November 2020 – Page 7

Trump fires DHS cybersecurity director Chris Krebs

President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), after Krebs disputed claims that the U.S. 2020 Presidential Election was insecure and fraudulent. […]

17 Nov

Google confirms Chrome crashing bug on Macs with Apple CPUs

Google is currently working on fixing a known issue causing a Google Chrome web browser version launched earlier today for Apple processors to suddenly crash. […]

17 Nov

Hackers are actively probing millions of WordPress sites

Unknown threat actors are scanning for WordPress websites with Epsilon Framework themes installed on over 150,000 sites and vulnerable to Function Injection attacks that could lead to full site takeovers. […]

17 Nov

Chrome 87 released with performance boost and security fixes

Google has released Chrome 87 today, November 17th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes numerous performance improvements, security fixes, and new features. […]

17 Nov

Microsoft previews Linux endpoint detection and response capabilities

Microsoft has announced today the public preview of endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities in Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) — now known as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint — for Linux servers. […]

17 Nov

Cold storage giant Americold hit by cyberattack, services impacted

Cold storage giant Americold is currently dealing with a cyberattack impacting their operations, including phone systems, email, inventory management, and order fulfillment. […]

16 Nov

Microsoft Edge to make sure you never miss important notifications

Microsoft Edge update is now introducing a new feature that uses a new set of APIs to enable support for background web notifications. […]

16 Nov

Zoom rolls out security enhancements to stop zoombombing trolls

Zoom has announced today the rollout of new security enhancements designed to help meeting hosts to block zoombombing attempts and participants to report misbehaving users. […]

16 Nov

Windows 10 20H2 bug breaks in-place upgrade feature

After upgrading to the Windows 10 October 2020 update, a bug is not allowing users to perform in-place upgrades using the Microsoft Media Creation Tool (MCT). […]

16 Nov

Dozens of ransomware gangs partner with hackers to extort victims

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) crews are actively looking for affiliates to split profits obtained in outsourced ransomware attacks targeting high profile public and private organizations. […]

Month: November 2020

Trump fires DHS cybersecurity director Chris Krebs

Google confirms Chrome crashing bug on Macs with Apple CPUs

Hackers are actively probing millions of WordPress sites

Chrome 87 released with performance boost and security fixes

Microsoft previews Linux endpoint detection and response capabilities

Cold storage giant Americold hit by cyberattack, services impacted

Microsoft Edge to make sure you never miss important notifications

Zoom rolls out security enhancements to stop zoombombing trolls

Windows 10 20H2 bug breaks in-place upgrade feature

Dozens of ransomware gangs partner with hackers to extort victims