Apple offers Mac OS X update to close one flaw

Despite immediate action to thwart unauthorized access and enforce security measures, ADT had some encrypted employee data stolen as a result of the incident, said the firm in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Attacks by Trinity ransomware, which were reported to have impacted a U.S. gastroenterology services provider and a New Jersey-based dental group, involved the exploitation of known software vulnerabilities to facilitate the delivery of the payload, an advisory from HC3 noted.

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