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Cybersecurity Snapshot: 6 Things That Matter Right Now
PRIVACY PRIVACY Topics that are top of mind for the week ending July 15 | Government cybersecurity efforts tripped by technical debt. Neglect SaaS security at your own risk. A ranking of the most dangerous software weaknesses. Lessons learned about critical infrastructure security. And much more! 1 – Don’t downplay SaaS security IT, security and…
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Data breaches explained: Types, examples, and impact
PRIVACY PRIVACY What is a data breach? A data breach is a security incident in which a malicious actor breaks through security measures to illicitly access data. Data about individuals—names, birthdates, financial information, social security numbers and driver’s license numbers, and more—lives in innumerable copies across untold numbers of servers at private companies, public…
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Cyberespionage groups increasingly target journalists and media organizations
PRIVACY PRIVACY Since early 2021 researchers have observed multiple attack campaigns by state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) groups aimed at journalists and the media organizations they work for. The attacks targeted their work emails and social media accounts and often followed journalists’ coverage of stories that painted certain regimes in a bad light or were…
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Cyber Safety Review Board warns that Log4j event is an “endemic vulnerability”
PRIVACY PRIVACY The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the first report of the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), formed in February as directed under President Biden’s May 2021 cybersecurity executive order. The public-private board comprises top cybersecurity personnel in the federal government and selected private sector information security professionals. To read this…
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Healthcare Provider Exposed Transplant Donor and Recipient Data
PRIVACY PRIVACY 4500 transplant participants have been warned about a privacy breach affecting their healthcare information Read More
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1.9 Million Healthcare Records Breached in Ransomware Attack
PRIVACY PRIVACY A US debt collector has reported a breach of 1.9 million healthcare records across 650 providers Read More
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking as part of a Geneva Centre for Security Policy course on Cyber Security in the Context of International Security, online, on September 22, 2022. I’m speaking at IT-Security INSIDE 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 22, 2022.…
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BlackCat Ransomware Group Deploys Brute Ratel Pen Testing Kit
PRIVACY PRIVACY The BlackCat ransomware group has deployed a new binary to help with its intrusion efforts Read More
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Smashing Security podcast #283: Disney’s social dumpster fire, Anom phones, and TikTok tragedies
PRIVACY PRIVACY A self-proclaimed “super hacker” causes problems in the Magic Kingdom, criminals regret trusting Anom phones, and lawsuits are filed against TikTok. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Anna Brading.…
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Windows 8.1 displays full-screen warning as it nears its last day of support
PRIVACY PRIVACY Turn on a PC running Microsoft Windows 8.1 and you’re likely to be greeted with a full-screen message warning that the operating system will no longer be supported after 10 January 2023, and – critically – will no longer be receiving any security updates. Read More