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2020-02-07 16:46:24 | Cyber Attacks Could Cause Financial Crisis, Says ECB Chief Christine Lagarde – Security Expert Reaction (lien direct) | As reported by the Independent, the head of the European Central Bank has warned that a combined cyber attack on important banks could trigger financial instability. Christine Lagarde, the ECB's president, said that a report by the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) estimates the global cost of cyber attacks at between $45bn and $654bn. “As an operator of … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Cyber Attacks Could Cause Financial Crisis, Says ECB Chief Christine Lagarde – Security Expert Reaction | |||
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2020-02-07 16:41:07 | Expert Advise On Google Chrome To Start Blocking Insecure Downloads From Secure Pages (lien direct) | According to SlashGear, Google has begun to warn Chrome users about non-HTTPS downloads from HTTPS pages, which they call “mixed content downloads”. However, starting June this year, it will also block files little by little in an attempt to get website developers to fix things before they break. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Expert Advise On Google Chrome To Start Blocking Insecure Downloads From Secure Pages | |||
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2020-02-07 15:52:52 | (Déjà vu) Hackers Using Oscar Nominated Movies As Bait To Phish And Spread Malware (lien direct) | Attackers are exploiting the hype surrounding this year’s Oscar Best Picture nominated movies to infect fans with malware and to bait them to phishing websites designed to steal sensitive info such as credit card details and personal information. This method is the perfect way to get around movie fans’ defenses seeing that many of them are … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Hackers Using Oscar Nominated Movies As Bait To Phish And Spread Malware | Malware | ||
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2020-02-07 15:33:24 | Experts On New Banking Trojan Tricks Users To Retype Passwords Only For Them To Be Stolen (lien direct) | A trojan malware campaign is targeting online banking users around the world with the aim of stealing credit card information, finances and other personal details. Detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet, the Metamorfo banking trojan has targeted users of over 20 online banks in countries around the world including the US, Canada, Peru, Chile, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico. … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On New Banking Trojan Tricks Users To Retype Passwords Only For Them To Be Stolen | Malware | ||
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2020-02-07 15:22:15 | (Déjà vu) Android Phone Users Targeted By Latest Anubis Banking Trojan Campaign – Expert Reaction (lien direct) | Android users are targeted in a phishing campaign that will infect their devices with the Anubis banking Trojan that can steal financial information from more than 250 banking and shopping applications. The campaign uses a devious method to get the potential victims to install the malware on their devices: it asks them to enable Google Play Protect while actually disabling it … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Android Phone Users Targeted By Latest Anubis Banking Trojan Campaign – Expert Reaction | Malware | ||
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2020-02-06 14:25:29 | Philips Smart Lights Vulnerability Allows Hopping To Devices On The Network – Experts Advise (lien direct) | Security researchers taking a closer look at the Philips Hue smart bulbs and the bridge device that connects them discovered a vulnerability that helped them compromise more meaningful systems on the local network. Tracked as CVE-2020-6007, the bug has a severity score of 7.9 out of 10. It is a heap buffer overflow that can … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Philips Smart Lights Vulnerability Allows Hopping To Devices On The Network – Experts Advise | Vulnerability | ||
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2020-02-06 14:06:46 | One In Three NHS Computers Is Still Running Outdated Windows 7 Software (lien direct) | As reported by ZDNet around half a million computers used by the NHS are still running the outdated Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, missing the government’s own target of upgrading all PCs and laptops by January this year. And the real figure could be even higher. According to government figures, at least a third of the UK … The ISBuzz Post: This Post One In Three NHS Computers Is Still Running Outdated Windows 7 Software | |||
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2020-02-06 14:03:23 | Facebook Controls Let Parents Read Their Children\'s Chats – Expert Comments (lien direct) | Facebook have just announced new parental controls on its Messenger Kids platform that will allow parents to view their child's chat history, in a move to better protect young people and give parents peace of mind when their children are online. This is one of several tools announced for the Messenger Kids platform, which first launched … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Facebook Controls Let Parents Read Their Children’s Chats – Expert Comments | |||
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2020-02-06 12:38:38 | Experts On FBI Warns Re Potential DDoS Attack On State Voter Registration Website (lien direct) | In response to the FBI’s warning of possible Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on a state-level voter registration and information site in a Private Industry Notification (PIN), security experts commented below. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On FBI Warns Re Potential DDoS Attack On State Voter Registration Website | |||
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2020-02-06 12:15:16 | Experts Reaction On Researcher Finds Vulnerability In WhatsApp Desktop Platform (lien direct) | According to a blog post by PerimeterX, its cybersecurity researcher and JavaScript expert Gal Weizman found a find a gap in the Content Security Policy (CSP) used by WhatsApp, enabling bypasses and cross site scripting (XSS) on the desktop app. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts Reaction On Researcher Finds Vulnerability In WhatsApp Desktop Platform | Vulnerability | ||
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2020-02-06 11:54:51 | Experts Insight On Brazilian Firm Exposes Personal Details Of Thousands Of Soccer Fans (lien direct) | It has been reported that tens of thousands of Brazilian soccer fans have been exposed as a publicly-accessible cloud storage bucket leaked several gigabytes of data with sensitive information stretching back several years. The leaky S3 bucket, investigated exclusively by ZDNet in partnership with Brazilian cybersecurity news website The Hack, was owned by Futebol Card, an online ticketing company … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts Insight On Brazilian Firm Exposes Personal Details Of Thousands Of Soccer Fans | |||
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2020-02-06 11:40:02 | What Expert Says On 500,000+ Bitbucket Hosts Have Been Infected With Malware (lien direct) | In response to reports that Bitbucket host codes were abused by hackers and infected over 500,000 hosts with malware, a security expert provide an insight below. The ISBuzz Post: This Post What Expert Says On 500,000+ Bitbucket Hosts Have Been Infected With Malware | Malware | ||
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2020-02-05 12:56:00 | Expert Analysis On Attacker Used Twitter API To Match Usernames To Passwords (lien direct) | Twitter has disclosed a security incident involving the abuse of one of its official API features. Twitter admitted a flaw in its backend systems was exploited to discover the cellphone numbers of potentially millions of users en masse, which could lead to their de-anonymization through the exploitable API which has already been abused by systems … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Expert Analysis On Attacker Used Twitter API To Match Usernames To Passwords | Guideline | ||
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2020-02-05 12:51:13 | The Importance Of Educating Staff On Cybersecurity (lien direct) | Cybersecurity should be a priority for all businesses and there is no excuse for failing to take the matter seriously in 2020. Staff must be adequately equipped to deal with threats; businesses must understand the importance of adhering to data protection laws; and consumers should be aware of their rights. The importance of educating staff … The ISBuzz Post: This Post The Importance Of Educating Staff On Cybersecurity | |||
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2020-02-05 12:42:30 | (Déjà vu) On Google Sending Videos To Wrong Users (lien direct) | Google has reached out to users to apologize after a “technical issue” saw videos uploaded to another user’s archives. In an email, the search engine giant said the issue affected the Google “download your data” service — called Google Takeout — for Google Photos in November last year. The ISBuzz Post: This Post On Google Sending Videos To Wrong Users | |||
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2020-02-05 12:38:53 | Experts On Adoption Of Facial Recognition (lien direct) | From online education to voting to dating apps, online companies are starting to institute physical biometrics to identify individuals through facial recognition. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On Adoption Of Facial Recognition | |||
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2020-02-05 11:56:13 | YouTube Deepfake Ban – Expert Commentary (lien direct) | The Google-owned video service's move comes amid growing concern about so-called "deepfake" videos altered by using artificial intelligence. https://t.co/uUnpnYkWok — NewsClick (@newsclickin) February 4, 2020 The ISBuzz Post: This Post YouTube Deepfake Ban – Expert Commentary | |||
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2020-02-04 13:50:37 | New Ransomeware Ekans – Expert Analysis (lien direct) | A new type of ransomware, Ekans, has been developed and has been created to specifically target Windows systems used within industrial control systems. Below security expert provides an analysis of this new ransomware. The ISBuzz Post: This Post New Ransomeware Ekans – Expert Analysis | |||
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2020-02-04 11:39:51 | Dundee And Angus College Cyber Attack (lien direct) | According to The Courier, Dundee and Angus College has remained closed today after a recent cyber attack, which occurred late last week. The College computer systems were shut down, and students have been asked to reset their passwords before attempting to access online college systems. The College's Principal has released a statement saying that they do … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Dundee And Angus College Cyber Attack | |||
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2020-02-04 11:30:17 | On Cybercriminals Leveraging Smart Building Access Systems to Launch DDoS Attacks (lien direct) | Linear eMerge E3 devices that are part of access control systems for Smart buildings have been found to contain serious vulnerabilities that can be used by cybercriminals to launch DDoS attacks according to security researchers at Applied Risk. The ISBuzz Post: This Post On Cybercriminals Leveraging Smart Building Access Systems to Launch DDoS Attacks | |||
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2020-02-04 11:24:08 | Security Is A Process, Not A One-Time Project (lien direct) | There is no question that digitalisation has brought newfound opportunity to businesses; however, as we are all painfully aware, it has also made them more vulnerable to security risks. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it's the human factor which is increasingly the weakest link in the security chain. Whether it's the rise of remote working with people choosing … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Security Is A Process, Not A One-Time Project | |||
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2020-02-04 11:13:34 | Experts Reaction On Microsoft Teams Suffers Major Worldwide Outage Due To Expire Certificate (lien direct) | Microsoft Teams has suffered a major worldwide outage due to an expired digital certificate. People have taken to Twitter to complain, while others are taking the opportunity to point out the awkward reality that Microsoft is itself a certificate authority while highlighting that it is a totally avoidable issue. We're investigating an issue where users may … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts Reaction On Microsoft Teams Suffers Major Worldwide Outage Due To Expire Certificate | |||
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2020-02-04 11:09:09 | Being Prepared For Iranian Cyber Attacks (lien direct) | With problems in Iran, American businesses need to have a heightened sense of awareness around potential cyberattacks. What can businesses do and what should they be aware of? The first thing people/companies need to be doing is training their staff on what to look out for. This is where we see most of the organizations … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Being Prepared For Iranian Cyber Attacks | |||
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2020-02-04 11:01:38 | (ISC)2 Security Congress 2020 Opens Call For Speakers (lien direct) | (ISC)² Opens Call for Expert Cybersecurity Speakers for 2020 Security Congress Annual conference brings together experts from around the world to tackle the most pressing issues in cybersecurity (ISC)² – the world's largest nonprofit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals – today announced a global call for speakers for its tenth annual Security Congress conference this year in … The ISBuzz Post: This Post (ISC)2 Security Congress 2020 Opens Call For Speakers | |||
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2020-02-04 10:54:00 | AppSec Lessons Learned In 2019 (lien direct) | People are abuzz right now with trend predictions for 2020. It's like putting the cart before the horse. Before we start making assumptions about what we think will happen this year, we need to take stock with what we know happened in 2019. What types of threats continued to haunt us? Have we cracked (no … The ISBuzz Post: This Post AppSec Lessons Learned In 2019 | |||
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2020-02-04 10:37:46 | Cleaners Used To Hack Businesses (lien direct) | Criminal gangs are planting “sleepers” in cleaning companies so that they can physically access IT infrastructure, the lead officer of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit told a recent SINET security event. He said that he was seeing a “much larger increase in physical breaches” as cybercrime groups diversify how they attack, as … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Cleaners Used To Hack Businesses | Hack Guideline | ||
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2020-02-04 10:15:10 | Experts On Study Finds Red Teams OK To Push Ethical Limits But Not On Themselves (lien direct) | Newly released research, which looks at the ethics involved in offensive security engagements, finds that security professionals, like red teamers and incident responders, are more likely to find it ethically acceptable to conduct certain kinds of hacking activities on other people than they are with having those activities run against themselves https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/02/red-team-ethical-limits/ The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On Study Finds Red Teams OK To Push Ethical Limits But Not On Themselves | |||
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2020-02-04 10:08:24 | Experts Analysis Of Logistics Giant Toll Group Shut Systems Down Due To Cyber Incident (lien direct) | Freight giant Toll Group has shut down “a number” of IT systems due to a “cyber security incident”, with customers reporting shipment tracking is down and drivers are reverting to manual receipts. Toll said in a brief statement on its website late Friday last week that “as a precautionary measure, Toll has made the decision … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts Analysis Of Logistics Giant Toll Group Shut Systems Down Due To Cyber Incident | |||
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2020-02-03 11:50:06 | Bouygues Construction Paralysed By A Major Cyber Attack – Experts Insight (lien direct) | French media is reporting that the Bouygues Group’s construction subsidiary has been hit by a massive ransomware attack. The entire computer network has been affected, and all of the company’s servers shut down. A ransom of 10 million Euros has been requested, and at least 200GB of data already stolen. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Bouygues Construction Paralysed By A Major Cyber Attack – Experts Insight | Ransomware | ||
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2020-02-03 11:46:16 | Experts On Hackers Use Coronavirus To Spread Malware To Thousands Of Devices (lien direct) | In response to reports that a new Emotet malware targets victims using spam emails that contain malicious attachments under the guise of coronavirus reports, an expert commented below. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On Hackers Use Coronavirus To Spread Malware To Thousands Of Devices | Malware | ||
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2020-02-03 11:39:28 | (Déjà vu) NEC Defense Contracts Info Potentially Compromised In Breach (lien direct) | The Japanese NEC electronics giant was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in unauthorized access to its internal network on Thursday according to information leaked to Japanese newspapers by sources close to the matter. The electronics and information technology giant is a major contractor for Japan’s defense industry, engaged in various defense equipment projects with the Japan … The ISBuzz Post: This Post NEC Defense Contracts Info Potentially Compromised In Breach | |||
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2020-02-03 11:35:54 | Experts Insight On Vulnerabilities Found In Microsoft Azure Services (lien direct) | Two vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Azure services could have allowed cybercriminals to take over cloud services according to a new report from Checkpoint. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts Insight On Vulnerabilities Found In Microsoft Azure Services | |||
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2020-02-03 11:29:50 | Microsoft Issues Excel Security Alert After Detecting New TA505 Malware Attacks (lien direct) | In response to reports from Microsoft detailing that a new TA505 phishing campaign is using attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel documents, expert provide an analysis below. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Microsoft Issues Excel Security Alert After Detecting New TA505 Malware Attacks | Malware | ||
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2020-01-31 11:18:24 | Social Captain Instagram Account Exposed And Experts Reactions (lien direct) | Social Captain, the social media boosting service, which bills itself as a service to increase user's Instagram followers, has exposed thousands of Instagram account passwords after storing them in unencrypted plain text. Social Media Startup Social Captain Exposed Thousands of Instagram Account Passwords Stored in Plaintext, Bug Allowed Access to Any User's Profile https://t.co/H7EnkKdgiy . — ProtecIT (@Protecit_online) January 31, 2020 The ISBuzz Post: This Post Social Captain Instagram Account Exposed And Experts Reactions | |||
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2020-01-31 10:52:58 | Experts On Data Breach At Indian Airline SpiceJet Affects 1.2 Million Passengers (lien direct) | It has been reported that SpiceJet, one of India's largest privately owned airlines, has acknowledged a data breach involving the details of over a million of its passengers. The database included a rolling month's worth of flight information and details of each commuter, they said, adding that they believe that the database was easily accessible for anyone who knew where to … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On Data Breach At Indian Airline SpiceJet Affects 1.2 Million Passengers | Data Breach | ||
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2020-01-30 15:00:37 | (Déjà vu) Comment: WordPress Plugin Bug Exposes 200K+ Sites (lien direct) | A high severity cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug allows attackers to take over WordPress sites running an unpatched version of the Code Snippets plugin because of missing referer checks on the import menu. According to the active installations count on its WordPress library entry, the open-source Code Snippets plugin is currently used by more than 200,000 websites. … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Comment: WordPress Plugin Bug Exposes 200K+ Sites | |||
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2020-01-30 14:54:43 | (Déjà vu) Experts On Ledger Warns Over New YouTube Phishing Streams (lien direct) | Hardware wallet creator Ledger has issued a warning to clients to be vigilant of Youtube accounts designed as phishing scams. According to a tweet published Jan. 27, Ledger claimed to be facing phishing attacks by way of hacked YouTube accounts. The company reiterated that they are not affiliated with the series of video streams and … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On Ledger Warns Over New YouTube Phishing Streams | |||
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2020-01-30 14:26:45 | (Déjà vu) Experts Analysis Of Wawa Breach Potentially Compromised 30 Million+ Payment Cards (lien direct) | In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems may have led to the theft of card data from customers who visited any of its 850 locations nationwide. Now, fraud experts say the first batch of card data stolen from Wawa customers is being sold … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts Analysis Of Wawa Breach Potentially Compromised 30 Million+ Payment Cards | |||
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2020-01-30 14:13:20 | Cyber Breach Causes Shares To Fall For Medical Manufacturing Firm Tissue Regenix (lien direct) | It has been reported that medical products maker Tissue Regenix Group said yesterday that its computer systems and a third-party IT service provider in the United States were accessed without authorization, sending its shares down as much as 22%. The company said it had taken the affected systems offline, appointed external specialists to investigate the incident and was … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Cyber Breach Causes Shares To Fall For Medical Manufacturing Firm Tissue Regenix | |||
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2020-01-30 14:03:20 | Experts On Snake Ransomware (lien direct) | Following the news that a new piece of file-encrypting ransomware, which some are linking to Iran, has been targeting processes and files associated with industrial control systems (ICS), please see below for a comment from experts. The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On Snake Ransomware | Ransomware | ||
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2020-01-30 11:58:55 | United Nations Hacked – Security Expert Comments (lien direct) | An internal confidential document from the UN was leaked, saying that 42 servers were “compromised” and another 25 were deemed “suspicious,” nearly all at its offices in Geneva and Vienna. Three of the compromised servers belonged to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and two were used by the U.N. Economic Commission … The ISBuzz Post: This Post United Nations Hacked – Security Expert Comments | |||
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2020-01-30 11:50:11 | Amazon Ring Under Attack – Privacy Advocate Comments (lien direct) | The Ring doorbell app for Android sends personally identifiable information of customers to third parties without “meaningful” user knowledge or consent, according to new research by the Electronic Frontier Forum (EFF). Ring user names, private IP addresses, mobile network carriers, persistent identifiers, and sensor data are all sent to four analytics and marketing companies – … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Amazon Ring Under Attack – Privacy Advocate Comments | |||
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2020-01-30 11:40:13 | Security Expert Re: Major Facebook Data Partner LiveRamp Hacked To Launch Scams (lien direct) | Cnet reported late today that a major Facebook data partner was hacked to gain access to advertising accounts and operate credit card scams. In October, hackers commandeered the personal account of a LiveRamp employee and used it to gain access to the company’s Business Manager account — allowing them to run ads using other people’s money. SCOOP: … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Security Expert Re: Major Facebook Data Partner LiveRamp Hacked To Launch Scams | |||
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2020-01-29 12:23:19 | EXPERT COMMENTS: CEOs Are deleting Their Social Media Accounts To Avoid Hacking (lien direct) | In response to reports that CEOs are removing their social media accounts to avoid getting hacked, experts from KnowBe4 and Cerberus Cybersecurity offer perspective. The ISBuzz Post: This Post EXPERT COMMENTS: CEOs Are deleting Their Social Media Accounts To Avoid Hacking | |||
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2020-01-29 12:11:57 | LabCorp Exposes Thousands Of Medical Documents – Commentary (lien direct) | A vulnerability in LabCorp's website that hosts the company's internal customer relationship management system, exposed thousands (at least 10,000) of medical documents that contained names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers of patients, lab test results and diagnostic data. While the system was password-protected, the part of the website that pulls patient files from the … The ISBuzz Post: This Post LabCorp Exposes Thousands Of Medical Documents – Commentary | Vulnerability | ||
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2020-01-29 12:06:11 | The Six Business Continuity Strategy Planning Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs (lien direct) | Any organisation can face significant downtime, data loss and employee displacement if unprepared when a disaster strikes. All of these can have a serious and detrimental impact on the viability of a business. So, planning for them can help companies identify risks and take relevant steps to manage them. Business continuity supports the strategic objectives … The ISBuzz Post: This Post The Six Business Continuity Strategy Planning Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs | |||
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2020-01-29 10:59:01 | Huawei Set For Controversial Limited Role In UK 5G Networks – Experts Reactions (lien direct) | The UK government has decided to allow Huawei to continue to be in its 5G networks, despite US officials warning to do so would pose a severe security risk. Reactions on Twitter: John Nicolson was also critical of the “broken” Westminster system after the Tory UK Government bypassed elected MPs and set out the details of the … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Huawei Set For Controversial Limited Role In UK 5G Networks – Experts Reactions | |||
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2020-01-28 13:43:55 | Five Cyber Security Resolutions For 2020 (lien direct) | New Year's resolutions are notoriously hard to keep. In fact, according to this YouGov poll, most Brits failed to keep all the resolutions they made for 2019. It may be hard to believe but we're now firmly into 2020. In a cyber security context, many organisations will be looking back on another year and another … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Five Cyber Security Resolutions For 2020 | ★★★ | ||
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2020-01-28 12:35:29 | Experts On Gedia Automotive Group Hit By Massive Cyber Attack That Shuts Down IT Operations (lien direct) | It has been reported that Gedia Automotive Group has been the victim of a cyber-attack by a gang using ransomware known as Sodinokibi. The German automotive parts maker, which is based in Attendorn, supplies lightweight chassis parts to carmakers across the world from locations including Spain, Poland, Hungary, China and the US. In an initial statement the company said that … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Experts On Gedia Automotive Group Hit By Massive Cyber Attack That Shuts Down IT Operations | Ransomware | ★★★ | |
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2020-01-28 12:26:27 | With 5G And IoT, It\'s A New Day With New Risks (lien direct) | Connectivity as a concept has become an essential part of life, as opposed to just a luxury. The Internet of Things (IoT) has already become commonplace in our lives, thanks to all the connected devices and smart technologies we own, interacting with one another to create a fully connected network. With the global number of … The ISBuzz Post: This Post With 5G And IoT, It's A New Day With New Risks |
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