IT Security News Daily Summary 2020-02-19

• US Questions Tech Firm Liability Exemption For User Posts

• User Have Risky Security Habits, but Security Pros Aren’t Much Better

• Microsoft Adds Enterprise Windows 10 Tamper Protection Controls

• U.S. Pipeline Disrupted by Ransomware Attack

• 2020-02-19 – Trickbot gtag wecan23 infection

• Building the bots that keep Wikipedia fresh

• California’s Broadband Fund Ignores Fiber and Favors Slow DSL

• AI-driven cybersecurity teams are all about human augmentation

• The BlackBerry Cylance 2020 Threat Report

• Army plans AR headset rollout

• The power of analytics and visualization for city governments

• AFP vows to damage tech giant reputations if found obstructing law enforcement

• The Unintended SecOps Consequences of Digital Transformation

• DRBControl cyber-espionage group targets gambling, betting companies

• Everything New in iOS and iPadOS 13.4 Beta 2: New TV App Settings, Updated Mail Toolbar and More

• Assange lawyer: Trump offered WikiLeaker a pardon in exchange for denying Russia hacked Democrats’ email

• Apple’s Upcoming ‘CarKey’ Feature Will Let You Send Digital Keys Using Messages App

• BlueKeep Flaw Plagues Outdated Connected Medical Devices

• The Three T’s of Shift Left Security

• Learn the Latest in Cybersecurity For Healthcare Industry at HIMSS 2020

• When the air gap is the space between the ears: A natural gas plant let ransomware spread from office IT to ops

• Swiss Govt Says Ransomware Victims Ignored Warnings, Had Poor Security

• Why ransomware attacks on municipalities spiked in 2019

• US Natural Gas-Compression facility cripples after ransomware attack

• Apple Tweaks Mail Toolbar Once Again in iOS 13.4 Beta 2, Replacing Flag Button With Compose Button

• Former GSA official among Trump’s pardons

• DEF CON 27, Crypto And Privacy Village – Cat Murdock’s ‘Black Mirror: You Are Your Own Privacy Nightmare’

• New paper: LokiBot: dissecting the C&C panel deployments

• Windows 10 KB4532693 Update Bug Reportedly Deletes User Files

• Ransomware Attack Causes US Natural Gas Company to Shut Down for Two Days

• Dharma Ransomware Attacks Italian Users

• Zero-Factor Authentication: Owning Our Data

• DRBControl Threat Actor Potentially Behind Attack on Gambling Websites

• Air Force touts Digital U tech reskilling effort

• Video Depicts Alleged ‘iPhone 9’ But Design Doesn’t Match Up With Rumors

• 2020 Tax Season Attacks Already Targeting Small Businesses

• European Commission Unveils Strategy For Digital Future

• The Missing LNK — Correlating User Search LNK files

• DEF CON 27, Crypto And Privacy Village – Ben Brecht’s ‘MITM Mixed Mode Butterfly Key Privacy Attack’

• 44% of Security Threats Start in the Cloud

• Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS and iPadOS 13.4 to Developers

• XKCD ‘Phylogenetic Tree’

• US Warns Of Gas Pipeline Shutdown After Ransomware Attack

• WordPress botnet deploys anti-adblocker script to make sure its spammy ads are profitable

• Qualcomm Introduces Snapdragon X60, Smaller 5G Modem Suitable for 2021 iPhones

• The 2020 Presidential Candidates Stay (Mostly) Quiet on Law Enforcement Independence

• VMware Releases Security Updates for vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter

• Cyber-Flashing on UK Trains Doubles

• Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 1

• Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter mishaps invite typosquatters and scammers

• Get a grip on data in Box and beyond – for compliance sake

• Air Force Gives Students a Second Crack at Cybersecurity Certification

• Security holes in 2G and 3G networks will pose a risk for next several years

• 4 Cybersecurity Trends that Will Make an Impact in 2020

• New DivvyCloud Report Finds Breaches Caused by Cloud Misconfigurations Cost Enterprises Nearly $5 Trillion

• Cloudflare CEO talks supplying 2020 candidates, enterprises with cloud security

• SentinelOne Achieves Unicorn Status After $200 Million Funding Round

• Unifying security policy across all mobile form-factors with Wandera and Microsoft

• What Should We Do About Section 230?

• IC3.gov 2019 Internet Crime Report: Its All About that BEC

• Don’t use natwest.co.uk for online banking, Natwest bank tells baffled customer

• DHS’s CISA Warns of New Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attack

• Augmented reality headset stands out in Army 2021 budget request

• Zero-Day in WordPress Plugin Exploited to Create Admin Accounts

• Esper: ‘No pressure’ from White House over JEDI

• Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months

• Over 20,000 WordPress Sites Run Trojanized Premium Themes

• What do a Lenovo touch pad, an HP camera and Dell Wi-Fi have in common? They’ll swallow any old firmware, legit or saddled with malware

• SentinelOne raises $200 million for its AI security platform at a $1 billion valuation

• DRBControl Espionage Operation Hits Gambling, Betting Companies

• Israeli soldiers tricked into installing malware by Hamas agents posing as women

• SMS Attack Spreads Emotet, Steals Bank Credentials

• Uncovering New Magecart Implant Attacking eCommerce

• Ransomware attack hits American energy plant

• Mozilla launches a VPN app for Android and Windows

• Free trojanized WordPress themes lead to widespread compromise of web servers

• Second staff exchange between EU cybersecurity organisations

• Hamas Ensnares Israeli Soldiers with Pretty ‘Ladies’

• How to reset Windows 10

• NetApp Partner Hub: Your Gateway to Success

• JEDI delay impacts classified cloud provisioning

• Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 canceled – here’s what to do instead

• WordPress Websites Hacked via Vulnerabilities in Two Themes Plugins

• The State Of Vulnerabilities In 2019

• How to use Windows Backup and Restore Utility

• Cyber Attack result is Coronavirus outbreak

• Google Brings Titan Security Keys to More Countries

• Microsoft Office App Released for iPhone, Combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• FireEye Verodin Operationalizes the World’s Leading Threat Intelligence with Security Validation in Release of Threat Actor Assurance Module by Lynn Harrington

• Cybercriminals get creative with tax scams ahead of April 15

• New Evidence of Secret International Agreements

• Our Robophobia

• Insider data breach survey finds directors most likely to break company policy

• Huawei Loses Legal Challenge Against US Federal Purchase Ban

• Judas DNS – Nameserver DNS Poisoning Attack Tool

• 2020 Webroot Threat Report: Phishing Attempts Grew By 640% Last Year

• Coronavirus domain names are the latest hacker trick

• Expert Insight On Microsoft To Deploy ElectionGuard Voting Software

• 6 Ways to Supercharge Your Risk Reduction With Recorded Future in 2020

• Facebook Dating Rollout Delayed In Europe Over Privacy Questions

• Chinese Hackers Have Breached Online Betting And Gambling Sites

• Why Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter Typos Are A Security Fail

• Hackers Spreading AZORult Malware As a Fake ProtonVPN Installer To Attack the Windows Computers

• In the Face of a Global Health Crisis, Life (and Business) Goes On

• BitSight Partners with OneTrust Vendorpedia to Offer Advanced Third-Party Risk Monitoring

• Don’t Let Iowa Bring Our Elections Back to the Stone Age

• Expert Analysis Of Serious Vulnerability Discovered In Profinet Industrial Communication Protocol

• Ring Doorbell Makes Two Factor Verification Mandatory

• 61% Of CISOs Surveyed Fearing A Decline In Cyber Security Skills – Cybersecurity Expert Reaction

• Experts Reaction On Report: Millions Of Windows And Linux Systems Vulnerable To Cyber-attack

• Australian MPs Call On UK To Block US Assange Extradition

• The Human Element at RSA Conference

• Facebook Ordered To Unlock NSO Staffer Account

• FC Barcelona Twitter Account Hacked, Again, By the Same Group

• Cybertheft in Malta: How a bank lost €13 million

• Photoshop Turns 30, Updated With Dark Mode Support on Mac and Object Selection Tool on iPad

• Ring Makes 2-Factor Authentication Mandatory Following Recent Hacks

• Network traffic analysis for IR: Analyzing IoT attacks

• 5 Ways artificial intelligence Is Being Used to Keep Sensitive Information Secure

• Hackers clone ProtonVPN website to drop password stealer malware

• NIST CSF: Implementing NIST CSF

• Amazon Ring Enables 2FA After Privacy Scares

• Using SafeBreach to stay on top of Cloud Native Security

• Customer-Facing Enterprise Services Bearing the Majority of DDoS Attacks

• Using Breach and Attack Simulation to Effectively Prioritize Vulnerabilities

• Huawei security chief, after court setback, says the Chinese tech giant needs to do more explaining

• Cynet Offers Free Threat Assessment for Mid-Sized and Large Organizations

• SafeBreach Adds Risk-Based Vulnerability Management and Cloud-Native Simulations

• The importance of creating raving fans to build a successful MSP business | Avast

• SafeBreach Debuts Cloud-Native Simulations and Adds Prioritization to Risk-Based Vulnerability Management

• US gas pipeline shut down due to ransomware

• With a New Decade Comes a New Chapter

• Why I am Excited for RSA’s Next Frontier

• How to manage security and privacy in the new Microsoft Edge browser

• Huawei USA security chief: ‘We need to have a transparency initiative’

• Operations at U.S. Natural Gas Facilities Disrupted by Ransomware Attack

• Plenty More Phish in the Sea….

• How to present data to an audience

• ForgePoint Capital Announces $450 Million Cybersecurity Investment Fund

• Hackers exploit zero-day in WordPress plugin to create rogue admin accounts

• Windows Devices in Hospitals Vulnerable to Potential Exploits

• 10 More Apple Stores Reopen Across China, Other Stores Outside of Beijing Remain Closed

• Italian Windows Users Hit by Dharma Ransomware Spam

• US Govt Warns Critical Industries After Ransomware Hits Gas Pipeline Facility

• CISA Disclosed Ransomware Attack at Natural Gas Compression Facility

• Facebook asks to be regulated kinda like a newspaper, kinda like telco

• WHO Warns Of Coronavirus Phishing Attacks – Expert Comments

• Latest Tax Scams Target Apps and Tax-Prep Websites

• Private photos leaked by PhotoSquared’s unsecured cloud storage

• WordPress plugin hole could have allowed attackers to wipe websites

• Medical Devices Intro Major Bluekeep Risk to Hospitals

• Expert On Report: Almost Half Of Connected Medical Devices Are Vulnerable To Hackers Exploiting BlueKeep

• Google Adsense Hit by Bitcoin Ransomware

• Gambling Companies Hit by DRBControl

• Report claims Coronavirus malware increasing

• APIs are becoming a major target for credential stuffing attacks

• Emotet SMiShing Uses Fake Bank Domains in Targeted Attacks, Payloads Hint at TrickBot Connection

• What DNS encryption means for enterprise threat hunters

• Two Day Ransomware Attack on Gas Compressor

• Italy Attacked by Dharma Ransomware Spam

• OpenSSH eases admin hassles with FIDO U2F token support

• How to set up your network to prevent data loss

• FCW Insider: Feb. 19

• Akamai: Cybercriminals are attacking APIs at financial services firms

• US Gas Pipeline Shut After Ransomware Attack

• 5 Surprising Findings from StackRox’s Latest Kubernetes Security Report

• AdSense Extortionists Threaten to Trigger Google Fraud Alarms

• Firefox VPN for Android Now Available for Download

• World Health Organization Warns About Coronavirus Phishing Attacks

• Intentional Malicious Insider Breaches Increased Between 2019 and 2020

• What does a Lenovo touch pad, an HP camera and Dell Wi-Fi have in common? They’ll swallow any old firmware, legit or saddled with malware

• Top 5 Best Dark Web Browser for Anonymous Web Browsing With Ultimate Privacy – 2020

• Former Amazon Exec Says He Shuts Down Alexa for “Private Moments”

• Now Is the Time to Focus on API Security

• The top four Office 365 security pain points

• Imperva Launches the Cyber Threat Index

• FBI on Passwords: Don’t Use Hints, Go for Passphrases

• Companies Don’t Trust Themselves With Zero Trust

• Jon Callas: Encryption is a technology that rearranges power

• A third of all vulnerabilities in 2019 had a CVSS v2 score of 7.0 and above

• Plastic surgery videos leaked due to misconfigured Amazon Web Services Cloud

• US CISA warns of Ransomware attacks impacting pipeline operations

• Ransomware attack on US Gas supply

• Law enforcement leaning on Austrac as legislation ‘lags’ behind technology

• 8.4 million: Number of DDoS attacks researchers saw last year alone

• Researchers observed a 125% increase in malware targeting Windows 7

• Test CISSP knowledge with interactive flash cards

• Is your network already compromised? LUMU illuminates network blind spots

• Mental Health for Hackers: Contents Under Pressure

• Building comprehensive cybersecurity policies

• Red Teaming for Blue Teamers: A Practical Approach Using Open Source Tools

• ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, February 19th 2020 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=6874, (Wed, Feb 19th)

• SentinelOne Singularity: AI-Powered XDR platform transforms enterprise security

• Veeam Availability Suite 10 features 150+ new features and enhancements

• IronKey D300 features advanced security, achieves NATO Restricted Level Certification

• Security Experts Say Hackers Can Hack Russian Banks In 5 Days

• Top 3 Trends at Shmoocon 2020

• Ring Updates Device Security and Privacy—But Ignores Larger Concerns

• Chinese hackers have breached online betting and gambling sites

• Currency Cleaning On Demand (Not To Be Confused With Money Laundering)

• YouTube Gaming’s Most-Watched Videos Are Dominated by Scams and Cheats

• FLRA ruling changes union withholding rules

• The Trouble with Free and Open Source Software

• The Billion Pound Manchester City Hack

• Dharma Ransomware Attacks Italy in New Spam Campaign

• Microsoft has a subdomain hijacking problem

• The State of Smart IAM Solutions 2020

• Google extends Titan Security Key availability

• The Perils of Typosquatting: The Likely Targets and the Price They Pay

• IRS wants $300 million for IT modernization in 2021

• Russia Blocks Encrypted Email Service Tutanota

• IT Security News Daily Summary 2020-02-18

• FC Barcelona Suffers Likely Credential-Stuffing Attack on Twitter

• Augmented reality headset is the breakout star of Army’s 2021 budget request

• Users can now remove xHelper, the irremovable malware

• CoStar Group | Customer Case Study

• Hackers Attack IOTA’s Trinity Wallet, Company Shuts Down the Network

• No pressure from White House over JEDI, Esper says

• Bill Barr’s Secret: He’s Pro-Defendant

• Even with a roadmap, zero-trust model an ongoing process

• 5 common mistakes of digital optimization

• Quantum internet: The next global network is already being laid

• DHS waives contracting rules for border wall

• Dell Sells RSA to Private Equity Firm for $2.1B

• Dell sells RSA Security to private equity firm for $2 billion

• Latest Foldable Smartphones Experiencing Failures and Durability Issues

• NetApp Trident Enables Hybrid Kubernetes Workloads with Google Cloud’s Anthos

• Finally, the world is getting concerned about data privacy

• Plastic surgery tech firm leaks images of 100,000s of customers

• Ring Mandates 2FA After Rash of Hacks

• US Teen Arrested Over Alleged Swatting and Cyberstalking

• Indian Arrested Over Sale of Illegal Drugs Disguised as Sex Aids on Dark Web

• DEF CON 27, Crypto And Privacy Village – Vitor Ventura’ ‘Snoop All Telegram Messages’

• Make employees your biggest cybersecurity asset, not your biggest risk (VB Live)

• Plastic surgery company leaks images of 100,000s of customers

• Virginia Anti-SLAPP Bill is Good for Free Speech But Can Still Be Made Stronger

• US Govt Warns of Ransomware Attacks on Pipeline Operations

• Iran-Backed APTs Collaborate on 3-Year ‘Fox Kitten’ Global Spy Campaign

• The Voice of the CISO Customers – CISO Day in Europe

• Lumu to Emerge from Stealth at RSAC

• Dell Sells Cybersecurity Division RSA Security

• Dell in Talks to Sell RSA Cybersecurity Firm

• New Azure Firewall certification and features in Q1 CY2020

• Cyber Fitness Takes More Than a Gym Membership & a Crash Diet

• DHS says ransomware hit US gas pipeline operator

• Rise in Malware Using Encryption Shows Importance of Network Traffic Inspection

• Julian Assange Could Be ‘Tortured To Death’, Doctors Claim

• Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change

• Google Removes Mideast Android App ToTok

• Is your firmware vulnerable to attack? A report says it might be

• Ring Forces 2FA On All Users to Secure Cameras from Hackers

• Titan Security Keys – now available in Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK

• The Senate Urges a More Assertive Approach Toward Libya Policy

• The Resurrection of PHPUnit RCE Vulnerability

• Apple Releases watchOS 6.1.3 Update With Heart Rhythm Notification Bug Fix

• Symphony Technology Group Enters Definitive Agreement with Dell Technologies to Acquire RSA

• Azure Firewall Manager now supports virtual networks

• Coronavirus Outbreak to Continue Impacting Apple’s iPhone Production Into April

• Over 22,000 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in 2019: Report

• Encoding Stolen Credit Card Data on Barcodes

• Dell to Sell RSA Security Unit for $2 Billion

• How to Know You Meet NERC CIP Cybersecurity Requirements

• Dell Technologies sells RSA to Symphony Technology Group consortium for $2.075 billion

• Facebook Releases Trove Of User Data To Academic Researchers

• Improving government services in 2020

• There’s no such thing as TMI when it comes to open source software

• DEF CON 27, Crypto And Privacy Village – Tyler Kell’s ‘Towards Usable Dining Crypto Networks With Howl’

• $2.07bn? That’s one Dell of a deal to offload infosec biz RSA

• Is the US Ready for Centralized Data Privacy Enforcement?

• Harnessing the power of identity management (IDaaS) in the cloud

• Ransomware Impacting Pipeline Operations

• Active Exploits Hit Vulnerable WordPress ThemeGrill Plugin

• Sensitive plastic surgery photos exposed online

• $2.07bn? That’s one Dell of a deal offloads infosec biz RSA

• Encryption Firm With NSA Roots Raises $10 Million

• Defending the power grid against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The risk defined

• Mapping cybersecurity investments ahead of RSA Conference 2020

• Proof of Concept Released for SQL Remote Code Execution Patch

• Fox Kitten Targeting VPN Providers to Install Backdoors

• A week in security (February 10 – 16)

• Shipping is so insecure we could have driven off in an oil rig, says Pen Test Partners

• LokiBot Impersonating Epic Games Launcher

• Firefox 73.0.1 Released With Fixes for Linux, Windows Crashes

• Singapore to spend $719M beefing up government’s cyber, data security systems

• State & Local Governments: The Cyberinsurgency Spreads

• IronKey D300: Ultra durable USB flash drive with built-in encryption

• First Application Security Testing Solution to Analyse Open Source and Proprietary Code on the Developer’s Desktop

• Facebook’s White Paper on the Future of Online Content Regulation: Hard Questions for Lawmakers

• Driver Security in Windows 10

• How to use Microsoft Passport in Windows 10

• Building a bypass with MSBuild

• Coronavirus impact on tech markets likely to be limited in time and by country — for now

• Facebook’s approach to content moderation slammed by EU commissioners

• Kingston IronKey D300 encrypted USB flash drive gets NATO Restricted Level certification

• Well-Known Corporate Brands Targeted In Phishing Attack – Comments

• F-Secure Patches Old AV Bypass Vulnerability

• HCI is Dead. Disaggregate and Hybrid Cloud Today.

• Hamas & Israeli Soldiers Honey-trap – Head Of Intelligence Insight

• Cybercriminals Take Advantage Of Coronavirus News – Expert Warning

• Egnyte Launches New Content Visibility and Control Platform

• Unsigned Firmware running on peripherals could expose Windows, Linux systems to hack

• AZORult Malware Infects Victims via Fake ProtonVPN Installer

• Why vendor management is a cornerstone of security

• Expert Insight On Iranian Hackers Are Hacking VPN Servers To Plant Backdoors In Companies Across The World

• 1.7M Nedbank Customers Affected via Third-Party Breach

• Windows and Linux Servers globally are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

• BrandPost: Defining the Security Platform

• US Considers Blocking Chip Shipments To Huawei – Report

• ExtraHop Expands Enterprise IoT Security Features

• Latest LokiBot malware variant distributed as Epic Games installer

• Iranian Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Backdoor Organizations Worldwide

• Enforcing PCI DSS Compliance Requirements & OS Isolation

• Plugin flaw leaves up to 200,000 WordPress sites at risk of attack

• Serious Vulnerabilities Expose SonicWall SMA Appliances to Remote Attacks

• Digital Pollution: Cleaning Your Digital Footprint

• Phishing on Instagram Baits Russians With Free Money Promise

• Apple Music Makes It Easier to Find Alternate Versions of Albums

• Cybersecurity warning: Almost half of connected medical devices are vulnerable to hackers exploiting BlueKeep

• Mac attacks on the rise

• IBM Pulls Out Of RSA Over Coronavirus Fears

• Hacker Scheme Threatens AdSense Customers

• Ring to enable 2FA for all user accounts after recent hacks

• What is NoSQL injection?

• Privacy Regulation in a Connected IoT World

• Hamas Tries to Trick Israeli Soldiers into Installing Malware Using Fake Messages from Women

• Firmware Weaknesses Can Turn Computer Subsystems into Trojans

• Poster Warning Of Children Using Kali Linux And Other legal Software – Cyber Skills Training Company Comments

• Web server security: Web server hardening

• CISSP Ranks Sixth in Salary-Earning Potential

• Kuo: Supply Chain to Ramp Up for Apple’s Ultra Wideband Tags in Second to Third Quarter of 2020

• Hacking IoT devices with Focaccia-Board: A Multipurpose Breakout Board to hack hardware in a clean and easy way!

• NEW! Get Behavioral Security Analytics with Duo Trust Monitor (Beta)

• WhiteHat Security Names Chris Leffel Vice President of Product Management

• What the Cybersecurity Industry Needs to Discuss at the RSA Conference 2020

• Staircase to the Cloud: Dark Reading Caption Contest Winners

• The Road(s) to Riches

• Huntress raises $18 million to detect and remediate cyberthreats

• Apple Becomes the First Major US Company to Say that the ‘Corona’ Epidemic Will Hit Its Finances

• Hacker Scheme Threatens AdSense Customers with Account Suspension

• Facebook ‘deeply concerned’ about Singapore directive to block access

• Banking Trojans and Ransomware — A Treacherous Matrimony Bound to Get Worse

• Redefining Victory in Democracy’s War on Terror

• Email-Based Extortion Scheme Targets Web Site Owners Using Google’s AdSense Program – Security Awareness Experts Insight

• LokiBot Trojan Malware Campaign Impersonates Epic Games Launcher – Experts Response

• AV-TEST Places Cisco Umbrella First in Security Efficacy

• 16 DDoS attacks take place every 60 seconds, rates reach 622 Gbps

• EU wants Big Tech to deploy AI tech on its own terms

• Malware and HTTPS – a growing love affair

• Microsoft Trials Election Security Solution in Wisconsin

• Why ServiceNow and Recorded Future Are Better Together

• ‘OurMine’ group hijacks Twitter accounts for Olympics and FC Barcelona

• Enveil Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding

• UK Police force denies creating ‘child hacker’ poster

• Vast number of vulnerabilities found in source code

• Russian software will be installed on smartphones and smartwatches in the summer

• North Korean malware could still pose major threat

• Almost 6,000 unpatched Citrix NetScaler servers remain vulnerable to critical security flaw

• Bad Guys are sneaking malware into Brit Awards nominee Billie Eilish’s music

• 8 Things Users Do That Make Security Pros Miserable

• Enveil raises $10 million for enterprise-scale homomorphic encryption

• How we productized our staging environment and survived to tell the tale

• Cyber security skills gap could get worse, according to 62% of CISOs

• Hacking McDonald’s for Free Food

• Israeli soldiers tricked into installing malware by Hamas

• Python, microservices, and more tech trends for 2020, according to O’Reilly

• Estonian foreign intelligence warns of growing cyber threats from Russia

• Peripherals With Unsigned Firmware Expose Windows, Linux Computers to Attacks

• Fortinet launches its next-gen firewall, NP7 security processing unit

• AZORult Trojan Disguised Itself as Fake ProtonVPN Installer

• Mobile security: Worse than you thought

• Iranian hackers breach VPN servers to plant backdoors in corporate networks worldwide

• Council returns to using pen and paper after cyberattack

• Lack of firmware validation for computer peripherals enables highly persistent attacks

• Cynet Offers Free Threat Assessment for Mid-sized and Large Organizations

• Two-Thirds of CISOs Struggling with Skills Shortages

• Five years after the Equation Group HDD hacks, firmware security still sucks

• AI filter launched to block Twitter cyberflashing

• Hacker Group Catfishes Israeli Soldiers Into Installing Mobile RAT

• Apple Admits Coronavirus Will Impact iPhone Supplies

• Business Email Compromise Inflicts $1.7 Billion in Losses in US in 2019

• SIRP Security Score: Prioritize your threat response

• Windows, Linux Devices at Risk Due to Unsigned Peripheral Firmware

• Twenty Tech Trends for 2020

• Australian Transportation Company Is Still Battling Ransomware Infection 18 Days Later

• IOTA shuts down network temporarily to fight wallet hacker

• Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online

• Bloomberg: ‘iPhone SE 2’ Launch Still on Course for March Despite Coronavirus Outbreak, New iPad Pro Models in First Half of 2020

• 12 hottest new cybersecurity startups at RSA 2020

• Hundreds of Millions of PC Components Still Have Hackable Firmware

• Remote Wipe Plugin Bug Hits 200,000+ WordPress Sites

• ‘Adwind RAT’ malware campaign hits Turkish businesses

• Coronavirus phishing alert issued by World Health Organization

• Lenovo, HP, Dell Peripherals Face Unpatched Firmware Bugs

• Israeli soldiers catfished by hacking group

• Quick Hits

• New report warns of Android malware

• Industry chief tells Facebook to adapt to EU

• Iranian Hackers Backdoored VPNs Via One-Day Bugs

• Apple Maps Transit Directions Go Live in Various EU Countries

• Google Chrome Will Soon Let You Choose Passwords You Don’t Want to Be Synced

• vpnMentor discover PhotoSquared data leak

• FCW Insider: Feb. 18

• Beware of the other virus – the spread of Coronavirus-themed Malware

• AZORult spreads as a fake ProtonVPN installer

• CVE-2019-0604 SharePoint Remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability

• Do developers take full responsibility for security? MongoDB finds only a third do

• Fox Kitten – Iranian Malware Campaign Exploiting Vulnerable VPN Servers To Hack The Organizations Internal Networks

• Cybersecurity 2020: Innovate or Surrender the Digital Economy

• Facebook Data Breach: API Security Risks

• The challenges of cyber research and vulnerability disclosure for connected healthcare devices

• Facebook and Google- The Kingpins Who Generated Millions of Ad Revenue This Year!

• DoppelPaymer: New, Trendy and Dangerous

• Flaw in WordPress ThemeGrill Demo Importer WordPress theme plugin expose 200K+ sites to hack

• Discovering contents of folders in Windows without permissions, (Tue, Feb 18th)

• Sessions, events and seminars to check out at RSA Conference 2020

• Rutters hit by Payment Card Malware

• Cisco and NEC partnership to offer Cyber Threat proof network equipment

• Focus on cyber resilience increasing sharply as oil companies seek to protect their assets

• IT and business process automation growing with cloud architectures

• Diving Deeper to Understand the Windows Event logs for Cyber Security Operation Center (SOC)

• ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, February 18th 2020 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=6872, (Tue, Feb 18th)

• 10 Must-See Talks to Attend at RSA Conference 2020

• One User Account for Both AWS and GCP

• Cynerio delivers medical-first virtual segmentation to healthcare IoT security

• Cynet offers free threat assessment for mid-sized and large organizations

• Here’s How To Remove The ‘Unremovable’ xHelper Malware

• Mobile vs. Web Apps: What’s the Difference and How Can Businesses Secure Them?

• IT Salary Survey 2020: The results are in

• Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 Screens Are Spontaneously Cracking

• Cyber Guardian Network offers enhanced tools and technologies for MSSPs

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