Krebs on Security

MAY 10, 2022

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 74 separate security problems in its Windows operating systems and related software. This month’s patch batch includes fixes for seven “critical” flaws, as well as a zero-day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows. By all accounts, the most urgent bug Microsoft addressed this month is CVE-2022-26925 , a weakness in a central component of Windows security (the “ Local Security Authority ” process

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Dark Reading

MAY 11, 2022

Enterprises should consider online data brokers as part of their risk exposure analysis if they don't already do so.

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Hanzo Learning Center

MAY 11, 2022

Some things that are great on their own turn out to be even better as half of a dynamic duo. We’re talking peanut butter and jelly. Burgers and fries. Hall and Oates. And now: data loss prevention (DLP) and ediscovery.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 13, 2022

Areas of Proposed Investments Include SBOMs, Software Supply Chains The Linux Foundation and the Open Source Security Foundation have put forth a nearly $150 million investment plan, spread across two years, to strengthen open-source security in the U.S. The plan was announced at the Open Source Software Security Summit II in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 12, 2022

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2022 address three zero-day vulnerabilities, one of them actively exploited. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2022 addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which is under active attack. The IT giant fixed a total of 74 flaws in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components,NET and Visual Studio, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Microsoft Exchange Server, Office and Office Components, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Authentication Metho

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Data Breach Today

MAY 7, 2022

2nd $5m reward for conviction of actual or potential Conti incident participants The U.S. State Department is offering rewards of up to $10 million for information that leads to the identification or location of members of any individual who holds a key leadership position in the Conti ransomware variant transnational organized crime group.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2022

Apple , Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 11, 2022

Georgetown has a new report on the highly secretive bulk surveillance activities of ICE in the US: When you think about government surveillance in the United States, you likely think of the National Security Agency or the FBI. You might even think of a powerful police agency, such as the New York Police Department. But unless you or someone you love has been targeted for deportation, you probably don’t immediately think of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

The European Union condemns the cyberattacks conducted by Russia against Ukraine, which targeted the satellite KA-SAT network. The European Union accused Russia of the cyberattack that hit the satellite KA-SAT network in Ukraine, operated by Viasat, on February 24. This cyberattack caused communication outages and disruptions in Ukraine, it also impacted several EU Member States. 5,800 Enercon wind turbines in Germany were unreachable due to the spillover from this attack.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 12, 2022

Russia Continues Its Cyber Offensive, Launches New DDoS Attacks on Ukraine Viasat's satellite communications suffered an outage an hour before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24. The company said it was a cyberattack, but did not identify the attacker. The U.S., U.K., EU and Ukraine have now attributed this attack to Russia.

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KnowBe4

MAY 13, 2022

A March 2022 report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs zeros in on the growing problem of ransomware and lessons learned so far.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Burp is one of the top-rated security suites for pentesting and ethical hacking. While there are paid professional and enterprise editions, you can install the community edition for free and even use it directly from Kali Linux. The Burp suite is widely used by security professionals to perform advanced scans and various traffic interceptions (e.g., HTTP requests).

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2022

US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added critical CVE-2022-1388 flaw in F5 BIG-IP products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities , FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulne

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Data Breach Today

MAY 9, 2022

New Microsoft Services Help Clients Hunt Threats and Extend XDR Beyond the Endpoint Microsoft plans to roll out new managed services that give organizations the expertise needed to proactively hunt for threats and extend XDR beyond the endpoint. Microsoft Security Experts features new managed services as well as existing services around incident response and modernization.

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KnowBe4

MAY 12, 2022

While Russia consistently denies any launching of cyberattacks, attack details point to reasonable intent by and cybercriminal ties to the Russian government.

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Dark Reading

MAY 9, 2022

Cybersecurity has to be a top priority as enterprises begin incorporating the use of nonfungible tokens into their business strategies, brand-awareness campaigns, and employee-communication efforts, experts say.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 11, 2022

A surprising number of the top 100,000 websites effectively include keyloggers that covertly snag everything you type into a form.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 10, 2022

Healthcare sector organizations should prepare to deal with potential hacktivist attacks tied to controversy surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court's leaked draft ruling and eventual final decision involving Roe vs. Wade, says attorney Erik Weinick of the law firm Otterbourg PC.

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KnowBe4

MAY 10, 2022

The China-based threat actor Mustang Panda is conducting spear phishing campaigns against organizations in NATO countries and Russia, as well as entities in the US and Asia, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The goal of this activity is cyberespionage.

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Dark Reading

MAY 12, 2022

In an effort to combat phishing, Google will allow Android phones and iPhones to be used as security keys.

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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.

Schneier on Security

MAY 9, 2022

Apple Mail now blocks email trackers by default. Most email newsletters you get include an invisible “image,” typically a single white pixel, with a unique file name. The server keeps track of every time this “image” is opened and by which IP address. This quirk of internet history means that marketers can track exactly when you open an email and your IP address, which can be used to roughly work out your location.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 12, 2022

CyberArk Ventures Will Give Visibility Into Adjacent Markets and Offer Integrations CyberArk has unveiled a $30 million fund to back early-stage startups with unique approaches to solving large problems in the cybersecurity industry. CyberArk Ventures will offer the company broader visibility into adjacent markets and provide high-value integrations that can evolve over time.

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KnowBe4

MAY 11, 2022

We are proud to announce that TrustRadius has recognized KnowBe4 with a 2022 Top Rated Award.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring , after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact a consumer privacy law. Upon taking effect on July 1, 2023, the law, also known as the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), will apply to individuals and entities that (1) conduct business in Connecticut, or produce products or services that are targe

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Schneier on Security

MAY 12, 2022

San Francisco police are using autonomous vehicles as mobile surveillance cameras. Privacy advocates say the revelation that police are actively using AV footage is cause for alarm. “This is very concerning,” Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) senior staff attorney Adam Schwartz told Motherboard. He said cars in general are troves of personal consumer data, but autonomous vehicles will have even more of that data from capturing the details of the world around them.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 11, 2022

Company Will Extend Its Protection of Sensitive Data at Rest Beyond Email Material Security has closed a $100 million funding round on a $1.1 billion valuation to extend its protection of sensitive content at rest beyond email. The startup will take patents for defending content in old emails and apply them to SaaS applications such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Slack.

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KnowBe4

MAY 12, 2022

Researchers at Varonis warn that attackers are using customizable URLs (also known as vanity URLS) on SaaS services to craft more convincing phishing links. The attackers have used this technique for links created through Box, Zoom, and Google Docs and Forms.

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