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Firefox Update Patches Exploited Vulnerability

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Firefox Update Patches Exploited Vulnerability

Mozilla, the company behind the browser Firefox, issued a fix on Wednesday for a zero-day vulnerability they say has been exploited. NIST lists the vulnerability as CVE-2024-9680, and its status as “awaiting analysis.” Firefox users should update to the latest version of the browser and of the extended support releases to protect their systems from potential attacks. Due to widespread use of Firefox, this issue poses a significant risk, particularly for systems that haven’t been…

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Google Workspace Vulnerability Allowed Thousands of Emails to be Compromised

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Google Workspace Vulnerability Allowed Thousands of Emails to be Compromised

Thousands of email addresses have been compromised after hackers used them to create Google Workspace accounts and bypassed the verification process. According to Google, a “specially constructed request” could open a Workspace account without verifying the email. This meant that bad actors only required the email address of their desired target to impersonate them. While none of the fake accounts were used to abuse Google services, like Gmail or Docs, they were used to access…

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