IT Governance
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Amid the mad dash for bargains and inevitable stories of shop-floor brawls, Black Friday brings with it a spike in cyber security threats, as cyber criminals take advantage of people desperate for bargains. In this blog, we look at some of the scams you should look out for and what you can do to protect yourself. Why Black Friday is primetime for cyber crime.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Bureau Identifies Nearly 100 Spoofed Websites Created by Cybercriminals The FBI has identified nearly 100 spoofed websites that use some incarnation of the agency's name. Fraudsters and other cybercriminals potentially could leverage the sites disinformation campaigns and credential theft.
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Threatpost
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Users of the music streaming service were targeted by attackers using credential-stuffing approaches.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The incident is the latest incursion at GoDaddy that relied on tricking employees into transferring ownership and/or control over targeted domains to fraudsters.
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AIIM
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Sometimes, change is natural. The caterpillar changing to a butterfly, the tadpole changing to a frog – these types of changes happen all the time in nature. Yet, change in business can feel anything but natural. And it’s not just at your place of business. According to McKinsey research, “nearly 70% of change programs fail to achieve their goals, largely due to employee resistance and lack of management support.”.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
US Fertility, the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., discloses a ransomware attack that took place in September 2020. US Fertility , the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., revealed that a ransomware attack hit its systems in September 2020. The US Fertility (USF) network is comprised of 55 locations across 10 states that completed almost 25,000 IVF cycles in 2018 through its clinics with 130,000 babies have been born. “On September 14, 2020, USF experienced
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
The company is rolling out a patch today for the vulnerabilities, which allowed one researcher to break into one in 90 seconds and drive away.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
As data exfiltration threats and bigger ransom requests become the norm, security professionals are advancing from the basic "keep good backups" advice.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Researchers: Skimmer Compromised Website of Boom! Mobile In October Researchers have identified a fresh variant of the Grelos skimmer that has co-opted the infrastructure that MageCart uses for its own skimming attacks against e-commerce sites, according to RiskIQ. The malware has been found on several small and mid-size e-commerce sites worldwide.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Canon finally confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack in early August that resulted in the theft of data from its servers. Canon has finally confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack in early August and that the threat actors also stole data from its servers. In August, ZDNet first revealed the ransomware attack after it has obtained an internal memo that confirmed the outage suffered by Canon a few days before was caused by a ransomware attack.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Wired has a detailed story about the ransomware attack on a Dusseldorf hospital, the one that resulted in an ambulance being redirected to a more distant hospital and the patient dying. The police wanted to prosecute the ransomware attackers for negligent homicide, but the details were more complicated: After a detailed investigation involving consultations with medical professionals, an autopsy, and a minute-by-minute breakdown of events, Hartmann believes that the severity of the victim’s medi
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
With the benefit of hindsight, this was a naïve question: Alright clever IoT folks, I've got two of these garage door openers, what do you reckon the best way of connecting them with Apple HomeKit is? [link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) April 25, 2020 In my mind, the answer would be simple: "Just buy X, plug it in and you're good to go". Instead, I found myself heading down the rabbit hole into a world of soldering, custom firmware and community-driven home automation kits.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
President-Elect Taps Former Obama Administration Officials President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced that two former Obama-era officials are his nominees to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Director of National Intelligence.
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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?
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Researchers spotted a new variant of an adware and coin-miner botnet operated by Stantinko threat actors that now targets Linux servers. Researchers from Intezer have spotted a new variant of an adware and coin-miner botnet that is operated by Stantinko threat actors since 2012. The Stantinko botnet was first spotted by ESET in 2017, at the time it infected around half a million computers worldwide.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
The team that hacked Amazon Echo and other smart speakers using a laser pointer continue to investigate why MEMS microphones respond to sound.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
This is the fifth and final part of the IoT unravelled blog series. Part 1 was all about what a mess the IoT landscape is, but then there's Home Assistant to unify it all. In part 2 I delved into networking bits and pieces, namely IP addresses, my Ubiquiti UniFi gear and Zigbee. Part 3 was all about security and how that's all a bit of a mess too, particularly as it relates to firmware patching and device isolation on networks.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Bureau Says the Attacks Are Hitting Many Sectors The FBI has sent out a private industry alert warning about increasing attacks using Ragnar Locker ransomware. The operators behind this crypto-locking malware have recently targeted companies that include EDP, Campari and Capcom, researchers note.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
The U.S. FBI is warning private industry partners of a surge in Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert (MU-000140-MW) to warn private industry partners of an increase of the Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
For now, the security measure will be available only to people using the beta version of the app.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. In part 2 , I covered IP addresses and the importance of a decent network to run all this stuff on, followed by Zigbee and the role of low power, low bandwidth devices. I also looked at custom firmware and soldering and why, to my mind, that was a path I didn't need to go down at this time.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Among the Causes: Hit Against Managed.com Website Hosting Giant Ransomware continues to pummel many types of organizations, recently including South Korea's E-Land retail group, French newspaper Paris-Normandie and a Georgia county school system. A ransomware hit against hosting giant Managed.com has resulted in ongoing site outages for numerous others.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The Manchester United football club has been hit by a cyber attack on their systems, it is not aware of a breach of personal data for his fans. Manchester United disclosed a cyber attack, but according to the football club it is not “currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers”. The club confirmed the security breach on Friday evening, it shut down its systems to prevent the malware from spreading within.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week's top security news.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
The first few parts of this series have all been somewhat technical in nature; part 1 was how much of a mess the IoT ecosystem is and how Home Assistant aims to unify it all, part 2 got into the networking layer with both Wi-Fi and Zigbee and in part 3 , I delved into security. Now let's tackle something really tricky - humans. I love the idea of automating stuff in the home, but I love the idea of a usable home even more.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Regulatory and Employee Litigation Risks Face Businesses That Violate Privacy Rules Warning to workers: Your productivity tools may also be tracking your workplace productivity, and your bosses may not even know it. But as more workplace surveillance capabilities appear, legal experts warn that organizations must ensure their tools do not violate employees' privacy rights.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
2FA bypass discovered in web hosting software cPanel. More than 70 million sites are managed via cPanel software, according to the company. Researchers discovered a major issue in cPanel that could be exploited by attackers to bypass two-factor authentication for cPanel accounts. Security researchers from Digital Defense have discovered a major security issue in cPanel , a popular software suite that facilitates the management of a web hosting server.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
VMware explained it has no patch for a critical escalation-of-privileges bug that impacts both Windows and Linux operating systems and its Workspace One.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
In part 1 , I deliberately kept everything really high level because frankly, I didn't want to scare people off. I'm not ashamed to say that the process of getting even the basics working absolutely did my head in as I waded through a sea of unfamiliar technologies, protocols and acronyms. I wish I'd had just the fundamentals down pat before going deeper and that was my intention with the first part of the series.
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