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Major Flaws Open the Edge to Attack
Attackers are using critical exploits for flaws in VPN appliances, app-delivery services, and other network-edge hardware and software to punch through corporate perimeters. What can companies do?Enterprise Data Security: It’s Time to Flip the Established Approach
Companies should forget about auditing where data resides and who has access to it.
Twitter: No evidence hackers accessed user passwords
Social network has no plans to reset user passwords after yesterday's massive hack that spread a Bitcoin scam on the platform.EU Court Ruling Means New Global Protections for EU Customer Data
The ruling in a case involving Facebook means that international companies must provide EU-level privacy controls for EU-generated data no matter where it's stored or transferred.Twitter Attack Raises Concerns Over its Internal Controls
Attackers temporarily gained control of the accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and others, to tweet a bitcoin scam.Hackers Look to Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Research
The Russia-linked APT29 has set its sights on pharma research in Western nations in a likely attempt to get ahead on a cure for coronavirus.
Cybersecurity Leaders: Invest In Your People
Training, especially cross-training, is insanely powerful when team members are able to experience, train, and work together. It also builds trust.Russian Cyberattacks Target COVID-19 Research, Vaccine Development
Government agencies in the US, UK, and Canada report Russian group Cozy Bear is targeting organizations developing coronavirus vaccines.Diebold Nixdorf warns of a new class of ATM 'black box' attacks across Europe
New ATM black box (jackpotting) attacks have been spotted in Belgium.Zoom Addresses Vanity URL Zero-Day
An attacker could pose as a company employee, invite customers or partners to meetings, then use socially engineered conversation to extract sensitive information.
Spanish deputy PM urges investigation into Catalan spyware claims
Exclusive: Pablo Iglesias calls alleged targeting of independence movement figures unacceptable
The Spanish deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias has become the most senior political figure to call for a parliamentary investigation into the use of spyware to target prominent members of the Catalan independence movement, saying such practices are “unacceptable in a democracy”.
A joint investigation this week by the Guardian and El País has revealed that Roger Torrent, the speaker of the Catalan parliament, and former regional foreign minister Ernest Maragall are among at least four pro-independence activists who have been targeted using Israeli spyware that its makers said is sold only to governments.
Continue reading...High‑profile Twitter accounts hacked to promote Bitcoin scam
Tech titans and prominent politicians among victims of a sprawling hack that Twitter says leveraged its internal tools
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US actor casting company leaked private data of over 260,000 individuals
Exclusive: The site has been used to cast members in Pitch Perfect and Terminator Genisys, among other shows.Third-Party IoT Vulnerabilities: We Need a Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift
The only entities equipped to safeguard Internet of Things devices against risks are the IoT device manufacturers themselves.Amazon-Themed Phishing Campaigns Swim Past Security Checks
A pair of recent campaigns aim to lift credentials and other personal information under the guise of Amazon package-delivery notices.
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Gain access to a broad spectrum of in-depth cybersecurity Briefings and Trainings.European court strikes down EU-US Privacy Shield user data exchange agreement as invalid
The decision could have immediate ramifications for the transfer of user data between the US and Europe.Threat Actors Introduce Unique ‘Newbie’ Hacker Forum
CryptBB becomes more inclusive by inviting less experienced hackers to learn from expert cybercriminals and one another.
Iranian cyberspies leave training videos exposed online
Cyber-security firm IBM X-Force finds video recordings used to train Iranian state hackers.Mac cryptocurrency trading application rebranded, bundled with malware
ESET researchers lure GMERA malware operators to remotely control their Mac honeypots
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