Dumb Password RulesTroy Hunt is collecting examples of dumb password rules. There are some pretty bad disasters out there. My worst experiences are with sites that...
Month: March 2023
Google Trust Services now offers TLS certificates for Google Domains customers
Google Trust Services now offers TLS certificates for Google Domains customersAndy Warner, Google Trust Services, and Carl Krauss, Product Manager, Google Domains We’re excited to announce...
Leveraging Data Science to Minimize the Blast Radius of Ransomware Attacks
Leveraging Data Science to Minimize the Blast Radius of Ransomware AttacksIn this blog entry, we present a case study that illustrates how data-science techniques can be...
Managed XDR Exposes Spear-Phishing Campaign Targeting Hospitality Industry Using RedLine Stealer
Managed XDR Exposes Spear-Phishing Campaign Targeting Hospitality Industry Using RedLine StealerFind out how the Managed XDR team uncovered RedLine Stealer’s evasive spear-phishing campaign that targets the...
CISA releases free ‘Decider’ tool to help with MITRE ATT&CK mapping
CISA releases free ‘Decider’ tool to help with MITRE ATT&CK mappingThe U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released 'Decider,' an open-source tool that helps...
British retail chain WH Smith says data stolen in cyberattack
British retail chain WH Smith says data stolen in cyberattackBritish retailer WH Smith has suffered a data breach that exposed information belonging to current and former...
White House releases new U.S. national cybersecurity strategy
White House releases new U.S. national cybersecurity strategyThe Biden-Harris administration today released its national cybersecurity strategy that focuses on shifting the burden of defending the country's...
Cyber-attack on WH Smith targets personal staff details
Cyber-attack on WH Smith targets personal staff detailsRetailer says breach has not affected customer details, or had impact on website or general trading WH Smith has...
Okta CEO: Identity Governance Has ‘The Markings of a Hit’
Okta CEO: Identity Governance Has 'The Markings of a Hit'Big Enterprises Embrace Okta Identity Governance in Competitive Bake-Offs, CEO SaysOkta Identity Governance has enjoyed success in...
White House Unveils Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy
White House Unveils Biden's National Cybersecurity StrategyFocus Includes Critical Infrastructure Security, Secure Software DevelopmentThe Biden administration has unveiled its new national cybersecurity strategy, detailing top challenges...
British Retailer WH Smith Discloses Breach of Employee Data
British Retailer WH Smith Discloses Breach of Employee DataWebsite Unaffected and No Customer Accounts or Databases Exposed, Company ReportsHigh street retailer WH Smith reports that it...
Google Gmail client-side encryption is available globally
Google Gmail client-side encryption is available globallyGmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. Google announced that...
Smashing Security podcast #311: TikTok, wiretapping, and your deepfake voice is your password
Smashing Security podcast #311: TikTok, wiretapping, and your deepfake voice is your passwordWho has been warning Italian criminals that their phones are wiretapped? Can you trust...
Russia bans foreign messaging apps in government organizations
Russia bans foreign messaging apps in government organizationsRussia's internet watchdog agency Roskomnadzor is warning that today is the first day that laws banning the use of many...
Cisco patches critical Web UI RCE flaw in multiple IP phones
Cisco patches critical Web UI RCE flaw in multiple IP phonesCisco has addressed a critical security vulnerability found in the Web UI of multiple IP Phone...
Iron Tiger hackers create Linux version of their custom malware
Iron Tiger hackers create Linux version of their custom malwareThe APT27 hacking group, aka "Iron Tiger," has prepared a new Linux version of its SysUpdate custom...
Microsoft Exchange Online outage blocks access to mailboxes worldwide
Microsoft Exchange Online outage blocks access to mailboxes worldwideMicrosoft is investigating an ongoing outage that is blocking Exchange Online customers worldwide from accessing their mailboxes via...
Aruba Networks fixes six critical vulnerabilities in ArubaOS
Aruba Networks fixes six critical vulnerabilities in ArubaOSAruba Networks published a security advisory to inform customers about six critical-severity vulnerabilities impacting multiple versions of ArubaOS, its...
Microsoft PowerToys adds ‘Paste as plain text’ and Mouse Jump tools
Microsoft PowerToys adds ‘Paste as plain text’ and Mouse Jump toolsMicrosoft has added two new utilities to the open-source PowerToys toolset to help Windows users paste...
Trezor warns of massive crypto wallet phishing campaign
Trezor warns of massive crypto wallet phishing campaignAn ongoing phishing campaign is pretending to be Trezor data breach notifications attempting to steal a target's cryptocurrency wallet...
FTC: Amazon, One Medical Must Keep Privacy Promises
FTC: Amazon, One Medical Must Keep Privacy PromisesCommission's Data Protection Warning Comes After Firms' $3.9B DealThe Federal Trade Commission is warning Amazon and One Medical to...
EU Data Protection Board Casts Doubt on Privacy Framework
EU Data Protection Board Casts Doubt on Privacy FrameworkEDPB Chair Jelinek Says Agreement for EU-US Data Flows Raises 'Privacy Concerns'The European agency responsible for overseeing consistent...
Irish Authorities Levy GDPR Fine in Centric Health Breach
Irish Authorities Levy GDPR Fine in Centric Health Breach2019 Ransomware Breach Affected 70,000 Patients, Destroyed Records of 2,500 of ThemIrish authorities have fined a healthcare organization...
Okta CEO: Identity Governance Has ‘All the Markings of a Hit’
Okta CEO: Identity Governance Has 'All the Markings of a Hit'Big Enterprises Embrace Okta Identity Governance in Competitive Bake-Offs, CEO SaysOkta Identity Governance has enjoyed success...
Google Gmail client-side encryption is available globally
Google Gmail client-side encryption is available globallyGmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. Google announced that...
LastPass Confirms Second Data Breach of Encrypted Password Vaults
LastPass Confirms Second Data Breach of Encrypted Password VaultsAs a result of another attack on LastPass’s systems, the company disclosed a severe data breach in December...
What Is Broken Access Control and How to Keep Your Organization Safe?
What Is Broken Access Control and How to Keep Your Organization Safe?Access control is an important security measure for organizations of all sizes. Without it, intruders...
Scarleteel Cloud Attack: Hackers Use Kubernetes and AWS to Steal Source Code
Scarleteel Cloud Attack: Hackers Use Kubernetes and AWS to Steal Source CodeThreat actors exploited a compromised Kubernetes container to attempt privilege escalation into an AWS account....
ChromeLoader Malware Is Targeting Gamers
ChromeLoader Malware Is Targeting GamersCybersecurity researchers recently discovered a new wave of ChromeLoader malware that threat actors are using to circumvent antivirus software and other cybersecurity...
Crypto-Ransomware: An A to Z Guide to What It Is and How to Protect Yourself
Crypto-Ransomware: An A to Z Guide to What It Is and How to Protect YourselfWondering what is crypto-ransomware? You’ve come to the right place. Because of...