Security Now with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Nov 24th 2020

Security Now 794

Cicada

Ongoing WordPress Attack, RCS Gets End-to-End Encryption

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Ongoing WordPress attack, RCS gets End-to-end encryption.

  • Chrome moves to release 87.
  • Explicit Publication of Privacy Practices.
  • Firefox 83 gets HTTPS-only Mode.
  • Mozilla seeks consultation on implementing DNS-over-HTTPS.
  • The comical announcement strategy of the Egregor Ransomware.
  • Large-scale attacks targeting Epsilon Framework Themes in WordPress.
  • Cybercrime gang installs hidden e-commerce stores on WordPress sites.
  • 245,000 Windows systems still vulnerable to BlueKeep RDP bug.
  • Google's Rich Communication Services is getting E2EE via Signal.
  • Cicada, a Chinese state-sponsored advanced persistent threat group.

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