16 Dec

Microsoft Teams: A vector for child sexual abuse material with a two-day processing time for complaints

Australia’s e-safety commissioner, a government agency charged with keeping citizens safe online, has delivered a report on seven tech platforms’ mechanisms to protect children from

Author rabih
16 Dec

US adds 36 Chinese entities to naughty list, drops 25 after checking it twice

The United States Department of Commerce has added 36 Chinese companies or subsidiaries to its list of companies that cannot import certain US technologies without

Author rabih
16 Dec

NIST says you better dump weak SHA-1 … by 2030

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) says it’s time to retire Secure Hash Algorithm-1 (SHA-1), a 27-year-old weak algorithm used in security

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15 Dec

Sting op takes down 50 DDoS-for-hire domains, seven people collared

Police around the globe have seized as many as 50 internet domains said to be involved in tens of millions of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks worldwide.

Author rabih
15 Dec

Microsoft to Europe: We’re setting an EU ‘data boundary’ from 2023

Microsoft has confirmed that from the beginning of 2023, it will introduce an EU Data Boundary solution designed to help customers in the European Union

Author rabih
15 Dec

SEC charges crew of social media influencers with $100m fraud

Eight braggadocious social media influencers fond of posing next to sportscars are facing charges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of

Author rabih
15 Dec

Traveling for the holidays? Stay cyber‑safe with these tips

Holiday travel is back with a vengeance this year. Set yourself up for a cyber-safe and hassle-free trip with our checklist. You’ve successfully avoided all

Author rabih
15 Dec

How to Browse Privately on Your Phone

Your phone is likely a daily companion, giving you access to work emails, chats with friends, weather reports, and more — all in the palm

Author rabih
15 Dec

Iran-linked Charming Kitten espionage gang bares claws to pollies, power orgs

An Iranian cyber espionage gang with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has learned new methods and phishing techniques, and aimed them at a

Author rabih
14 Dec

On the 12th day of the Rackspace email disaster, it did not give to me …

There’s no end – or restored data – in sight for some Rackspace customers now on day 12 of the company’s ransomware-induced hosted Exchange email

Author rabih
14 Dec

Malicious Microsoft-signed Windows drivers wielded in cyberattacks

Microsoft says it has suspended several third-party developer accounts that submitted malicious Windows drivers for the IT giant to digitally sign so that the code

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14 Dec

Seven smuggled US military tech for Moscow, say Feds

The US Department of Justice unsealed a 16-count indictment today accusing five Russians, an American citizen, and a lawful permanent US resident of smuggling export-controlled

Author rabih
14 Dec

AWS strains to make Simple Storage Service not so simple to screw up

Amazon wants you to know that it’s not to blame for the data you’ve exposed though its cloud storage service. AWS Simple Storage Service (S3)

Author rabih
14 Dec

TikTok could be banned from America, thanks to proposed bipartisan bill

The US government’s crackdown on TikTok continues, with the latest salvo being a bipartisan bill that would outright ban the popular social media app from

Author rabih
14 Dec

Patch Tuesday updates spark errors when creating Hyper-V VMs

Updates to Windows Server that were included in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday batch of fixes this week could trip up users who want to spin up

Author rabih
14 Dec

EU takes another step towards US data-sharing agreement

The EU has issued a draft decision agreeing that measures taken by the United States ensure sufficient protection for personal data to be transferred from

Author rabih
14 Dec

The EU takes another step towards US data-sharing agreement

The EU has issued a draft decision agreeing that measures taken by the United States ensure sufficient protection for personal data to be transferred from

Author rabih
14 Dec

International Engagement Blog: Singapore International Cyber Week, the Regional Initiative for Cybersecurity Education and Training, and More

NIST has continued to collaborate into the fall season with partners throughout the world on the Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 update.  International engagement and alignment with

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