Cybersecurity News
Microsoft: 99.9% of compromised accounts did not use multi-factor authentication
Only 11% of all enterprise accounts use a MFA solution overall.06 March 2020
Virgin Media exposes data of 900,000 users via unprotected marketing database
UK telephone, television, and internet provider Virgin Media discloses data leak.05 March 2020
3 Data Breaches Disclosed This Week: J.Crew, T-Mobile, and Carnival
The separate incidents show how data theft knows no market-based limits.05 March 2020
One of Roman Abramovich's companies got hit by ransomware
Steel maker EVRAZ's North American operations are down after an infection with the Ryuk ransomware.05 March 2020
Attackers Distributing Malware Under Guise of Security Certificate Updates
Approach is a twist to the old method of using fake software, browser updates, Kaspersky says.05 March 2020
Zynga Faces Lawsuit Over Massive Words with Friends Breach
Meanwhile, breach incidents have hit Carnival Cruise Lines, T-Mobile and J. Crew customers.
05 March 2020
Zynga Faces Lawsuit Over Massive Words with Friends Breach
Meanwhile, breach incidents have hit Carnival Cruise Lines, T-Mobile and J. Crew customers.
05 March 2020
Contacts of 1m Virgin Media customers left on unsecured database
At least one person from outside Virgin Media accessed non-financial details
Almost a million Virgin Media customers had their personal details stored on a marketing database that had been left unsecured since last April, the company has admitted.
Records show that the database has been accessed by at least one person from outside the company, Virgin Media said, although it does not yet have any evidence that the information has been used illegally.
Continue reading...05 March 2020
Facebook sues Namecheap for letting scammers register lookalike domains
Facebook says Namecheap did not cooperate and share details about owners of suspicious domains.05 March 2020
Facebook sues Namecheap to unmask hackers who registered malicious domains
Facebook says Namecheap did not cooperate and share details about the owners of the suspicious domains.05 March 2020
Chris Eng: Patch Management Challenges Drive ‘Security Debt’
Chris Eng with Veracode talks about how organizations are falling into security debt due to patch management issues.
05 March 2020
Chris Eng: Patch Management Challenges Drive ‘Security Debt’
Chris Eng with Veracode talks about how organizations are falling into security debt due to patch management issues.
05 March 2020
6 Steps CISOs Should Take to Secure Their OT Systems
The first question each new CISO must answer is, "What should I do on Monday morning?" My suggestion: Go back to basics. And these steps will help.05 March 2020
Poll: Strengthening Security ... by Easing Security?
If security measures were made easier for end users, would your organization be more secure?05 March 2020
Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and others join forces with law enforcement on child abuse crackdown
Participating tech firms include Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Snap, and Roblox.05 March 2020
Researchers Find 670+ Microsoft Subdomains Vulnerable to Takeover
The now-fixed flaw could have enabled attackers to trick users into downloading malicious content or sharing credentials.05 March 2020
Request for Comments: Software-based PIN Entry on COTS Standard v1.1
From 2 March to 31 March 2020, PCI SSC stakeholders can participate in a Request for Comments (RFC) on the Software-based PIN Entry on COTS Standard v1.1 draft.
05 March 2020
Search Engine Aims to Make Dark Markets More Accessible
Two years after the administrator of the Grams search engine shuttered the service, another search engine for finding questionable and illegal goods on the Dark Web has opened up shop.05 March 2020
High-Severity Cisco Webex Flaws Fixed
The high-severity flaws, existing in Webex Player and Webex Network Recording Player, can allow arbitrary code execution.
05 March 2020
High-Severity Cisco Webex Flaws Fixed
The high-severity flaws, existing in Webex Player and Webex Network Recording Player, can allow arbitrary code execution.
05 March 2020