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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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14 Dec

Citrix patches critical ADC flaw the NSA says is already under attack from China

The China-linked crime gang APT5 is already attacking a flaw in Citrix’s Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway products that the vendor patched today. Citrix

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14 Dec

Microsoft ain’t the only one squashing exploited-in-the-wild bugs this month

Patch Tuesday For its final Patch Tuesday of the year, Microsoft fixed one bug that’s already been exploited in the wild – and another that’s

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14 Dec

Microsoft isn’t the only one fixing a bug that’s being exploited this Patch Tuesday

For its final Patch Tuesday of the year, Microsoft fixed one bug that’s already been exploited and another that’s publicly known, bringing its total patched

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13 Dec

LockBit threatens to leak confidential info stolen from California’s beancounters

LockBit claims it was behind a cyber-attack on the California Department of Finance, bragging it stole data during the intrusion. The notorious ransomware gang boasted

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13 Dec

Uber staff info leaks after supplier Teqtivity gets pwned

Uber, which has suffered a few data thefts in its time, is this week dealing with the fallout from yet another – this time from

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13 Dec

Know Your Superpower: Brenda’s McAfee Journey

Our How I Got Here series spotlights the stories of McAfee team members who have successfully grown their careers. Read more about Brenda’s McAfee’s journey, what a

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13 Dec

Apple should pay €6m to French data watchdog for tracking users without consent, says official

Apple tracked users without their consent and deserves to be fined €6 million, according to a top advisor to France’s data privacy watchdog.  The Commission

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13 Dec

Top tips for security‑ and privacy‑enhancing holiday gifts

Think outside the (gift) box. Here are a few ideas for security and privacy gifts to get for your relatives – or even for yourself.

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13 Dec

Researchers smell a cryptomining Chaos RAT targeting Linux systems

A type of cryptomining malware targeting Linux-based systems has added capabilities by incorporating an open source remote access trojan called Chaos RAT with several advanced

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