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Security News This Week: Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Has Hit the US



TikTok user data is exposed to Chinese ByteDance employees, a screen recording app goes rogue in Google Play, and privacy groups want Slack to expand encryption.

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Week in review: KeePass vulnerability, Apple fixes exploited WebKit 0-days


Week in review

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos:

Apple fixes WebKit 0-days under attack (CVE-2023-28204, CVE-2023-32373, CVE-2023-32409)
Apple has released security updates for iOS and iPadOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS, delivering fixes for many vulnerabilities but, most importantly, for CVE-2023-32409, a WebKit 0-day that “may have been actively exploited.”

Google Cloud CISO on why the Google Cybersecurity Certificate matters
In this Help Net Security interview, Phil Venables, CISO at Google Cloud, sheds light on how this initiative will create greater opportunities for individuals worldwide and contribute to meeting the increasing demand for cybersecurity professionals.

SquareX’s vision: A future where internet security is a non-issue
SquareX, the brainchild of cybersecurity trailblazer Vivek Ramachandran, is on a mission to revolutionize the cybersecurity landscape with a unique browser-based solution, designed to fortify online safety for consumers.

Enhancing open source security: Insights from the OpenSSF on addressing key challenges
In this Help Net Security interview, we meet a prominent industry leader. Brian Behlendorf, CTO at the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), shares insights on the influence of his experiences with the White House CTO office, World Economic Forum, and Linux Foundation on leading the OpenSSF and addressing open-source security challenges.

KeePass flaw allows retrieval of master password, PoC is public (CVE-2023-32784)
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-32784) in the open-source password manager KeePass can be exploited to retrieve the master password from the software’s memory, says the researcher who unearthed the flaw.

Advantech’s industrial serial device servers open to attack
Three vulnerabilities in Advantech’s EKI series of serial device servers could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on the OS level.

DarkBERT could help automate dark web mining for cyber threat intelligence
Researchers have developed DarkBERT, a language model pretrained on dark web data, to help cybersecurity pros extract cyber threat intelligence (CTI) from the Internet’s virtual underbelly.

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Week in review: PaperCut vulnerabilities, VMware fixes critical flaws, RSA Conference 2023


The week in security

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos:

RSA Conference 2023
RSA Conference 2023 took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Check out our microsite for related news, photos, product releases, and more.

Overcoming industry obstacles for decentralized digital identities
In this Help Net Security interview, Eve Maler, CTO at ForgeRock, talks about how digital identities continue to play a critical role in how we access online services securely. Maler also highlights the challenges encountered by various industries in implementing decentralized digital identities.

PaperCut vulnerabilities leveraged by Clop, LockBit ransomware affiliates
Clop and LockBit ransomware affiliates are behind the recent attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in PaperCut application servers, according to Microsoft and Trend Micro researchers.

Common insecure configuration opens Apache Superset servers to compromise
An insecure default configuration issue (CVE-2023-27524) makes most internet-facing Apache Superset servers vulnerable to attackers, Horizon3.ai researchers have discovered.

3CX breach linked to previous supply chain compromise
Pieces of the 3CX supply chain compromise puzzle are starting to fall into place, though we’re still far away from seeing the complete picture.

GitHub introduces private vulnerability reporting for open source repositories
GitHub has announced that its private vulnerability reporting feature for open source repositories is now available to all project owners.

Google Authenticator updated, finally allows syncing of 2FA codes
Google has updated Google Authenticator, its mobile authenticator app for delivering time-based one-time authentication codes, and now allows users to sync (effectively: back up) their codes to their Google account.

VMware fixes critical flaws in virtualization software (CVE-2023-20869, CVE-2023-20870)
VMware has fixed one critical (CVE-2023-20869) and three important flaws (CVE-2023-20870, CVE-2023-20871, CVE-2023-20872) in its VMware Workstation and Fusion virtual user session software.

Google adds new risk assessment tool for Chrome extensions
Google has made available a new tool for…

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Home of the Week: 14150 Courtney Meadow Place, Leesburg | News


This six-bedroom home located at 14150 Courtney Meadow Place in Leesburg is on the market for $1,390,000.

Built in 2017 in Waterford Manor, this home has many “cool custom features” that give charm to the home, according to listing agent Suzanne Ager of Middleburg Real Estate/Atoka Properties who co-lists the property with Alanna Nichols.

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