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…

Security News Update for July 31, 2022

This week’s security news includes: Jury delivers $7 billion verdict against Charter Cable due to bad security practices Spanish radiation sensor hack was an inside job Microsoft resumes blocking VBA macros Patent trolls beware Uber settles with feds over lying about 2016 breach Digital exhaust opt out guide version 3 T-Mobile will pay $350 million…

Security News Update for July 24, 2022

This week’s security news includes: Did Russian hackers blow up a Texas gas pipeline? Okta may expose passwords unencrypted as part of a device to device sync Sonicwall releases emergency SQL injection patch CISA says patch actively exploited Windows 11 bug Oracle releases 349 patches this week, including 230 RCE bugs Apple ships urgent security…

Security News Update for July 17, 2022

This week’s security news includes: Can your firewall and/or endpoint protection software see into encrypted traffic Windows 8.1 now shows full-screen end of support Honda tries to downplay hacker remote unlock/start on some 2022 cars Google releases emergency Chrome 103 update for actively exploited vulnerability Joshua Schulte: guilty on all charges FCC looks to raise…