IT Security News Daily Summary 2022-01-09

• Cyber Defense Magazine – January 2022 has arrived. Enjoy it!

• US NCSC and DoS share best practices against surveillance tools

• How To Secure the Linux Kernel >

• Flubot Malware Targeting Users by Masquerading as Adobe Flash Player

• iProov Announces $70M Investment from Sumeru Equity Partners

• CSI Partners with NYDIG to Provide Financial Institutions Simple, Secure Access to Bitcoin

• January 6, the Afghanistan Withdrawal and the Future of U.S. Counterterrorism

• Swiss army asks its personnel to use the Threema instant-messaging app

• Today Marks 15 Years Since Steve Jobs Unveiled the Original iPhone

• Gurman: New iPhone SE and More Likely at Apple Event in March or April

• Russian submarines threatening undersea cables, UK defence chief warns

• How to Read Your iOS 15 App Privacy Report

• New Mac Malware Samples Highlight The Growing Risk

• SonicWall’s Email Security and Firewall Products Were Hit by the Y2K22 Bug

• FlexBooker Breached, Over 3.7 Million Impacted

• Security Affairs newsletter Round 348

• Week in review: Discussing cybersecurity with the board, APT-style attacks, Patch Tuesday forecast

• Penetration testing

• Experts predict the disappearance of passwords before the end of the decade

• Avira Antivirus Introduces Crypto Mining To Its 500M Customers

• Swiss Army Bans WhatsApp at Work

• Report: 45% of all federal employees teleworked in fiscal 2020

• Digital Tool Estimates Software Firewall Credits for Your Environment

• Deploy an Early Warning System

• How to Protect Your Organization from Log4j Exploitation

• Safeguarding Your Assets Against Apache Log4j Vulnerability

• Log4Shell Active Exploitation Continues…

• Protect Yourself from Holiday Grinches!

• WordPress Releases Security Update

• Best Apple-Related Accessories at CES 2022

• 15 Features the Original iPhone Didn’t Have When First Announced

• The iPhone 14 Is Unlikely to Be Portless, Here’s Why

• Top Stories: iPhone 14 Pro Without Notch, AirPods Pro 2, and More for 2022

• HomePod Mini Likely Nearing Launch in Five More Countries

• North Korea-linked APT group Konni targets Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Patrick McCarthy joins Precisely as CRO

• iProov raises $70 million to fuel businesss growth

• Everything about XDR is around Correlations, not Hype

• LucidLink announces leadership appointments to support company’s growth

• IT Security News Daily Summary 2022-01-08

• The positive side of ransomware for data transformation

• Unauthenticated RCE in H2 Database Console is similar to Log4Shell

• Why your organization needs a software bill of materials

• 500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining

• Lawsuit: Facebook Promoted Violent Content And Helped Extremists Plan Murder

• Google Docs Comment Flaw Exploited by Hackers

• An Optimistic Outlook for 2022: Cloud Security Vulnerabilities Are 100% Preventable

• MITRE-Harris Poll: 77% of U.S. Residents Concerned About Ransomware, IP Theft and Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

• Norton Put a Cryptominer in Its Antivirus Software

• $50 Million Lost to Fraudsters Impersonating as Broker-Dealers

• Crypto Firm Arbix Identified as a Rug Pull After Scamming $10 Million From Investors

• FBI warns of hackers mailing malicious USB drives to spread ransomware

• FluBot malware continues to evolve. What’s new in Version 5.0 and beyond?

• Tesla owner says he mines up to $800 a month in cryptocurrency with his car

• Alfer Microsoft, also SonicWall confirmed that its products were affected by Y2K22 bug

• WebSpec, a formal framework for browser security analysis, reveals new cookie attack

• The CNIL Penalized SLIMPAY €180,000 for Data Violation.

• SSRF Attacks can be Used to Compromise Java RMI Services

• Build or Buy your own antivirus product

• NHS Warns of Hackers Targeting Log4j Flaws in VMware Horizon

• Facebook Launches ‘Privacy Center’ to Educate Users on Data Collection and Privacy Options

• You Might Be A Victim Of Google Voice Scam, Here’s How To Protect Your Account

• Medical Review Institute of America Notifies Patients of Data Breach

• Dun & Bradstreet Announces Conditional Notice of Redemption for Existing Senior Secured Notes

• Honda cars in flashback to 2002 – “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”

• Weekly Update 277

• Fuze enhances productivity and collaboration across distributed teams

• CES 2022: Space security – no more flying blind

• Week in security with Tony Anscombe

• NetApp appoints Elizabeth O’Callahan to Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

• Datadog and AWS join forces to develop and deliver tighter product alignment in the future

• “Owning Your Identity” Through Biometric and Passwordless Innovations

• Surviving The New Era of Terabit-Class DDoS Attacks

• How To Thwart Fraud with Phone Numbers

• Supreme Court hearing turns to the contractor mandate

• FIN7 group continues to target US companies with BadUSB devices

• Kirk A. Law joins Cohesity as SVP of research and development

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