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Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Baxter's internet-connected infusion pumps used by healthcare professionals in clinical environments to dispense medication to patients. The four vulnerabilities in question, discovered by cybersecurity firm Rapid7 and reported to Baxter in April 2022, affect the following Sigma Spectrum Infusion systems -.
Tens of thousands of internet-facing IP cameras made by China-based Hikvision remain unpatched and exploitable despite a fix being issued for a critical security bug nearly a year ago. Awarded a CVSS score of 9.8 of 10 in severity, the Hikvision bug was considered serious enough for the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to add it to its list of "Must patch" security flaws early this year, adding that the vulnerability is already being exploited.
Google Chrome extension 'Internet Download Manager' installed by more than 200,000 users is adware. Although the extension may install a known and legitimate download manager program, BleepingComputer observed unwanted behavior exhibited by the extension-such as opening links to spammy sites, changing the default browser search engine, and further hounding the user with pop-ups asking them to download more "Patches" and unwanted programs.
Google Chrome extension 'Internet Download Manager' installed by more than 200,000 users is adware. Although the extension may install a known and legitimate download manager program, BleepingComputer observed unwanted behavior exhibited by the extension-such as opening links to spammy sites, changing the default browser search engine, and further hounding the user with pop-ups asking them to download more "Patches" and unwanted programs.
Elon Musk has written an article for the Cyberspace Administration of China's flagship magazine. "Chinese companies will be a force to be reckoned with in the cause of energy innovation," Musk opined in the article.
Like Private Internet Access, are expanding their ability to provide location shifting and creating a whole new reason for users to turn to VPNs. Here's an overview of the data privacy benefits of today's commercial VPN services and how PIA is elevating location shifting into the next must-have VPN feature. The core purpose of a VPN is to encrypt data as it passes through the networks that make up the internet.
A significant percentage of organizations expose insecure or highly sensitive protocols, including SMB, SSH, and Telnet, to the public internet, the ExtraHop Benchmarking Cyber Risk and Readiness report has shown. Sixty-four percent of organizations have at least one device exposing this protocol to the public internet.
The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Kominfo, is now blocking access to internet service and content providers who had not registered on the country's new licensing platform by July 27th, 2022, as the country begins to restrict access to online content providers and services. The first blocks began Friday, a day before the June 26th deadline, and according to internet access monitoring org NetBlocks, some of the service providers include Yahoo, Steam, and PayPal.
The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, a major release that brings new features to help users fight censorship easier. The Tor Browser has been created specifically for accessing sites through The Onion Router network to offer users anonymity and privacy when accessing information on the internet.
This article will explain why users should block macros in Internet downloads and how you can block them in Microsoft Office. To prevent this distribution method, Microsoft announced in February that Microsoft Office would automatically block VBA macros in documents downloaded from the Internet starting in June.