Cybersecurity News
Garmin Takes App & Services Offline After Suspected Ransomware Attack
Wearables company Garmin shut down its website, app, call centers, and other services in the aftermath of a security incident.24 July 2020
DJI Drone App Riddled With Privacy Issues, Researchers Allege
The DJI GO 4 application open users’ sensitive data up for the taking, researchers allege.
24 July 2020
Remote Work Could Help Cybersecurity's Diversity Problem - But Will It?
Job market data from the second quarter suggests there are increasing opportunities for women and minorities in the world of remote work, but long-standing biases may provide resistance.24 July 2020
Access to Internal Twitter Admin Tools Is Widespread
More than 1,000 individuals have access to tools that could have aided the attackers in the recent Twitter attack on high-profile accounts.24 July 2020
Rise of the Robots: How You Should Secure RPA
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the next big thing in innovation and digital strategy. But what security details are overlooked in the rush to implement bots?
24 July 2020
A vigilante is sabotaging the Emotet botnet by replacing malware payloads with GIFs
Emotet botnet activity goes down as Emotet admins are wrestling with a vigilante for control over parts of their infrastructure.24 July 2020
NSA Urgently Warns on Industrial Cyberattacks, Triconex Critical Bug
Power plants, factories, oil and gas refineries and more are all in the sights of foreign adversaries, the U.S. warns.
24 July 2020
News Wrap: Twitter Hack, Apple Under Fire and Global Privacy Finger Wags
Threatpost editors talk about the biggest security news stories for the week ended Jul. 24.
24 July 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
VPN services accused of leaking personal data – Better security in Gmail, Meet and Chat – Data breach reports in 1H2020
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24 July 2020
Premier League team narrowly avoids losing £1 million to scammers
In another incident, ransomware attackers almost forced the cancellation of a match, a report reveals
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24 July 2020
Email Security Features Fail to Prevent Phishable 'From' Addresses
The security features for verifying the source of an email header fail to work together properly in many implementations, according to a team of researchers.24 July 2020
Banning TikTok Won't Solve Our Privacy Problems
Preventing the use of an apps based solely on its country of origin (no matter how hostile) is merely a Band-Aid that won't fully address all privacy and security concerns.24 July 2020
Malicious ‘Blur’ Photo App Campaign Discovered on Google Play
Twenty-nine bad mobile apps with a combined 3.5 million downloads bombard users with out-of-context ads.
24 July 2020
FBI warns US companies about backdoors in Chinese tax software
Following the GoldenHelper and GoldenSpy malware reports, the FBI is now warning US companies operating in China.24 July 2020
Smartwatch maker Garmin hit by outages after ransomware attack
US company forced to shut down call centres, website and some other online services
Garmin has been forced to shut down its call centres, website and some other online services after a ransomware attack encrypted the smartwatch maker’s internal network and some production systems.
The US company shut down services including the official Garmin website and all customer services, including phone lines, online chat and email.
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Twilio Security Incident Shows Danger of Misconfigured S3 Buckets
Twilio says attackers accessed its misconfigured cloud storage system and altered a copy of the JavaScriptSDK it shares with customers.23 July 2020
DNA Site Leaves Records Open to Law Enforcement
A pair of breaches reset user accounts to allow access for two days.23 July 2020
Twitter Breach a Reminder of Need to Protect Corporate Social Media Use
Intruders had access to direct messages associated with 36 accounts in last week's attack, social media giant discloses.23 July 2020
Cisco Network Security Flaw Leaks Sensitive Data
The flaw exists in Cisco's network security Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software and its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software.
23 July 2020
Garmin Suffers Reported Ransomware Attack
Garmin's services, websites and customer service have all been down since Wednesday night.
23 July 2020