Data Breach Today
JULY 5, 2022
Quantum Computers That Use Atom-Level States of Uncertainty Are a Matter of Time The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced a first group of encryption algorithms designed to withstand the assault of a future quantum computer. Selection of the four algorithms comes after six years of evaluation by the U.S. federal agency.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 5, 2022
Gathering intelligence has always been a key tool for organisational decision making – understanding the external operating environment is the ‘101’ for business. How can you grasp the challenges and opportunities for your company without a deep understanding of all the contributing factors that make the company tick? Related: We’re in the golden age of cyber espionage.
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WIRED Threat Level
JULY 4, 2022
From cryptocurrency thefts to intrusions into telecom giants, state-backed attackers have had a field day in the year’s first half.
Imperial Violet
JULY 3, 2022
The presentations are out now ( Google I/O , WWDC ): we're making a push to take WebAuthn to the masses. WebAuthn has been working reasonably well for enterprises and technically adept users. But we were not going to see broad adoption while the model was that you had to purchase a pair of security keys, be sure to register the backup on every site, yet also keep it in a fire safe.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 4, 2022
Army Apologizes for Temporary Interruption; Full Investigation Underway The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army were briefly taken over on Sunday evening by unidentified hacker(s) who posted content related to cryptocurrency and NFTs. The situation has now been resolved, but the U.K. Ministry of Defense says investigation is ongoing.
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Security Affairs
JULY 7, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers warn of new malware, tracked as OrBit, which is a fully undetected Linux threat. Cybersecurity researchers at Intezer have uncovered a new Linux malware, tracked as OrBit, that is still undetected. The malware can be installed as a volatile implant either by achieving persistence on the compromised systems. The malware implements advanced evasion techniques and hooks key functions to maintain persistence on the infected systems.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 5, 2022
On June 22, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission submitted an updated abstract to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs indicating that it is considering initiating a rulemaking under Section 18 of the FTC Act to curb lax security practices, limit privacy abuses, and ensure that algorithmic decision-making does not result in unlawful discrimination.
Data Breach Today
JULY 7, 2022
SHI Took Its Public Websites and Email Offline to Assess the System Integrity A "coordinated and professional malware attack" against SHI left the company without email or public websites for days while the hack was investigated. SHI took its public websites and email offline after being hit during the July Fourth holiday weekend to assess the integrity of those systems.
Dark Reading
JULY 6, 2022
The unsecured server exposed more than 1.5 million files, including airport worker ID photos and other PII, highlighting the ongoing cloud-security challenges worldwide.
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Security Affairs
JULY 8, 2022
Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft released a free decryptor tool that allows victims of the AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware to recover their files without paying a ransom. The security firm states that the AstraLocker decryptor works for ransomware versions based on the Babuk malware that appends the.Astra or.babyk extensions to the name of the enc
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 7, 2022
Known as ALPRs, this surveillance tech is pervasive across the US—and could soon be used by police and anti-abortion groups alike.
Data Breach Today
JULY 5, 2022
Data Has Been Put on Sale for 10 Bitcoin, Equivalent to About $200,000 A misconfigured Alibaba private cloud server has led to the leak of around one billion Chinese nationals' personal details. An unknown hacker, identified as "ChinaDan", posted an advertisement on a hacker forum selling 23 terabytes of data for 10 bitcoin, equivalent to about $200,000.
Dark Reading
JULY 5, 2022
Company says it is making changes to its security controls to prevent malicious insiders from doing the same thing in future; reassures bug hunters their bounties are safe.
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Security Affairs
JULY 6, 2022
Experts observed an increase in malicious activity targeting law enforcement agencies at the beginning of Q2 2022. Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 companies worldwide, has registered an increase in malicious activity targeting law enforcement agencies at the beginning of Q2 2022. Threat actors are hacking email and other accounts which belong to police officers and their internal systems.
Adam Levin
JULY 6, 2022
A firewall is a network security device or program designed to prevent unauthorized and malicious internet traffic from entering a private network or device. It is a digital safety barrier between public and private internet connections, allowing non-threatening traffic in and keeping malicious traffic out, which in theory includes malware and hackers.
Data Breach Today
JULY 4, 2022
DTEK Group Alleges Russian Hackers/Military Behind Hybrid Attacks Ukrainian private energy firm DTEK group alleges that the Russian federation has carried out a cyberattack against its facilities, crippling its infrastructure in retaliation for its owners' support of the country in its war against Russian invaders.
Dark Reading
JULY 8, 2022
Dark Reading's digest of the other don't-miss stories of the week, including a new ransomware targeting QNAP gear, and a destructive attack against the College of the Desert that lingers on.
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Security Affairs
JULY 7, 2022
US authorities have issued a joint advisory warning of North Korea-linked APTs using Maui ransomware in attacks against the Healthcare sector. The FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued a joint advisory that warn of North-Korea-linked threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks aimed at organizations in the Healthcare sector. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) are
OpenText Information Management
JULY 7, 2022
Welcome to OpenText. We are the information company. We power and protect information to elevate every person and every organization to gain the information advantage. In this day and time, information is ubiquitous and everywhere. It is scattered throughout organizations. Structured and unstructured. Tracked and untracked. Internal and external. In fact, there is so much … The post Discover your Information Advantage appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Data Breach Today
JULY 8, 2022
Also: Highlights From ISMG's Upcoming Healthcare Summit Four ISMG editors discuss important cybersecurity issues, including the hot topics at ISMG roundtable discussions - such as challenges around software supply chain security, highlights from ISMG's upcoming Healthcare Summit, and how some cybersecurity vendors are creating their own venture funds.
Dark Reading
JULY 5, 2022
A widespread campaign uses more than 24 malicious NPM packages loaded with JavaScript obfuscators to steal form data from multiple sites and apps, analysts report.
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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?
Security Affairs
JULY 7, 2022
The development team behind the OpenSSL project fixed a high-severity bug in the library that could potentially lead to remote code execution. The maintainers of the OpenSSL project fixed a high-severity heap memory corruption issue , tracked as CVE-2022-2274 , affecting the popular library. This bug makes the RSA implementation with 2048 bit private keys incorrect on such machines and triggers a memory corruption during the computation.
Schneier on Security
JULY 7, 2022
Report by Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology published a comprehensive report on the surprising amount of mass surveillance conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Our two-year investigation, including hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests and a comprehensive review of ICE’s contracting and procurement records, reveals that ICE now operates as a domestic surveillance agency.
Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2022
Group Now Uses MS Office Word Documents to Deliver Payload The Evilnum hacking group has updated its tactics, techniques and procedures, now uses MS Office Word documents and leverages document template injection to deliver malicious payloads to its victims' machines. First seen in 2018, the group mainly targets fintech firms in the U.K. and Europe.
Dark Reading
JULY 7, 2022
Improper implementations of authentication APIs at a global crypto wallet service provider could have resulted in the loss of account control — and millions of dollars — from personal and business accounts.
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Security Affairs
JULY 4, 2022
Google addressed a high-severity zero-day Chrome vulnerability actively exploited in the wild, it is the fourth zero-day patched in 2022. Google has released Chrome 103.0.5060.114 for Windows to fix a high-severity zero-day Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-2294, which is actively exploited in the wild. The flaw is a heap buffer overflow that resides in the Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) component, it is the fourth zero-day patched by the IT giant in 2022. “Google is aware t
eSecurity Planet
JULY 8, 2022
Disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity have been an essential aspect of enterprise IT for decades. Whether it’s earthquakes, floods, or power outages, DR is there to ensure operations can continue. But more recently, a lot more has been put on the DR plate. Ransomware has now emerged as one of the key reasons to have a DR plan and DR technology in place.
Data Breach Today
JULY 6, 2022
Swimlane Wants to Expand in Europe and Asia as well as Outside the Fortune 2000 Swimlane has raised $70 million to expand its clientele beyond the Fortune 2000 and acquire more customers in Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company plans to hire more personnel focused on sales, marketing and partnerships to make the company's low-code security automation platform accessible.
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