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2020-10-27 15:26:02 | Nozomi Networks Pioneers SaaS Security and Visibility Solution for Dynamic IoT and OT Networks (lien direct) | Nozomi Networks Inc. today introduced Vantage, an innovative SaaS-based OT and IoT network visibility and monitoring solution designed to meet the evolving requirements of IoT-enabled infrastructures. “Vantage is a game-changer when it comes to simplifying the integration and centralized management of visibility and security across converged OT, IoT and IT networks of any size,” said […] | |||
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2020-10-27 15:21:18 | Red Canary enters cloud workload protection space (lien direct) | Red Canary has announced the launch of Red Canary Cloud Workload Protection, a cloud workload protection (CWP) solution that provides visibility and threat detection for security and DevOps teams. This new solution is purpose-built for cloud Linux workloads, focuses on runtime threat protection and response, and integrates seamlessly into DevOps workflows without sacrificing system performance […] | Threat | ||
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2020-10-27 11:20:22 | Hackers blackmailing psychotherapy patient following Vastaamo breach (lien direct) | Cybercriminals have recently hacked Vastaamo, a psychotherapy giant, and are trying to contact patients threatening to reveal their confidential patient files if they do not pay a ransom. The Finnish psychotherapy company has over 40,000 patients, with customers registered between November 2018 and March 2019 likely to be affected by the breach, although it is […] | |||
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2020-10-27 11:00:36 | Amazon fires insiders over recent data leak (lien direct) | Amazon has fired a number of employees responsible for a recent data leak which resulted in the exposure of customers data, including their email addresses to an unaffiliated third-party, violating the companies policies Users were alerted of the incident following an email announcement to those who were affected. During the weekend there were reports across […] | |||
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2020-10-27 10:47:20 | Law firm used by Google confirms data breach (lien direct) | Law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Brensen and Loewy have confirmed they have suffered a data breach which involved the personal information of both current and former Google employees. The law firm based in New York provides companies with employment verification screening services in order to determine whether potential employees are authorized to work in the […] | Data Breach | ||
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2020-10-26 11:32:44 | NHS app not working properly on iPhone 12 (lien direct) | An issue has arisen with users accessing the NHS contact tracing app on the new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro that were released on Friday last week. Although the new iPhone’s have no issues running the app, when the app is transferred over from a different iPhone through the cloud, it doesn’t ask users […] | |||
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2020-10-23 14:26:55 | Waving Goodbye to Enterprise Passwords (lien direct) | Hitachi Europe limited and My1Login have announced a Technology Partnership to deliver enhanced security solutions to address one of the cybersecurity industry's most compelling challenges – passwords. The combined solution optimises security and convenience whilst enabling a significant ROI as a result of a number productivity and efficiency benefits. The two companies will deliver solutions […] | |||
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2020-10-23 11:37:39 | Russian state-backed hackers gained access to government networks (lien direct) | The FBI and CISA have announced that Russian hackers have breached US governmental networks. The group has been identified under the codename Energetic Bear and are backed by the Russian state. Government officials have said this group have been targeting several local, territorial and tribal government networks since February. As of the 1st of October, […] | |||
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2020-10-23 11:11:58 | Victims promised fictitious vouchers in M&S scam (lien direct) | Cybercriminals have impersonated Marks & Spenser’s CEO, Steve Rowe, in order to trick customers into revealing their bank account details. The scammer’s poster fraudulent adverts promising victims the opportunity to win a gift voucher as part of a prize draw promotion while under the guise of CEO Steve Rowe. Once victims had clicked the ad […] | |||
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2020-10-23 10:58:09 | Twitter and Facebook ordered to testify over Biden New York Post article (lien direct) | Facebook and Twitter chief’s, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, will be ordered to testify over the alleged censorship of a New York Post article shared on their platforms. The article reveals emails and photographs copied from Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son’s laptop. Twitter said that the article had violated its “hacked materials” policy and was […] | |||
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2020-10-22 15:03:54 | Securonix to integrate with Tanium (lien direct) | As workplaces are becoming more remote, with almost half of the workforce working from home, and an introduction of bring your own device policies in many organisations, endpoints have become more distributed and cyberattacks even more prevalent. Remote workforces are creating more vulnerabilities for endpoints as they are no longer located in secure networks, making […] | |||
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2020-10-22 11:57:27 | NSA warns that Chinese-sponsored hackers are targeting publicly available exploits (lien direct) | A new report from the US National Security Agency outlines the 25 vulnerabilities most commonly targeted by Chinese sponsored hackers. Exploits for these vulnerabilities are already publicly available, but so are the patches for these flaws. Ciaran Byrne, head of platform operations at Edgescan, provided the follwing analysis: The details published today by the NSA […] | |||
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2020-10-22 11:27:22 | PayPal are now allowing crypto spending (lien direct) | PayPal has recently announced that its customers will be able to use Bitcoin and other virtual currencies while buying and selling items using their PayPal accounts. PayPal has revealed that they will be allowing this option to be used in the US in the next upcoming weeks. They plan to have the option available to […] | |||
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2020-10-22 10:27:03 | Iran blamed for voting spam emails (lien direct) | The US is blaming Iran for the email shot sent from the far-right group, Proud Boys, urging Democratic voters to vote for Trump. In these emails, the extremist group where threatening registered Democrats with consequences if they didn’t vote for Trump in the upcoming election. Although the group claimed to have sent this email to […] | Spam | ||
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2020-10-22 10:08:38 | Chrome users need to update their browser now (lien direct) | Attention all Chrome users – you should update your browser to the latest version released yesterday. Google released this version of Chrome to patch several high-severity security issues. These included a 0-day vulnerability that has been used by hackers on targeted computers. The vulnerability was found by Sergei Glazunov, a security researcher at Google’s Project […] | Vulnerability | ||
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2020-10-21 14:53:42 | Webinar: Enable Employees to be the First Line of Defence (lien direct) | Our editor, Tony Morbin, sits down with an experienced panel of cybersecurity professionals to discuss how to stay ahead of cybercriminals Often, employees get a bad rep when it comes to cybersecurity as they are often branded as the “weakest link in the cyber chain”. However, Ran Puchag, Chief Product and Development Officer firmly believes […] | |||
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2020-10-21 13:55:21 | Corelight extends open NDR platform with new software sensor (lien direct) | Corelight today released new capabilities that provide users with greater network security visibility and the ability to support advanced threat analysis across their entire environment, from physical to cloud. Corelight's new Software Sensor and Corelight Cloud Sensor for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) deliver comprehensive security insights into network traffic on any platform. “Organizations today are faced with the challenge of limited visibility across distributed locations, […] | Threat | ||
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2020-10-21 10:09:56 | Transport line in Montreal hit with ransomware (lien direct) | Montreal’s transport system, Montreal’s Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) has been attacked with ransomware called ‘RansomExx’. On 19th October, the systems suffered from an outage which affected its IT systems, customer services and website. Although the outage didn’t impact the running of buses and metros, it did affect disabled passengers from booking door-to-door services. […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-21 09:58:47 | Australia\'s Home Affairs department concerned with Facebook\'s end-to-end encryption (lien direct) | Mike Pezzullo, Australia’s secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, has voiced concerns about Facebook’s plans to form an online space for nefarious activity. Pezzullo told the Senate Estimates that “we are particularly concerned about Facebook’s plans to go to the end to end encryption of their entire platform to create, in effect, the world’s […] | |||
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2020-10-21 09:45:24 | Adobe testing software to fight deep fakes (lien direct) | Abobe is testing a new method to help fight deep fakes by securely watermarking digital assets on Photoshop to ensure proper attributions are being used on digital media, according to a blog post by Adobe on Tuesday. The new watermarking function is part of the industries efforts to improve authentication of authorship in order to […] | |||
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2020-10-21 07:59:43 | Time to practice QRiosity? The security dangers of QR codes (lien direct) | It seemed like such a good idea at the time, but Masahiro Hara has regrets. He’s the engineer responsible for the quick response (QR) code – that square block of pixels that now adorns everything from restaurant tables to subway posters. The problem? They’re just not secure enough. “Now that it’s used for payments, I […] | |||
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2020-10-20 14:11:48 | Nationwide survey of workers shows they\'re losing the will to Zoom (lien direct) | A little over 7 months ago barely any of us had heard of Zoom, but since the pandemic, its users have jumped from 10 million to 300 million at its peak. Yet with Zoom calls becoming part of our everyday workplace routine, you may be surprised at the habits that many Brits have adopted. A […] | |||
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2020-10-20 10:25:24 | Google to remove location sharing app (lien direct) | Google is removing the Trusted Contacts app from the Play store. This app allowed users to nominate certain contacts to track their location as well as providing their location when they didn’t respond. Instead of this app, Google has integrated a similar software into Google Maps. However, in this reimagined version, users need to have […] | |||
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2020-10-20 10:20:54 | Bitcoin mixer fined $60 million (lien direct) | The US Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued its first penalty to a cryptocurrency mixing service. Both Helix and Coin Ninja have been fined $60 million by the US Treasury. The FinCEN fine was issued to Larry Deam Harmon, the founder of Coin Ninja and Helix cryptocurrency mixers. The fines were […] | |||
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2020-10-20 10:08:05 | Russia set to attack the Olympics, again (lien direct) | The UK government has released a statement outlining how Russian hackers were intending to attack the Tokyo Olympics. Their plans were to target the organisers, logistics and sponsors. Such attacks have already been carried out on previous Olympic Games, including the Winter Olympics in 2018. During this cyberattack, hackers released malware called OlympicDestoryer that attacked […] | Malware | ||
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2020-10-19 10:58:17 | Twitter updates policy following Biden article block (lien direct) | Twitter has recently updated their ‘Hacked Materials’ policy which resulted in users being blocked after sharing a link to a New York Post article regarding Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. The policy was blocking Twitter users from sharing the news article as the content of the article has been acquired following a hack. […] | |||
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2020-10-19 10:51:28 | Study reveals the psychological tricks used in political emails (lien direct) | Researchers at Princeton University have conducted a study looking into the psychological tricks and dark patterns used by US political candidates. The aim of the study was to understand how these tactics were used in emails and whether they were successful in getting voters to sign up for rallies, donate or vote. The study analysed […] | |||
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2020-10-19 10:39:06 | British Airways fined £20 million for data breach (lien direct) | British Airways have been fined £20 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following a data breach from 2018 which affected 400,000 customers. The 2018 breach affected customers confidential personal and credit card data. The incident happen when British Airway’s systems were compromised by attackers, who modified customer details when they were inputted in order […] | Data Breach | ||
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2020-10-16 11:12:29 | Outpost24 Announce Matilda Tidlund, CSO of Telia as new board member (lien direct) | Outpost24, the vulnerability, security assessment and cybersecurity exposure company, has recently revealed the appointment of Matilda Tidlund as a new board member. Tidlund brings a wealth of cybersecurity knowledge and experience from her tenure as Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Telia Company, one of the biggest multinational telecommunications and mobile network operator in the Nordics […] | |||
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2020-10-16 11:00:22 | Google Adds list of New Partners to BeyondCorp Alliance (lien direct) | This week, Google has added a wave of new cybersecurity vendors to its BeyondCorp Alliance to add Zero Trust to its security model for mobile devices. With digital transformation and cloud being swiftly adopted by organisations, smartphones, tables and laptops have become integral for the everyday working individual. For mobile devices, this is extremely critical […] | |||
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2020-10-16 10:53:16 | Zoom introduces End-to-End Encryption (lien direct) | Zoom has recently announced it will be making it’s end-to-end encryption capabilities available to all users, which will enhance the security of both voice and video calls immensely. Zoom’s head of security engineering, Max Krohn, revealed that the first of the four-phase security roll-out will start next week. Zoom has previously been criticised for only […] | |||
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2020-10-16 10:52:28 | Dickey\'s hack leaks information of 3 million customers (lien direct) | One of the biggest BBQ chain restaurants in America, Dickey’s has suffered a huge breach, leaking the card details of more than 3 million customers. This information was posted on Joker’s Stash, a carding and fraud forum. A cybersecurity firm called Gemini Advisory, who track financial fraud made the initial discovery of the breach. The […] | Hack | ||
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2020-10-16 10:28:09 | Twitter suffers a major outage affecting users worldwide (lien direct) | Twitter experienced a major outage on Thursday caused by an ‘inadvertent change’ made to their internal systems. The outage affected users worldwide as they were unable to use the platform for over an hour, while many also received error messages. Reports of the issues began at around 21:30 GMT on Thursday night. The website’s service […] | |||
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2020-10-15 14:44:19 | Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2020 Winners Announced (lien direct) | The fifth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards winners were revealed last night during a socially distanced virtual awards ceremony. The awards celebrate the people, not products, of the cybersecurity industry. From the best ethical hackers and cybersecurity's rising stars to the best security awareness campaign and the coveted Godparent of Security, the categories recognise individuals and teams working hard to protect Britain from cybercrime while raising awareness of security issues. […] | |||
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2020-10-15 10:39:42 | Hackers begin to attack universities again (lien direct) | An Iranian hacking group have resurfaced just in time for the start of the new term, unleashing phishing scams on academic institutions. These attacks are aimed at both staff and students as the activity within university portals picks up again. The attacks are sent to the victim’s email and contain a link to a website […] | |||
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2020-10-15 10:39:27 | Survey reveals that compliance activities cost companies $3.5 million per annum (lien direct) | A Telso survey has recently found that organizations are finding it difficult to meet current IT security and compliance regulations. The survey of 300 IT security professionals taking place between July and August 2020 discovered that organizations are having to comply to 13 different IT security and privacy regulations which results in them having to […] | |||
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2020-10-15 10:26:21 | Barnes and Nobles\' customer data stolen (lien direct) | Popular US book store Barnes and Nobles is the latest establishment to suffer from a cyber attack. Although no financial information was stolen during the breach, the hackers could have gotten away with customer emails, addresses and phone numbers if they were provided. This incident follows on from a system failure the company reported on […] | |||
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2020-10-14 16:11:05 | Qualys VMDR Product Review (lien direct) | Supplier: Qualys Website: www.qualys.com Price: Based on size of organisation Scores Performance 5/5 Features 5/5 Value for Money 4/5 Ease of Use 4/5 Overall 5/5 Verdict Qualys VMDR is a smart modular security solution that delivers joined-up vulnerability assessment, management and remediation services with full visibility of global assets. As cyber-attacks get ever more sophisticated […] | Vulnerability | ||
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2020-10-14 14:56:46 | Repeat victimisation: the threat of double extortion ransomware attacks (lien direct) | Ransomware has already proven itself to be a powerfully profitable weapon in the cybercriminal arsenal. According to Emsisoft, in 2019, ransomware incidents could have had a combined cost of more than $7.5 billion (£5.65 billion). That's just for US-based incidents too. As cybersecurity professionals and the public at large have come to realise, cybercrime is […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2020-10-14 14:48:07 | The click of death: Why ecommerce must work extra hard to thwart attackers (lien direct) | What's behind the simple click of a computer mouse for a shopping purchase on a web page? For most, it's the last step of buying an item and is innocuous enough to do on autopilot. Just buy and forget about it until the item arrives at your front door. But what happens when that final […] | |||
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2020-10-14 14:25:49 | Coronavirus phishing emails still duping individuals (lien direct) | New research has revealed that COVID-19 related phishing emails are still a serious threat as found by KnowBe4, a dedicated security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. The results from the Q3 2020 top-clicked phishing report, exactly half of the most clicked phishing emails contained a coronavirus reference – and this was the most popular […] | Threat | ||
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2020-10-14 10:28:18 | Twitter suspends accounts claiming to be Black Trump supporters (lien direct) | Several Twitter accounts claiming to be owned by Black Trump supporters have been suspended for breaking the platform’s rules on spam and manipulation. Many of the accounts were using similar language and phrases such as “YES IM BLACK AND IM VOTING FOR TRUMP!!!”. Twitter is still investigating the accounts and has yet to finalise the number […] | Spam | ||
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2020-10-14 10:03:58 | North Carolina open cybercrime hotline (lien direct) | North Caroline has recently created a cybercrime hotline for their state residents after a rise in cyber-scams. Residents of North Caroline have been targetted with COVID-19 related cyber-scams which has resulted in state residents losing millions of dollars. The NC 2-1-1 hotline is free and is one of the first to launch in the US, […] | |||
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2020-10-14 09:51:09 | Russian hackers behind Norway\'s August Parliament attack (lien direct) | Yesterday Ine Eriksen Søreide, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, revealed that Russia was behind the cyber-attack on the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) in August 2020. The attacks in August resulted in hackers gaining access to email accounts of Stortinget representatives and employees, with data being stolen from these accounts. Although it is disclosed what data was […] | |||
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2020-10-13 10:23:06 | EU to announce tighter rules for top tech companies (lien direct) | European Union regulators are set to hit top tech companies including Facebook, Apple and Google with tougher regulations compared to their smaller rivals. According to the FT, these top companies will have to become more transparent about how they acquire data and share that data with competitors. The exact number and who will be on […] | |||
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2020-10-13 10:03:05 | New adverts promoting jobs in cyber criticised (lien direct) | The latest government-backed campaign to help promote jobs in cybersecurity has sparked a lot of controversy for being ‘crass’ and insensitive. The advert shows a ballerina lacing up her shoes with the caption ‘Fatima’s next job could be in cyber. (she just doesn’t know it yet)’. Downing Street has also commented saying the ad was […] | ★★ | ||
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2020-10-13 09:51:30 | Cybersecurity victory as Trickbot is forced offline (lien direct) | A coalition compromising of ESET, Microsoft, FS-ISAC, NTT, Lumen Black Lotus Labs and Symantec managed to disrupt Trickbot botnet, one of the main vectors of ransomware distribution worldwide. The efforts were made possible due to a court order obtained by Microsoft, as well as technical actions which were made in partnership with various telecoms operators […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-12 10:30:17 | Pentagon to increase US space force cybersecurity team (lien direct) | The Pentagon is aiming to increase the size of the cybersecurity team for the Uniter States Space Force. There are plans to introduce over a thousand new staff, as revealed by the space force’s chief of technology and innovation, US Space Force Major General Kimberly Crider. Major Crider announced that 130 cybersecurity officers will be […] | |||
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2020-10-12 10:26:36 | Major cruise ship brand hit with ransomware (lien direct) | One of the largest cruise line operators, Carnival suffered a ransomware attack back in August and has since confirmed that the breach leaked personal information relating to customers, employees and crew members. There are roughly 150,000 employees working for Carnival who get over 13 million guests a year across its 13 cruise brands. However, the […] | Ransomware | ||
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2020-10-12 10:18:54 | Hackers gain access to US government networks by combining VPN and Windows bugs (lien direct) | A group of hackers managed to access government networks by combining VPN and Windows bugs. They were able to access both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who published a joint statement regarding the attack on Friday. It appears that the attack targetted federal and state, local, […] |
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