July 2019 - Securezoo Blog

Capital One data breach

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 30, 2019
Post category:Data Breach / Data Privacy

Capital One announced on Monday night it was a victim of data breach that impacted 100 million individuals in the United States and close to 6 million in Canada.

Louisiana declares state of emergency after ransomware attack

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 29, 2019
Post category:Cybersecurity Attacks / Data Breach / Malware

Governor Edwards of Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after three of its school districts were hit with ransomware attacks.

Comodo antivirus vulnerabilities

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 25, 2019
Post category:Malware / Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Researchers are warning of multiple unpatched vulnerabilities in Comodo's antivirus software.

Apple releases July security updates for iOS, macOS and other products

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 24, 2019
Post category:Mobile Security / Security Updates & Patches / Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Apple released security updates that address vulnerabilities in multiple products, to include iOS, macOS, Safari, watchOS, tvOS and Apple TV Software. Additional mitigations for speculative execution vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs or “Spectre” were also included in the latest macOS update.

Palo Alto Networks patches critical GlobalProtect RCE vulnerability (CVE-2019-1579)

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 23, 2019
Post category:Network Security / Security Updates & Patches / Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Palo Alto Networks has patched a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its GlobalProtect portal and GlobalProtect Gateway interface products. These same products run on the Palo Alto Networks' firewalls.

Equifax data breach settlement

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 22, 2019
Post category:Data Breach / Data Privacy / Regulations & Laws

Equifax Inc. has agreed to sign a settlement with the FTC to pay at least $575 million, and potentially up to $700 million, related to the massive data breach in 2017 that impacted nearly 147 million people.

Slack resets passwords exposed in 2015 breach

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 19, 2019
Post category:Data Breach / Data Privacy / Password Management

Slack has reset passwords for close to 1% of overall Slack accounts in response to new information learned from 2015 security breach.

PowerShell Core security updates

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 18, 2019
Post category:Security Updates & Patches / Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Microsoft has released updates to address a feature bypass vulnerability in PowerShell Core versions 6.1 and 6.2. Users should upgrade to the latest PowerShell versions to prevent an attacker from taking over affected systems.

Drupal patches critical access bypass flaw

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 18, 2019
Post category:Security Updates & Patches / Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Drupal has released a security update to address a critical vulnerability in Drupal 8.7.4 Workspaces module.

Oracle Critical Patch Update for July 2019

Post author:Frank Crast
Post published:July 17, 2019
Post category:Security Updates & Patches / Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for July 2019 to include 319 vulnerability fixes across multiple products. The company also continues to receive reports of remote attackers attempting to maliciously exploit unpatched vulnerabilities.