ENGlobal customers include the Pentagon as well as major oil and gas producers American energy contractor ENGlobal disclosed that access to its IT systems remains limited following a ransomware infection in late November.… This article has been indexed from The…
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Perfect 10 directory traversal vuln hits SailPoint’s IAM solution
20-year-old info disclosure class bug still pervades security software It’s time to rev up those patch engines after SailPoint disclosed a perfect 10/10 severity vulnerability in its identity and access management (IAM) platform IdentityIQ.… This article has been indexed from…
FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the metre
‘Where we go is who we are’ totally isn’t a creepy ad slogan at all The FTC has reached a settlement with two data brokerages over allegations they harvested precise location data that shows when people entered hospitals, places of…
Eurocops take down ‘secure’ criminal chat system known as Matrix
They took the red pill Updated French and Dutch police have taken down the Matrix chat app, which was designed by criminals for criminals to be a secure encrypted messaging tool.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
Put your usernames and passwords in your will, advises Japan’s government
Digital end of life planning saves your loved ones from a little extra anguish Japan’s National Consumer Affairs Center on Wednesday suggested citizens start “digital end of life planning” and offered tips on how to do it.… This article has…
Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has ‘priorities’ – but still won’t explain ‘spy clause’
Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used The UK government has set out plans detailing how it will use the new law it has created to control online platforms and social media – with one…
‘Alarming’ security bugs lay low in Linux’s needrestart server utility for 10 years
Update now: Qualys says flaws give root to local users, are ‘easily exploitable’ Researchers at Qualys refuse to release exploit code for five bugs in the Linux world’s needrestart utility that allow unprivileged local attackers to gain root access without…
Chinese ship casts shadow over Baltic subsea cable snipfest
Danish military confirms it is monitoring as Swedish police investigate. Cloudflare says impact was ‘minimal’ The Danish military has confirmed it is tracking a Chinese ship that is under investigation after two optical fiber internet cables under the Baltic Sea…
Simplifying endpoint security
Discover unified strategies to secure and manage all endpoints across your organization Webinar As organizations expand their digital footprint, the range of endpoints – spanning from laptops to IoT devices – continues to grow.… This article has been indexed from…
Bitfinex burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist
A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink The US is sending the main figure behind the 2016 intrusion at crypto exchange Bitfinex to prison for five years after he stole close to 120,000…
Microsoft Power Pages misconfigurations exposing sensitive data
NHS supplier that leaked employee info fell victim to fiddly access controls that can leave databases dangling online Private businesses and public-sector organizations are unwittingly exposing millions of people’s sensitive information to the public internet because they misconfigure Microsoft’s Power…
Fortinet patches VPN app flaw that could give rogue users, malware a privilege boost
Plus a bonus hard-coded local API key A now-patched, high-severity bug in Fortinet’s FortiClient VPN application potentially allows a low-privilege rogue user or malware on a vulnerable Windows system to gain higher privileges from another user, execute code and possibly…
Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence
Serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts A rampant cybercrook and repeat attacker of medical facilities in the US is being sentenced to a decade in prison, around seven years after the first…
Kids’ shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info
Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud Children’s shoemaker Start-Rite is dealing with a nasty “security incident” involving customer payment card details, its second significant lapse during the past eight years.… This article has been indexed from…
NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms
From guidance to firm action… no more WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger, Signal, Telegram and more The full list of messaging apps officially blocked by Brit banking and insurance giant NatWest Group is more extensive than WhatsApp, Meta’s Messenger, and Skype –…
Asda security chief replaced, retailer sheds jobs during Walmart tech divorce
British grocer’s workers called back to office as clock ticks for contractors The head of tech security at Asda, the UK’s third-largest food retailer, has left amid an ongoing tech divorce from US grocery giant Walmart.… This article has been…
Five Eyes infosec agencies list 2024’s most exploited software flaws
Slack patching remains a problem – which is worrying as crooks increasingly target zero-day vulns The cyber security agencies of the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have issued their annual list of the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities, and…
Reminder: China-backed crews compromised ‘multiple’ US telcos in ‘significant cyber espionage campaign’
Feds don’t name Salt Typhoon, but describe Beijing band’s alleged deeds The US government has confirmed there was “a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” conducted by China-linked snoops against “multiple” American telecommunications providers’ networks.… This article has been indexed…
China-backed crews compromised ‘multiple’ US telcos in ‘significant cyber espionage campaign’
Feds don’t name Salt Typhoon, but describe Beijing band’s alleged deeds The US government has detected “a broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” conducted by China-linked attackers and directed at “multiple” US telecommunications providers’ networks.… This article has been indexed…
ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue
Plus: CISA’s ScubaGear dives deep to fix M365 misconfigs Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool that can unlock data encrypted by the ShrinkLocker ransomware.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: ShrinkLocker…