You can now protect your Apple ID account with a security key, a hardware device that acts as a second factor for two-factor authentication. But should you? The post How to protect your Apple ID account with Security Keys on…
Brazil’s Telecom Operators Made Strides and Had Shortcomings in Internet Lab’s New Report on User Privacy Practices
Brazil’s biggest internet connection providers made moderate advances in protecting customer data and being transparent about their privacy practices, but fell short on meeting certain requirements for upholding users’ rights under Brazil’s data protection law, according to InternetLab’s 2022 Quem…
LATEST CYBERTHREATS AND ADVISORIES – JANUARY 27, 2023
Alerts from national cybersecurity agencies, gaming developer attacks and the Mailchimp/FanDuel breach. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of January 27, 2023. Threat Advisories and Alerts CISA Publishes Report to Help Protect Schools from Cyberthreats The…
Data Privacy Day: Understanding the Risks of Social Media
For most people, January 28th is the 28th day of the year. For me, January 28th is more commonly known as “the day before my wife’s birthday.” For those who pay attention to history, they may know it as the…
Iranian APT Leaks Data From Saudi Arabia Government Under New Persona
Iranian APT Moses Staff is leaking data stolen from Saudi Arabia government ministries under the recently created Abraham’s Ax persona The post Iranian APT Leaks Data From Saudi Arabia Government Under New Persona appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has…
Microsoft Urges Customers to Patch Exchange Servers
Microsoft is urging customers to install the latest Exchange Server updates and harden their environments to prevent malicious attacks. The post Microsoft Urges Customers to Patch Exchange Servers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek RSS…
What Are Some Good Word Games You Can Play Online
Are you a fan of word games? If so, you’re in luck! There are plenty of great online word games you can play by yourself … Read more The post What Are Some Good Word Games You Can Play Online…
Cyberwarfare Threat Looming Large on Firms Worldwide
Over the past ten years or so, the environment for cyber threats has undergone a significant transformation, which has accelerated in recent years. The term “cyberwar” didn’t even exist until 30 years ago, and it’s still somewhat debatable today. …
20 Top Apple Malware Threats in 2022
We recently compiled our list of the top Apple security and privacy stories of 2022. Now we turn our focus specifically to the Mac malware threats of the past year. Here are all of the top malware threats that made…
The 31 Flavors of Data Lineage and Why Vanilla Doesn’t Cut It
Data lineage, an automated visualization of the relationships for how data flows across tables and other data assets, is a must-have in the data engineering toolbox. Not only is it helpful for data governance and compliance use cases, but it…
Researchers Discover New PlugX Malware Variant Spreading via Removable USB Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a PlugX sample that employs sneaky methods to infect attached removable USB media devices in order to propagate the malware to additional systems. “This PlugX variant is wormable and infects USB devices in such a way…
A Guide to Phishing Attacks
This is a good list of modern phishing techniques. This article has been indexed from Schneier on Security Read the original article: A Guide to Phishing Attacks
Aurora Infostealer Malware Deploys Shapeshifting Tactics
One of the most recent finds exposed the Aurora Stealer malware imitating popular applications to infect as many users as possible. Cyble researchers were able to determine that, in order to target a variety of well-known applications, the threat actors…
5 Golden Rules of Threat Hunting
When a breach is uncovered, the operational cadence includes threat detection, quarantine and termination. While all stages can occur within the first hour of discovery, in some cases, that’s already too late. Security operations center (SOC) teams monitor and hunt…
ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet
ADS-B Exchange, beloved for resisting censorship, was sold to a company owned by private equity—and now even its biggest fans are bailing. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That…
British Cyber Agency Warns of Russian and Iranian Hackers Targeting Key Industries
The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on Thursday warned of spear-phishing attacks mounted by Russian and Iranian state-sponsored actors for information-gathering operations. “The attacks are not aimed at the general public but targets in specified sectors, including academia, defense,…
3 Lifehacks While Analyzing Orcus RAT in a Malware Sandbox
Orcus is a Remote Access Trojan with some distinctive characteristics. The RAT allows attackers to create plugins and offers a robust core feature set that makes it quite a dangerous malicious program in its class. RAT is quite a stable type…
How to Choose Between Access Control Models? RBAC vs. ABAC vs. PBAC
As organizations are increasingly dealing with security concerns, there is a need for more sophisticated access control mechanisms to ensure only authorized personnel have access to sensitive information. But what exactly is the difference between Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based…
FBI Closes Down Hive Ransomware Gang: What Does This Mean for the Security Landscape?
Federal authorities have taken down a website run by a notorious ransomware gang known to extort millions of dollars from victims as part of a global cybercrime operation. The FBI seized a cache of computer servers supporting the Hive group…
Security Flaws Disclosed in Samsung’s Galaxy Store App for Android
Flaws found in the Galaxy App Store gave attackers the ability to install apps without the user’s knowledge and send them to malicious sites. Samsung was notified regarding flaws CVE-2023-21433 and CVE-2023-21434, in November and December 2022. After flagging the…
Data Privacy Day: Securing your data with a password manager
This year’s annual Data Privacy Day falls on January 28th. Each year, the day provides an opportunity to educate consumers and organisations alike on the importance of privacy and staying safe online. Since the awareness around data privacy is still…
Security is Key to Business Transformation, Say IT Chiefs
Two-fifths see it as a critical innovation driver This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Security is Key to Business Transformation, Say IT Chiefs
$10M Reward By U.S. For Hive Ransomware Links To Foreign Government
The FBI announced in November that since June 2021, this ransomware operation had stolen almost $100 million from more than 1,500 businesses. For information that could assist in tying the Hive ransomware organization (or other threat actors) with the international…
US Seizes Servers Of Prolific Ransomware Gang Hive
FBI has hacked the hackers, after it “covertly infiltrated Hive Network, thwarting over $130m in ransom demands” This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: US Seizes Servers Of Prolific Ransomware Gang Hive
Global Action “Dismantles” Hive Ransomware Group
FBI distributes hundreds of decryption keys to victims This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Global Action “Dismantles” Hive Ransomware Group
Twitter Partners Ad Verification Firms To Appease Advertisers
Twitter says it will team up with two digital ad verification companies, in a further attempt to attract advertisers back to platform This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Twitter Partners Ad Verification Firms To…
Hackers Abuse Legitimate Remote Monitoring Tools to Steal Banking Data
A joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) has been released to alert network defenders to malicious use of legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM)…