ICO Slashes Government Data Breach Fine
UK regulator reduces penalty by 90%
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 4, 2022
CLEANING UP THE CLUTTER (Pt. 5 of “Why Don’t You Go Dox Yourself?”)
Welcome back! Previously in our Go Dox Yourself series, we walked through reviewing what information is available about you online, prioritizing those accounts that are most important or still active, and then restricting how much we share through those accounts and who gets to see it. That’s two out of our three steps — maybe good […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 4, 2022
CISA Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities in 3 Industrial Control System Software
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published three Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories about multiple vulnerabilities in software from ETIC Telecom, Nokia, and Delta Industrial Automation. Prominent among them is a set of three flaws affecting ETIC Telecom’s Remote Access Server (RAS), which “could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information and
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsPhishers Abuse Microsoft Voicemail Service to Trick Users
Avanan spots campaign leveraging Dynamic 365 Customer Voice
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsWorld’s Most Expensive Observatory Floored by Cyber-Attack
ALMA suspends astronomical observations
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsCrime in the metaverse – police face new challenges in a virtual world
The metaverse is evolving, and tech giants like Meta (the firm previously known as Facebook), Microsoft, and Google are betting big that you’ll want to be a part of it. You know who else might be keen? Criminals. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsWays You Can See Yourself as a Mentally Stronger Cybersecurity Professional
As we wrapped up October, we also put the final touches on a flurry of activities to celebrate Cyber Security Awareness Month. The tradition of October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month goes back to 2004 when Congress and the White House tasked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsMulticloud Application Security: Trends, Considerations and Best Practices
The suitability of the cloud for most workloads is no longer in question. On the contrary, most organizations use multiple cloud providers to reduce risk, maximize agility, and control costs. Realizing the full benefit of a multicloud approach takes planning, however. Join Pavel Despot, Senior Product Marketing Manager, at Akamai and Mike Maney, Corporate Communications […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 3, 2022
Researchers Find Links b/w Black Basta Ransomware and FIN7 Hackers
A new analysis of tools put to use by the Black Basta ransomware operation has identified ties between the threat actor and the FIN7 (aka Carbanak) group. This link “could suggest either that Black Basta and FIN7 maintain a special relationship or that one or more individuals belong to both groups,” cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said in a technical write-up […]
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