IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-10-04

• Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Today

• Intel’s Latest PC vs. Mac Ad Involves a ‘Social Experiment’ With Apple Fans

• Bipartisan FISMA update drops

• OPM director talks federal recruitment with students

• National Smart Coalitions Partnership unites regional efforts

• Facebook Outage Drags Down Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Oculus VR

• 2 suspected ransomware operators arrested in Ukraine

• Encrypted & Fileless Malware Sees Big Growth

• Windows 11 offers chip to cloud protection to meet the new security challenges of hybrid work

• Ransomware threats calls for tough conversations

• DeepMind Technologies Sued Over Data Sharing

• Pandora Spills Secrets of Super Rich

• Law Enforcement Agencies Seize $375K in Ukraine Ransomware Bust

• New Atom Silo Ransomware Group Targets Confluence Servers

• Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Go Down

• Neiman Marcus data breach affects millions

• Peraton wins $2.7B DHS cloud award

• What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?

• Apple Adding Its AA Battery Charger and Third-Generation Apple TV to Vintage Products List

• Lawsuit claims hospital ransomware infection cost baby her life

• It’s time to start taking digital identity seriously

• ‘Zero-day’ cyber attacks are destructive, becoming more common, says expert

• BrandPost: Think You Are Prepared for Ransomware? You’re Probably Not.

• Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Suffer Global Outage

• 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Pt. 1: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Hope

• Police take a piece out of a ransomware gang, but won’t say which one

• 5 principles for AppSec program maturity

• Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are down worldwide, it’s panic online

• MacRumors Giveaway: Win an Apple-Themed T-Shirt From Throwboy

• Safari 15 Users Say New Tab Design is Counterintuitive

• #BeCyberSmart: When we learn together, we’re more secure together

• (ISC)² Celebrates Cybersecurity Awareness Month With Treasure Trove of Knowledge Building Resources

• Google Patched Two Further Zero-Day Vulnerabilities With Latest Chrome Browser Release

• DHS financial systems modernization still years away

• Facebook down with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp service disruption

• WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook & Messenger Down More than an Hour Globally

• Latest TMF awards underscore cybersecurity

• Mandiant Confirms Name Change from FireEye, Inc. to Mandiant, Inc.

• CISA Kicks Off Cybersecurity Awareness Month

• Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 27, 2021

• Tough conversations on ransomware ahead

• Facebook Whistleblower to Testify Before Senate

• Vulnerability Summary for the Week of September 27, 2021

• Ransomware Remains a Serious Threat

• How Continuous Monitoring is a Driver of Effective Risk Management

• How to better secure user authentication protocols

• A Journey in Organizational Resilience: Crisis Management

• Facebook goes down, along with Instagram and WhatsApp

• Jony Ive Writes Touching Letter About Steve Jobs a Decade After His Passing

• McAfee and FireEye $2 billion merger details

• Ransomware in a global context

• Ex-army admin jailed for 12 years over US military health data theft

• Prolific Ransomware Operators Arrested in Joint Law Enforcement Action

• MFA Glitch Leads To 6K+ Coinbase Customers Getting Robbed

• Researcher Refuses Telegram’s Bounty Award, Discloses Bug

• Ukrainian Cops Cuff Two Over $150m Ransomware Gang Allegations, Seize $1.3m In Cryptocurrency

• Fraudster Jailed For Stealing Military Records, Benefits

• China’s New Climate Pledge: Is Geopolitical Competition Good for the Climate?

• Private Data/Public Regulation

• UK’s £5bn National Cyber Force HQ to be sited in Lancashire beside Defence Secretary’s constituency

• Multilingual Cybersecurity Awareness Training adapted for your needs

• Ransomware: Police arrest two in operation against ‘prolific’ gang that targeted big businesses

• Cybersecurity budgets for industrial control systems and operational tech increasing: SANS Institute

• Transnational Fraud Ring Bilks U.S. Military Service Members Out of Millions

• Two ‘Prolific’ Ransomware Operators Arrested in Ukraine

• Remote access vs. site-to-site VPN: What’s the difference?

• DevSecOps tools, culture and misconceptions: Advice from Red Hatters

• Today Marks the 10th Anniversary of Apple Introducing the iPhone 4S With Siri

• Deals: Get $10 Amazon Credit When Purchasing a $100 Apple Gift Card

• Apple Watch Series 6 vs. Apple Watch Series 7: Should You Upgrade?

• Hackers Try To Steal OTP Via Malicious Telegram Bots In Recent Campaigns

• Chinese Hackers Attack & Spy Windows Users Using Rootkits

• Data Regulations: HIPAA vs. GDPR vs. PCI

• Creating Wireless Signals with Ethernet Cable to Steal Data from Air-Gapped Systems

• Cheating on Tests

• Let’s Encrypt Root Certificate Expiration – Expert Source

• Ukrainian cops cuff two over $150m ransomware gang allegations, seize $1.3m in cryptocurrency

• Deals: New Sales Hit Every AirPods Model, Starting at $109 for Regular AirPods

• Staking Protocol Compound Users Mistakenly Receive $90M

• House Delays U.S. Infrastructure Bill Vote – Cybersecurity Funding in Jeopardy? And What Security Practitioners Say Needs to be Prioritized

• Misconfigured Airflows Leak Thousands of Credentials from Popular Services

• Do your part and #BeCyberSmart with these online safety tips

• Cybersecurity Awareness: The Basics Are the Foundation

• Poorly Configured Apache Airflow Instances Leak Credentials for Popular Services

• Pottawatomie County paid the ransom to recover its systems

• BrandPost: How to Automate Configuration Review

• Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in September 2021

• Open source: Google is going to pay developers to make projects more secure

• Hackers Stole Cryptocurrency From Thousands of Coinbase Accounts

• Two ransomware operators were arrested in Kyiv with EUROPOL’s support

• Apple Watch Series 7 Pre-Orders to Start This Friday, Available on October 15

• Sandhills Shut Down by Ransomware Attack

• Expired Let’s Encrypt Root Certificate Causes Problems for Many Companies

• Top 5 Skills Modern SOC Teams Need to Succeed

• The Shortfalls of Mean Time Metrics in Cybersecurity

• A New APT Hacking Group Targeting Fuel, Energy, and Aviation Industries

• Google commits $1M to new Linux Foundation open source security rewards program

• Cybersecurity Awareness Month: #BeCyberSmart

• ‘Report a Problem’ App Store Option Returns to Combat Scams

• One Identity completes acquisition of OneLogin

• New offensive cyber force will “confront aggressive behaviour”, says Foreign Secretary

• Fraudster jailed for stealing US military health records, millions in benefits

• Pottawatomie County Fixing Systems After Ransomware Attack

• Expert Reacted On Hackers Steal Funds Of 6,000 Coinbase Customers

• Cybersecurity Experts Comment On Pandora Papers

• Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 43 Deals Announced in September 2021

• New APT ChamelGang Targets energy and aviation companies in Russia

• Apple Ramps Up iPhone 13 Chip Orders, Scales Down Orders for Older iPhones

• Biden Administration Gathers 30 Countries for a Meeting on Cybercrime and Ransomware

• 7 Best Motherboard For I5 9400F 2021 – Top Picks

• Does Cybersecurity Awareness Month actually improve security?

• PoC Exploit Released for macOS Gatekeeper Bypass

• Former Army Contractor Received 12.5 Years Sentence for Fraud Scheme

• Apple ‘May Be Working On Mobile Advertising Platform’

• US-Led International Group Takes Aim At Ransomware Gangs

• One Identity acquires OneLogin to unify identity security for enterprises

• Quick Hits

• FCW Insider: October 4, 2021

• Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the week of September 27, 2021

• Researchers Discover How Hackers Were Stealing Money Via Apple Pay From iPhones

• Top Search On Bing Is ‘Google’, Google Tells Court

• Waze Pushes Crowdsourcing For Petrol Pump Data

• A week in security (Sept 27 – Oct 3)

• Ex-Army Technician Gets 12 Years for Role in Fraud Scheme

• Apple Makes iCloud Safari Bookmarks End-To-End Encrypted

• iPhone 13 Pro Costs Around $20 More to Build Compared to the iPhone 12 Pro, Despite Being the Same Price for the Customer

• Why today’s cybersecurity threats are more dangerous

• Google Pledges $1 Million to Secure Open Source Program

• UK’s National Cyber Force Heads to the Northwest

• Coinbase Attackers Bypassed Account Authentication

• Ransomware gang arrested in Ukraine with Europol’s support

• DeepMind Hit By Legal Action Over NHS Deal

• Experimental AI Hones Forecasts For Short-Term Weather Events

• Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the BBC stage a very British coup to rescue our data from Facebook and friends

• Apple Makes Safari Bookmarks End-To-End Encrypted

• Trying to register your antivirus in Windows Security Center?

• E-Scooter Company Looks To Thwart QR Code Theft

• Firewalls? Pfft – it’s no match for my mighty spares-bin PC

• LockBit 2.0 ransomware hit Israeli defense firm E.M.I.T. Aviation Consulting

• Combating vulnerability fatigue with automated security validation

• Google Play hosts malware that offers click baits to users

• Joe Biden to unite 30 countries against Ransomware Cyber Threats

• How collaboration between IT pros and senior leaders could drive the future of risk mitigation

• Do you have a plan for your cybersecurity career? Time to skill up!

• Infosec products of the month: September 2021

• McAfee Enterprise Sees Proliferation of REvil and DarkSide Ransomware Surge in Q2 2021

• CCSP vs. EXIN Cloud Certifications: What are the Differences?

• McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research Report: Ransomware’s Increasing Prevalence

• Erosion of digital trust: Consumers want more personal information protection

• Conquering the Taproot of Cybersecurity

• Steve Jobs Once Tossed the Original iPhone Across a Room to Impress Journalists

• Tanium Risk offers customers a real-time view of risk posture across their organization

• The future role of data, AI and the cloud

• Semperis Directory Services Protector 3.6 monitors for cyber threats in hybrid AD environments

• DISA reorganizes cloud office

• Bring on the Fist Bumps and Nasal Swabs—Tech Conferences Are Back

• Apple Pay security flaw allows hackers to steal your money when your iPhone is locked

• Coinbase hackers exploit multi-factor flaw to steal from 6,000 customers

• White House to Enlist 30 Countries to Fight Ransomware

• (ISC)² announces new members of its annual Board of Directors election

• 45% of execs admit initiatives to secure software supply chains are incomplete

• IT Security News Weekly Summary – Week 39

• IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-10-03

• Bug puts $162 million up for grabs, says founder of DeFi platform Compound

• SQL Cyber Attacks Are a Danger to Your Company

• TA544 group behind a spike in Ursnif malware campaigns targeting Italy

• $162 million up for grabs after DeFi bug, warns Compound founder

• How Will $1.9 Billion for Cybersecurity Protect American Infrastructure?

• AttackIQ Named Newest Competitor in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

• The Big Unanswered Question of the Afghanistan War

• Leveraging the “Power of the Crowd” to Fight Cybercrime with a Unique, Collaborative Intrusion Prevention System>

• CVE-2021-38647 OMIGOD flaw impacts IBM QRadar Azure

• Get training on Microsoft, Cybersecurity, Python, GDPR, and more with this master class

• New MacBook Pros Likely to Launch at Apple Event This Month, Says Gurman

• A Simple Bug Is Leaving AirTag Users Vulnerable to an Attack

• First Real-World Look Shows Apple Watch Series 7 Amid Rumors of Imminent Launch

• Security Affairs newsletter Round 334

• Facebook Releases Android App Security Tool “Mariana Trench” As Open-Source

• The Biden administration will work with 30 countries to curb global cybercrime

• Week in review: 3 ways to guard against insider threats, cybersecurity posture validation

• Penetration testing

• Onfido Wins “Fraud Prevention Innovation of the Year” in the 2021 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards

• AIS Awarded Prime Seat on DOE FERC ALM BPA

• CISSPs from Around the Globe: An Interview with AJ Yawn

• Thrive today with not just being smart but being cyber smart

• How to shift into a new approach to cybersecurity asset management

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