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  • November 4, 2022

Qualys previews TotalCloud FlexScan for multicloud security management

Vulnerability management vendor Qualys this week announced the trial availability of its TotalCloud with FlexScan offering, an agentless, cloud-native vulnerability detection and response platform designed for use in multicloud and hybrid environments. The software is designed to provide a holistic overview of an organization’s cloud-based workloads and identify known vulnerabilities. The system also scans workloads […]

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Friday Squid Blogging: Newfoundland Giant Squid Sculpture

In 1878, a 55-foot-long giant squid washed up on the shores of Glover’s Harbour, Newfoundland. It’s the largest giant squid ever recorded—although scientists now think that the size was an exaggeration or the result of postmortem stretching—and there’s a full-sized statue of it near the beach where it was found. As usual, you can also […]

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  • November 4, 2022

LinkedIn Adds Verified Emails, Profile Creation Dates

Responding to a recent surge in AI-generated bot accounts, LinkedIn is rolling out new features that it hopes will help users make more informed decisions about with whom they choose to connect. Many LinkedIn profiles now display a creation date, and the company is expanding its domain validation offering, which allows users to publicly confirm […]

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  • November 4, 2022

Twitter Blue Badge email scams – Don’t fall for them!

That was the week that was…

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Geopolitics plays major role in cyberattacks, says EU cybersecurity agency

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has resulted in an increase in hacktivist activity in the past year, with state-sponsored threat actors targeting 128 governmental organizations in 42 countries that support Ukraine, according to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). In addition, some threat actors targeted Ukrainian and Russian entities during the early days of the […]

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Black Basta Ransomware Attacks Linked to FIN7 Threat Actor

The hacker behind a tool used by Black Basta had access to the source code used by FIN7

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BEC Group Crimson Kingsnake Linked to 92 Malicious Domains

The group impersonated 19 law firms and debt collection agencies in the US, UK and Australia

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LockBit Claims Ransomware Attack on Continental

The ransomware gang made the announcement on its leak site

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Your OT Is No Longer Isolated: Act Fast to Protect It

Not too long ago, there was a clear separation between the operational technology (OT) that drives the physical functions of a company – on the factory floor, for example – and the information technology (IT) that manages a company’s data to enable management and planning.  As IT assets became increasingly connected to the outside world […]

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