Author: DEFENDEDGE
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EoL Systems Stonewalling Log4j Fixes for Fed Agencies
End of life, end of support, pandemic-induced shipping delays and remote work, scanning failures: It’s a recipe for a patching nightmare, federal cyberserurity CTO Matt Keller says. Read more
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Cyberattackers Hit Data of 80K Fertility Patients
Fertility Centers of Illinois’ security measures protected electronic medical records, but the attackers still got at extremely intimate data in admin files. Read more
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QNAP: Get NAS Devices Off the Internet Now
There are active ransomware and brute-force attacks being launched against internet-exposed, network-attached storage devices, the device maker warned. Read more
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Log4J-Related RCE Flaw in H2 Database Earns Critical Rating
Critical flaw in the H2 open-source Java SQL database are similar to the Log4J vulnerability, but do not pose a widespread threat. Read more
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Partially Unpatched VMware Bug Opens Door to Hypervisor Takeover
ESXi version 7 users are still waiting for a full fix for a high-severity heap-overflow security vulnerability, but Cloud Foundation, Fusion and Workstation users can go ahead and patch. Read more
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Attackers Exploit Flaw in Google Docs’ Comments Feature
A wave of phishing attacks identified in December targeting mainly Outlook users are difficult for both email scanners and victims to flag, researchers said. Read more
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‘Elephant Beetle’ Lurks for Months in Networks
The group blends into an environment before loading up trivial, thickly stacked, fraudulent financial transactions too tiny to be noticed but adding up to millions of dollars. Read more
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Broward Breach Highlights Healthcare Supply-Chain Problems
More than 1.3 million patient records were stolen in the just-disclosed breach, which occurred back in October. Read more
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Uber Bug, Ignored for Years, Casts Doubt on Official Uber Emails
A simple-to-exploit bug that allows bad actors to send emails from Uber’s official system — skating past email security — went unaddressed despite multiple flagging by researchers. Read more
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FTC to Go After Companies that Ignore Log4j
Companies that fail to protect secure consumer data from Log4J attacks are at risk of facing Equifax-esque legal action and fines, the FTC warned. Read more