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Security observations and vulnerabilities 2020-11-09 - Sikom - 11-09-2020
Security observations
Apple patches in-use zero-day vulnerabilities
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Apple has released patches for three actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities discovered by the Project Zero team at Google. Users are urged to install the update as soon as possible.
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/exploits-and-vulnerabilities/2020/11/update-your-ios-now-apple-patches-3-zero-day-vulnerabilities/
Top Brazilian court hit with ransomware
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The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice has been targeted in a massive ransomware attack, forcing it to shut down services including its homepage.
The group responsible, which so far has not been identified, is claiming to have encrypted the STJs entire database, as well as the backups.
https://www.hackread.com/ransomware-attack-brazil-top-court-encrypts-backups/
Vulnerabilities
Zero-day vulnerability in AnyConnect disclosed by Cisco
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Cisco has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability for its software AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client - for which there is no patch yet. The vulnerability affects the Windows, macOS and Linux versions.
https://threatpost.com/cisco-zero-day-anyconnect-secure-patch/160988/
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