Cybersecurity News
Going Down the Spyware Rabbit Hole with SilkBean Mobile Malware

22 July 2020
Privacy watchdogs urge videoconferencing services to boost privacy protections
The open letter highlights five security and privacy principles that require heightened attention from videoconferencing services
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22 July 2020
Prometei botnet exploits Windows SMB to mine for cryptocurrency
The new botnet has been quietly operating since March.22 July 2020
Q&A: How Systemic Racism Weakens Cybersecurity

22 July 2020
Cybersecurity Lessons from the Pandemic

22 July 2020
University of York discloses data breach, staff and student records stolen
Third-party cloud service provider Blackbaud has been blamed.22 July 2020
Leak Exposes Private Data of Genealogy Service Users

22 July 2020
Fundamentals of Network Traffic Decryption and Risk Management
Visibility into and inspection of inbound encrypted network traffic is essential for sound enterprise network security. Decryption approaches must soon change due to increasing cost and complexity, but alternative technologies are emerging.22 July 2020
Adobe issues emergency fixes for critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop, Bridge, Prelude
13 vulnerabilities, the majority critical, are being tackled in the out-of-band security update.22 July 2020
DDoS Botnets Are Entrenched in Asia & Amplification Attacks Set Records
China, Vietnam, and Taiwan are top sources of DDoS botnet activity, but the top data floods use a variety of amplification attacks, a report finds.21 July 2020
Emotet Returns in Malspam Attacks Dropping TrickBot, QakBot

21 July 2020
The State of Hacktivism in 2020
Activism via hacking might not be as noisy as it once was, but it hasn't been silenced yet.21 July 2020
US Indicts 2 Chinese Nationals for Stealing IP & Business Secrets, Including COVID-19 Research
Pair working on behalf of themselves and China's Ministry of State Security, Justice Department says.21 July 2020
Microsoft 365 Updated with New Security, Risk, Compliance Tools

21 July 2020
Fortinet Buys Cloud Security Firm OPAQ
The company plans to add zero-trust networking capabilities to its Secure Access Service Edge architecture.21 July 2020
Chris Vickery: AI Will Drive Tomorrow’s Data Breaches

21 July 2020
The Data Privacy Loophole Federal Agencies Are Still Missing
Why knowledge-based authentication is leaving federal contact centers vulnerable to an increasingly sophisticated hacker community.21 July 2020
Argentine telecom company hit by major ransomware attack
Telecom Argentina says it has contained the attack and regained access to its systems without paying up
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21 July 2020
G Suite Security Updates Bring New Features to Gmail, Meet & Chat
New security features include support for a new standard in Gmail, phishing protection in Chat, and additional admin controls.21 July 2020
Critical Adobe Photoshop Flaws Patched in Emergency Update

21 July 2020