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MGM Resorts data breach exposes details of 10.6 million guests
A number of celebrities, government officials and tech CEOs were also caught up in the incident
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20 February 2020
5 Strategies to Secure Cloud Operations Against Today's Cyber Threats
With these fundamentals in mind, organizations can reduce their security and compliance risks as they reap the cloud's many benefits:20 February 2020
New Guidance: PCI DSS for Large Organizations
PCI Security Standards Council has published a new Information Supplement: PCI DSS for Large Organizations. This document was produced by the 2019 Special Interest Group (SIG), whose members provided their expertise and shared experience of managing PCI DSS assessments in large organizations.
20 February 2020
10 Tough Questions CEOs Are Asking CISOs
CEOs today are prepared with better questions than 'Are we secure,' and chief information security officers had better be ready to answer.
20 February 2020
Firms Improve Threat Detection but Face Increasingly Disruptive Attacks
In addition, more third parties are discovering the attacks rather than the companies themselves.20 February 2020
US, UK formally blame Russia for mass-defacement of Georgian websites
US State Department and UK Foreign Office say Russia's military intelligence agency was behind October 2019 attack on Georgian web portals.20 February 2020
Critical Adobe Flaws Fixed in Out-of-Band Update
Two critical Adobe vulnerabilities have been fixed in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder.
20 February 2020
MGM Grand Breach Leaked Details of 10.6 Million Guests Last Summer
This week a hacking forum posted data from the breach—which included personal and contact details for celebrities, tech CEOs, government officials and employees at large tech companies.
20 February 2020
Linux and malware: Should you worry?
Malicious code is nothing to worry about on Linux, right? Hold your penguins. How Linux malware has gone from the sidelines to the headlines.
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20 February 2020
Adobe releases out-of-band patch for critical code execution vulnerabilities
The severe security problems can be exploited to launch code execution attacks.20 February 2020
Researchers Fool Smart Car Camera with a 2-Inch Piece of Electrical Tape
McAfee researchers say they were able to get a Tesla to autonomously accelerate by tricking its camera platform into misreading a speed-limit sign.19 February 2020
Exclusive: Details of 10.6 million of MGM hotel guests posted on a hacking forum
MGM Resorts said security incident took place last summer and notified impacted guests last year.19 February 2020
U.S. Pipeline Disrupted by Ransomware Attack
The attack took a gas compression facility offline for two days, disrupting the supply chain.
19 February 2020
Users Have Risky Security Habits, but Security Pros Aren't Much Better
Researchers spot gaps in users' and IT practitioners' security habits, and between security tools and user preferences.19 February 2020
User Have Risky Security Habits, but Security Pros Aren't Much Better
Researchers spot gaps in users' and IT practitioners' security habits, and between security tools and user preferences.19 February 2020
BlueKeep Flaw Plagues Outdated Connected Medical Devices
More than 55 percent of medical imaging devices - including MRIs, XRays and ultrasound machines - are powered by outdated Windows versions, researchers warn.
19 February 2020
Zero-Factor Authentication: Owning Our Data
Are you asking the right questions to determine how well your vendors will protect your data? Probably not.19 February 2020
44% of Security Threats Start in the Cloud
Amazon Web Services is a top source of cyberattacks, responsible for 94% of all Web attacks originating in the public cloud.19 February 2020
WordPress botnet deploys anti-adblocker script to make sure their spammy ads are profitable
WP-VCD botnet operators are having the same problems all site operators are having: Ad blockers!19 February 2020
WordPress botnet deploys anti-adblocker script to make sure its spammy ads are profitable
WP-VCD botnet operators are having the same problems all site operators are having: Ad blockers!19 February 2020