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Google published its monthly security bulletin for August on Monday, detailing the latest available patches for Android. A total of 37 vulnerabilities have been patched, including a critical security flaw in the System component that could lead to remote code execution via Bluetooth with no additional execution privileges needed. The Bluetooth vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-20345 and has been patched on Android 10, 11, 12 and 12L. The remaining flaws that were patched in Google’s…

Machine identity management firm Venafi has published new research suggesting that 87% of the ransomware found on the dark web has been delivered via malicious macros to infect targeted systems. The paper is the result of a collaboration with Forensic Pathways, which between November 2021 and March 2022 analyzed 35 million dark web URLs, including marketplaces and forums, using the Forensic Pathways Dark Search Engine. The findings reportedly uncovered 475 web pages of elaborate ransomware…

Our personal and professional lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with the online world. Regular internet usage has made us all prone to cyber-security risks. You leave a digital footprint every time you use the internet, which is a trace of all your online activities.   When you create new accounts or subscribe to different websites, you give them explicit (or implicit, through their family of apps or subsidiary websites) access to your personal and credit card…

A substantial shift has happened in the enterprise storage industry over the last 12 months that has changed the dialogue about storage. In past years, the first conversations with enterprise storage buyers were about cost efficiency and performance. However, today, the two most important things that come up first in storage conversations are cybersecurity and delivery time. This is a radical change that is redefining strategic planning and purchasing of enterprise storage solutions. Storage has become part of…

If you’re the parent of a tween or teen, chances are they’re not the only ones going back to school. Their smartphones are going back too. Our recent global research showed just how many tweens and teens use a smartphone. Plenty. Depending on the age band, that figure ranges anywhere from 76% to 93%, with some noteworthy variations between countries. One of the top reasons parents give their child a phone is to stay in…