Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw.
Good afternoon, Talos readers. In our continued research on election security, we have a new video roundtable discussion up on our YouTube page. In this Q&A-style format, I ask our researchers questions about the work they’ve done researching disinformation (aka “fake news”) and how to combat the spread of it. Microsoft Patch Tuesday was also this week. For our recap of all 120-something vulnerabilities Microsoft discovered, click here. You can also take a deep dive into one of the bugs our researchers specifically discovered in the Windows 10 Common Log File System.
Cyber Security Week in Review
A specially crafted message in WhatsApp can cause the app to completely crash and sometimes delete users’ entire message history. So far, only a workaround on the desktop version of WhatsApp has been discovered.
Tech companies like Amazon, Apple and Google are working together to release a new standard for internet-of-things devices’ connectivity. Project Connected Home over IP says its open-source product will be available sometime next year.
As school districts start the school year remotely, teachers and students are having to learn new online classroom systems and fend off cyber attacks. Miami, Florida is the best example of this, where officials there say the area’s school system fought off 12 attacks in one day.
The city of Hartford, Connecticut had to threat source newsletter
