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An inviting job-offer message in an open hand, with a dark thread running from it down into a computer and piercing a red-glowing inner kernel core

12 Aug A Fake Job Offer, a Windows Kernel Rootkit: The Lazarus Zero-Day (CVE-2026-68820) and What It Means for Your Dental Practice

Posted at 05:32h in News

Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed an actively exploited Windows zero-day (CVE-2026-68820) that the North Korean Lazarus group used to turn a fake job offer into total, stealthy control of a Windows machine. The attack chain - social engineering, then a kernel privilege-escalation flaw, then...

A dental reception phone with a digital login shield above it breaking apart into data streams

31 Jul They’re Calling Your Front Desk: How Voice Phishing Cracked a Healthcare Giant’s Microsoft Login

Posted at 07:22h in News

The breach at Abbott Laboratories didn't start with malware. It started with a phone call to a real employee. For dental practices, that's the uncomfortable part — because your weakest security control answers the phone at the front desk....

A browser window with code fragments assembling into a solid executable, representing browser-built fileless malware

26 Jul Security Alert: ‘ClickFix’ and Browser-Built Malware Are Slipping Past Antivirus – What Dental Offices Need to Know

Posted at 08:09h in News

Two new attack techniques are making headlines: websites that make your browser assemble malware in memory, and 'ClickFix' prompts that trick staff into pasting a command that infects the PC. Both routinely evade traditional antivirus. Here is what they mean for a dental practice -...

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