'Coordinated' Ransomware Attack Hits 23 Towns in Texas
A ransomware attack hit 23 local government entities in Texas last week, the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has revealed.
The attack was observed on the morning of August 16 and appears to have been launched by a single threat actor, the DIR announcement reads.
Many Users Don't Change Unsafe Passwords After Being Warned: Google
Google has shared some interesting data collected by the company from users of its Password Checkup extension for Chrome.
Password Checkup, announced in February, is designed to display a warning to Chrome users whenever they log in to a website using credentials that are known to have been compromised in a third-party data breach.
Microsoft Says It 'Listens' to Conversations Only With Permission
Microsoft said Wednesday its contractors listen to conversations to hone voice translation features offered by Skype and its digital assistant Cortana, but only when obtaining user permission.
Industrial Giants Respond to 'Urgent/11' Vulnerabilities
Several major industrial and automation solutions providers have issued advisories in response to the recently disclosed Wind River VxWorks vulnerabilities dubbed Urgent/11.
In late July, IoT security firm Armis disclosed eleven vulnerabilities found by its researchers in the VxWorks real time operating system (RTOS). The flaws, six of which have been described as critical, can allow a remote attacker to take control of impacted systems.
VMware Patches Potentially Serious Pixel Shader Vulnerabilities
VMware on Friday informed customers that two potentially serious pixel shader vulnerabilities have been patched in its ESXi, Workstation and Fusion products, including one caused by a flaw in an NVIDIA graphics driver.
The more serious of the security holes, CVE-2019-5684, has been described as an out-of-bounds write bug that can allow arbitrary code execution on the host. This flaw affects systems using NVIDIA display drivers for Windows.