17 Jun

Shoddy infosec costs PwC spinoff and NMA $11.3M in settlement with Uncle Sam

Two consulting firms, Guidehouse and Nan McKay and Associates, have agreed to pay a total of $11.3 million to resolve allegations of cybersecurity failings over

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17 Jun

Suspected underworld Empire Market bosses face possible life behind bars

The two alleged administrators of Empire Market, a dark-web bazaar that peddled drugs, malware, digital fraud, and other illegal stuff, have been detained on charges

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17 Jun

UK’s Total Fitness exposed nearly 500K images of members, staff through unprotected database

Exclusive A cybersecurity researcher claims UK health club and gym chain Total Fitness bungled its data protection responsibilities by failing to lock down a database

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17 Jun

Feds cuff suspected bosses of underworld Empire Market

The two alleged administrators of Empire Market, a dark-web bazaar that peddled drugs, malware, digital fraud, and other illegal stuff, have been arrested on charges

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17 Jun

Blackbaud has to cough up a few million dollars more over 2020 ransomware attack

Months after escaping without a fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the luck of cloud software biz Blackbaud ran out when it came

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17 Jun

Cops cuff 22-year-old Brit suspected of being Scattered Spider leader

Spanish police arrested a person they allege to be the leader of the notorious cybercrime gang Scattered Spider just before he boarded a private flight

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17 Jun

AWS is pushing ahead with MFA for privileged accounts. What that means for you …

Heads up: Amazon Web Services is pushing ahead with making multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for certain users, and we love to see it. The cloud

Author rabih
17 Jun

UK’s Total Fitness exposed nearly 500k images of members and staff through unprotected database

A security researcher claims UK health club and gym chain Total Fitness bungled its data protection responsibilities by failing to lock down a database chock-full

Author rabih
17 Jun

Preventative defense tactics in the real world

Business Security Don’t get hacked in the first place – it costs far less than dealing with the aftermath of a successful attack Cameron Camp

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17 Jun

Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 attacks vSphere and Azure to run VMs inside victims’ infrastructure

Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 – the crew suspected of involvement in the recent attacks on Snowflake and MGM Entertainment, and plenty more besides – has

Author rabih
17 Jun

That didn’t take long: replacement for SORBS spam blacklist arises … sort of

In Brief A popular spam blocklist service that went offline earlier this month has advised users it is down permanently – but at least one

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17 Jun

Japan’s space junk cleaner hunts down major target

The space junk cleaning mission launched by Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully hunted down one of its targets. The Commercial Removal of Debris

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15 Jun

Microsoft answered Congress’ questions on security. Now the White House needs to act

Feature Microsoft president Brad Smith struck a conciliatory tone regarding his IT giant’s repeated computer security failings during a congressional hearing on Thursday – while

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14 Jun

Stanford Internet Observatory wilts under legal pressure during election year

The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), which for the past five years has been studying and reporting on social media disinformation, is being reimagined with new

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14 Jun

Meta won’t train AI on Euro posts after all as watchdogs put their paws down

Meta has caved to European regulators, and agreed to pause its plans to train AI models on EU users’ Facebook and Instagram users’ posts —

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14 Jun

Nigerian faces up to 102 years in the slammer for $1.5M phishing scam

The US Department of Justice has convicted a Nigerian national of participating in a business email compromise (BEC) scam worth $1.5 million. The Feds say

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14 Jun

Ukraine busts SIM farms targeting soldiers with spyware

Infrastructure that enabled two pro-Russia Ukraine residents to break into soldiers’ devices and deploy spyware has been dismantled by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

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14 Jun

How Arid Viper spies on Android users in the Middle East – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video The spyware, called AridSpy by ESET, is distributed through websites that pose as various messaging apps, a job search app, and a Palestinian Civil

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