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Back-to-Basics: Secure Remote Access
As small and medium businesses begin to re-open following the pandemic, it’s important to do so securely in order to protect customer’s payment card data. Too often, data breaches happen as a result of vulnerabilities that are entirely preventable. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has developed a set of payment protection resources for small businesses. In this 8-part back-to-basics series, we highlight payment security basics for protecting against payment data theft. Today’s blog focuses on securing remote access.
LockBit 2.0 Ransomware Proliferates Globally
Fresh attacks target companies' employees, promising millions of dollars in exchange for valid account credentials for initial access.
Bug in Millions of Flawed IoT Devices Lets Attackers Eavesdrop
A remote attacker could exploit a critical vulnerability to eavesdrop on live audio & video or take control. The bug is in ThroughTek’s Kalay network, used in 83m devices.
Nearly 2 million records from terrorist watchlist exposed online
The secret list was exposed online for three weeks, allowing anyone to access it without any kind of authentication
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Terrorist Watchlist Exposed Online with Nearly 1.9M Records
A researcher discovered a data cache from the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center left online without a password or authentication requirement.
Apple: CSAM Image-Detection Backdoor ‘Narrow’ in Scope
Computing giant tries to reassure users that the tool won’t be used for mass surveillance.
How to Reduce Exchange Server Downtime in Case of a Disaster?
Exchange downtime can have serious implications on businesses. Thus, it’s important to maintain backups and implement best practices for Exchange servers that can help restore the Exchange server when a disaster strikes with minimal impact and downtime.
Dumpster diving is a filthy business
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – here’s why you should think twice about what you toss in the recycling bin
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Phishing Costs Nearly Quadrupled Over 6 Years
Lost productivity & mopping up after the costly attacks that follow phishing – BEC & ransomware in particular – eat up most costs, not payouts to crooks.
T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Data Breach
Communications giant T-Mobile said today it is investigating the extent of a data breach that hackers claim has exposed sensitive personal data on 100 million T-Mobile USA customers, in many cases including the name, Social Security number, address, date of birth, phone number, security PINs and details that uniquely identify each customer's mobile device.Critical Valve Bug Lets Gamers Add Unlimited Funds to Steam Wallets
Valve plugs an API bug found in its Steam platform that that abused the Smart2Pay system to add unlimited funds to gamer digital wallets.
XSS Bug in SEOPress WordPress Plugin Allows Site Takeover
The bug would allow a number of malicious actions, up to and including full site takeover. The vulnerable plugin is installed on 100,000 websites.
100m T-Mobile Customer Records Purportedly Up for Sale
The seller claims to have sucker-punched U.S. infrastructure out of retaliation. The offer: 30m records for ~1 penny each, with the rest being sold privately.
Amazon’s Plan to Track Worker Keystrokes: A Sign of Controls to Come?
Data theft, insider threats and imposters accessing sensitive customer data have apparently gotten so bad inside Amazon, the company is considering rolling out keyboard-stroke monitoring for its customer-service reps. A confidential memo from inside Amazon explained that customer service credential abuse and data theft was on the rise, according to Motherboard which reviewed the document. […]
Cyberattackers Embrace CAPTCHAs to Hide Phishing, Malware
CAPTCHA-protected malicious URLs are snowballing lately, researchers said.
SolarWinds 2.0 Could Ignite Financial Crisis – Podcast
That’s what NY State suggests could happen, given the utter lack of cybersec protection at many private equity & hedge fund firms. Can AI help avert it?
Exchange Servers Under Active Attack via ProxyShell Bugs
There’s an entirely new attack surface in Exchange, a researcher revealed at Black Hat, and threat actors are now exploiting servers vulnerable to the RCE bugs.
New Anti Anti-Money Laundering Services for Crooks
Two new dark web services are marketing to cybercriminals who are curious to see how their various cryptocurrency holdings and transactions may be linked to known criminal activity. Dubbed "Antinalysis" and "AMLBot," the services purport to offer a glimpse into how one's payment activity might be flagged by law enforcement agencies and private companies that try to link suspicious cryptocurrency transactions to real people.WordPress Sites Abused in Aggah Spear-Phishing Campaign
The Pakistan-linked threat group's campaign uses compromised WordPress sites to deliver the Warzone RAT to manufacturing companies in Taiwan and South Korea.
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
How IISpy spies on its victims and stays under the radar – IISerpent tampers with search engine results – How to avoid falling prey to ransomware
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