Security News Update for the Week Ending October 9, 2022

Feds Are Going After Unapproved Messaging Platforms – So Far $1.8 Bil in Fines Hackers Claim to Have Breached Russian Satellite Network Gonets CISA, DoJ and NSA Issue Advisory on Tools Used to Hack DoD Contractor Indonesia Data Protection Law Includes Jail Time, Asset Seizure and Compensation for Breaches FCC Threatens to Block Carriers Not…

Security News Update for the Week Ending October 2, 2022

This week’s news includes: Sophos auto-patches firewall bug being exploited in the wild Apple removes pig butchering apps from the App Store Brands review privacy policies after California fines Sephora $1.2 million 15 banks agree to over $1 Bil in fines over recordkeeping failures Morgan Stanley to pay $35 million for astonishing customer data disposal…

Security News Update for September 25, 2022

This week’s news includes: CISA says Dataprobe’s PDUs used in critical infrastructure vulnerable Unpatched 15 year old Python bug allows code injection in 350,000 projects HP failed to patch firmware for a year Industrial control systems have joined the general computer world in their own patch Tuesday mess NSA and CISA release Control system defense:…

Security news update for September 18, 2022

This week’s news includes: Not a great week for Uber – lying about an old breach, investigating a new breach Major WFH/WFA risk to businesses – employees viewing pirated contents CISA warns of water tank management system attack FBI warns of risks of using unpatched medical devices It’s 10 PM, do you know where your…

Security News Update for September 11, 2022

This week’s security news: Millions of Arris routers are vulnerable to attack Cloudflare dumps KiwiFarms Watchguard patches pre-authentication critical bug Court protects some vendor lists Cybersecurity radio KeyBank says hackers stole mortgage data – for a third party service provider IRS data breach exposes data on 120,000 LA Unified School District hit by cyberattack Mass…

Security News Update for September 4, 2022

This week’s security news includes: Yet another spyware gets caught in the act Hackers are hiding malware in James Webb telescope images New background check restrictions in 2022 Duck, Duck, Go expands beta of private email to everyone WordPress 6.0.2 Apple backports patch to older devices 2023 NDAA bill bans feds from buying insecure software…

Security News Update for August 28, 2022

This week’s security news includes: Google fends off 46 million packet per second denial of service attack Early draft of California privacy regulations The O.MG USB cable Federal privacy legislation Oracle sued over privacy violations Colorado’s Mesa County election deputy pleads guilty to tampering, agrees to testify against her boss, Tina Peters North Korea hackers…

Security News Update for August 7, 2022

This week’s security news includes: New DRX Safeguards Rule goes into effect in less than 6 months One NIST post-quantum encryption candidate cracked on a single PC Slack forces password reset NIST revises compliance guide for HIPAA security rule VMWare urges customers to patch authentication bypass bug FDIC issues advisory on insurance and crypto Opendoor…