Apple Patches New macOS, iOS Zero-Days

Apple on Wednesday rolled out emergency patches for a pair of already exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in its flagship macOS and iOS platforms.

Apple confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of the vulnerabilities in separate advisories warning about code execution flaws in fully patched iPhone, iPad and macOS devices.

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Cyberattack Victims Often Attacked by Multiple Adversaries: Research

It’s not if, but when and how often you get attacked

Sophos research for its Active Adversary Playbook 2022 revealed that victims are often attacked by multiple adversaries – usually, in rapid succession but sometimes simultaneously. Further analysis now suggests the aphorism ‘it’s not if, but when you are attacked’ should be expanded with the extension, ‘and how often’.

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Ghost Security Snags $15M Investment for API Security Tech

Texas startup Ghost Security has joined the list of early-stage companies in the API and application security space attracting venture capital funding.

The Austin-based company emerged from stealth this week with $15 million in investments from 468 Capital, DNX Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures.

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Slack Forces Password Resets After Discovering Software Flaw

Workplace productivity software giant Slack on Friday forced password resets for a tiny fraction of its users after the discovery of a security flaw that exposed Slack credentials.

Slack’s security response team alerted users to the issue via email and followed up with a blog post warning about the risk of passwords leaking to a skilled attacker.

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