29 Nov

McAfee Enterprise Defender Blog | Windows Zero-Day – CVE-2021-41379

Threat Summary This month it was disclosed that a Microsoft vulnerability that allows for local privilege elevation, previously patched in the November 2021 Patch Tuesday,

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29 Nov

More than 1,000 arrested in global crackdown on online fraud

The INTERPOL-led operation involved law enforcement from 20 countries and led to the seizure of millions of dollars in illicit gains Law enforcement agencies from

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29 Nov

Wind turbine maker Vestas confirms recent security incident was ransomware

Wind turbine maker Vestas says “almost all” of its IT systems are finally up and running 10 days after a security attack by criminals, confirming

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29 Nov

Utility Metrics for Differential Privacy: No One-Size-Fits-All

Credit: metamorworks/shutterstock.com In previous posts we discussed different ways to implement differential privacy, each of which offers some trade-off between privacy and utility. But what

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29 Nov

Australia will force social networks to identify trolls, so they can be sued for defamation

Australia’s government has announced it will compel social media companies to reveal the identities of users who post material considered defamatory. Prime minister Scott Morrison

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26 Nov

EU needs more cybersecurity graduates, says ENISA infosec agency – pointing at growing list of master’s degree courses

The EU needs more cybersecurity graduates to plug the political bloc’s shortage of skilled infosec bods, according to a report from the ENISA online security

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26 Nov

Privacy Sandbox saga continues: UK watchdog extracts more commitments from Google over ad tech

The torrid tale of Google’s Privacy Sandbox took another turn today with the UK’s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) saying it has “secured improved commitments”

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26 Nov

The Privacy Sandbox saga continues: UK watchdog extracts more commitments from Google over advertising tech

The torrid tale of Google’s Privacy Sandbox took another turn today with the UK’s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) saying it has “secured improved commitments”

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26 Nov

Government-favoured child safety app warned it could violate the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act with message-scanning tech

A company repeatedly endorsed by ministers backing the UK’s Online Safety Bill was warned by its lawyers that its technology could breach the Investigatory Powers

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26 Nov

If you want to see off next year’s cyber-threats, the time to prepare is … now

Paid Post Whatever sector you’re in, 2022 is likely to mean more and nastier cyber-threats. But you’ll be much better prepared to face them down

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25 Nov

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint laid low. Not by malware, but by another buggy Windows patch

A sad-faced Microsoft engineer has had to reset the “Days since we last shot ourselves in the foot” counter at the company’s HQ after a

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25 Nov

McAfee Enterprise Defender Blog | CISA Alert: MS Exchange & Fortinet Vulnerabilities

Threat Summary On November 17, 2021, The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) pushed an Alert entitled “Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Cyber Actors Exploiting Microsoft

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25 Nov

It’s about the survival of the fittest – CISOs must be brave enough to throw away their security playbook, or suffer the consequences

Advertorial I’m always asked what keeps me awake at night. Being targeted by APT groups? New ransomware strains? But if you’re worrying about being attacked

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25 Nov

UK.gov emits draft IoT and smartphone security law for Parliamentary scrutiny

A new British IoT product security law is racing through the House of Commons, with the government boasting it will outlaw default admin passwords and

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25 Nov

Google advises passwords are good, spear phishing is bad, and free clouds get attacked

Google’s Cybersecurity Action Team has released its first “threat horizon” report on the scary things it’s found on the internet. The advertising giant launched the

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25 Nov

Huawei’s AppGallery riddled with malware-infected games

Cybersecurity researchers at anti-virus software company Dr Web have discovered a treasure trove of malware-laced Android games on Huawei’s AppGallery. The trojan, Android.Cynos.7.origin, is a

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25 Nov

US bans Chinese firms – including one linked to HPE’s China JV – for feeding tech to Beijing’s military

The US Dept of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has added 27 companies to its list of entities prohibited from doing business with the

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24 Nov

Max Schrems hits Irish Data Protection Commissioner with corruption complaint

Data privacy campaign group noyb, founded by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, has filed a complaint with the Austrian Office for the Prosecution of Corruption (WKStA)

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