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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Edition

Krebs on Security

The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 is upon us, with Microsoft Corp. today releasing fixes for a relatively small number of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. For example, CVE-2023-35636 , which Microsoft says is an information disclosure vulnerability in Outlook.

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News Alert: INE Security enables CISOs to secure board support for cybersecurity training

The Last Watchdog

Cary, NC, May 28, 2024, CyberNewsWire — If there is a single theme circulating among Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) right now, it is the question of how to get stakeholders on board with more robust cybersecurity training protocols. Human error remains one of the leading causes of security breaches.

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FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data

Krebs on Security

In February 2020, the FCC put all four wireless providers on notice that their practices of sharing access to customer location data were likely violating the law. The FCC found Verizon sold access to customer location data (indirectly or directly) to 67 third-party entities.

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Security Outlook 2023: Cyber Warfare Expands Threats

eSecurity Planet

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. 2023, he predicted, “will not be any easier when it comes to keeping users’ data safe and private.”

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

Welcome to our new-look list of data breaches and cyber attacks. On this page, you will find all our usual information breaking down the month’s security incidents. So, each month, we’ll update this page with the latest figures and links, so be sure to bookmark it to keep an eye out for the latest data breach news.

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Climate change examples

IBM Big Data Hub

Surface temperature statistics paint a compelling picture of the changing climate: 2023, according to the European Union climate monitor Copernicus, was the warmest year on record—nearly 1.5 Poor air quality from wildfire smoke can exacerbate asthma and heart disease, for example, while heat waves can cause heat exhaustion.

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Global Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in December 2023 – 2,241,916,765 Records Breached

IT Governance

IT Governance’s research found the following for December 2023: 1,351 publicly disclosed security incidents. Both these figures are a significant increase on what we found for November 2023 : 470 incidents and 519,111,354 records – 187% and 332% increases respectively. In November 2023, this was 227 incidents (48%).