Cybersecurity News
Adobe releases another out-of-band patch, squashing critical bugs across creative software
10 products are impacted, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and InDesign.21 October 2020
MobileIron enterprise MDM servers under attack from DDoS gangs, nation-states
Threat actors range from DDoS botnets to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups.21 October 2020
Ransomware Attacks Show Little Sign of Slowing in 2021
Attackers have little motivation to stop when businesses are paying increasingly larger ransoms, say security experts who foresee a rise in attacks.20 October 2020
Ransomware Group Makes Splashy $20K Donation to Charities

20 October 2020
Google releases Chrome security update to patch actively exploited zero-day
Google Chrome 86.0.4240.111 released with a fix.20 October 2020
Microsoft says it took down 94% of TrickBot's command and control servers
TrickBot survived an initial takedown attempt, but Microsoft and its partners are countering TrickBot operators after every move, taking down any new infrastructure the group is attempting to bring up online.20 October 2020
Do Standards Exist That Certify Secure IoT Systems?

20 October 2020
NSA Reveals the Top 25 Vulnerabilities Exploited by Chinese Nation-State Hackers
Officials urge organizations to patch the vulnerabilities most commonly scanned for, and exploited by, Chinese attackers.20 October 2020
Adobe Fixes 16 Critical Code-Execution Bugs Across Portfolio

20 October 2020
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification: Are You in Compliance?
Not only can this framework help companies remain solvent, but it will also protect critical information from getting into the wrong hands.20 October 2020
Making a Difference: Accor
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) recently announced the nomination period for the next PCI SSC Board of Advisors. The Board of Advisors represents PCI SSC Participating Organizations worldwide to ensure global industry involvement in the development of PCI Security Standards. As strategic partners, they bring industry, geographical and technical insight to PCI Council plans and projects. In this post, we talk with 2018 - 2020 PCI SSC Board of Advisor Member Marie-Christine Vittet, Vice President Compliance, at Accor about the role of the PCI SSC Board of Advisors in shaping payment security globally.
20 October 2020
Facebook: A Top Launching Pad For Phishing Attacks

20 October 2020
Farsight Labs Launched as Security Collaboration Platform
Farsight Security's platform will offer no-cost access to certain tools and services.20 October 2020
Pharma Giant Pfizer Leaks Customer Prescription Info, Call Transcripts

20 October 2020
Businesses Rethink Endpoint Security for 2021
The mass movement to remote work has forced organizations to rethink their long-term plans for endpoint security. How will things look different next year?20 October 2020
NSA publishes list of Top 25 vulnerabilities currently targeted by Chinese hackers
NSA urges US public and private sector to apply patches or mitigations to prevent attacks.20 October 2020
Office 365 OAuth Attack Targets Coinbase Users

20 October 2020
Building the Human Firewall
Cybersecurity was a challenge before COVID-19 sent millions of employees home to work from their own devices and networks. Now what?20 October 2020
Google removes two Chrome ad blockers caught collecting user data
Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender have been removed from the official Chrome Web Store.20 October 2020
Mobile Browser Bugs Open Safari, Opera Users to Malware

20 October 2020