Cybersecurity News
New Google Search Hacks Push Viruses & Porn
Three incidents demonstrate how cybercriminals leverage the scourge of black-hat search engine optimization to manipulate search results.22 September 2020
Startup Aims to Map and Track All the IT and Security Things
Security service JupiterOne spins off from a healthcare service provider's homegrown technology.22 September 2020
CISA warns of notable increase in LokiBot malware
"CISA has observed a notable increase in the use of LokiBot malware by malicious cyber actors since July 2020."22 September 2020
Known Citrix Workspace Bug Open to New Attack
Windows MSI files provide an opening for attackers even though the bug was mostly patched in July.
22 September 2020
Can Schools Pass Their Biggest Cybersecurity Test Yet?
Understaffed, underfunded, and underequipped, IT teams in the K-12 sector face a slew of challenges amid remote and hybrid learning models. Here's where they can begin to protect their schools against cyberattacks.
22 September 2020
New tool helps companies assess why employees click on phishing emails
NIST’s tool can help organizations improve the testing of their employees’ phish-spotting prowess
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22 September 2020
Microsoft Overhauls Patch Tuesday Security Update Guide
Microsoft announced a new Security Guide to help cybersecurity profession more quickly untangle relevant bugs in its monthly security bulletins.
22 September 2020
Healthcare lags behind in critical vulnerability management, banks hold their ground
New research sheds light on which industries are performing well when it comes to patching high-risk bugs.22 September 2020
Microsoft Extends Data Loss Prevention to Cloud App Security
The update, one of several announced today, is intended to help employees remain compliant when handling data across cloud applications.22 September 2020
Firefox 81 Release Kills High-Severity Code-Execution Bugs
Mozilla has fixed three high-severity flaws with the release of Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3.
22 September 2020
Activision Refutes Claims of 500K-Account Hack
The Call of Duty behemoth said that the reports of widespread hacks are false.
22 September 2020
Firefox 81 released with new browser theme
Other Firefox 81 features include a new look for the PDF viewer, support for auto-filling card data, and support for hardware media keys.22 September 2020
Microsoft renames and unifies more products under Microsoft Defender brand
Microsoft Threat Protection, Defender ATP, Azure Security Center, and others brought under the Microsoft Defender umbrella brand.22 September 2020
Google Cloud Buckets Exposed in Rampant Misconfiguration
A too-large percentage of cloud databases containing highly sensitive information are publicly available, an analysis shows.
22 September 2020
Permission Management & the Goldilocks Conundrum
In today's COVID-19 era, managing access has become even more difficult, especially for large organizations. Here's how to get it "just right."22 September 2020
Nearly 70% of IT & Security Pros Hone Their Cyber Skills Outside of Work
New research shows how security skills are lacking across multiple IT disciplines as well - including network engineers, sys admins, and cloud developers.22 September 2020
Russia wants to ban the use of secure protocols such as TLS 1.3, DoH, DoT, ESNI
Amendment to IT law would make it illegal to use encryption protocols that fully hide the traffic's destination.22 September 2020
Details of 540,000 sports referees taken in failed ransomware attack
ArbiterSports said it paid the hackers to delete the stolen data — a database backup.21 September 2020
Member of 'The Dark Overlord' hacking group sentenced to five years in prison
UK national Nathan Wyatt gets five years in prison after pleading guilty today.21 September 2020
Remote Work Exacerbating Data Sprawl
More than three-quarters of IT executives worry that data sprawl puts their data at risk, especially with employees working from insecure home networks, survey finds.21 September 2020