Technical

[Asyn]

The Official Facebook Chat Plugin Created Vector for Social Engineering Attacks
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/08/the-official-facebook-chat-plugin-created-vector-for-social-engineering-attacks/

[Asyn]

The August 2020 Security Update Review
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2020/8/11/the-august-2020-security-update-review

[Asyn]

Beyond KrØØk: Even more Wi‑Fi chips vulnerable to eavesdropping
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/08/06/beyond-kr00k-even-more-wifi-chips-vulnerable-eavesdropping/

[Asyn]

Rogue Automation - Vulnerable and Malicious Code in Industrial Programming
https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/white_papers/wp-rogue-automation-vulnerable-and-malicious-code-in-industrial-programming.pdf

[Asyn]

Thoughts on the Clean Network program
https://medium.com/@ted.ietf/thoughts-on-the-clean-network-program-5f1c43764152
https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2020/internet-society-statement-on-u-s-clean-network-program/

[bob3160]

Thoughts on the Clean Network program
https://medium.com/@ted.ietf/thoughts-on-the-clean-network-program-5f1c43764152
https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2020/internet-society-statement-on-u-s-clean-network-program/

I guess it all depends on your stance on how secure your data is when it travels via the China internet highway.

[DavidR]

Thoughts on the Clean Network program
https://medium.com/@ted.ietf/thoughts-on-the-clean-network-program-5f1c43764152
https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2020/internet-society-statement-on-u-s-clean-network-program/

I guess it all depends on your stance on how secure your data is when it travels via the China internet highway.

For me when Governments get involved with technical security solutions I fear all is already lost.

If the UK Government is anything to go by, their competency with information technology projects doesn't bode well.

Often what is promised:

According to the brief, the program’s aim is “guarding our citizens’ privacy and our companies’ most sensitive information”.

Comes with underlying/hidden issues as this article suggests.

[Asyn]

Windows Print Spooler Patch Bypass Re-Enables Persistent Backdoor
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2020/8/11/windows-print-spooler-patch-bypass-re-enables-persistent-backdoor

[Asyn]

Internet Explorer and Windows zero-day exploits used in Operation PowerFall
https://securelist.com/ie-and-windows-zero-day-operation-powerfall/97976/

[bob3160]

Internet Explorer and Windows zero-day exploits used in Operation PowerFall
https://securelist.com/ie-and-windows-zero-day-operation-powerfall/97976/

Is any one really still using IE11 ?

[DavidR]

Internet Explorer and Windows zero-day exploits used in Operation PowerFall
https://securelist.com/ie-and-windows-zero-day-operation-powerfall/97976/

Is any one really still using IE11 ?

Microsoft it would appear (just can't kill it, too much history)

[Asyn]

Agent Tesla | Old RAT Uses New Tricks to Stay on Top
https://labs.sentinelone.com/agent-tesla-old-rat-uses-new-tricks-to-stay-on-top/

[Asyn]

Color by numbers: inside a Dharma ransomware-as-a-service attack
https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/08/12/color-by-numbers-inside-a-dharma-ransomware-as-a-service-attack/

[Asyn]

Internet Explorer and Windows zero-day exploits used in Operation PowerFall
https://securelist.com/ie-and-windows-zero-day-operation-powerfall/97976/

Is any one really still using IE11 ?

Microsoft it would appear (just can't kill it, too much history)

Latest info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-explorer-microsoft-edge

[bob3160]

Internet Explorer and Windows zero-day exploits used in Operation PowerFall
https://securelist.com/ie-and-windows-zero-day-operation-powerfall/97976/

Is any one really still using IE11 ?

Microsoft it would appear (just can't kill it, too much history)

Latest info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-explorer-microsoft-edge

I turned off IE11 some months back. Luckily I'm not running any software that depended on IE11.
additional information, https://www.askvg.com/microsoft-to-retire-internet-explorer-and-legacy-microsoft-edge-web-browsers-soon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AskVG+%28AskVG%29