Cybersecurity News
Man Robbed of 16 Bitcoin Sues Young Thieves’ Parents
In 2018, Andrew Schober was digitally mugged for approximately $1 million worth of bitcoin. After several years of working with investigators, Schober says he's confident he has located two young men in the United Kingdom responsible for developing a clever piece of digital clipboard-stealing malware that let them siphon his crypto holdings. Schober is now suing each of their parents in a civil case that seeks to extract what their children would not return voluntarily.Win10 Admin Rights Tossed Off by Yet Another Plug-In
Then again, you don’t even need the actual device – in this case, a SteelSeries peripheral – since emulation works just fine to launch with full SYSTEM rights.
US Media, Retailers Targeted by New SparklingGoblin APT
The new APT uses an undocumented backdoor to infiltrate the education, retail and government sectors.
IBM launches new SASE service to bolster zero-trust enterprise security
The service is the result of a partnership with Zscaler.California Man Hacked iCloud Accounts to Steal Nude Photos
Hao Kou Chi pleaded guilty to four felonies in a hacker-for-hire scam that used socially engineered emails to trick people out of their credentials.
Proofpoint awarded $13.5 million in IP theft lawsuit against Vade Secure
The company claimed that Vade "willfully" misappropriated trade secrets.Shopping Online
When shopping online, always use your credit cards instead of a debit card. If any fraud happens, it is far easier to recover your money from a credit card transaction. Gift cards and one-time-use credit card numbers are even more secure.Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes millions of records
The caches of data that were publicly accessible included names, email addresses and social security numbers
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Poly Network Recoups $610M Stolen from DeFi Platform
The attacker returned the loot after being offered a gig as chief security advisor with Poly Network.
The SideWalk may be as dangerous as the CROSSWALK
Meet SparklingGoblin, a member of the Winnti family
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Pegasus Spyware Uses iPhone Zero-Click iMessage Zero-Day
Cybersecurity watchdog CitizenLab saw the new zero-day FORCEDENTRY exploit successfully deployed against iOS versions 14.4 & 14.6, blowing past Apple's new BlastDoor sandboxing feature to install spyware on the iPhones of Bahraini activists – even one living in London at the time.
Custom WhatsApp Build Delivers Triada Malware
Researchers have spotted the latest version of the Triada trojan targeting mobile devices via an advertising SDK.
Back-to-Basics: Properly Configured Firewalls
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 properly configuring firewalls.
Effective Threat-Hunting Queries in a Redacted World
Chad Anderson, senior security researcher for DomainTools, demonstrates how seemingly disparate pieces of infrastructure information can form perfect fingerprints for tracking cyberattackers' infrastructure.
Microsoft Spills 38 Million Sensitive Data Records Via Careless Power App Configs
Data leaked includes COVID-19 vaccination records, social security numbers and email addresses tied to American Airlines, Ford, Indiana Department of Health and New York City public schools.
ProxyShell Attacks Pummel Unpatched Exchange Servers
CISA is warning about a surge of ProxyShell attacks, as Huntress discovered 140 webshells launched against 1,900 unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers.
Windows 10 Admin Rights Gobbled by Razer Devices
So much for Windows 10's security: a zero-day in the device installer software grants admin rights just by plugging in a mouse or other compatible device.
Paving the way: Inspiring Women in Payments - A Q&A featuring Sadie Sangster
Working mothers have a huge amount of determination and possess many of the same skillsets that are essential in the business world. As a working mother herself, Sadie Sangster understands the business world from this perspective and credits motherhood as the driving force in her career success. In this edition of our blog, Sadie explains why it’s important to see more women progress into senior roles after having children.
Managing Privileged Access to Secure the Post-COVID Perimeter
Joseph Carson, chief security scientist & advisory CISO at ThycoticCentrify, discusses how to implement advanced privileged-access practices.
Attackers Actively Exploiting Realtek SDK Flaws
Multiple vulnerabilities in software used by 65 vendors under active attack.
