Cybersecurity News
New Guidelines on Remote Assessments
Today, the Council has published “PCI SSC Remote Assessment Guidelines and Procedures”. These Guidelines define the principles and procedures for the appropriate use of remote assessments for PCI SSC standards when an onsite assessment is not possible. Here we interview Emma Sutcliffe, SVP Standards Officer on how the industry can use these guidelines to support secure remote assessment practices.
TangleBot Malware Reaches Deep into Android Device Functions

Critical Cisco Bugs Allow Code Execution on Wireless, SD-WAN

Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET unmasks FamousSparrow APT group – Stopping cloud data leaks – European cybercrime ring busted
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Apple Patches 3 More Zero-Days Under Active Attack

FBI arrests 75-year-old for allegedly placing pipe bombs outside phone, carrier stores
The suspect was reportedly upset over handsets being used to spread "immoral content."REvil Affiliates Confirm: Leadership Were Cheating Dirtbags

5 Tips for Achieving Better Cybersecurity Risk Management

100M IoT Devices Exposed By Zero-Day Bug

Bug in macOS Finder allows remote code execution
While Apple did issue a patch for the vulnerability, it seems that the fix can be easily circumvented
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FamousSparrow APT Wings in to Spy on Hotels, Governments

Lawsuits, Indictments Revive Trump-Alfa Bank Story
In October 2016, media outlets reported that data collected by some of the world's most renowned cybersecurity experts had identified frequent and unexplained communications between an email server used by the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, one of Russia's largest financial institutions. Those publications set off speculation about a possible secret back-channel of communications, as well as a series of lawsuits and investigations that culminated last week with the indictment of the same former federal cybercrime prosecutor who brought the data to the attention of the FBI five years ago.Google Report Spotlights Uptick in Controversial ‘Geofence Warrants’ by Police

Acronis Offers up to $5,000 to Users Who Spot Bugs in Its Cyber Protection Products

Domain Brand Monitor: The First Brand Protection Layer by WhoisXML API

Large-Scale Phishing-as-a-Service Operation Exposed

New advanced hacking group targets governments, engineers worldwide
The APT was one of many groups that took part in the Microsoft Exchange Server hacks.FamousSparrow: A suspicious hotel guest
Yet another APT group that exploited the ProxyLogon vulnerability in March 2021
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Crystal Valley Farm Coop Hit with Ransomware

Netgear SOHO Security Bug Allows RCE, Corporate Attacks
