IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-01-04

• Three ways to get ahead in the new year

• Researcher Breaks reCAPTCHA With Google’s Speech-to-Text API

• Top 5 essential open source cybersecurity tools for 2021

• Selena Gomez Slams Facebook For Misinformation, Says The Company Will Be “Responsible For Thousands Of Deaths”

• Apple Enterprise Company Jamf Now Manages 20 Million+ Devices Worldwide

• Google ReCaptcha flaw lets bots bypass audio captcha challenge

• SolarWinds: The more we learn, the worse it looks

• Leading Game Publishers Hit Hard by Leaked-Credential Epidemic

• DEF CON 28 Safe Mode Sunday – Mickey Shkatov’s And Jesse Michael’s ‘Bytes In Disguise’

• 6 Practical Fraud Prevention Tips for 2021

• Military Cryptanalytics, Part III

• Judge halts enforcement of diversity training crackdown on contractors

• Hershman critical of CMO cut in NDAA

• Malware uses WiFi BSSID for victim identification

• Cyber-Attack on US Laboratory

• T-Mobile Hacked — Again

• Netwrix and Stealthbits Merge to Tackle Data Security

• Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 28, 2020

• Over 250 Organizations Breached via SolarWinds Supply Chain Hack: Report

• UK Rejects Assange Extradition Request

• Netwrix and Stealthbits Announce Merger

• Don’t get overwhelmed with trivial defects. Manage them!

• Zyxel’s Ridiculous Backdoor: Happy New Year, Now Patch Your Gear

• Robert M. Lee’s & Jeff Haas’ Little Bobby Comics – ‘WEEK 310’

• AI Enables Predictability and Better Business

• Apple Reportedly Planning Smaller and Lighter GaN-Based Chargers

• 21 WeLeakInfo customers arrested for buying breached data

• How to Easily Set Up Mutual TLS

• T-Mobile Faces Yet Another Data Breach

• Getting SASE, Without the Hyperbole

• Ransomware ‘businesses’: Does acting legitimate pay off?

• Learn how to Hide your WhatsApp Profile Picture and Why ?

• DEF CON 28 Safe Mode Sunday – Zhipeng Huo’s And Chuanda Ding’s ‘Hack Windows Machines With Printer Protocol’

• A Comprehensive Data Recovery Solution

• Best Practices for Securing Modern Data Architecture

• Singapore police can access COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations

• Slack Outage Causing Enterprise Security Hiccups

• Introducing the Cisco Secure Network Analytics Data Store!

• The Darkness and the Light

• Apple Rumored to Expand LiDAR Scanner to Entire iPhone 13 Lineup

• Kuo: Apple to Unveil AirTags, Augmented Reality Device, and More in 2021

• iPhone 13 May Feature Faster mmWave 5G Connectivity in More Countries

• In Pakistan, a Tale of Two Very Different Political Movements

• Putting security first – a case study

• EFF Statement on British Court’s Rejection of Trump Administration’s Extradition Request for Wikileaks’ Julian Assange

• Forcepoint and Microsoft: Risk-based access control for the remote workforce

• A week in security (December 28 – January 3)

• Vulnerability alert as Adobe Flash support ends from January 2021

• Healthy (Storage) Habits for the New Year

• Be warned: COVID-19 vaccine scams are now appearing online, over text, and by email

• Ticketmaster Coughs Up $10 Million Fine After Hacking Rival Business

• Hardcoded Credentials Expose Zyxel Firewalls and WLAN Controllers to Remote Attacks

• Japanese Games Publisher Koei Tecmo Suffers Cyber Attack, 65,000 Users Account Compromised

• COVID-19’s Acceleration of Cloud Migration & Identity-Centric Security

• The UK Denies Assange’s Extradition, Citing Suicide Risk

• The Evolution of the FIN7 JSSLoader

• British Court rejects the US’s request to extradite Julian Assange

• From a small BAT file to Mass Logger infostealer, (Mon, Jan 4th)

• Ticketmaster Fined $10 Million After Staff Hacked Competitor

• Assange’s US Extradition Blocked On Health Grounds

• Bitcoin Hits Record High On Twelfth Anniversary Of Its Creation

• Malvuln Launched Focusing On Exploiting Malware

• Deals: Apple Watch Series 6 Discounted by Up to $60, Starting at $339 for 40mm GPS

• AirTags Shown Off in 3D Animation That Could Appear During Pairing Process

• Video Hearing Tuesday: ACLU, EFF Urge Court to Require Warrants for Border Searches of Digital Devices

• British judge says Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US

• iPhone privacy checklist (2021 edition)

• Apex Laboratory Says Patient Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack

• UK Judge Refuses US Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Assange

• Nefilim Hits Whirlpool with Ransomware, Publishes Some Stolen Data

• Ticketmaster Fined $10 Million after Accessing Competitor’s Network using Stolen Credentials

• ‘Pascal’s Wager’ Becomes First iPad Game to Add Mouse and Keyboard Support

• Multi-Platform Credit Card Skimmer Discovered- Expert Offers Perspective

• Best Gaming Laptop under $1500 – 2021 Review

• 9 Best 2-in-1 Laptop Under $200 – 2021 Buying Guide & Reviews

• Best Laptop for Artists 2021 – Buying Guide & Reviews

• Best Laptop for DJ 2021 – Buying Guide with Reviews

• 8 Best Gaming Laptop Under $2000 – 2021 Buying Guide

• Linux Pentesting: What Is It and How Can It Improve Network Security?>

• Quick Hits

• FCW Insider: Jan. 4

• Software factories must be protected like ‘crown jewels,’ AF official says

• Remote work and disposable tech may put government data at risk

• New year, new rant: Linus Torvalds rails at Intel for ‘killing’ the ECC industry

• Old Attack Method Against Google’s Audio-Based reCAPTCHA Resurrected

• CISO New Year’s Resolutions for 2021

• New York Subway Completes Rollout of Apple Pay Support

• The IT skills gap is a giant problem. Help fix it with these smart management moves

• British Court Rejects U.S. Request to Extradite WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

• Amazon Has Trucks Filled with Hard Drives and an Armed Guard

• Rebranding Perception Point

• Slow Email Protection Software Got You Down?

• Zooming in on Zoom

• Apple’s ‘Ring in the New Year’ Activity Challenge Now Available

• Apple Launches New Weekly Fitness+ Series and Apple Music Playlists

• Customers’ call records access in T-Mobile breach

• Hacker sells 368.8 million stolen user records on the dark web

• Ticketmaster fined $10m for hacking their competitor

• Julian Assange will NOT be extradited to the US over WikiLeaks hacking and spy charges, rules British judge

• UK Drone Regulation Update ‘Clarifies Rules’

• Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Viewed Its Source Code

• T-Mobile discloses its fourth data breach in three years

• Ticketmaster fined $10 million after staff hacked competitor to ‘choke off’ presale ticket business

• Microsoft: SolarWinds Attackers Viewed Our Source Code

• Appliance Giant Whirlpool Smacked by Nefilim Attack

• Virtual Website Neopets Exposes Sensitive Data

• 35% of External Attacks Occur Through a Web Application

• Instilling Values In Machine Learning | Avast

• Slow Email Protection Software Got You Down?

• Rebranding Perception Point 2

• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to U.S., judge rules

• FBI Warns Users Of Swatting Attacks By Hacking Smart Devices

• Differential privacy: Pros and cons of enterprise use cases

• 5 questions CISOs should ask prospective corporate lawyers

• Our New Year’s Resolution for You: Protect Your IoT Networks and Devices!

• One Million Compromised Accounts Found at Top Gaming Firms

• Senior Citizens, the Victims of Airline Ticket Fraud

• Samsung to Unveil New Smartphones at Galaxy Unpacked Event on January 14

• NYSE to Delist Chinese Telcos on National Security Grounds

• Cache Poisoning Denial-of-Service Attack Techniques

• NYSE To Delist Chinese Telecoms Companies

• China accuses US of breaching market rules in NYSE delisting

• New alleged MuddyWater attack downloads a PowerShell script from GitHub

• Trying to register your antivirus in Windows Security Center?

• Over 100K Zyxel Firewall Devices Found With A Backdoor Account

• Online Gaming Adds More Risk to WFH

• SolarWinds mess flared in the holidays – company confirms malware targeted crocked Orion product

• A closer look at fileless malware, beyond the network

• Hackers’ data breach T Mobile servers for second time in 2020

• Russian data hack saga on SolarWinds seems to be a never-ending story

• How to Break Into to a Cybersecurity Career – Part 1

• As holiday mobile commerce breaks records, retail apps display security red flags

• Three ways formal methods can scale for software security

• ERI Featured in CNBC Story on Conquering the Challenges of Electronic Waste

• Enterprises waste $5.5 million on failed DX projects

• Review: Alice & Bob Learn Application Security

• ISC Stormcast For Monday, January 4th 2021 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=7312, (Mon, Jan 4th)

• GenRx Pharmacy Ransomware Attack Resulted In Data Breach

• Facebook ads Abused to Steal 615000+ Logins in Phishing Campaign

• Secret Backdoor found Installed in Zyxel Firewall and VPN

• NYSE to remove trio of Chinese telcos as Trump order enters into force

• New Golang Worm Targets Windows And Linux Systems To Mine Monero

• IT Security News Weekly Summary – Week 53

• IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-01-03

• DEF CON 28 Safe Mode Saturday – Patrick Kiley’s ‘Reverse Engineering A Tesla Battery Mgmt. System For Moar Power’

• Robert M. Lee’s & Jeff Haas’ Little Bobby Comics – From The Archive – ‘WEEK 111’

• DEF CON 28 Safe Mode Saturday – Jake Labelle’s ‘Getting Shells On zOS With Surrogat Chains’

• Voyager Cryptocurrency Broker Suffered Brief Outage Following Cyber Attack

• Second T-Mobile Data Breach Reported Within A Year

• Banning Government Use of Face Recognition Technology: 2020 Year in Review

• A Smorgasbord of Bad Takedowns: 2020 Year in Review

• Axio Offers Free Coverage Analysis for SolarWinds Impacts

• New Web Skimmer Targets Shopify, WooCommerce, And Other Online Stores To Steal Payment Data

• Decode JWT Tokens With Dataweave and MuleSoft

• Converting Your Android Smartphone into Penetration Testing Device

• 2021 Cybersecurity Trends: Bigger Budgets, Endpoint Emphasis and Cloud

• Important Documents Related to the Covid-19 Vaccine Leaked on the Darkweb

• Russians ‘InfoWarrior’ Hackers New Game Changer for the Geopolitical Agenda ?

• Ticketmaster Fined $10 Million by Department of Justice for Unlawful Business

• Where Next For Government Cybersecurity in Colorado?

• Validating XML Schema of OVAL Documents with Python

• Top data breaches of 2020 – Security Affairs

• Over 200 million records of Chinese Citizens for Sale on the Darkweb

• Protecting Home Office and Enterprise in 2021, (Sat, Jan 2nd)

• Adobe Flash Player Has Reached Its End-of-Life – Uninstall It Now If Haven’t Done Already

• AIDA Ships Face Service Disruptions – Ransomware Attack Suspected

• New Laws for Drone Users Across Europe and UK

• Security Affairs newsletter Round 295

• Hackers Hijacked Smart Devices and Live-Streamed Swatting Incidents

• COVID-19 themed attacks December 19, 2020– January 02, 2021

• NCA arrested 21 customers of the WeLeakInfo service

• Penetration testing

• Multilingual Cybersecurity Awareness Training adapted for your needs

• Booz Allen Leads New Frost & Sullivan Security Report

• Why Is Having an SSL Certificate Important For Your Website?

• Adobe Officially Ends Flash Support, Recommends Uninstalling Immediately

• Defending Your Rights in Every Reality: Year in Review 2020

• DNS, DoH, and ODoH, Oh My: Year-in-Review 2020

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