07 Aug

Small CSS tweaks can help nasty emails slip through Outlook’s anti-phishing net

Researchers say cybercriminals can have fun bypassing one of Microsoft’s anti-phishing measures in Outlook with some simple CSS tweaks. William Moody, IT security consultant at

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07 Aug

Police take just 2 days to recover $40M stolen in business email scam

Two days is all it took for Interpol to recover more than $40 million worth of stolen funds in a recent business email compromise (BEC)

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07 Aug

EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis

Acronis, the Swiss disaster recovery turned cybersecurity firm and catch-all for managed service providers, has been majority acquired by Europe’s largest private equity firm, EQT.

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07 Aug

Why tech-savvy leadership is key to cyber insurance readiness

Business Security Having knowledgeable leaders at the helm is crucial for protecting the organization and securing the best possible cyber insurance coverage Tony Anscombe 07

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07 Aug

UK health services call-handling vendor faces $7.7M fine over 2022 ransomware attack

The UK’s data protection watchdog says it plans to fine a managed software provider to the NHS £6.09 million ($7.7 million) for failings that led

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07 Aug

SharpRhino malware targets IT admins – Hunters International gang suspected

The latest malware from upstart criminal gang Hunters International appears to be targeting network admins, using malicious code disguised as the popular networking tool Angry

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07 Aug

Georgia’s voter portal gets a crash course in client versus backend input validation

The US state of Georgia has a website for cancelling voter registration, and it’s had a bumpy start. The site was created to streamline the

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07 Aug

Microsoft punches back at Delta Air Lines and its legal threats

Microsoft has labelled Delta Air Lines’ accusations it’s partly to blame for the outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software “false” and “misleading” – and insulted

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07 Aug

CrowdStrike hires outside security outfits to review troubled Falcon code

CrowdStrike has hired two outside security firms to review the Falcon functionality that sparked a global IT outage last month – but it may not

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07 Aug

CrowdStrike hires outside security outfits to review Falcon code

CrowdStrike has hired two outside security firms to review the Falcon functionality that sparked a global IT outage last month – but it may not

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06 Aug

Google splats device-hijacking exploited-in-the-wild Android kernel bug among others

Google released 46 fixes for Android in its August security patch batch, including one for a Linux kernel flaw in the mobile OS that can

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06 Aug

Sonic Automotive says ransomware-linked CDK software outage cost it $30M

One of the US’s largest car dealerships says the IT outage caused by CDK Global’s June ransomware attack cost it approximately $30 million. Sonic Automotive

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06 Aug

Bad apps bypass Windows security alerts for six years using newly unveiled trick

Elastic Security Labs has lifted the lid on a slew of methods available to attackers who want to run malicious apps without triggering Windows’ security

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06 Aug

Users call on Microsoft to update Outlook’s friendly name feature

Users are urging Microsoft to rethink how it shows sender email addresses in Outlook because phishing criminals are taking advantage, using helpful, friendly names to

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06 Aug

Billion-dollar bust as international op shutters Cryptonator wallet

Users of Cryptonator – an online digital wallet and cryptocurrency exchange – received an unpleasant surprise last weekend after the service was shuttered in a

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06 Aug

MDM vendor Mobile Guardian attacked, leading to remote wiping of 13,000 devices

UK-based mobile device management vendor Mobile Guardian has admitted that on August 4 it suffered a security incident that involved unauthorized access to iOS and

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06 Aug

Mobile Guardian attacked, leading to remote wiping of 13,000 devices

UK-based mobile device management vendor Mobile Guardian has admitted that on August 4 it suffered a security incident that involved unauthorized access to iOS and

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06 Aug

Illinois relaxes biometric privacy law so snafus won’t cost businesses billions

The US state of Illinois has reduced penalties for breaches of its tough Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The first version of BIPA, which came

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