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Google fixed the first Chrome zero-day of 2023

Security Affairs

Google released an emergency security update to address the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2033) in 2023, the company is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting the issue. The vulnerability was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-04-11.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 16–22 October 2023

IT Governance

Welcome to a new series of weekly blog posts rounding up the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Breached organisation: City of Philadelphia, US. This includes employee data.

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Google fixed the second actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2023

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Google rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136 , in its Chrome web browser. The vulnerability is an Integer overflow in the Skia graphics library, the issue was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on April 12, 2023.

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Introducing the DRM-Report Q1 2023: Unveiling the Current State of Ransomware

Security Affairs

DRM Dashboard Ransomware Monitor released the first quarterly report for the year 2023 about the activities of ransomware groups globally. DRM Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, an independent platform of cybersecurity monitoring, is pleased to release the quarterly the DRM-Report for the first quarter of 2023.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Date of breach: 26 October 2023 Breached organisation: Homeland, Inc., An investigation found that there was unauthorised access to its network between 18 and 23 May 2023.

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51 Must-Know Phishing Statistics for 2023

IT Governance

It’s why, in this blog, we’ve collected the most crucial phishing statistics you need to understand the threat. Verizon’s 2023 DBIR found that 36% of all data breaches involved phishing. Get started The post 51 Must-Know Phishing Statistics for 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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What the Email Security Landscape Looks Like in 2023

Security Affairs

What started as notes from Nigerian princes that needed large sums of money to help them get home has evolved into bad actors that use refined social engineering tactics to convince the receiver to unknowingly share important information. In 2022, email phishing attacks made up 24% of all spam emails — up from 11% in 2021.