“Disturbing” Rise in Nation State Activity, Microsoft Reports
The proportion of cyber-attacks perpetrated by nation states targeting critical infrastructure jumped from 20% to 40%
Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends
- November 4, 2022
Local Firewall Rules to Connect to an AWS EIP via SSH
ACM.101 Configuring network and host firewalls on home and business networks to allow SSH to an AWS IP address This is a continuation of my series on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. In the last post, we deployed an EC2 instance configured with an EIP on AWS. Deploying an AWS Elastic IP Address If you’ve done that, now you […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsICO 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 TrendsPhishers Abuse Microsoft Voicemail Service to Trick Users
Avanan spots campaign leveraging Dynamic 365 Customer Voice
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 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 TrendsWorld’s Most Expensive Observatory Floored by Cyber-Attack
ALMA suspends astronomical observations
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) […]
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