Sat.Apr 17, 2021 - Fri.Apr 23, 2021

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7 Old IT Things Every New InfoSec Pro Should Know

Dark Reading

Beneath all those containers and IoT devices, there's a rich patchwork of gear, protocols, and guidelines that have been holding it together since before you were born. Knowledge of those fundamentals is growing more valuable, not less.

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NFTs: The Newest Collectible

eSecurity Planet

NFT-mania, pronounced nifty , is upon us with little time to prepare. From news of a collage selling for almost $70 million at Christie’s auction house to a portrayal of Janet Yellen and Morpheus rapping about cryptocurrency on SNL , the current craze is all about non-fungible tokens (NFTs). But what are NFTs, how do they work, and what security precautions should we take?

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Telehealth: Safeguarding Patient Data

Data Breach Today

New Guidance Spells Out Security Precautions Given the surge in the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic - and expectations for continued growth - the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council has unveiled guidance on safeguarding patient data during remote care encounters.

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Crooks made more than $560K with a simple clipboard hijacker

Security Affairs

Avast researchers analyzed the activity of a simple cryptocurrency malware dubbed HackBoss that allowed its operators to earn over $560K. While the value of major cryptocurrencies continues to increase, cybercriminals and malware authors focus their efforts on cryptocurrency miners and malicious code that could empty the wallets of the victims. The antivirus company Avast analyzed the case of a simple malware dubbed HackBoss and how it allowed its operators to earn more $560K worth of cryptocurr

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War

WIRED Threat Level

Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.

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Payment Card Theft Ring Tech Leader Gets 10-Year Sentence

Data Breach Today

Fedir Hladyr of Ukraine Admitted to Working as System Admin for FIN7 A Ukrainian national who admitted to working as a system administrator and IT manager for the notorious FIN7 cybercriminal gang, which has been involved in the theft of millions of payment cards, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

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Codecov was a victim of a supply chain attack

Security Affairs

The software company Codecov suffered a security breach, threat actors compromised the supply chain of one of its tools. A new supply chain attack made the headlines, the software company Codecov recently disclosed a major security breach after a threat actor compromised its infrastructure to inject a credentials harvester code to one of its tools named Bash Uploader.

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Apple’s Ransomware Mess Is the Future of Online Extortion

WIRED Threat Level

This week, hackers stole confidential schematics from a third-party supplier and demanded $50 million not to release them.

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SHARED INTEL: Report details how cyber criminals leverage HTTPS TLS to hide malware

The Last Watchdog

Google was absolutely right to initiate a big public push a couple of years ago to make HTTPS Transport Layer Security (TLS) a de facto standard. Related: Malicious activity plagues the cloud services. At the time, in the spring of 2018, only 25 percent of commercial websites used HTTPS; today adoption is at 98 percent and rising. Far beyond just protecting websites, TLS has proven to be a linchpin of network-level communications across the board.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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XCSSET Malware Can Adapt to Target More Macs

Data Breach Today

Trend Micro Describes the Evolving Threat The XCSSET malware campaign can now adapt to target a wider variety of Macs, including those with the M1 chip, according to Trend Micro researchers.

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New Qlocker ransomware infected hundreds of QNAP NAS devices in a few days

Security Affairs

A new ransomware strain dubbed Qlocker is infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices every day and demanding a $550 ransom payment. Experts are warning of a new strain of ransomware named Qlocker that is infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices on daily bases. The malware moves all files stored on the device to password-protected 7zip archives and demand the payment of a $550 ransom.

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A New Facebook Bug Exposes Millions of Email Addresses

WIRED Threat Level

A recently discovered vulnerability discloses user email addresses even when they’re set to private.

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NEW TECH: DigiCert unveils ‘Automation Manager’ to help issue, secure digital certificates

The Last Watchdog

How do you bring a $9 billion-a-year, digitally-agile corporation to a grinding halt? Related: Why it’s vital to secure IoT. Ask Spotify. When the popular streaming audio service went offline globally, last August, we saw a glimpse of just how tenuous digital transformation sometimes can be. Someone reportedly forgot to renew Spotify’s TLS certificate.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Analysts Uncover More Servers Used in SolarWinds Attack

Data Breach Today

RiskIQ: Discovery Sheds Light on Size of Cyberespionage Operation Researchers at RiskIQ say they've discovered more than a dozen previously undocumented command-and-control servers used in the SolarWinds supply chain attack, showing that the cyberespionage operation was much larger than previously identified.

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WhatsApp Pink malware spreads via group chat messages

Security Affairs

A WhatsApp malware dubbed WhatsApp Pink is able to automatically reply to victims’ Signal, Telegram, Viber, and Skype messages. A WhatsApp malware dubbed WhatsApp Pink has now been updated, authors have implemented the ability to automatically respond to victims’ Signal, Telegram, Viber, and Skype messages. WhatsApp Pink is a fake app that was first discovered this week, it poses as a “pink” themed version of the legitimate app.

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A Clubhouse Bug Let People Lurk in Rooms Invisibly

WIRED Threat Level

The vulnerabilities opened the door to “ghosts” hiding in and disrupting rooms, where moderators would be unable to mute them.

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[Podcast] Content Integration to Unlock Performance

AIIM

Our ability to intelligently capture information in an automated and consistent way, share it with teams, customers and partners, and integrate that content into business processes is a core element of Intelligent Information Management. Indeed, this is the “on-ramp” to the process improvements using information to drive organizational performance. AIIM members tell us that this is an important area of focus for information management professionals in 2021.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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ER Physician Association Hacked

Data Breach Today

ACEP Reports Tens of Thousands of Doctors Affected The American College of Emergency Physicians says a "malware" attack affected tens of thousands of the group's current and former members as well as members of three other emergency medical professional organizations.

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Darkside Ransomware gang aims at influencing the stock price of their victims

Security Affairs

The Darkside ransomware gang is enhancing its extortion tactics to interfere with the valuation of stocks of companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets. The Darkside ransomware operators are stepping up their extortion tactics targeting companies that are listed on NASDAQ or other stock markets with a new technique. The group announced with a message on their leak side that they will provide information stolen from these companies before the publication, so that it would be possi

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How the FBI Got Into the San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: Russian sanctions, Europe’s SolarWinds fallout, and more of this week’s top security news.

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Top 8 Cybersecurity Podcasts of 2021

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity podcasts are an easy way to immerse yourself in the world of SecOps. Depending on your interests, you can catch up on the latest news and hear analysis from experts in the field, or you can take a deep-dive into a major cybersecurity story or concept. The best part? You can listen while doing tasks that require little concentration such as washing dishes or folding laundry.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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REvil Ransomware Gang Threatens Stolen Apple Blueprint Leak

Data Breach Today

$50 Million Extortion Demand Issued to Apple and Taiwanese Manufacturer Quanta The REvil - aka Sodinokibi - ransomware gang is threatening to release stolen Apple device blueprints unless it receives a massive payoff. The extortion threat - with a reported $50 million opening demand - was unveiled hours before Apple made a series of major new product announcements.

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Crooks stole driver’s license numbers from Geico auto insurer

Security Affairs

Car insurance provider Geico has suffered a data breach, attackers have stolen the driver’s licenses for policyholders for several weeks. Geico, the second-largest auto insurer in the U.S., has suffered a data breach, threat actors exploited a now-fixed bug in their website to steal the driver’s licenses for policyholders for several weeks.

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Palestinian Hackers Tricked Victims to Install iOS Spyware

WIRED Threat Level

The groups used social engineering techniques on Facebook to direct targets to a wide range of malware, including custom tools.

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Backdoor Found in Codecov Bash Uploader

Schneier on Security

Developers have discovered a backdoor in the Codecov bash uploader. It’s been there for four months. We don’t know who put it there. Codecov said the breach allowed the attackers to export information stored in its users’ continuous integration (CI) environments. This information was then sent to a third-party server outside of Codecov’s infrastructure,” the company warned.

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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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Nation-State Actor Linked to Pulse Secure Attacks

Data Breach Today

Vulnerabilities Exploited Include a Zero-Day in Ivanti's Pulse Connect Secure The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Ivanti and FireEye report that U.S. federal agencies and other entities have been compromised by two attack groups, with one possibly acting on behalf of the Chinese government, exploiting vulnerabilities found in Ivanti's Pulse Connect Secure.

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Critical update: Facebook Messenger users hit by scammers in over 80 states

Security Affairs

Researchers from security firm Group-IB have detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world. Group-IB has detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world. Group-IB Digital Risk Protection (DRP) analysts have found evidence proving that users in over 80 countries in Europe, Asia, the MEA region, North and South America might have been affected.

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Revealing the Invisible

AIIM

As the AIIM team and I put the finishing touches on AIIM21: a galactic digital experience , our attention is laser-focused on the educational content we bring to this year's participants. We take our upskilling and uplifting responsibilities pretty seriously around here, believing that we have an outsized obligation to move the industry and the community up the business value chain.

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