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Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2022
Agency Spotted Compromised Credentials On Various Dark Web Forums The FBI is warning the U.S. higher education sector about compromised sensitive credentials and network access information advertised for sale across various public and Dark Web forums.
Krebs on Security
MAY 17, 2022
Millions of U.S. government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder’s appropriate security level.
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Security Affairs
MAY 30, 2022
A zero-day flaw in Microsoft Office that could be exploited by attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution on Windows systems. The cybersecurity researcher nao_sec discovered a malicious Word document (“05-2022-0438.doc”) that was uploaded to VirusTotal from Belarus.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 24, 2022
Google, Microsoft and Apple are bitter arch-rivals who don’t often see eye-to-eye. Related: Microsoft advocates regulation of facial recognition tools. Yet, the tech titans recently agreed to adopt a common set of standards supporting passwordless access to websites and apps.
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Dark Reading
MAY 26, 2022
Let the threat landscape guide your company's timeline for complying with new data security standards for credit cards. Use the phase-in time to improve security overall — security as a process — not just comply with new standards
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Data Breach Today
MAY 26, 2022
Experts: Case Spotlights Critical, But Often Overlooked, Insider Threats, Risks A former IT consultant has been charged with allegedly hacking into a computer server of a healthcare company client that had months earlier denied him employment with the organization.
Krebs on Security
MAY 10, 2022
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 74 separate security problems in its Windows operating systems and related software.
Security Affairs
MAY 26, 2022
Security researchers released PoC exploit code for the critical authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2022-22972 affecting multiple VMware products.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 30, 2022
It’s no secret that cybersecurity roles are in high demand. Today there are more than 500,000 open cybersecurity roles in the U.S., leaving organizations vulnerable to cyber threats. Related: Deploying employees as threat sensors. Meanwhile, 200,000 well-trained and technically skilled military service members are discharged each year. These individuals have many transferable skills that would make cybersecurity a prosperous civilian career.
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Dark Reading
MAY 27, 2022
The malware’s abuse of PowerShell makes it more dangerous, allowing for more advanced attacks such as ransomware, fileless malware, and malicious code memory injections
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 11, 2022
A surprising number of the top 100,000 websites effectively include keyloggers that covertly snag everything you type into a form. Security Security / Privacy
Data Breach Today
MAY 13, 2022
Areas of Proposed Investments Include SBOMs, Software Supply Chains The Linux Foundation and the Open Source Security Foundation have put forth a nearly $150 million investment plan, spread across two years, to strengthen open-source security in the U.S.
Krebs on Security
MAY 2, 2022
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Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2022
A new version of the ERMAC Android banking trojan is able to target an increased number of apps. The ERMAC Android banking trojan version 2.0 can target an increasing number of applications, passing from 378 to 467 target applications to steal account credentials and crypto-wallets.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 12, 2022
Reflecting on the threats and targets that we are most concerned with given the Russia-Ukraine war, cybersecurity is now the front line of our country’s wellbeing. Cyber threats endanger businesses and individuals — they can affect supply chains, cause power grid failures, and much more. Related: Reaction to Biden’s cybersecurity order.
Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2022
The most serious flaw gives attackers a way to remotely execute code on systems that many organizations use to move data in critical ICS environments, security vendor says
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
MAY 24, 2022
Max Schrems, through his organisation, ‘My Privacy is None of your Business’ (“ noyb.eu ”) has issued an open letter to U.S. and EU officials about the announcement of an ‘agreement in principle’ for a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (“ letter ”).
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Enterprises poured $73 billion into data management software in 2020 – but are seeing very little return on their data investments. 22% of data leaders surveyed have fully realized ROI in the past two years, with 56% having no consistent way of measuring it.
Data Breach Today
MAY 3, 2022
California Resident Found Guilty on Total of 6 Criminal Counts Sercan Oyuntur, a 40-year-old California resident, has been found guilty of stealing payments of over $23 million from the U.S. Department of Defense, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Krebs on Security
MAY 12, 2022
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases.
Security Affairs
MAY 27, 2022
Security researchers devised a technique, dubbed GhostTouch, to remotely control touchscreens using electromagnetic signals.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 26, 2022
In today’s times, we are more aware of cyberattacks as these have become front-page news. We most recently witnessed this as Russia invaded Ukraine. Cyberattacks were used as the first salvo before any bullet or missile was fired. Related: The role of post-quantum encryption.
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Businesses today compete on their ability to turn big data into essential business insights. Modern enterprises leverage cloud data lakes as the platform used to store data. 57% of the enterprises currently using a data lake cite improved business agility as a benefit.
Dark Reading
MAY 27, 2022
The Chaos ransomware-builder was known for creating destructor malware that overwrote files and made them unrecoverable -- but the new Yashma version finally generates binaries that can encrypt files of all sizes
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 18, 2022
To protest the war in Ukraine, WasteRussianTime.today auto-dials Russian government officials, connects them to each other, and lets you listen in to their confusion. Security Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Data Breach Today
MAY 19, 2022
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the changes in the ransomware landscape one year after the attack on Colonial Pipeline. It also revisits the Ryuk ransomware attack on a school district in Illinois and examines common culprits hindering effective Zero Trust adoption
Krebs on Security
MAY 31, 2022
Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive.
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Data architectures have evolved dramatically. It is time to reconsider the fundamental ways that information is accumulated, managed, and then provisioned to the different downstream data consumers.
Security Affairs
MAY 30, 2022
The operators of the EnemyBot botnet added exploits for recently disclosed flaws in VMware, F5 BIG-IP, and Android systems.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 19, 2022
You very likely will interact with a content management system (CMS) multiple times today. Related: How ‘business logic’ hackers steal from companies. For instance, the The Last Watchdog article you are reading uses a CMS to store posts, display them in an attractive manner, and provide search capabilities. Wikipedia uses a CMS for textual entries, blog posts, images, photographs, videos, charts, graphics, and “ talk pages ” that help its many contributors collaborate.
Dark Reading
MAY 19, 2022
Shadowserver Foundation researchers find 380,000 open Kubernetes API servers
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