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2021-06-23 16:38:22 |
(Déjà vu) Expert Commentary – EU to Launch Rapid Response Cybersecurity Team (lien direct) |
With the breaking news which found that the European Union wants to launch a new cyber unit to respond to cyberattacks, according to a draft of the plan seen by POLITICO.…
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2021-06-23 13:38:24 |
Australians Lost 3x More To Scammers Via Bank Transactions Than Bitcoin Payments In 2020 (lien direct) |
Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency playing a role as an investment vehicle and also a payment medium. However, scammers are exploring the payment aspect to defraud victims resulting in…
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2021-06-23 13:35:07 |
(Déjà vu) Tech Experts Discuss International Women in Engineering Day (lien direct) |
International Women in Engineering Day 2021: How has the pandemic impacted gender diversity? Every June, the tech industry comes together to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day. Ada Lovelace springs…
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2021-06-23 13:30:05 |
International Women In Engineering Day (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Today marks International Women in Engineering Day and we wanted to share a comment on how our education systems need to highlight female leaders and experiences. IWED is an…
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2021-06-23 13:05:47 |
Threat Intelligence Expert On EU Joint Cyber Unit (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: The European Commission is today laying out a vision to build a new Joint Cyber Unit to tackle the rising number of serious cyber incidents impacting public services, businesses…
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2021-06-22 14:14:33 |
Build These Five Habits To Reduce The Risk Of Ransomware (lien direct) |
Following a spate of high-profile attacks, it is all too easy to consider ransomware as a threat more for large, well-known, businesses. Research, however, suggest this is far from the…
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2021-06-22 14:06:30 |
Ethical Hacker Shares Insight On My Egg Bank Ransomware Attack (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Ethical Hacker Shares Insight on the latest ransomware attack on My Egg Bank, a Georgia-based fertility clinic. BACKGROUND: Ethical Hacker Shares Insight on the latest ransomware attack on My Egg Bank, a Georgia-based fertility clinic.
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2021-06-22 14:03:02 |
4.3 Million** Uk Small And Medium-sized Businesses Believe They Are Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks (lien direct) |
New research from Arctic Wolf reveals: Three quarters (73%) of UK small and medium-sized business leaders think their workforces lack the capability and expertise to withstand a cybersecurity attack 'Alert…
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2021-06-22 13:52:20 |
Expert Commentary – Australian Firms Could Be Forced To Declare Ransom Payments (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: News has broken that a bill has been introduced into the Australian House of Representatives that requires organisations to disclose when they make ransomware payments. The Ransomware Payments Bill 2021 was introduced on Monday…
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Ransomware
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2021-06-21 13:02:06 |
Turbotax Customer Data Breach – Cyber Expert Comments (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: TurboTax has warned customers of a data breach, apparently caused by people reusing passwords from other sites. BACKGROUND: TurboTax has warned customers of a data breach, apparently caused by…
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Data Breach
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2021-06-21 12:55:45 |
Int\'l. Cybercrime Prevention Act Rafted To Boost CI Security (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation yesterday to invoke stronger penalties for ransomware and other attacks against critical infrastructure (CI). The legislation would also equip the Justice Department…
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2021-06-21 12:45:28 |
(Déjà vu) Supermarket Chain Wegmans Notifies Customers Of Data Breach (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Wegmans Food Markets notified customers that some of their information was exposed after the company became aware that two of its databases were publicly accessible on the Internet because…
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Data Breach
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2021-06-21 12:37:59 |
Patents Awarded For Netskope Innovations That Prevent Screenshot Data Leakage In New Era Of Working From Home (lien direct) |
Innovations also enable data protection policies to extend to images of identification documents such as passports; for GDPR compliance Netskope, the SASE leader, today announced newly-issued patents from the U.S.…
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2021-06-21 12:33:43 |
South Korean Nuclear Institute Attacked By North Korea Hacking Group (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: A North Korean hacking group breached South Korea’s state-run nuclear research institute last month. The group has a history of carrying out high-profile attacks against South Korea. The 13…
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2021-06-18 11:23:00 |
The Cyber Story Of The Pandemic: Our Shared Security Debt (lien direct) |
Organisations, industry observers and vendors have all talked a lot about the pace of change in recent months. We have seen how services provision has been transformed, how rapidly new…
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2021-06-18 11:15:16 |
Experts Insight On Carnival Cruises Recent Data Breach (lien direct) |
Carnival Cruises have disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to customers’ personal information. Carnival Cruises have disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to customers’ personal information.
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Data Breach
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2021-06-18 11:14:36 |
Google Docs Used To Host Phishing Attacks (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Avanan analysts have recently discovered an exploit vector in Google Docs that attackers are using to deliver malicious phishing websites to victims. The Google Docs page may look familiar…
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2021-06-18 11:10:03 |
Protecting Amazon Prime Day Shoppers From Online Fraud – Expert Advise (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: With Amazon Prime Day fast approaching (June 21-22), and cases of cyberattacks and fraud on the rise, it's crucial that eager shoppers and businesses alike take the necessary steps…
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2021-06-18 11:05:10 |
Experts React: San Francisco Water Treatment Plant Breach (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Following the news around a hacker trying to poison a San Francisco Bay Area water treatment plant, cybersecurity experts commented below. BACKGROUND: Following the news around a hacker trying…
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2021-06-18 11:00:37 |
Expert Weighs In On Biden Tells Putin Certain Cyberattacks Should Be \'Off-limits\' (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: U.S. President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that certain critical infrastructure should be “off-limits” to cyberattacks, but analysts said his efforts were unlikely to be…
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2021-06-17 11:46:31 |
Most Ransomware Pay-Outs are Followed by Repeat Attacks (lien direct) |
80% of organisations that paid ransom demands experienced a second attack, and 46% of these believed they were targeted by the same hackers, according to new research from Censuswide. Amongst those…
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2021-06-17 11:13:27 |
How Bank CISOs Can Respond To A Digital Hostage Scenario (lien direct) |
Trust has always been the cornerstone of the banking industry. Without customer confidence that their assets are secure, banks cannot function. A reputation for having the strongest vaults with the…
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2021-06-17 11:03:15 |
Expert React: Over A Fifth Of Cyber Insurance Does Not Cover Ransomware (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Cybereason today released research findings from a global ransomware study of nearly 1,300 security professionals that reveals more than half of organisations have been the victim of a ransomware attack. In…
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2021-06-17 10:59:08 |
Cl0p Ransomware Gang Arrests In Ukraine (FIN11) (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: As you may be aware, members of the Cl0p ransomware gang (FIN11) have been arrested in Ukraine in a joint operation between Ukranian police and law enforcement from South Korea.…
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2021-06-17 10:45:18 |
Former British Ambassador To Slovakia On Putin\'s Comment On Cyberattacks (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Putin: “US sources tell me that the majority of cyber attacks are carried out from the United States. Next it’s Canada. Then Latin America. Then the UK. Russia is…
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2021-06-17 10:42:39 |
Expert Commentary: Over a Billion Records Belonging to CVS Health Exposed Online (lien direct) |
Security researchers have revealed the discovery of an online database belonging to CVS Health which exposed over a billion records online. The database was not password-protection and had no form…
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2021-06-17 10:37:27 |
1.1 Bil Pieces Of User Data Scraped From Alibaba\'s Taobao Shopping Site (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: The Wall Street Journal reports that Alibaba's Taobao shopping website was hit by a web crawler that collected users' ID and mobile phone data for eight months, according to…
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2021-06-17 10:32:17 |
60% Of Organisations Would Consider Paying In The Event Of A Ransomware Attack, With 1 In 5 Potentially Willing To Spend 20% Or More Of Their Annual Revenue (lien direct) |
More than a third of experts perceive ransomware guidance from government and official bodies to be insufficient Despite theDirector of the FBI, the US Attorney General and the White House…
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2021-06-16 14:00:35 |
Expert Warned That The Entire Internet Become Dangerously Geared (lien direct) |
In light of recent events, many industry leaders are warning that the entire internet has become dangerously geared to just a few players such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft services.…
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2021-06-16 13:18:44 |
NATO to Consider Military Response to Cyberattacks – 3 Defense & Cyber Experts Comment (lien direct) |
In yesterday's Brussels Summit Communiqué – Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels 14 June 2021, NATO alerts that it…
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2021-06-16 13:09:30 |
A 6-year Cyberespionage Campaign Uncovered In The Middle East (lien direct) |
Kaspersky has uncovered a long-standing cyberespionage campaign against Persian-speaking individuals in Iran. The group behind the malicious activity-dubbed Ferocious Kitten-has been active since at least 2015 and delivers a custom…
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2021-06-16 12:58:37 |
Ensuring A Safer Web Browsing Experience: Using Ad Blockers To Fight Malvertising (lien direct) |
In recent months, an alarming number of cyber-attacks have taken place across a number of industries. Just this week, US based company Colonial Pipeline were victims of an attack that…
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2021-06-16 12:44:09 |
Security Threats To Minimally Staffed/Abandoned Offices Post Pandemic – Expert Source (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: The pandemic was the perfect time to gain physical access to abandoned or minimally staffed locations. While the opportunities to tailgate and piggyback into facilities have lessened due to…
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2021-06-16 12:43:49 |
New Cybereason Ransomware Study Reveals True Cost to Business (lien direct) |
84% of organisations that paid a ransom demand were hit again, 61% reported significant loss of revenue London, UK (June 16, 2021) – Cybereason, the leader in future-ready attack protection, today released…
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2021-06-16 12:37:05 |
(Déjà vu) Ransomware Infects US Weapons Contractor (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Following the news that US nuclear weapons contractor Sol Oriens has suffered a cyberattack allegedly at the hands of the REvil ransomware gang, which claims to be auctioning data…
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2021-06-16 12:34:43 |
The Changing Trends In Cyber Security (lien direct) |
According to figures released in 2020 by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the UK's cyber security industry is worth £8.3bn. However, the picture isn't as cohesive as…
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2021-06-16 12:18:40 |
Expert Reaction On The World\'s Largest Data Breach (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: The BBC report that the Irish Council for Civil Liberties issuing a branch of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and others over what it describes as “the world’s largest…
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Data Breach
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2021-06-16 12:13:08 |
Expert Insight On ALPACA Attack (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Researchers have discovered a new type of attack, dubbed ALPACA, that exploits misconfigurations in transport layer security (TLS) servers to redirect HTTPS traffic from a victim's web browser to…
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2021-06-16 12:08:57 |
Volkswagen, Audi Disclose Data Breach Impacting Over 3.3 Million Customers, Interested Buyers (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Volkswagen has revealed a data breach impacting over 3.3 million customers. On Friday, the automaker said that a compilation of data used for sales and marketing purposes between 2014…
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2021-06-15 15:48:43 |
Expert Reacted On Research That Third Of Workers Have Picked Up Bad Security Behaviours (lien direct) |
Tessian have released a major new report revealing that over one-third of workers have picked up bad cybersecurity behaviours since working from home. The report, which analyses 'Back to Work'…
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2021-06-15 15:40:23 |
So Just What Is Cloud-based Access Management? (lien direct) |
The increasingly distributed nature of corporate IT networks poses problems for legacy on-premises access management and authentication. With users accessing cloud-based applications and other corporate resources from multiple device types…
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2021-06-15 15:21:26 |
Should Police To Be Given Powers Over Passwords, Expert Weighs In (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: In recent news, Irish police will have the power to compel people to provide passwords for electronic devices when carrying out a search warrant under new legislation. Should police…
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2021-06-15 15:16:51 |
Experts Reacted On Tiktok Recent Privacy Update To Collect \'Faceprints\' And \'Voiceprints\' (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: As reported by TIME, recently, TikTok made a change to its U.S. privacy policy, which will allow the company to collect your biometric data including your faceprints and voiceprints.…
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2021-06-15 11:42:22 |
Expert Commentary – GCHQ Cybersecurity Boss Sounds Alarm Over Extortion By Hackers (lien direct) |
This morning a news story broke on the topic of how ransomware is now representing the biggest threat to online security for most people and businesses in the UK. Lindy Cameron,…
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2021-06-15 11:31:04 |
Serious Vulnerability in Microsoft Teams That Could Expose Confidential Files (lien direct) |
It has been disclosed that a serious vulnerability in Microsoft Teams has been discovered by Tenable’s Zero-Day Research Team. By abusing PowerApps functionality (a separate product used within Teams for building and using custom…
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2021-06-14 11:30:48 |
Biometric Authentication: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (lien direct) |
Today, our physical characteristics are becoming the key to digital authentication, gradually replacing PINs and passwords. With many services becoming digital and automated, our unique biometric data is becoming a vital element in unlocking them. Biometric authentication is used to access mobile…
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2021-06-14 11:14:27 |
Experts React: McDonald\'s Suffers Data Breach (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: It has been reported that McDonald’s, the world’s largest burger chain, has suffered a data breach today. Locations in South Korea and Taiwan have had data exposed including some customer and…
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2021-06-14 11:11:30 |
Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity: All Hands On Deck (lien direct) |
Since last year, the scale and severity of ransomware attacks have escalated to an alarming level. On top of raising the amount of ransom, bad actors have also shifted the…
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2021-06-11 10:44:11 |
Hackers Steal Wealth of Data from Game Giant EA (lien direct) |
Hackers have broken into gaming giant Electronic Arts, the publisher of Battlefield, FIFA, and The Sims, and stole a wealth of game source code and related internal tools. “You have full capability of exploiting on…
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2021-06-11 09:20:27 |
Researchers Create Un-hackable Quantum Network, Expert Weighs In (lien direct) |
BACKGROUND: Researchers from Toshiba have successfully sent quantum information over 600-kilometer-long optical fibers, creating a new distance record and paving the way for large-scale quantum networks that could be used…
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