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New 0-Day Attack Targeting Windows Users With Microsoft Office Documents
Microsoft on Tuesday warned of an actively exploited zero-day flaw impacting Internet Explorer that’s being used to hijack vulnerable Windows systems by leveraging weaponized Office documents. Tracked as CVE-2021-40444 (CVSS score: 8.8), the remote code execution flaw is rooted in MSHTML (aka Trident), a proprietary browser engine for the now-discontinued Internet Explorer and which is…
New Fido Protocol Simplifies IoT Device Onboarding
Endpoint Security , Internet of Things Security Standard Designed to Cut the Cost and Time to Securely Connect IoT Devices Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • April 22, 2021 (Source: Pixabay) The Fido Alliance, an association that has developed voluntary authentication standards with a goal of minimizing the use of passwords, has launched an onboarding…
Ransomware Attack on Corona Virus Italian Vaccination Registration System
A Cyber Attack has reportedly disrupted the Corona Virus vaccine registration system from morning hours of today and authorities are clueless on when the digital vaccine registration system will be working normally. Going deep into the details, the population living in Lazio Region, including some from Rome were badly affected by the attack that is…
Windows 11’s Security Push Puts Microsoft on a Collision Course
When Microsoft debuted Windows 11 at the end of last week, the company heralded the usual advancements in efficiency and design that come with any new operating system. But Windows 11 also comes with a less welcome tick: stricter-than-usual hardware requirements for which PCs can actually run it. Because of what Microsoft has described as…
Siemens Patches Critical Security Flaw in Certain Products
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Patch Management Vulnerability Affects Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 and S7-1500 CPU Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 1, 2021 (Photo: Siemens) Siemens has released patches for certain automation products that have a critical memory protection vulnerability, which attackers could exploit to run arbitrary code to access…
U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack
The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline’s networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). The declaration provides a temporary exemption to Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), allowing alternate transportation of…