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Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 5 Enterprise Edition to Get Eight Years of Android OS Updates, Security Patches

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Launched in January this year alongside the Galaxy XCover 7, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 5G is IP68 certified and has military-grade durability (MIL-STD-810H). A few months after launch, a Samsung manager introduced the Enterprise version. The Galaxy Tab Active 5 5G gets eight years of Android and security updates. The standard version of the rugged tablet received four major operating system updates and five years of security patches.

The enterprise version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 5 will receive the Android operating system and security updates for eight years, a Samsung manager in the Netherlands announced on LinkedIn (via SomeMobile ). This means that the tablet will receive updates and new features to Android 22 until 2032. Meanwhile, the standard version of the rugged tablet gets four major OS updates and five years of security patches.

The Galaxy Tab Active 5 will be the first tablet from the South Korean brand that is sure to receive software updates for a longer period of time. Samsung has promised seven years of Android updates and security patches for the latest Galaxy S24 series. Google also offers seven years of software support for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 5 Enterprise Edition comes in green and runs Android 14. It features an 8-inch WUXGA TFT display with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, Gorilla Glass protection and an octa-core 5nm processor. . SoC.

The Galaxy Tab Active 5 has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a 5050 mAh battery. The tablet also comes with MIL-STD-810H certification and IP68 protection, which protects the device from vibration, accidental shocks, drops, rain and dust. It has S Pen integration and supports face unlock.

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Latest Edition of Mitre Cybersecurity Evaluation Program to Tackle Ransomware, Threats to macOS

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Common behaviors associated with ransomware campaigns will be tackled in the sixth round of MITRE Engenuity‘s ATT&CK Evaluations, a program that seeks to assess the capabilities and performance of enterprise cybersecurity solutions.

MITRE said Tuesday that applications are already being accepted for the latest round of ATT&CK Evals, whose focus on ransomware stems from the malware type’s persistence as “one of the most significant cybercriminal threats across industry verticals,” according to Amy Robertson, the program’s principal cyber threat intelligence analyst.

Due to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea targeting macOS, the latest Evals round will also tackle Apple‘s laptop and desktop operating system.

“The DPRK has emerged as a formidable cyber threat, and they have progressively been expanding their focus to macOS as they work to evade international sanctions,” Robertson noted.

For his part, ATT&CK Evals General Manager William Booth said he and his organization were thrilled to expand the scope of the program to include macOS, a move that underscores a “commitment to comprehensive, platform-diverse assessments.”

Results of the evaluations will be released in the fourth quarter of 2024. Those interested in undergoing assessment have until April 30 to apply.

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14th edition of Cyber security conference ‘c0c0n’ to be inaugurated by Gen. Bipin Rawat

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Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat will inaugurate the 14th edition of ‘c0c0n’, an annual Hacking and Cyber Security Briefing, which will be held virtually from November 10-13.

The conference, which is being conducted by Kerala Police in association with two non-profit organisations, Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (POLCYB) and Information Security Research Association (ISRA), would be primarily discussing online scams and defenses during the lockdown period, a press statement said.

“The conference is being held in such a way that online security is beneficial even to children in the state where many crimes are taking place with the shift to online classes,” the statement said. The conference is being held virtually so that people from across the globe can attend the event as the 13th edition of ‘c0c0n’ last year saw more than 6,000 attendees from around the world. The conference “aims to discuss at the international level the challenges facing the digital world during the COVID period and the solutions needed to overcome them”, the statement said.

“It also provides an information sharing platform on cyber security issues, enhancement of law enforcement agencies/corporates/researchers/academia’s effectiveness and efficiency through the improvement of the technical and administrative capabilities in incident handling and a channel to discuss strategic directions and future challenges,” it said. The theme of this year’s ‘c0c0n’ is – Improvise, Adapt and Overcome, it added.

National and international experts will speak on various issues including cyber attacks on critical infrastructures, quantum computing, automotive cyber security, drone attacks detections using deep learning, data security and privacy, cyber espionage and cyber warfare, it further said. To encourage more women into cyber security and to offer them equal opportunity to rise to senior leadership roles, Kerala Police is inviting more women, who play prominent roles in cyber security, as speakers for the 14th edition of ‘c0c0n’, the statement said. 

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Patch Tuesday, October 2021 Edition – Krebs on Security

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Microsoft today issued updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited. This month’s Patch Tuesday also includes security fixes for the newly released Windows 11 operating system. Separately, Apple has released updates for iOS and iPadOS to address a flaw that is being actively attacked.

Firstly, Apple has released iOS 15.0.2 and iPadOS 15.0.2 to fix a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-30883) that is being leveraged in active attacks targeting iPhone and iPad users. Lawrence Abrams of Bleeping Computer writes that the flaw could be used to steal data or install malware, and that soon after Apple patched the bug security researcher Saar Amar published a technical writeup and proof-of-concept exploit that was derived from reverse engineering Apple’s patch.

Abrams said the list of impacted Apple devices is quite extensive, affecting older and newer models. If you own an iPad or iPhone — or any other Apple device — please make sure it’s up to date with the latest security patches.

Three of the weaknesses Microsoft addressed today tackle vulnerabilities rated “critical,” meaning that malware or miscreants could exploit them to gain complete, remote control over vulnerable systems — with little or no help from targets.

One of the critical bugs concerns Microsoft Word, and two others are remote code execution flaws in Windows Hyper-V, the virtualization component built into Windows. CVE-2021-38672 affects Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022; CVE-2021-40461 impacts both Windows 11 and Windows 10 systems, as well as Server versions.

But as usual, some of the more concerning security weaknesses addressed this month earned Microsoft’s slightly less dire “important” designation, which applies to a vulnerability “whose exploitation could result in compromise of the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of user data, or of the integrity or availability of processing resources.”

The flaw that’s under active assault — CVE-2021-40449 — is an important “elevation of privilege” vulnerability, meaning it can be leveraged in combination with…

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