It’s no secret that keeping software up to date is one of the key best practices in cybersecurity. Software vulnerabilities are being discovered almost weekly these days. The longer it takes IT teams to apply updates issued by developers to patch these security flaws, the more time attackers have to exploit the underlying vulnerability. Once […]
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The Russia-linked Gamaredon group attempted to unsuccessfully break into a large petroleum refining company within a NATO member state earlier this year amid the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. The attack, which took place on August 30, 2022, is just one of multiple attacks orchestrated by the advanced persistent threat (APT) that’s attributed to Russia’s Federal Security […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe Ukrainian army has released an instructional video explaining how Russian soldiers should surrender to a drone: “Seeing the drone in the field of view, make eye contact with it,” the video instructs. Soldiers should then raise their arms and signal they’re ready to follow. After that the drone will move up and down a […]
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Threat actors continue to adapt to the latest technologies, practices, and even data privacy laws—and it’s up to organizations to stay one step ahead by implementing strong cybersecurity measures and programs. Here’s a look at how cybercrime will evolve in 2023 and what you can do to secure and protect your organization in the year […]
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The operators of the Glupteba botnet resurfaced in June 2022 as part of a renewed and “upscaled” campaign, months after Google disrupted the malicious activity. The ongoing attack is suggestive of the malware’s resilience in the face of takedowns, cybersecurity company Nozomi Networks said in a write-up. “In addition, there was a tenfold increase in […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsSquid is performing a concert in London in February. If you don’t know what their music is like, try this or this or this. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.
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Samba has released software updates to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to take control of affected systems. The high-severity flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-38023, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-37967, and CVE-2022-45141, have been patched in versions 4.17.4, 4.16.8 and 4.15.13 released on December 15, 2022. Samba is an open source Windows
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Google on Friday announced that its client-side encryption for Gmail is in beta for Workspace and education customers as part of its efforts to secure emails sent using the web version of the platform. This development comes at a time when concerns about online privacy and data security are at an all-time high, making it […]
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Odd iPhone Charging Behavior — Resolved Charging randomly turns on and off when charging two phones — is it AT&T? the Apple iPhone? Or the charging cable I bought at Kroger? I recently had this odd behavior while trying to charge my iPhones on a trip. I have two because as I’ve written about before I use them for different […]
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