For the less technical
- Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
- Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a ‘new focus’ on making money
- A new platform is calling: Help us test one-to-one voice and video conversations on Signal Desktop
- Instagram wasn’t removing photos and direct messages from its servers
- Canon USA’s stolen files leaked by Maze ransomware gang
- SANS security training firm hit with data breach
- The secret SIMs used by criminals to spoof any number
- Belarus has shut down the Internet amid a controversial election + more information
- Boeing 747s receive critical software updates over 3.5″ floppy disks
For the more technical
- Google Chrome browser bug exposes billions of users to data theft + more information
- Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday
- Internet Explorer and Windows zero-day exploits used in Operation PowerFall
- Microsoft’s patch for LSASS flaw incomplete, Google researcher says
- Exploiting vBulletin: “A tale of a patch fail”
- Flickr API: Report? Or read on?
- Hacking Zoom: Uncovering tales of security vulnerabilities in Zoom
- Keeping the gate locked on your IoT devices: Vulnerabilities found on Amazon’s Alexa
- TikTok was found to be bypassing Android’s built-in protections and sneakily tracking users
- Samsung Find My Mobile vulnerability (PDF)
- Beyond KrØØk: Even more Wi‑Fi chips vulnerable to eavesdropping
- Attack of the week: Voice calls in LTE + more information
- Cracking the August SmartLock: WiFi password eavesdropping made easy (PDF)
- A simple telephony honeypot received 1.5 million robocalls across 11 months
- DDoS attacks in Q2 2020
- Threat actors join in the race towards a coronavirus vaccine
- EmoCrash: Exploiting a vulnerability in Emotet malware for defense
- Color by numbers: inside a Dharma ransomware-as-a-service attack
- Agent Tesla: Old RAT uses new tricks to stay on top
- Russian GRU 85th GTsSS deploys previously undisclosed Drovorub malware (PDF)
- RedCurl cybercrime group has hacked companies for three years
- CactusPete APT group’s updated Bisonal backdoor
- Dopple-ganging up on facial recognition systems
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