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SEC Fines Three Financial Advisory Firms Due To The Failure To Protect Customer PII
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulators sanctioned eight entities associated with three financial advisory firms for failing to protect the personally identifying information (PII) of thousands of their customers whose email accounts were hacked. The SEC separately charged five entities tied to Cetera Entities, two associated with Cambridge Investment Research and KMS Financial Services… Read more
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Bluetooth Bugs Open Billions of Devices to DoS, Code Execution
The BrakTooth set of security vulnerabilities impacts at least 11 vendors’ chipsets. Read more
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Cisco Releases Security Updates for Cisco Enterprise NFVIS
Original release date: September 2, 2021 Cisco has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) Release 4.5.1. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Security Advisories page. CISA encourages… Read more
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Google Play Sign-Ins Allow Covert Location-Tracking
A design flaw involving Google Timeline could allow someone to track another device without installing a stalkerware app. Read more
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Cisco Patches Critical Authentication Bug With Public Exploit
There’s proof-of-concept code out for the near-maximum critical – rated at 9.8 – authentication bypass bug, but Cisco hasn’t seen any malicious exploit yet. Read more
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WhatsApp Photo Filter Bug Allows Sensitive Info to Be Lifted
Users should be careful whose pics they view and should, of course, update their apps. Read more
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Comcast RF Attack Leveraged Remotes for Surveillance
IoT vulnerabilities turn remote into listening device, researchers find, which impacted 18 million Xfinity customers. Read more
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Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework Bugs Plague WordPress Sites
Two vulnerabilities in the site-building plugin could be useful tools in the hands of a skilled attacker, researchers warned. Read more
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Proxyware Services Open Orgs to Abuse – Report
Services that let consumers resell their bandwidth for money are ripe for abuse, researchers warn. Read more
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Fortress Home Security Open to Remote Disarmament
A pair of unpatched security vulnerabilities can allow unauthenticated cyberattackers to turn off window, door and motion-sensor monitoring. Read more