06 Feb

Verizon says 63K employees’ info fell into wrong hands – an insider in this case

Verizon is notifying more than 63,000 people, mostly current employees, that an insider, accidentally or otherwise, had inappropriate access to their personal data. The privacy

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06 Feb

Chinese Coathanger malware hung out to dry by Dutch defense department

Dutch authorities are lifting the curtain on an attempted cyberattack last year at its Ministry of Defense (MoD), blaming Chinese state-sponsored attackers for the espionage-focused

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06 Feb

EquiLend back in the saddle as ransom payment rumors swirl

Global securities finance tech company EquiLend’s systems are now back online after announcing a disruptive ransomware attack nearly two weeks ago. EquiLend was founded in

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06 Feb

Safer Internet Day: Telling What’s Real from What’s Fake Online

On Safer Internet Day, we ask an important question: how can you tell what’s real and what’s fake online?   There’s plenty of fakery out there,

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06 Feb

Double trouble for Fortinet customers as pair of critical vulns found in FortiSIEM

Fortinet’s FortiSIEM product is vulnerable to two new maximum-severity security vulnerabilities that allow for remote code execution. Both CVE-2024-23108 and CVE-2024-23109 have been assigned provisional

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06 Feb

Left to their own devices: Security for employees using personal devices for work

Business Security As personal devices within corporate networks make for a potentially combustible mix, a cavalier approach to BYOD security won’t cut it Christian Ali

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06 Feb

New kids on the ransomware block in 2023: Akira and 8Base lead dozens of newbies

At least 25 new ransomware gangs emerged in 2023, with Akira and 8Base proving the most “successful,” research reveals. The gangs were the two “success”

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05 Feb

Google throws $1m at Rust Foundation to build C++ bridges

Google on Monday donated $1 million to the Rust Foundation specifically to improve interoperability between the language and C++. C++, a popular general purpose programming

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05 Feb

Ivanti devices hit by wave of exploits for latest security hole

Various miscreants are attempting to exploit the latest Ivanti flaw, a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21893 that can be used to hijack

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05 Feb

More mass exploits hit the same buggy Ivanti devices

All manner of miscreants are piling onto the latest Ivanti flaw, a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21893, according to threat hunters tracking

Author rabih
05 Feb

Ignore Uncle Sam’s ‘voluntary’ cybersecurity goals for hospitals at your peril

Interview If you are responsible for infosec at a US hospital or other healthcare organization, and you treat the government’s new “voluntary” cybersecurity performance goals

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05 Feb

AnyDesk revokes signing certs, portal passwords after crooks sneak into systems

AnyDesk has copped to an IT security “incident” in which criminals broke into the remote-desktop software maker’s production systems. The biz has told customers to

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05 Feb

Lurie Children’s Hospital back to pen and paper after cyberattack

For the second time in one week, cybercriminals have targeted a Chicago children’s hospital, this time causing significant operational disruption. Lurie Children’s Hospital said it

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05 Feb

Could your Valentine be a scammer? How to avoid getting caught in a bad romance

Scams With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, here’s some timely advice on how to prevent scammers from stealing more than your heart Imogen Byers 05

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05 Feb

SBF likely off the hook for misplaced FTX funds after cops bust SIM swap ring

Infosec In Brief The recent indictment of a massive SIM-swapping ring may mean convicted crypto conman Sam Bankman-Fried is innocent of at least one allegation

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03 Feb

Researchers remotely exploit devices used to manage safe aircraft landings and takeoffs

Criminals could remotely tamper with the data that apps used by airplane pilots rely on to inform safe takeoff and landing procedures, according to fresh

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02 Feb

Blackbaud settles with FTC after that IT breach exposed millions of people’s info

Blackbaud, which had data on millions of people stolen from it by one or more crooks, has promised to shore up its IT defenses in

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02 Feb

Critical vulnerability in Mastodon is pounced upon by fast-acting admins

Mastodon has called admins to action following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability affecting the decentralized social network favored by erstwhile Twitter lovers. With a

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