Security News > 2020 > November

Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue causing forced restarts on Windows 10 20H2 devices due to the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service system process crashing. "To prevent the issue and not receive the safeguard hold, you will need to name all built-in user counts back to their default name before attempting to update to Windows 10, version 2004 or Windows 10, version 20H2," Microsoft says.

"There are over 6,000 systems and 80,000 cameras in operation across 183 LAs!" So exclaimed the UK's outgoing Surveillance Camera Commissioner as he detailed just how many council CCTV cameras there are across the nation. In a public plea asking councils to take compliance with surveillance laws seriously, Tony Porter lifted the lid on the scale and depth of CCTV camera deployment across Great Britain.

Microsoft says that devices running Windows 10 2004 or Windows 10 20H2 might crash with blue screens of death when users plug in a Thunderbolt NVMe Solid State Drive. Windows 10 devices with at least one Thunderbolt NVMe SSD and one Thunderbolt port are the ones impacted by this new known issue.

Now, the security researchers reveal that the attackers have updated their techniques and that the number of victim organizations has increased. In recent attacks, the hackers started using actual documents related to the organization's activity, including scanned copies of memos, letters, and procurement documentation forms, seemingly stolen in earlier attacks.

The Patch Tuesday updates appear to be light, so things are looking much better as we enter the final stretch for 2020. Yes, you read that correctly - not the 2020 Fall Release or Windows 10 version 2009, but Windows 10 version 20H2. Name changes once again!

Quantum computers also pose a big security problem. That's because quantum computers don't just pose a threat to tomorrow's sensitive information: they'll be able to decrypt data that has been encrypted in the past, that's being encrypted in the present, and that will be encrypted in the future.

Qualys Runtime Container Security, once instrumented in the image, will work within each container irrespective of where the container is instantiated and does not need any additional administration containers. The new diskAshur M2 SSD encrypts data using FIPS PUB 197 validated, AES-XTS 256-bit hardware encryption and uniquely incorporates a Common Criteria EAL4+ ready secure microprocessor, which employs built-in physical protection mechanisms.

Ad fraud is a subset of invalid traffic, characterized by its malicious intentions, and has been around for as long as digital advertising. Due to a lack of solutions, many advertisers have become complacent with this aggressive attrition to their ad campaigns, considering it an additional cost of online advertising.

Brazil's Superior Tribunal de Justiça has temporarily shut down after a suspected ransomware attack. The Tribunal is second-highest of Brazil's courts and is the highest court that decides on federal matters other than constitutional law.

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