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An AI tool that ‘removes’ items of clothing from photos has targeted more than 100,000 women, some of whom appear to be under the age of 18. Source: Wired A Deepfake Porn Bot Is Being Used to Abuse Thousands of Women
Continue ReadingThe team behind Lightning Network have disclosed full details on multiple vulnerabilities that had been partially disclosed on October 9th, 2020. Attackers could have exploited these vulnerabilities to cause DoS and to disrupt crypto transactions by intercepting “smart contracts” made between two parties. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com Lightning Network discloses "concerning" crypto vulnerabilities
Continue ReadingMontreal’s Société de transport de Montréal (STM) public transport system was hit with a RansomExx ransomware attack that has impacted services and online systems. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com Montreal's STM public transport system hit by ransomware attack
Continue ReadingThe Trickbot malware operation is on the brink of going down completely following efforts from an alliance of cybersecurity and hosting providers targeting the botnet’s command and control servers. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com TrickBot malware under siege from all sides, and it's working
Continue ReadingCisco today warned of attacks actively targeting the CVE-2020-3118 high severity vulnerability found to affect multiple carrier-grade routers that run the company’s Cisco IOS XR Software. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com Cisco warns of attacks targeting high severity router vulnerability
Continue ReadingGoogle has released Chrome 86.0.4240.111 today, October 20th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel to address five security vulnerabilities, one of them an actively exploited zero-day. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com New Google Chrome version fixes actively exploited zero-day bug
Continue ReadingBy Waqas Waze app has more than 130 million active monthly users globally and that makes it a lucrative target for hackers. Here’s what happened. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Waze app vulnerability allowed users’ real-time location tracking Source: hack read com Waze app vulnerability allowed users’ real-time location tracking
Continue ReadingU.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble was hit by the Egregor ransomware gang on October 10th, 2020, that led to a disruption of services and the theft of unencrypted files. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com Barnes & Noble hit by Egregor ransomware, strange data leaked
Continue ReadingAdobe has released security updates to address critical vulnerabilities affecting ten of its Windows and macOS products that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on devices running vulnerable software versions. […] Source: leepingcomputer.com Adobe fixes 18 critical bugs affecting its Windows, macOS apps
Continue ReadingThe Department of Justice has named and charged six men for allegedly carrying out many of the most costly cyberattacks in history. Source: Wired US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit
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