[ZDNet] Ransomware attack on healthcare admin company CaptureRx exposes multiple providers across United States

This month we got patches for 117 vulnerabilities. Of these, 13 are critical, 6 were previously disclosed and 4 are being exploited according to Microsoft. The known Printnightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527) is one of the 4 exploited. Microsoft released an out of bound emergency security fix for it (KB5004945) on July 6 but it  is worth stressing […]

How to protect yourself from cyberattacks that exploit Covid-19 www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/business/cyberattacks-exploit-covid-19/ The current coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is changing the business landscape. The most immediate change that has been seen in many countries is the sudden increase in the amount of people working from home. Because of this change, the attack surface has increased significantly, forcing companies […]

The Air Force Will Let Hackers Try to Hijack an Orbiting Satellite www.wired.com/story/air-force-defcon-satellite-hacking/ When the Air Force showed up at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas last month, it didnt come empty-handed. It brought along an F-15 fighter-jet data systemone that security researchers thoroughly dismantled, finding serious vulnerabilities along the way. The USAF was […]