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Month: December 2023
Update now! Apple issues patches for older iPhones and other devices
Apple has issued emergency updates that include patches for older iOS devices concerning two actively used zero-days that were patched for iOS 17 last week
Healthcare giant Norton breach leads to theft of millions of patient records
Ransomware operator ALPHV/Blackcat reportedly stole 2.5 million records from non-profit healthcare system Norton Healthcare
The sound of you typing on your keyboard could reveal your password
Researchers have found a way to guess passwords from keyboard sounds recorded by a smartphone with 95% accuracy.
“Amazon got hacked” messages are a false alarm
A message about extra delivery addresses getting added to Amazon accounts has gone wild on social media. Luckily, it’s nothing to worry about.
Insights into your unpatched vulnerabilities
Malwarebytes is offering customers its ThreatDown Vulnerability Assessment solution without extra costs to help reduce attack surfaces and improve their security posture
A week in security (December 4 – December 10)
A list of topics we covered in the week of December 4 to December 10 of 2023
Meta’s Purple Llama wants to test safety risks in AI models
Meta’s Project Llama aims to help developers filter out specific items that might cause their AI model to produce inappropriate content.
US government is snooping on people via phone push notifications, says senator
Government agencies have been asking Apple and Google for metadata related to push notifications, but the companies aren’t allowed to tell users about it.
Android phones can be taken over remotely – update when you can
Android phones are vulnerable to attacks that allow a remote execution of malicious code and it requires no user interaction.