05 Dec

Ransomware hangover, Putin grudge blamed for vodka maker’s bankruptcy

Two US subsidiaries of alcohol giant Stoli Group filed for bankruptcy protection this week over financial difficulties exacerbated by an August ransomware attack. Charles Caldwell,

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05 Dec

T-Mobile US CSO: Spies jumped from one telco to another in a way ‘I’ve not seen in my career’

interview While Chinese-government-backed spies maintained access to US telecommunications providers’ networks for months – and in some cases still haven’t been booted out – T-Mobile

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04 Dec

Cops arrest suspected admin of German-language crime bazaar

German authorities say they have again shut down the perhaps unwisely named Crimenetwork platform and arrested a suspected admin. An unnamed 29-year-old man was taken

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04 Dec

FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the meter

The FTC has reached a settlement with two data brokerages over allegations they harvested precise location data that shows when people entered hospitals, places of

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04 Dec

Microsoft says premature patch could make Windows Recall forget how to work

Microsoft has pinned down why some eager Windows Insiders could not persuade the Recall preview to save any snapshots. It’s all down to a pesky

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04 Dec

Eurocops take down ‘secure’ criminal chat system known as Matrix

French and Dutch police have taken down the Matrix chat app, which was designed by criminals for criminals to be a secure encrypted messaging tool.

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04 Dec

FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the metre

The FTC has reached a settlement with two data brokerages over allegations they harvested precise location data that shows when people entered hospitals, places of

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03 Dec

Perfect 10 directory traversal vuln hits SailPoint’s IAM solution

It’s time to rev up those patch engines after SailPoint disclosed a perfect 10/10 severity vulnerability in its identity and access management (IAM) platform IdentityIQ.

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03 Dec

Major energy contractor reports ‘limited’ access to IT after ransomware locks files

American energy contractor ENGlobal disclosed that access to its IT systems remains limited following a ransomware infection in late November. In a Monday filing with the

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03 Dec

Severity of the risk facing the UK is widely underestimated, NCSC annual review warns

The number of security threats in the UK that hit the country’s National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) maximum severity threshold has tripled compared to the

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03 Dec

Achieving cybersecurity compliance in 5 steps

Business Security Cybersecurity compliance may feel overwhelming, but a few clear steps can make it manageable and ensure your business stays on the right side

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03 Dec

Russia gives life sentence to Hydra dark web kingpin after seizing a ton of drugs

A Russian court has handed a life sentence to the head of the infamous online drugs souk Hydra, and 15 of his co-conspirators will also

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03 Dec

Data on 760K workers from Xerox, Nokia, BofA, Morgan Stanley and more dumped online

Hundreds of thousands of employees from major corporations including Xerox, Nokia, Koch, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and others appear to be the latest victims

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03 Dec

AWS unveils cloud security IR service for a mere $7K a month

Re:Invent Amazon Web Services has a new incident response service that combines automation and people to protect customers’ AWS accounts – at a hefty price.

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02 Dec

Discover the future of Linux security

Webinar Linux security is a component that sits at the heart of today’s IT landscape. On December 10th at 10am PT/1pm ET, Red Hat invites

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02 Dec

Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI’s most wanted list

An alleged former affiliate of the LockBit and Babuk ransomware operations, who also just happens to be one of the most wanted cybercriminals in the

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02 Dec

Richard Marko: Rethinking cybersecurity in the age of global challenges | Starmus Highlights

We Live Science ESET’s CEO unpacks the complexities of cybersecurity in today’s hyper-connected world and highlights the power of innovation in stopping digital threats in

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02 Dec

Telco security is a dumpster fire and everyone’s getting burned

Opinion Here’s a front-page headline you won’t see these days: CHINA’S SPIES ARE TAPPING OUR PHONES. Not that they’re not – they are – but,

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