Microsoft Reveals macOS Vulnerability that Bypasses Privacy Controls in Safari Browser

Microsoft has disclosed details about a now-patched security flaw in Apple’s Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) framework in macOS that has likely come under exploitation to get around a user’s privacy preferences and access data.
The shortcoming, codenamed HM Surf by the tech giant, is tracked as CVE-2024-44133. It was addressed by Apple as part of macOS Sequoia 15 by removing the

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Singapore releases guidelines for securing AI systems and prohibiting deepfakes in elections

The security guidelines cover five stages of the AI lifecycle to help mitigate varying risks of AI implementation.

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Microsoft: Ransomware Attacks Growing More Dangerous, Complex

Attackers launched 600 million cybercriminal and nation-state threats on Microsoft customers daily, including ransomware attacks, in the last year, according to the tech giant.

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Fake North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate Western Firms, Demand Ransom

North Korean hackers are infiltrating Western companies using fraudulent IT workers to steal sensitive data and extort ransom.…

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Hong Kong Crime Ring Swindles Victims Out of $46M

The scammers used real-time deepfakes in online dating video calls to convince the victims of their legitimacy.

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Be Aware of These Eight Underrated Phishing Techniques

There are a number of lesser-known phishing techniques that are often overlooked or underestimated yet increasingly being employed by attackers.

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Microsoft said it lost weeks of security logs for its customers’ cloud products

Missing logs could make it more difficult to identify unauthorized access to the customers’ networks during that two-week window.

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Feds arrest man who allegedly participated in hack of the SEC’s X account, boosting Bitcoin’s price

Eric Council Jr. and unnamed co-conspirators were allegedly behind the hack of the official @SECGov account on X.

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