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IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-23

Cybercrime’s Silent Operator: The Unraveling of VexTrio’s Malicious Network Empire CVE-2024-0204: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Authentication Bypass Deep-Dive Google Chrome adds new AI features to boost productivity and creativity Uncovering the hidden superpowers of your smartphone Mother of All Breaches: 26…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-22

Facebook Will Now Let European Users Unlink Their Data Across Platforms The best VPN for streaming in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed Update your iPhone and turn on Stolen Device Protection ASAP. Here’s why Microsoft breached by Russian APT behind…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-21

USENIX Security ’23 – Kaiming Cheng, Jeffery F. Tian, Tadayoshi Kohno, Franziska Roesner – Exploring User Reactions and Mental Models Towards Perceptual Manipulation Attacks in Mixed Reality Evolution of AI Assistants: Navigating Breakthroughs in Software Development LockBit ransomware gang claims…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-20

Microsoft Executives’ Emails Breached by Russia Hackers DHS and FBI: Chinese Drones Pose Major Threat to U.S. Security Fujitsu Bugs That Sent Innocent People to Prison Were Known ‘From the Start’ USENIX Security ’23 – Unique Identification of 50,000+ Virtual…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-19

Chinese threat group exploited VMware vulnerability in 2021 Friday Squid Blogging: New Foods from Squid Fins CISA Issues Emergency Directive on Ivanti Zero-Days Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard Five ripped off IT giant with $7M+…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-18

CISA and FBI Reveal Known Androxgh0st Malware IoCs and TTPs Akira Ransomware Attacks Surge. Finnish Companies Among Targets White House Revamps Cybersecurity Hiring Strategy Lawsuit Claims Over 100,000 Children On Facebook Are Sent Sex Abuse Material Every Day Cisco and…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-17

Threat Brief: Ivanti Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 (Updated) Google DeepMind’s AI system solves geometry problems like a math Olympian phishing Over 178K SonicWall Firewalls Vulnerable to DoS, Potential RCE Attacks Pro-Russia group hit Swiss govt sites after Zelensky visit in…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-16

Tokyo startup Sakana AI lands $30M to forge new path with compact AI models Netcraft Report Surfaces Spike in Online Healthcare Product Scams Google Warns of Chrome Browser Zero-Day Being Exploited A New Breed Of Security Leadership: How the Digital…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-15

Over 178,000 SonicWall next-generation firewalls (NGFW) online exposed to hack Anonymous Sudan Claims London Internet Exchange Attack Over Yemen Strikes More Than 100 Deepfake Ads Featuring British Prime Minister Spread On Facebook Thousands of Juniper Networks devices vulnerable to critical…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-14

Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-13

USENIX Security ’23 – Svetlana Abramova and Rainer Böhme – Anatomy of a High-Profile Data Breach: Dissecting the Aftermath of a Crypto-Wallet Case Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms Unraveling CAPTCHA:…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-12

Newly Discovered Ivanti Secure VPN Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Allow Chinese Threat Actor to Compromise Systems tunneling or port forwarding Juniper Networks fixed a critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches Australia slams Twitter (now X) for 80% cut in trust…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-11

eBay to cough up $3M after cyber-stalking couple who dared criticize the souk Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor Python’s Poisoned Package: Another ‘Blank Grabber’ Malware in PyPI FTC Bars X-Mode from Selling Sensitive Location Data eBay coughs up…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-10

Mullvad VPN Review (2023): Features, Pricing, Security & Speed Human Behavior In Digital Forensics, pt III Uncle Sam tells hospitals: Meet security standards or no federal dollars for you Volexity Catches Chinese Hackers Exploiting Ivanti VPN Zero-Days 7 Tips for…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-09

The SEC’s Official X Account Was ‘Compromised’ and Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News Next generation digital substation WAN SEC Twitter hijacked to push fake news of hotly anticipated Bitcoin ETF approval New year, new bugs in Windows, Adobe, Android,…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-08

VulnRecap 1/8/24 – Ivanti EPM & Attacks on Old Apache Vulnerabilities Swiss Air Force sensitive files stolen in the hack of Ultra Intelligence & Communications YouTube Channels Hacked to Spread Lumma Stealer via Cracked Software Toronto Zoo hit by ransomware…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-07

A cyber attack hit the Beirut International Airport USENIX Security ’23 – Oshrat Ayalon, Dana Turjeman, Elissa M. Redmiles – ‘Exploring Privacy And Incentives Considerations In Adoption Of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps’ North Korean Actors Behind $600M in Crypto Thefts:…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-06

USENIX Security ’23 – “If I Could Do This, I Feel Anyone Could” *The Design And Evaluation Of A Secondary Authentication Factor Manager’ Cybersecurity trends and challenges to watch out for in 2024 – Week in security with Tony Anscombe…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-05

Friday Squid Blogging—18th Anniversary Post: New Species of Pygmy Squid Discovered What Is a Firewall Policy? Steps, Examples & Free Template After crippling cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients How to Build a Phishing Playbook Part 2:…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-04

Facebook Suspends Then Reinstates Popular Conservative Account Ransomware gang starts leaking data stolen from Quebec university Survey Surfaces Lack of Confidence in Existing Cybersecurity Tools X-ploited: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist 23andMe blames its users for…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-03

Terrapin Flaw, CVE-2023-48795, Leaves 11 million SSH Servers Vulnerable Facebook Introduces New Tool To Track The Websites You Visit Freight giant Estes refuses to deliver ransom, says personal data opened and stolen Crypto losses declined over 50% in 2023 SentinelOne…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-02

States and Congress Wrestle With Cybersecurity After Iran Attacks Small Town Water Utilities New SEC Cybersecurity Reporting Rules Take Effect Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 25, 2023 Fake Facebook Ads Scam Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars From Small…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2024-01-01

Unlocking the Secrets of Data Privacy: Navigating the World of Data Anonymization, Part 1 Microsoft Disabled App Installer Following Malware Abuse Malware exploits undocumented Google OAuth endpoint to regenerate Google cookies Top 2023 Security Affairs cybersecurity stories What is RabbitMQ?…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-31

Microsoft Disables App Installer After Feature is Abused for Malware USENIX Security ’23 – Alexander Bienstock, Sarvar Patel, Joon Young Seo, Kevin Yeo ‘Near-Optimal Oblivious Key-Value Stores For Efficient PSI, PSU And Volume-Hiding Multi-Maps’ Google agreed to settle a $5…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-30

INC RANSOM ransomware gang claims to have breached Xerox Corp The Growing Concern About School Record Hacking RingGo: Phone Parking Service Suffers Data Breach, Customer Data Stolen China Arrests 4 Who Weaponized ChatGPT for Ransomware Attacks USENIX Security ’23 –…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-29

Imperva defends customers against recent vulnerabilities in Apache OFBiz In the Trenches of Broadband Policy: 2023 Year In Review Fighting For Your Digital Rights Across the Country: Year in Review 2023 First, Let’s Talk About Consumer Privacy: 2023 Year in…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-28

I tried two passwordless password managers, and was seriously impressed by one Man Sues Facebook For Not Deactivating Deceased Veteran’s Account Used In Crypto Scam Exploring Imgly SDK Alternatives for Ultimate Flexibility Daniel Stori’s ‘Distributed Architecture Drama’ USENIX Security ’23…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-27

16 Cybersecurity leaders predict how gen AI will improve cybersecurity in 2024 Police Department Criticized For Disabling Facebook Comments After Violent Posts USENIX Security ’23 – Noé Zufferey, Mathias Humbert, Romain Tavenard, Kévin Huguenin ‘Watch Your Watch: Inferring Personality Traits…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-25

Five bold cybersecurity predictions for 2024 Recent Surveillance Revelations, Enduring Latin American Issues: 2023 Year in Review The Last Mile of Encrypting the Web: 2023 Year in Review Learn Cybersecurity Skills From Scratch for Just $30 Through January 1 UK…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-24

All I really need to know about cybersecurity, I learned in kindergarten Corporate Spy Tech and Inequality: 2023 Year in Review Protecting Encryption And Privacy In The US: 2023 Year in Review USENIX Security ’23 – ‘Sneaky Spy Devices And…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-23

Mobile virtual network operator Mint Mobile discloses a data breach Sketchy and Dangerous Android Children’s Tablets and TV Set-Top Boxes: 2023 in Review Electronic Frontier Alliance Comes Back Strong: 2023 in Review Artificial Intelligence and Policing: Year in Review 2023…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-22

What do CISOs need to know about API security in 2024? Secure Password Hashing in Java: Best Practices and Code Examples Ben Rothke’s Review of A Hacker’s Mind USENIX Security ’23 ‘The Digital-Safety Risks Of Financial Technologies For Survivors Of…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-21

The 2023 Wordfence Holiday Bug Extravaganza Reaches An Exciting Conclusion! Lapsus$ teen sentenced to indefinite detention in hospital after Nvidia, GTA cyberattacks Unlocking CAPTCHAs: Moving Beyond Deterrence to Detection Stupid Patent of the Month: Selfie Contests Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Love…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-20

FTC’s Rite Aid Ruling Rightly Renews Scrutiny of Face Recognition BlackCat/ALPHV Ransomware Site Seized in International Takedown Effort Cybercrooks book a stay in hotel email inboxes to trick staff into spilling credentials Attackers Finding Novel Ways to Abuse GitHub: ReversingLabs…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-19

Security first in software? AI may help make this an everyday practice Reflections from Cisco Live Melbourne: Innovation, Sustainability, and Connections FBI claims to have dismantled AlphV/Blackcat ransomware operation, but the group denies it Millions of Xfinity customers’ info, hashed…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-18

Facebook Scam Targets The Funeral Of A Popular Politician VPN for Your Phone: Key to Global Email Security While Traveling Does Less Consumer Tracking Lead to Less Fraud? Mr Cooper cyberattack laid bare: 14.7M people’s info stolen, costs hit $25M…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-17

MongoDB Confirms Hack, Says Customer Data Stolen What is trending in the API economy? MongoDB investigates a cyberattack, customer data exposed Securing the code: navigating code and GitHub secrets scanning Utilizing CRQ to empower a shared cybersecurity accountability approach |…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-16

DEF CON 31 – Ting-Yu [NiNi] Chen’s ‘Review On The Less Traveled Road – 9 Yrs of Overlooked MikroTik PreAuth RCE’ Hackers Fix Polish Train Glitch, Face Legal Pushback by the Manufacturer The CISO risk calculus: Navigating the thin line…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-14

New Hacker Group GambleForce Hacks Targets with Open Source Tools 1Password now lets you ditch the master password in favor of a passkey Russian APT exploiting JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability Unified Endpoint Management (UEM): What is it and What’s New? Microsoft…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-13

Facebook Sues FTC To Block Ban On Monetizing Kids’ Data How to Set Up a VLAN in 12 Steps: Creation & Configuration Speaking Freely: Dr. Carolina Are FLOSS for Gophers and Crabs: Extracting Strings from Go and Rust Executables NIST…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-12

cyber attack Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Edition Bitcoin ATM company Coin Cloud got hacked. Even its new owners don’t know how. How to choose a free vulnerability scanner: Insights from an industry veteran Cyberattack Cripples Ukraine’s Largest Telcom Operator…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-11

Apple Ships iOS 17.2 With Urgent Security Patches Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 4, 2023 Hotspot Shield VPN Review 2023: Features, Pros & Cons 2.5M patients infected with data loss in Norton Healthcare ransomware outbreak Child Safety Advocates…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-10

DEF CON 31 XR Village – Whitney Phillips’ ‘Augmented Reality And Implications On Mobile Security’ Protecting against new Kubernetes threats in 2024 and beyond Fake hotel reservation phishing scam uses PDF links to spread MrAnon Stealer Researcher discovered a new…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-08

Friday Squid Blogging: Influencer Accidentally Posts Restaurant Table QR Ordering Code Kali vs. ParrotOS: 2 versatile Linux distros for security pros Top 12 Firewall Best Practices to Optimize Network Security What Is a Privilege Escalation Attack? Types & Prevention Meta…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-07

Attacks abuse Microsoft DHCP to spoof DNS records and steal secrets Cisco goes all in on AI to strengthen its cybersecurity strategy Widespread Windows and Linux Vulnerabilities Could Let Attackers Sneak in Malicious Code Before Boot adaptive multifactor authentication (adaptive…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-06

Tor vs. VPN: What They Do and Which is Better Using Falco to Create Custom Identity Detections State Attorney General Accuses Facebook Of Creating A “Marketplace” For Child Predators Cisco Training Bootcamps: Get the Scoop from Subject Matter Experts Generative…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-05

Consumer Rights Group Files Complaint Against Facebook Alleging It’s Charging Users For Privacy Webex announces comprehensive Device Management Capabilities with Phonism integration Roblox and Twitch provider Tipalti breached by ransomware [updated] 23andMe Says Hackers Saw Data From Millions of Users…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-04

Int’l Dog Breeding Org WALA Exposes 25GB of Pet Owners Data Navigating API Governance: Best Practices for Product Managers Fancy Bear hackers still exploiting Microsoft Exchange flaw Disinformation Researcher Says She Was Fired After Pressure From Facebook How to Secure…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-03

Identifying Insider Threats: Addressing the Top Five Insider Threat Indicators New Agent Raccoon malware targets the Middle East, Africa and the US US Man Jailed 8 Years for SIM Swapping and Apple Support Impersonation Breaches happen: It’s time to stop…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-02

What to Do if You Expose a Secret: How to Stay Calm and Respond to an Incident Facebook Is Reportedly Struggling To Detect And Remove Child Abuse Content LockBit Claims Cyberattack on India’s National Aerospace lab Okta: October Data Breach…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-12-01

Cisco Live 2023 Melbourne: Cisco U. Theatre Sessions Apple slaps patch on WebKit holes in iPhones and Macs amid fears of active attacks Java 11 to 21: A Visual Guide for Seamless Migration When It Comes to January 6 Lawsuits,…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-30

DEF CON 31 – Maxime Clementz’ ‘Defeating VPN Always On’ Forrester names Microsoft Intune a Leader in the 2023 Forrester Wave™ for Unified Endpoint Management Unlocking the Full Potential of Unified SASE: An Interview with HPE’s Chris Hines 2023-11-30 –…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-29

Estante Virtual – 5,412,603 breached accounts Forrester names Microsoft Intune a Leader in the 2023 Forrester Wave™ for Unified Endpoint Management Zoom Vulnerability Allowed Hackers to Take Over Meetings, Steal Data CISA Office of Bombing Prevention Recognizes Critical Infrastructure Security…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-28

Europol, Ukraine police arrest alleged ransomware ringleader LockBit claims cyberattack on India’s national aerospace lab Threat actors started exploiting critical ownCloud flaw CVE-2023-49103 Plex gives fans a privacy complex by sharing viewing habits with friends by default Say Goodbye to…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-27

Multiple Vulnerabilities Found In ownCloud File Sharing App Threat actors targeting critical OwnCloud vulnerability IndiHome – 12,629,245 breached accounts Ardent Health Hospitals Disrupted After Ransomware Attack General Electric, DARPA Hack Claims Raise National Security Concerns CyberTalk Series: MSP and MSSP…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-26

Facebook Approves Ads Calling For Genocide, Assassination, And More DEF CON 31 – Ricky Lawshae’s ‘Fantastic Ethertypes and Where to Find Them’ Taj Hotels Faces Data Breach, Revealing Data of 1.5 Million Customers Private and Secure Web Search Engines: DuckDuckGo,…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-25

Rhysida ransomware gang claimed China Energy hack Telekopye’s tricks of the trade – Week in security with Tony Anscombe North Korea-linked APT Lazarus is using a MagicLine4NX zero-day flaw in supply chain attack DEF CON 31 – Kemba Walden’s ‘Fireside…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-24

App used by hundreds of schools leaking children’s data Hackers Leak Thousands of Idaho National Lab Employees’ PII Data KitchenPal – 98,726 breached accounts Understanding JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) Telekopye: Chamber of Neanderthals’ secrets Microsoft launched its new Microsoft…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-23

Canada’s privacy czar investigating data theft of federal employees from relocation companies Windows 11 setup: Which user account type should you choose? ClearFake campaign spreads macOS AMOS information stealer How to apply natural language processing to cybersecurity Rise of cloud…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-22

New InfectedSlurs Mirai-based botnet exploits two zero-days 2023-11-22 – AgentTesla infection with FTP data exfil US nuke reactor lab hit by ‘gay furry hackers’ demanding cat-human mutants 4 data loss examples keeping backup admins up at night What Is Cloud…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-21

Citrix Bleed Bug Inflicts Mounting Wounds, CISA Warns Exploit for Critical Windows Defender Bypass Goes Public AutoZone Files MOVEit Data Breach Notice With State of Maine DOJ Charges Binance With Vast Money-Laundering Scheme and Sanctions Violations Why less is more:…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-20

Malware Uses Trigonometry to Track Mouse Strokes Lasso Security Emerges From Stealth With $6M Seed Funding for Gen AI and Advanced LLM Cybersecurity Canadian government impacted by data breaches of two of its contractors Protecting Kids on Social Media Act:…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-19

SSE vs. Traditional Security Models – The Variances AI/ML Tools Uncovered with 12+ Vulnerabilities Open to Exploitation Toyota Acknowledges Security Breach After Medusa Ransomware Threatens to Leak Data Android’s Privacy Boost: Google Unveils ‘Private Spaces’ Feature to Safeguard Photos and…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-18

Five Cybersecurity Predictions for 2024 Microsoft Windows To Release Copilot For AI And Security Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Content collaboration is key — so is protecting your enterprise from its threats Addressing…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-17

CompTIA Advises Retailers to Check their Cybersecurity Preparedness Ahead of the Holiday Shopping Season VicOne and Block Harbor Deliver Integrated Workflow-Based Cybersecurity System Acuity – 14,055,729 breached accounts Reflecting on 20 years of Patch Tuesday CVE-2023-4966 vulnerability becomes a global…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-16

How to Pitch Cybersecurity Packages An Inside Look at Ransomware’s Record-Breaking Pace in 2023 ALPHV (BlackCat) Ransomware Gang Uses Google Ads for Targeted Victims Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-15

Check Point Software Technologies Expands SecureAcademy™ Program in Canada with Eight New Universities and Colleges to Empower the Next-Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals LockBit observed exploiting critical ‘Citrix Bleed’ flaw Update now! Microsoft patches 3 actively exploited zero-days Check Point Software…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-14

Fall back…into some good digital health habits Region 3 in Action Where Cybersecurity Starts in Region 2 “Sopranos” Actors Say Fake Facebook Accounts Are Scamming Fans Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates fixed 3 actively exploited flaws VERT Threat Alert: November…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-13

DDoS Attack On ChatGPT Sparks Concerns Over Coding, Productivity Disruptions LockBit Takes Credit For Ransomware Attack On US Subsidiary Of Chinese Bank In A First, Cryptographic Keys Protecting SSH Connections Stolen In New Attack Inside Denmark’s Hell Week As Critical…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-12

Chess.com Faces Second Data Leak: 476,000 Scraped User Records Leaked Australian Nonprofit Cyber Security Is So Poor It Might Be Affecting Donations Unlock Cybersecurity with Mitre ATT&CK and D3FEND Mapping The Threat landscape: What it is and why it matters…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-11

It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian Police seized BulletProftLink phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform Effluence Backdoor: A Lingering Menace in Atlassian Confluence Servers Here’s How to Implement Generative AI for Improved Efficiency and Innovation in Business Processes From…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-10

Intel Faces ‘Downfall’ Bug Lawsuit, Seeking $10K per Plaintiff Senate Leaders Plan to Prolong NSA Surveillance Using a Must-Pass Bill Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 million people Friday Squid Blogging: The History and Morality of US Squid Consumption…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-09

Verkada unveils privacy updates to its security system and cameras What We Can Learn from Major Cloud Cyberattacks Treasury Markets Disrupted by ICBC Ransomware Attack Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 million residents Downfall fallout: Intel knew AVX chips…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-08

Ransomware Mastermind Uncovered After Oversharing on Dark Web Unfiltered Takeaways from API World 2023 | Impart Security EDR vs MDR vs XDR Yes, GitHub’s Copilot Can Leak (Real) Secrets FBI: Ransomware actors hacking casinos via third parties Sumo Logic urges…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-07

Myrror Security Emerges From Stealth With $6M Seed Round to Prevent Attacks on the Software Development Process Risk Ledger Secures £6.25M to Prevent Cyberattacks on the Supply Chains of Nation’s Largest Enterprises Malwarebytes Launches ThreatDown to Empower Resource Constrained IT…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-06

Okta Breach Linked to Employee’s Google Account, Affects 134 Customers CVSS 4.0 Arrived As The New Vulnerability Scoring Standard Discord Adopts Temporary CDN Links To Prevent Malware Virtual Kidnapping: AI Tools Are Enabling IRL Extortion Scams Gootloader Aims Malicious, Custom…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-05

DEF CON 31 – Patrick Wardle’s ‘Leveraging macOS Networking Frameworks to Heuristically Detect Malware’ Remember, Remember: Guy Fawkes and Cybersecurity US govt sanctioned a Russian woman for laundering virtual currency on behalf of threat actors Practical Routes to Healthy Culture…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-04

Provocative Facebook Ads Leveraged to Deliver NodeStealer Malware DEF CON 31 – Tracy Mosley’s ‘War Stories – Nuthin’ But A G Thang Evolution of Cellular Networks’ Google Completes Mobile-First Indexing After 7 Years AI’s Swift Impact on the IT Industry…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-03

Critical Atlassian Bug Exploit Now Available; Immediate Patching Needed DEF CON 31 Packet Hacking Village – Mike Raggo’s, Chet Hosmer’s ‘OSINT for Physical Security Intelligence’ Threat Roundup for October 27 to November 3 Whitelisting vs Blacklisting: How Are They Different?…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-02

Exploring Software Categories: From Basics to Specialized Applications Clop group obtained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees Okta Data Compromised Through Third-Party Vendor Should you allow your browser to remember your passwords? YouTube launches “global…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-11-01

Threat Brief: Citrix Bleed CVE-2023-4966 Mandiant Tracks Four Uncategorized Groups Exploiting Citrix Vulnerability British, Toronto Libraries Struggle After Cyber Incidents ISC2 Study: Economic Conditions Continue to Sandbag Cyber Hiring Multi-Tenancy Cloud Security: Definition & Best Practices Global AI Cybersecurity Agreement…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-31

Scaling security: How to build security into the entire development pipeline Fortinet and the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Zero Trust Networking EFF to Copyright Office: Copyright Is Indeed a Hammer, But Don’t Be Too Hasty to Nail Generative AI DEF…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-30

Google Dynamic Search Ads Abused to Unleash Malware ‘Deluge’ Facebook Unveils Paid Subscription Model To Comply With Privacy Regulations VMware Releases Advisory for VMware Tools Vulnerabilities Florida man sentenced to prison for SIM Swapping conspiracy that led to theft of…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-29

Email Security in the Remote Work Era 8 Essential Windows Security Tips to Protect Your Computer Surge in QR Code Quishing: Check Point Records 587% Attack Spike DEF CON 31 – Policy Panel: How Hackers Can Work With Government To…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-28

Roundcube Webmail servers under attack – Week in security with Tony Anscombe iLeakage Attack: Protecting Your Digital Security Study Asks Facebook Users How Much They Think Their Data Is Worth DEF CON 31 – Policy Panel: International Cyber Policy 101…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-27

Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from Boeing Canadian government issues call for proposals to support fight against misinformation Safari Side-Channel Attack Enables Browser Theft Combating retail theft & fraud The Importance of Transparency in Protecting Our Networks…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-26

Apple drops urgent patch against obtuse TriangleDB iPhone malware TunnelBear VPN Review 2023: Pricing, Ease of Use & Security iLeakage attack exploits Safari to steal data from Apple devices PathFinder – Tool That Provides Information About A Website The top…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-25

Top 6 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Solutions for 2023 EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM proposal microtargeting Puncia – Subdomain And Exploit Hunter Powered By AI Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in the 2023 Endpoint Security Wave™ report Top…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-24

Tines Report Finds More than Half of Security Professionals Likely To Switch Jobs Next Year This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Don’t Lose Sight of Human Risk Facad1ng – The Ultimate URL Masking Tool – An Open-Source URL Masking Tool Designed To…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-23

Cyberattackers Alter Implant on 30K Compromised Cisco IOS XE Devices The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media CISA adds second Cisco IOS XE flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog GATOR – GCP Attack Toolkit…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-22

What is the Dark Web, Search Engines, and What Not to Do on the Dark Web MI5 chief warns of Chinese cyber espionage reached an unprecedented scale Fraudulent KeePass Site Uses Google Ads and Punycode to Transfer Malware Here’s Why…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-21

How Can DevSecOps Improve Agility and Security in Manufacturing Operations? Commander – A Command And Control (C2) Server SecuSphere – Efficient DevSecOps The Evolution of Security: From Signatures to Deep Learning WhatsApp’s New Twinning Feature: Manage Two Accounts on a…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-20

Five Eyes Coalition Release Guidelines for Business Leaders on Securing Intellectual Property From Snooze to Enthuse: Security Awareness Training That Sticks Okta says hackers stole customer access tokens from support unit CloudBees readies cloud-native devsecops platform Cisco Finds New Zero…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-19

SailPoint Unveils Annual ‘Horizons of Identity Security’ Report Fingerprint Raises $33M in Series C Funding to Accelerate Enterprise Device Intelligence and Fraud Prevention Adoption Spec Secures $15M Series A Funding, Accelerating Innovation in Fraud Defense Norton Boosts Security and Privacy…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-18

D-Link Confirms Breach, Rebuts Hacker’s Claims About Scope Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Blast? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real Privacy Advocates to TSA: Slow Down Plans for mDLs Regulations are still necessary to compel adoption of…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-17

Chatbot Offers Roadmap for How to Conduct a Bio Weapons Attack Amazon Quietly Wades Into the Passkey Waters ILSpy – .NET Decompiler With Support For PDB Generation, ReadyToRun, Metadata (and More) – Cross-Platform! Impact of React on Logistics and Supply…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-16

Avast SecureLine VPN Review (2023): Is It a Good VPN for You? New CISA and NSA Identity and Access Management Guidance Puts Vendors on Notice Malicious ‘Airstrike Alert’ App Targets Israelis Gcp_Scanner – A Comprehensive Scanner For Google Cloud ROMCOMLITE:…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-10-01

Mellon – OSDP Attack Tool Microsoft Defender Flags Tor Browser as Win32/Malgent!MTB Malware Demystifying cybersecurity terms: Policy, Standard, Procedure, Controls, Framework Demystifying cybersecurity terms: Policy, Standard, Procedure, Controls NIS2: 2.Designate a responsible person or team DEF CON 31 – Andrew…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-09-30

Electron_Shell – Developing A More Covert Remote Access Trojan (RAT) Tool By Leveraging Electron’s Features For Command Injection And Combining It With Remote Control Methods ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang hacked the hotel chain Motel One A Closer Look at the Snatch…

IT Security News Daily Summary 2023-09-29

How to land a corporate board seat as a CISO Digital Accessibility and Cybersecurity Must Go Hand in Hand Mozilla Rushes to Fix Critical Vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird Skyhook – A Round-Trip Obfuscated HTTP File Transfer Setup Built To…