Lohrman on Security
DECEMBER 18, 2022
This past year will be remembered as another year of ransomware attacks, data breaches impacting critical infrastructure and, most of all, global cybersecurity impacts from the Russian war with Ukraine.
Troy Hunt
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Despite having both my tripod and mic in the wrong suitcase in the wrong place, Scott and I still pulled together a weekly vid from the Norwegian mountains. Much of this week is a combination of our travels here, responses to my tweets around cookie warnings and reactions to Elon's various decisions (and undecisions) on Twitter. Plus, there's the CoinTracker and Gemini breaches which appear to have stemmed from the SendGrid breach, the connection to that incident having been made by Co
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CyberSecurity Insiders
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Argishti Khudaverdyan, a former retailer of T-Mobile company, received a 10-year jail imprisonment sentence at the end of last as he was found guilty of hacking into the servers of the telecom provider and gaining access to phone unlocking and unblocking of cellphones. The 45-year-old man made thousands of dollars by indulging in the activity of unlocking by infiltrating operational servers of T-Mobile between Aug’14 to June’19.
Security Boulevard
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Isn’t it time the video gaming business rectified its KYG (Know Your Gamer) issue in a sector where bullying, discrimination, and even money laundering are rampant? It’s reasonable to say that most of us have participated in the playing of at least one video game. Over 3 billion individuals across the world now spend their […]. The post Know Your Gamer: The Need for Identity Verification in the Gaming Industry 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.
CyberSecurity Insiders
DECEMBER 18, 2022
News generated by robots will no longer be considered as genuine as the report can be easily influenced/manipulated by other factors. The same has been confirmed by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) leading a ban on the use of AI generated media and news channels. Precisely speaking, the Chinese administration was more against the use of Deep Synthesis Technology and so imposed a ban that will come into effect from January 10th of next year.
Security Boulevard
DECEMBER 18, 2022
This past year will be remembered as another year of ransomware attacks, data breaches impacting critical infrastructure and, most of all, global cybersecurity impacts from the Russian war with Ukraine. The post 2022 Cyber Review: The Year the Ukraine War Shocked the World appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Security Boulevard
DECEMBER 18, 2022
The holiday season is upon us, and many of us are looking forward to soon unwrapping the latest and greatest tech gadgets. From smartphones and smart speakers to fitness trackers and home security cameras, there are plenty of exciting new toys to choose from. . The post This year’s hottest tech: Related privacy concerns appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail web to its Workspace and education customers to protect emails sent using the web client. Google announced end-to-end encryption for Gmail (E2EE), with Gmail client-side encryption beta, users can send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside of their domain. . Google E2EE was already available for users of Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Google Meet, and Google Calendar (beta).
Malwarebytes
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Indiana sues TikTok, describes it as "Chinese Trojan Horse". Iranian hacking group uses compromised email accounts to distribute MSP remote access tool. Electronic Sales Suppression Tools are cooking the books. Silence is golden partner for Truebot and Cl0p ransomware. iPhone user watches as stolen phone travels from UK to China.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 18, 2022
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Samba addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities Former Twitter employee sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia Social Blade discloses security breach Data of 5.7M Gemini users available for sale on hacking forums
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Bleeping Computer
DECEMBER 18, 2022
SevenRooms, a restaurant CRM software and guest manRestaurant customer management platform SevenRooms has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor began selling stolen data on a hacking forum.agement service provider, has admitted it has suffered a data breach, result of a security incident on one of its vendors. [.].
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 18, 2022
The fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria, Australia, has shut down its network and turned to operating manually after a cyberattack. The fire and rescue service in the state of Victoria (FRV), Australia, has shut down its network after a cyber attack launched by “an external third party.” . Fire Rescue Victoria acting Commissioner Gavin Freeman revealed that the outage was first observed between 4am and 5am on Thursday.
Malwarebytes
DECEMBER 18, 2022
A critical vulnerability can send countless organizations into chaos, as security teams read up on the vulnerability, try to figure out whether it applies to their systems, download any potential patches, and deploy those fixes to affected machines. But a lot can go wrong when a vulnerability is discovered, disclosed, and addressed—an inflated severity rating, a premature disclosure, even a mixup in names.
Trend Micro
DECEMBER 18, 2022
In this blog entry, we discuss the reasons why malicious actors choose to and opt not to pursue kernel-level access in their attacks. It also provides an overview of kernel-level threats that have been publicly reported from April 2015 to October 2022.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
Tech Republic Security
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Organizations can no longer rely on edge firewalls alone to provide network security. Once attackers get past an edge firewall, they can move laterally to high-value assets. This book illustrates how internal firewalls can help your organization secure east-west network traffic and prevent attackers’ lateral movements. In the Internal Firewalls for Dummies Guide, you’ll learn: The post Internal Firewalls for Dummies Guide appeared first on TechRepublic.
Bleeping Computer
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Update won't offer optional updates in December, with the software giant only focusing on security updates due to the holiday season. [.].
Security Boulevard
DECEMBER 18, 2022
This article was originally featured in Security Magazine Just over a decade ago, I got my first glimpse into how digital technology would significantly change the security industry. I was working with a Fortune 500 company as an embedded contractor, and my job was to build its protective intelligence program. A seemingly innocuous comment on…. The post Balancing Data, Leading By Experience appeared first on Ontic.
CyberSecurity Insiders
DECEMBER 18, 2022
By Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal. A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. 1 – Attacker tradecraft centers on identity and MFA. It wasn’t just the recent Uber attack in which the victim’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) was compromised; at the core of the vast majority of cyber incidents is the theft and abuse of legitimate credentials.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
Security Boulevard
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s USENIX Security ’22 Conference tremendous content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink. The post USENIX Security ’22 -Zirui Neil Zhao, Adam Morrison, Christopher W. Fletcher, Josep Torrellas ‘Binoculars: Contention-Based Side-Channel Attacks Exploiting the Page Walker’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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