Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

A vulnerability impacting the decentralized social network Mastodon can be exploited by threat actors to impersonate and take over any account. A security flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-23832 (CVSS score 9.4), in the decentralized social network Mastodon can be exploited to impersonate and take over any account. The issue is caused by insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon. “Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Plus: Russia was likely behind widespread GPS outages, Vault 7 leaker was sentenced, police claim to trace Monero cryptocurrency, and more.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Cleaning products giant Clorox estimates the economic impact of the cyber attack that hit the company in August 2023 at $49 million. The Clorox Company is a multinational consumer goods company that specializes in the production and marketing of various household and professional cleaning, health, and personal care products. The cleaning product giant announced in mid-August it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident that forced it to take some systems offline.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Mastodon, the free and open-source decentralized social networking platform, has fixed a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to impersonate and take over any remote account. [.

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Google has started testing the phasing out of third-party cookies on Chrome, affecting about 1% of its users or approximately 30 million people. Learn how to check if you are part of the initial test. [.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Clorox has confirmed that a September 2023 cyberattack has so far cost the company $49 million in expenses related to the response to the incident. [.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Is Carbonite Safe To Use? Read on to find out… Carbonite is a cloud backup service that helps you protect your data from loss or damage. It does this by backing up your files to its servers in the cloud. Carbonite offers a variety of features to protect your data, including encryption, two-factor authentication, and […] The post Is Carbonite Safe To Use?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post USENIX Security ’23 – Kenneth G. Paterson, Matteo Scarlata, Kien Tuong Truong – Three Lessons From Threema: Analysis of a Secure Messenger appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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