September, 2021

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Researcher Finds Malware Targeting Mac Users via Baidu Ad

Data Breach Today

The Ad, Now Deleted, Lured Users to a Phishing Website to Harvest Credentials Chinese security researcher Zhi has discovered a malware targeting Mac users. The malware, spread via a paid advertisement on search engine Baidu, is intended to harvest user credentials, he says. The advertisement has now been taken down.

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Customer Care Giant TTEC Hit By Ransomware

Krebs on Security

TTEC , [ NASDAQ: TTEC ], a company used by some of the world’s largest brands to help manage customer support and sales online and over the phone, is dealing with disruptions from a network security incident resulting from a ransomware attack, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. While many companies have been laying off or furloughing workers in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, TTEC has been massively hiring.

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Authentication and access management increasingly perceived as core to Zero Trust Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Authentication and access management increasingly perceived as core to Zero Trust Security. madhav. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 05:52. The changing global environment has brought many changes to all organizations. While many consider that remote access to corporate resources and data as the key disruption, security teams had to face many more challenges. The acceleration of cloud migration and the proliferation of containers, microservices and IoT devices have placed identity in the center of corporate se

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McAfee Finds Years-Long Attack by Chinese-Linked APT Groups

eSecurity Planet

An investigation by McAfee researchers into a case of a suspected malware infection uncovered a cyber attack that had been sitting in the victim organization’s network for years stealing data. The investigators said the advanced threat actors used a mixture of known and unique malware tools in the attack – which they dubbed Operation Harvest – to compromise the victim’s IT environment, exfiltrate the data and evade detection.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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Why Edward Snowden is urging users to stop using ExpressVPN?

Security Affairs

The popular whistleblower Edward Snowden recommends customers of ExpressVPN VPN service to stop using it. Last week the Israeli cybersecurity firm Kape Technologies has acquired the industry’s leading virtual private networks ExpressVPN, as part of a $936 million deal. Kape announced that the acquisition will more than double its overall customer base, from almost 3 million customers to more than 6 million.

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FTC: Health App, Device Makers Must Report Breaches

Data Breach Today

But Does the 'Policy Statement' Warning Overstep the Intention of the Rule? The FTC warns makers of personal health records, mobile health apps, fitness devices and a variety of similar products and services that they will face stiff civil monetary penalties for failure to comply with the commission's 12-year-old - but never-yet enforced - Health Breach Notification Rule.

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Microsoft: Attackers Exploiting Windows Zero-Day Flaw

Krebs on Security

Microsoft Corp. warns that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions to seize control over PCs when users open a malicious document or visit a booby-trapped website. There is currently no official patch for the flaw, but Microsoft has released recommendations for mitigating the threat.

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A Ransomware Recovery Plan That's Solid Gold

Dark Reading

Having a gold copy of critical data offline is essential in every organization's disaster recovery or continuity plan. Follow the 3-2-1-1 rule to secure your data.

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Tape Won’t Work for Ransomware Protection. Here’s Why.

eSecurity Planet

Tape vendors have been promoting themselves as a solution to the ransomware problem because of their ability to provide air-gapped data backup, but trying to recover terabytes of data from a tape drive can be a little like, well, running into red tape. These claims are lacking in engineering rigor and are seemingly just marketing pitches, but it’s hard to find a major tape vendor that hasn’t pushed this angle.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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A new botnet named M?ris is behind massive DDoS attack that hit Yandex

Security Affairs

The massive DDoS attack that has been targeting the internet giant Yandex was powered b a completely new botnet tracked as M?ris. The Russian Internet giant Yandex has been targeting by the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet, the Russian Internet designed to be independent of the world wide web and ensure the resilience of the country to an internet shutdown.

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REvil’s Back; Coder Fat-Fingered Away Its Decryptor Key

Threatpost

How did Kaseya get a universal decryptor after a mind-bogglingly big ransomware attack? A REvil coder misclicked, generated & issued it, and “That’s how we sh*t ourselves.”.

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Good News: REvil Ransomware Victims Get Free Decryptor

Data Breach Today

Many Files Crypto-Locked Before July 13 Unlockable via Free Bitdefender Decryptor Score one for the good guys in the fight against ransomware: Anyone who fell victim to REvil, aka Sodinokibi, crypto-locking malware before July 13 can now decrypt their files for free, thanks to a decryptor released by security firm Bitdefender.

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Apple AirTag Bug Enables ‘Good Samaritan’ Attack

Krebs on Security

The new $30 AirTag tracking device from Apple has a feature that allows anyone who finds one of these tiny location beacons to scan it with a mobile phone and discover its owner’s phone number if the AirTag has been set to lost mode. But according to new research, this same feature can be abused to redirect the Good Samaritan to an iCloud phishing page — or to any other malicious website.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Welcoming the Czech Republic Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

For the last few years, I've been welcome national governments to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and granting them full and free access to domain-level searches via a dedicated API. Today, I'm very happy to welcome the Czech Republic's National Cyber and Information Security Agency who can now query their government domains along with the 26 other nations that have come before them.

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Salesforce Email Service Used for Phishing Campaign

eSecurity Planet

Cybercriminals are using Salesforce’s mass email service to dupe people into handing over credit card numbers, credentials and other personal information in a novel phishing campaign that highlights the threats to corporate networks that can come from whitelisted email addresses. According to a recent blog post from email security service provider Perception Point, the bad actors are sending phishing emails via the Salesforce email service by impersonating the Israel Postal Service in a campaign

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Data of 106 million visitors to Thailand leaked online

Security Affairs

Security researchers discovered an unsecured database exposed online containing the personal information of millions of visitors to Thailand. The popular cybersecurity research Bob Diachenko discovered his personal data online stored on an unprotected Elasticsearch database containing the personal details of more than 106 million visitors to Thailand.

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Show-me: Spanish Data Protection laws shaken by the Supreme Court

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

By the end of the 2018, the Spanish Parliament belatedly completed the framework provided by EU’s GDPR approving a new Data Protection Act. Following a local tradition dated in 1992, the Spanish legislators deviated themselves from the mainstream position in the EU. The new Spanish law included, among other deviations, new digital rights unknown by the GDPR, a special period of retention of personal data in favor of public authorities after the data had to be deleted or corrected, a genera

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Facebook's WhatsApp Hit With $266 Million GDPR Fine

Data Breach Today

Transparency Shortfalls Cited, as WhatsApp Accused of Not Revealing Data Sharing Ireland's privacy law enforcer, the Data Protection Commission, has hit WhatsApp with a 225 million euro ($266 million) fine, finding that it violated the EU's General Data Protection Regulation in part by not telling users how it was sharing their data with parent company Facebook.

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The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots

Krebs on Security

In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. That service quickly went offline, but new research reveals a number of competitors have since launched bot-based services that make it relatively easy for crooks to phish OTPs from targets.

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You Don't Need to Burn off Your Fingertips (and Other Biometric Authentication Myths)

Troy Hunt

111 years ago almost to the day, a murder was committed which ultimately led to the first criminal trial to use fingerprints as evidence. We've all since watched enough crime shows to understand that fingerprints are unique personal biometric attributes and to date, no two people have ever been found to have a matching set. As technology has evolved, fingers (and palms and irises and faces) have increasingly been used as a means of biometric authentication.

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Palo Alto Enters Small Business, Remote and Home Markets with Okyo

eSecurity Planet

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is bringing its enterprise-class security to small business and home markets with Okyo , a Wi-Fi 6 hardware device announced today. At $349 a year, the security and router system seems attractively priced for small businesses and companies looking to secure remote workers , who have surged in number since the start of the Covid pandemic 18 months ago.

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Driving Responsible Innovation: How to Navigate AI Governance & Data Privacy

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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CVE-2021-40847 flaw in Netgear SOHO routers could allow remote code execution

Security Affairs

CVE-2021-40847 flaw in Netgear SOHO routers could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. Security experts from consulting firm GRIMM have discovered a vulnerability in Small Offices/Home Offices (SOHO) Netgear routers that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-40847, resides in the source of a third-party component included in the firmware of many Netgear devices.

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FTC Clarifies that Five FCRA Rules Apply Only to Motor Vehicle Dealers

Hunton Privacy

On September 13, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission published final revisions to five rules promulgated pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), to clarify that the rules apply only to motor vehicle dealers. The final revisions were made to bring the rules in line with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Entities other than motor vehicle dealers are still subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB’s”) FCRA counterpart rules and the concurre

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Criminals' Wish List: Who's Their Ideal Ransomware Victim?

Data Breach Today

Revenue, Size, Geography and Level of Access Help Determine Sale Price for Access The most sought-after type of victim for ransomware-wielding attackers is a large, U.S.-based business with at least $100 million in revenue, not operating in the healthcare or education sector, with remote access available via remote desktop protocol or VPN credentials, threat intelligence firm Kela reports.

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Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Krebs on Security

A jury in California today reached a guilty verdict in the trial of Matthew Gatrel , a St. Charles, Ill. man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. Gatrel’s conviction comes roughly two weeks after his co-conspirator pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to running the services.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Exchange/Outlook Autodiscover Bug Spills $100K+ Email Passwords

Threatpost

Hundreds of thousands of email credentials, many of which double as Active Directory domain credentials, came through to credential-trapping domains in clear text.

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Zero Day Threats: Preparation is the Best Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Zero day threats can be the source of some of the most dangerous kinds of cyberattacks. Zero day attacks take advantage of vulnerabilities that haven’t been discovered or are not publicly known yet. One of the things that makes these threats so dangerous is that they often come without warning, posing a huge risk to the companies or individuals at stake.

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Expert discloses new iPhone lock screen vulnerability in iOS 15

Security Affairs

The security researcher Jose Rodriguez discovered a new lock screen vulnerability for iOS 15 (& iOS 14.8) that has yet to be fixed. The security researcher Jose Rodriguez ( @VBarraquito ) discovered a new lock screen vulnerability for iOS 15 (& iOS 14.8) that has yet to be addressed by Apple. A threat actor with physical access to a vulnerable device can access Notes via Siri/Voice Over.

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