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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2023 Edition

Krebs on Security

today released software updates to fix dozens of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. CVSS score, and they all concern a widely-deployed component called the Windows Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM), which is used for delivering multicast data — such as video streaming or online gaming.

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Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to 2015 Flaw in its Own Software

Krebs on Security

Last week cybercriminals deployed ransomware to 1,500 organizations that provide IT security and technical support to many other companies. The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. Image: Archive.org.

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Lousy IoT Security

Schneier on Security

DTEN makes smart screens and whiteboards for videoconferencing systems. Forescout found that their security is terrible: In total, our researchers discovered five vulnerabilities of four different kinds: Data exposure: PDF files of shared whiteboards (e.g. meeting notes) and other sensitive files (e.g.,

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Experts discovered a severe command injection flaw in Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop

Security Affairs

It’s time to patch again the Cisco Webex video conferencing software of your organization to avoid ugly surprise. ” Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. when running on a Microsoft Windows end-user system. .”

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MY TAKE: Why monetizing data lakes will require applying ‘attribute-based’ access rules to encryption

The Last Watchdog

A new form of agile cryptography must get established in order to robustly preserve privacy and security as all this raw data gets put to commercial use. This arrangement has gotten us this far – but it is too brittle, from a security perspective, to carry us forward. In order to get there, one big technical hurdle must be surmounted.

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Wireshark fixed three flaws that can crash it via malicious packet trace files

Security Affairs

The three vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2018-16056 , CVE-2018-16057 and CVE-2018-16058 affect respectively the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol (ATT) dissector, the Radiotap dissector, and the Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP) dissector components of Wireshark. Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 [The Mind's Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks

KnowBe4

Previously, these schemes involved coerced or stolen digital material, but now some criminals are using technology to create explicit content from innocent images or videos found online. However, with deepfakes, the victim may appear in a realistic image or video without their knowledge or consent. Currently, the U.S.