IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-05-09

• Robert M. Lee’s & Jeff Haas’ Little Bobby Comics – ‘WEEK 328’

• CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Robin Pierce ‘Privacy In Automated And Connected Vehicles’

• WhatsApp is reportedly working on web version without connected phone

• OPM extends deadline on implementing Trump-era hiring policy

• CISA MAR report provides technical details of FiveHands Ransomware

• Lawmakers press White House for space acquisition chief

• ‘XcodeGhost’ Malware Infected Around 128M iOS Users

• These Roles Require Cybersecurity Training

• A Complete Penetration Testing & Hacking Tools List for Hackers & Security Professionals

• CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Pieter Van Cleynenbreugel ‘Automated Decision-Making: Towards Effective Remedies In A Changing World?’

• Who is Probing the Internet for Research Purposes?, (Sat, May 8th)

• How the U.S. Government Can Learn to See the Future

• Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Top U.S. Fuel Pipeline Network

• Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach

• Using the new Plot Javascript Exploratory Visualization Library Sans-Observable

• SQL injection issue in Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin exposes User Data

• Why Most Employees Fail at Basic Cybersecurity

• After ransomware, U.S. fuel pipeline Colonial Pipeline shuts down

• A Russian specialist warned of the deadly dangers of the smartphone

• What’s Google Floc? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?

• The Winklevoss twins’ Gemini exchange now lets you earn interest on your dogecoin

• SolarWinds Hack Alarms US Spy Agencies to Inspect Software Suppliers’ Ties with Russia

• Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!

• Apple Gave Zoom Access to Special API to Use iPad Camera During Split View Multitasking

• Week in review: Patch Tuesday forecast, how to select a DLP solution, is it OK to publish PoC exploits?

• Ransomware Cyber Attack Forced the Largest U.S. Fuel Pipeline to Shut Down

• Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Fuel Pipeline Supplying the East Coast

• Security Affairs newsletter Round 313

• An Award-Winning iPhone Hack Used by China to Spy on Uyghur Muslims

• Ransomware Hits US Defense Contractor BlueForce

• TsuNAME flaw exposes DNS servers to DDoS attacks

• Multilingual Cybersecurity Awareness Training adapted for your needs

• Penetration testing

• Weekly Update 242

• Help Shape The HCISPP Exam

• Seclore Security24 enables organizations to protect sensitive data and meet privacy regulations

• OT and IoT Security: Adopt a Post-Breach Mindset Today

• Raytheon to provide signals intelligence field services for the U.S. Air Force under 175M contract

• Sentry enhances platform capabilities to improve developer workflows and productivity

• Bugcrowd names Nick McKenzie as CISO and Sammie Walker as CMO

• SnapAV acquires Access Networks to expand its portfolio with new products and managed services

• Encrypting Office Documents, Part 1: Protecting Local Files

• Verato appoints Clay Ritchey as CEO

• The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware

• IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-05-08

• $2 million lost as WallStreetBets forum members fall for crypto scam

• A cyberattack shutdown US Colonial Pipeline

• Major U.S. Pipeline Crippled in Ransomware Attack

• CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Eduard Fosch-Villaronga ‘Artountability: Accountability, Ai And Art’

• KeePass 2.48 update includes an upgraded password database file format

• Yubico New YubiKey 5 FIPS Series Enables Passwordless Authentication

• Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system

• CPDP 2021 – Moderator: Marcus Michaelsen ‘Social Media Monitoring And Movement Tracking Of Political Dissidents: The End Of Political Asylum In The EU?’

• XKCD ‘Vaccinated’

• IBM X-Force: Ransomware Was the Preferred Attack Method in 2020

• Colonial Pipeline cyberattack shuts down pipeline that supplies 45% of East Coast’s fuel

• Workings of US Firms Disturbed Due to Covid Surge in Banglore

• Threat Actors Use Several New Advanced Techniques To Exploit Windows Services

• Integre la gestión del ciclo de vida de los certificados con la MDM empresarial y optimice la seguridad de su entorno móvil

• Security News In Review: PyInstaller, Cloud Frameworks, and Scripps (Oh My)

• Here’s How International Application Security Market Is Expected To Grow This Decade

• New Spectre Vulnerability Let Hackers Attack Billions of Computers

• API Security Weekly: Issue #132

• Cyberattack Forces Shutdown of Major U.S. Pipeline

• Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good

• Microsoft warns of a large-scale BEC campaign to make gift card scam

• Top Stories: Epic Games vs. Apple, Hidden AirTag Mode, Apple Music Hi-Fi, Colorful MacBook Air?

• TsuNAME: New DNS Bug could be used to DDoS Authoritative DNS Servers

• Top 12 Security Flaws Russian Spy Hackers Are Exploiting in the Wild

• Facebook Will Limit Your WhatsApp Features For Not Accepting Privacy Policy

• Week in security with Tony Anscombe

• Modem Vulnerabilty Attacks Android Phones, Steals Data and Records Calls

• Research Shows 19 Petabytes of Data Exposed Across 29,000+ Unprotected Databases

• ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality

• ShinyHunters is Leaking Data of all the Big Conglomerates

• ‘Build’ or ‘Buy’ your own antivirus product

• Critical Event Management (CEM) Leader Everbridge Completes Acquisition of xMatters to Accelerate Digital Transformation for Enterprise IT and Cyber Resilience

• Eclypsium Awarded AFWERX SBIR Phase One Contract to Explore Air Force Use of Enterprise Device Security Platform

• Keeping Excess Out of Access

• Weak passwords is one of the main reasons for computer hacking in Russia

• LogDNA Browser Logger empowers developers to more efficiently debug web applications

• Entrust Production Analytics Solution optimizes card issuance operations

• An In-Depth analysis of the new Taurus Stealer

• WPScan Intro: How to Scan for WordPress Vulnerabilities

• Three Ivanti Wavelink applications now available on SAP Store

• Intermedia Unite offers enterprise-grade business phone features to Microsoft Teams

• MariaDB updates MariaDB SkySQL cloud database, expands support for AWS

• Security Catalyst Office Hours Recap for May 7, 2021

• Adam Blitzer joins Datadog as COO

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