Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Confiant researchers have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. Security experts at Confiant have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac that is distributed via malvertising campaigns in the US, Italy, and Japan. “Malicious ads redirect victims to sites showing popups peddling software updates, mainly Adobe Flash Player updates, that once executed will install first install the OSX/ Shlayer MacOS malware , which t

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

The latest macOS update is chock-full of ways to better safeguard your data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

An Alabama hospital chain announced to have restored normal operation after paying the ransom request by crooks that infected its systems with ransomware. A hospital chain in west Alabama was recently hit by a ransomware attack that paralyzed its systems. The organization opted out to pay the ransom and announced to have restored normal operation. The hospital chain hasn’t revealed the amount it has paid to the crooks to decrypt the data, it seems that an insurance covered the cost.

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

On October 11, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he signed all five of the California Legislature’s September 2019 amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) into law: AB-25 , AB-874 , AB-1146 , AB-1355 and AB-1564. The Governor had until October 13, 2019, to sign or veto the amendments, which were passed at the end of the Legislature’s 2019 legislative session.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten employed new spear-phishing methods in attacks carried out between August and September. Security experts at ClearSky analyzed attacks recently uncovered by Microsoft that targeted a US presidential candidate, government officials, journalists, and prominent expatriate Iranians. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed the APT group making more than 2,700 attempts to identify consumer email accounts belonging to specific Microsoft customers and

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Cisco Talos experts discovered nearly a dozen flaws affecting some of the models of Schneider Electric’s Modicon programmable logic controllers. Talos experts discovered 11 security flaws affecting some models of Schneider Electric’s Modicon programmable logic controllers. Affected models are Modicon M580, M340, BMENOC 0311, BMENOC 0321, Quantum, Premium, and Modicon BMxCRA and 140CRA.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2019

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Hacker is auctioning a database containing details of 92 million Brazilians. Iran-linked Phosphorus group hit a 2020 presidential campaign.

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