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JUNE 2, 2022

The government is putting the right skills and expertise in place to fight the rising cyber threat.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 2, 2022

FBI Director Says Boston Children's Hospital Was Targeted Last Summer Boston Children's Hospital thwarted a cyberattack by government-backed Iranian hackers last summer after U.S. authorities received intelligence about the pending assault and alerted the hospital, says FBI Director Christopher Wray, who called Iran's planned cyberattack "despicable.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. Big banks and insurance companies instilled the practice of requesting their third-party vendors to fill out increasingly bloated questionnaires, called bespoke assessments, which they then used as their sole basis for assessing third-party risk.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 2, 2022

Boosting Ukraine's Cyber Space Is Not a Violation of Policy, White House Says The U.S. has conducted offensive cyber activities in support of Ukraine, Cyber Command Director Gen. Paul Nakasone reportedly said on Wednesday at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence conference. The White House says these operations do not violate historic policies with Moscow.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Companies have come to depend on Software as a Service – SaaS — like never before. Related: Managed security services catch on. From Office 365 to Zoom to Salesforce.com, cloud-hosted software applications have come to make up the nerve center of daily business activity. Companies now reach for SaaS apps for clerical chores, conferencing, customer relationship management, human resources, salesforce automation, supply chain management, web content creation and much more, even security.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

More than 3.6 million MySQL servers are publicly exposed on the internet, security researchers noted this week. Shadow Server Foundation researchers reported that they simply issued a MySQL connection request on default port 3306 to see if a server responded with a MySQL Server Greeting, rather than intrusive requests that pentesters use to break into databases.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 2, 2022

Chris Novak of Verizon Business Group on Latest Breach Investigations Report The 15th edition of the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report examines the rapid growth in ransomware, along with other threat vectors. Chris Novak, global director of the Threat Research Advisory Center at Verizon Business Group, discusses key findings and reviews the security landscape.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 2, 2022

The malware targets Windows users via Trojanized downloads of cracked or pirated software and then starts in on cryptocurrency mining and clipboard hijacking.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 2, 2022

Okta's Competitive Win Rates and Renewal Rates Weren't Impacted by the Lapsus$ Hack Okta's competitive win rates and renewal rates weren't measurably impacted by the Lapsus$ cyberattack that came to light in March. The company looked through hundreds opportunities with customers and prospects to see if any of the potential sales were delayed or cancelled due to the breach.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 2, 2022

On May 11, 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published its Annual Activity Report for 2021 (the “Report”). The Report provides an overview of the CNIL’s enforcement activities in 2021. The report notably shows a significant increase in the CNIL’s activity. In particular, the Report revealed that: The CNIL received 14,143 complaints in 2021 (+4% compared to 2020) and closed 12,522.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 2, 2022

A smishing campaign is impersonating the UK-based delivery company Evri with text messages informing recipients that their package couldn’t be delivered, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. The messages state that a driver tried to deliver a package, but no one was home. The texts contain a link for the recipient to reschedule their delivery.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

With nearly $200 billion in annual sales, Microsoft is the world’s largest software and information technology (IT) vendor, its products widely used by both companies and consumers. That also makes it the biggest source of vulnerabilities targeted by hackers. According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), more than a third of all actively exploited vulnerabilities so far this year have been flaws in Microsoft systems.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 2, 2022

Researchers have demonstrated controlling touchscreens at a distance, at least in a laboratory setting: The core idea is to take advantage of the electromagnetic signals to execute basic touch events such as taps and swipes into targeted locations of the touchscreen with the goal of taking over remote control and manipulating the underlying device. The attack, which works from a distance of up to 40mm, hinges on the fact that capacitive touchscreens are sensitive to EMI, leveraging it to inject

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KnowBe4

JUNE 2, 2022

The India-aligned APT SideWinder is using a variety of social engineering techniques to target Pakistani government and military entities, according to researchers at Group-IB. The threat actor is using phishing emails as well as a malicious VPN app placed in the Google Play Store.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

The analysis of the internal chats of the Conti ransomware group revealed the gang was working on firmware attack techniques. The analysis of Conti group’s chats , which were leaked earlier this year, revealed that the ransomware gang has been working on firmware attack techniques. An attack against firmware could give threat actors significant powers, they are hard to detect and could be very destructive, and attackers can use them to achieve long-term strategic goals.

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Jamf

JUNE 2, 2022

Augmented reality (AR) has enabled new learning models that can be equally effective for students studying on school campuses or isolating at home. Discover how educators at ACS International Schools have successfully integrated AR into K-12 curriculums to enhance learning and empower teachers.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack against the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn that impacted production in Mexico. The electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn confirmed that its production plant in Tijuana (Mexico) has been impacted by a ransomware attack in late May. The LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for an attack and announced that it will release the stolen data by 11 June, 2022 18:01:00 if the company will not pay the ransom.

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Threatpost

JUNE 2, 2022

Melissa Bischoping, security researcher with Tanium and Infosec Insiders columnist, urges firms to consider the upstream and downstream impact of "triple extortion" ransomware attacks.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 2, 2022

The threat actor behind the notorious Dridex campaign has switched from using its exclusive credential-harvesting malware to a ransomware-as-a-service model, to make attribution harder.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries resulted in the takedown of the FluBot Android malware. An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries led to the takedown of the infamous FluBot Android malware. The investigation involved law enforcement authorities of Australia, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States, with the coordination of international activity carried out by Europol’s Europea

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Dark Reading

JUNE 2, 2022

Although organizations should perform proper risk analysis and patch as soon as practical after there's a fix for this vulnerability, defenders still have options before that's released.

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Micro Focus

JUNE 2, 2022

During the month of June, the spotlight is on Pride – and Micro Focus is proud to join the celebration to champion the cause of LGBTQ+ people around the world striving for equality. Being our real selves, and feeling confident and safe in expressing our individuality, are very important to me. I have a deep. View Article. The post Celebrating Pride Month at Micro Focus appeared first on Micro Focus Blog.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 2, 2022

Artificial intelligence technology can detect the latest wave of Trickbot ransomware and block the attack before it causes damage.

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Threatpost

JUNE 2, 2022

The info-stealing trojan used SMS messages and lifted contact credentials to spread with unprecedented speed across Android devices globally since December 2020.

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IG Guru

JUNE 2, 2022

Pilot Testing is Underway with New Version Available on July 15, 2022 [link]. The post ARMA International and the Information Governance Professional Board Announce Updates to the IGP Certification Exam appeared first on IG GURU.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 2, 2022

Protecting the Crown Jewels: The evolution of security strategies and asset protection. divya. Thu, 06/02/2022 - 10:25. Do you know what takes place at the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London? During the 700-year-old ancient ceremony, footsteps echo in the darkness. The sentry cries out, 'Halt, who comes there? 'The Yeoman Warder replies, 'The keys.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 2, 2022

Conti threat actors are betting chipset firmware is updated less frequently than other software — and winning big, analysts say.

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Rocket Software

JUNE 2, 2022

To meet business goals, organizations worldwide link more processes, exchange more data and share more applications internally with colleagues and externally with global suppliers, partners and clients than any time in the past. . The challenges of moving files, especially product design data (CAD data), database, media, financial and other business-sensitive files in complex and expanding collaboration networks are growing as file sizes also grow.

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