Data Breach Today
JUNE 29, 2022
Ukraine Fights Russian Disinformation Perpetuated by Hacking and Social Media Ukraine says it has thwarted multiple Russian misinformation campaigns, including blocking attempts to penetrate the electronic systems of its TV channels on the eve of its Constitution Day holiday. It also flagged social media accounts spreading fake videos.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 28, 2022
On December 7, 2021, Google announced it was suing two Russian men allegedly responsible for operating the Glupteba botnet, a global malware menace that has infected millions of computers over the past decade. That same day, AWM Proxy — a 14-year-old anonymity service that rents hacked PCs to cybercriminals — suddenly went offline. Security experts had long seen a link between Glupteba and AWM Proxy, but new research shows AWM Proxy’s founder is one of the men being sued by Goo
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The Last Watchdog
JULY 1, 2022
The pandemic-driven remote working brought about unforeseen challenges that the pre-pandemic corporate world would have never imagined. From transitioning to a work-from-home as a ‘perk’ to a ‘necessity’, the organizations had to realign their operations and do it fast, to keep the ships afloat. Related: Deploying human sensors. Now that the dust seems to have settled on the novelty of remote working, there’s no doubt that remote working- whether organizations like it or not is here to say
Data Matters
JUNE 27, 2022
Last week, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) hosted its inaugural Data, Technology, and Analytics (DaTA) Conference. The CMA DaTa Conference has been hailed as a milestone as it convened for the first time regulators, data scientists, engineers, tech companies, and academics to discuss evolving challenges in digital markets. The conference coincided with London Tech Week, during which Chris Philp, UK Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, unveiled a new UK Digital Strategy: the
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 27, 2022
Baptist Medical Center Latest on Growing List of Entities Reporting Major Hacks A malware incident involving exfiltration of data has affected more than 1.24 million patients of Texas-based Baptist Medical Center and Resolute Health Hospital. It adds to a growing list of major health data breaches reported to regulators in recent weeks as affecting millions of individuals.
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The Last Watchdog
JUNE 28, 2022
Virtual Private Networks – VPNs – remain widely used in enterprise settings. Don’t expect them to disappear anytime soon. This is so, despite the fact that the fundamental design of a VPN runs diametrically opposed to zero trust security principles. I had the chance to visit with David Holmes, network security analyst at Forrester, to learn more about how this dichotomy is playing out as companies accelerate their transition to cloud-centric networking.
eSecurity Planet
JUNE 29, 2022
Cybersecurity researchers have found more than 900,000 instances of Kubernetes consoles exposed on the internet. Cyble researchers detected misconfigured Kubernetes instances that could expose hundreds of thousands of organizations. The researchers found a number of indicators of exposure in the open source container orchestration platform: KubernetesDashboard Kubernetes-master Kubernetes Kube K8 Favicon:2130463260, -1203021870.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 25, 2022
Four Proposed Federal Class Action Lawsuit Filed So Far This Week Four proposed federal class action lawsuits filed in recent days against MCG Health LLC in the wake of a recently disclosed 2020 hacking incident affecting up to 1.1 million individuals allege negligence and violations of various laws by the clinical guidelines vendor.
Jamf
JUNE 30, 2022
Apple’s WWDC 2022 announcements included news of a new framework built for identity providers in macOS Ventura, making it easier for users to access cloud services. While Apple continues development on the framework, it may prove to be the easiest way to authenticate to your Mac and organizational apps in the future By leveraging Jamf Connect to automate creating new, on-demand local user accounts based on the identity provider credentials, users can take full advantage of Single Sign-On (
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The Last Watchdog
JUNE 27, 2022
Vulnerabilities in web applications are the leading cause of high-profile breaches. Related: Log4J’s big lesson. Log4j, a widely publicized zero day vulnerability, was first identified in late 2021, yet security teams are still racing to patch and protect their enterprise apps and services. This notorious incident highlights the security risks associated with open-source software, and the challenges of protecting web applications against zero day attacks.
Security Affairs
JUNE 27, 2022
Lithuania confirmed it had been hit by an “intense” cyberattack, after Vilnius imposed restrictions on the rail transit of certain goods to Kaliningrad. The government of Lithuania announced on Monday that it had been hit by an “intense” cyberattack, likely launched from Moscow, days after the Russian government protested restrictions Vilnius imposed on the rail transit of certain goods to Kaliningrad.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 30, 2022
How can CISOs put the cyberthreat intelligence data they receive into practice? Kunal Sehgal, former director of global cyber resilience at Standard Chartered Bank, discusses how different industries use cyberthreat intelligence and explains misconceptions about sharing information.
eSecurity Planet
JUNE 30, 2022
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added PwnKit as a high-severity Linux vulnerability to its list of actively exploited bugs. Recorded as CVE-2021-4034 , with a CVSS score of 7.8/10, PwnKit was discovered by Qualys in November 2021 and can be used by hackers to gain full root control over major Linux distributions.
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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?
IT Governance
JUNE 30, 2022
Welcome to our June 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 80 security incidents during the month, resulting in 34,908,053 compromised records. You can find the full list below, broken down into categories. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox.
Security Affairs
JUNE 28, 2022
The LockBit ransomware operators released LockBit 3.0 with important novelties, including a bug bounty program and Zcash payments. The Lockbit ransomware operation has released LockBit 3.0, which has important noveòties such as a bug bounty program, Zcash payment, and new extortion tactics. The gang has been active since at least 2019 and today it is one of the most active ransomware gangs.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 28, 2022
Absence of Trans-Atlantic Data Framework Converts Analytics Tool Into a Risk Italy joined France and Austria in warning domestic companies to shy away from Google Analytics. The decision by the Italian data protection authority highlights ongoing legal uncertainty trans-Atlantic transfers of commercial data.
Troy Hunt
JUNE 30, 2022
Four and a half years ago now, I rolled out version 2 of HIBP's Pwned Passwords that implemented a really cool k-anonymity model courtesy of the brains at Cloudflare. Later in 2018, I did the same thing with the email address search feature used by Mozilla, 1Password and a handful of other paying subscribers. It works beautifully; it's ridiculously fast, efficient and above all, anonymous.
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IT Governance
JUNE 30, 2022
The UK’s largest ready-meal provider, Wiltshire Farm Foods, announced this week that its systems have been crippled by a cyber attack. In a statement , the Trowbridge-based organisation said it was “currently experiencing severe difficulties” with its IT network. The disruption has caused major problems for the delivery of Meals on Wheels, a service that brings food to the elderly and vulnerable.
Security Affairs
JUNE 26, 2022
Russian threat actors may be behind the explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas, the incident took place on June 8. A Russian hacking group may be responsible for a cyber attack against a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas that led to its explosion on June 8. The explosion took place at the Freeport Liquefied Natural Gas (Freeport LNG) liquefaction plant and export terminal on Texas’ Quintana Island.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 27, 2022
FIDO Alliance Leader Andrew Shikiar on New Deal With Google, Apple and Microsoft Tired of keeping track of passwords? Recent announcements by major platform vendors Google, Apple and Microsoft could have passwords down for the count in the next six years, says Andrew Shikiar, executive director of the FIDO Alliance, which has been on a 10-year mission to eliminate passwords.
eSecurity Planet
JULY 1, 2022
Security researchers have uncovered an unusually sophisticated malware that has been targeting small office/home office (SOHO) routers for nearly two years, taking advantage of the pandemic and rapid shift to remote work. Such routers are rarely monitored or up-to-date, making them attractive targets for hackers to reach adjacent corporate networks.
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KnowBe4
JUNE 30, 2022
Bloomberg News recently reported that fake celebrity-endorsed crypto scams have doubled in the UK this year, and on average scammed victims out of $14,540 in stolen value before they realize what happened, which is 65% higher than the average crypto scam theft from the previous year. The article’s source expects celebrity-endorsed crypto scams to increase another 87% next year based on current rising trends.
Security Affairs
JUNE 28, 2022
Expert discovered a remote memory-corruption vulnerability affecting the latest version of the OpenSSL library. Security expert Guido Vranken discovered a remote memory-corruption vulnerability in the recently released OpenSSL version 3.0.4. The library was released on June 21, 2022, and affects x64 systems with the AVX-512 instruction set. “OpenSSL version 3.0.4, released on June 21th 2022, is susceptible to remote memory corruption which can be triggered trivially by an attacker.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 30, 2022
No Bored Apes Were Harmed In Breach Affecting Millions of Users Emails shared with NFT marketplace OpenSea were disclosed to an unauthorized external party, the company is warning patrons. Anyone who shared an email address should be on guard for phishing attacks. The cause was a rogue employee at a third party email delivery vendor.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 1, 2022
On June 24, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS” or the “Department”) announced it had entered into a $5 million settlement with Carnival Corp. (“Carnival”), the world’s largest cruise-ship operator, for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in connection with four cybersecurity events between 2019 and 2021, including two ransomware events. .
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OpenText Information Management
JUNE 30, 2022
June 2022: OpenText Identity and Access Management CE 22.2 OT IAM platform 22.2 will deliver primarily on the following themes: Leverages ServiceNow as the primary customer and partner support tool for cloud services related to OpenText Connect. A One-time Passcode (OTP) API enhancement enabling the customer to configure the number of wrong attempts prior to the … The post What’s new in OpenText Identity and Access Management appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Security Affairs
JUNE 28, 2022
This paper provides a taxonomic classification of non-state actors in the cyberspace, analyzing their role and impact on a state’s socioeconomic structure. Cyber Non-State Actors (CNSA) are key figures in our globalized world: their operations could have a significant impact on international affairs, politics, and on the economy, as much as states do.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 27, 2022
Infosys CISO Vishal Salvi on Mentoring, Online Training and Foundational Skills The gap between cybersecurity workforce demand and the number of skilled workers available to fill those jobs widened during the pandemic. So organizations need to take a multi-pronged approach to attract, reskill and retain employees, says Vishal Salvi, CISO and head of cyber practice at Infosys.
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