Last Week on My Mac: Home truths about macOS
True or false? Apple supports macOS for three years. Apple’s security updates are sufficient. New versions of macOS are full of bugs. It’s safer to delay upgrading.
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Last Week on My Mac: Home truths about macOS
True or false? Apple supports macOS for three years. Apple’s security updates are sufficient. New versions of macOS are full of bugs. It’s safer to delay upgrading.
Department for Education warned after gambling companies benefit from learning records database
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Department for Education (DfE) following the prolonged misuse of the personal information of up to 28 million children. An ICO investigation found that the DfE’s poor due diligence meant a database of pupils’ learning records was ultimately used by Trust Systems Software UK Ltd (trading as Trustopia), an employment screening firm, to check whether people opening online gambling accounts were 18.
Department for Education warned after gambling companies benefit from learning records database
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Department for Education (DfE) following the prolonged misuse of the personal information of up to 28 million children. An ICO investigation found that the DfE’s poor due diligence meant a database of pupils’ learning records was ultimately used by Trust Systems Software UK Ltd (trading as Trustopia), an employment screening firm, to check whether people opening online gambling accounts were 18.
How Qatar hacked the World Cup
Critics who threatened to expose wrongdoing by Qatar were targeting as part of huge hacking operation
How Qatar hacked the World Cup
Critics who threatened to expose wrongdoing by Qatar were targeting as part of huge hacking operation
Apple's Poor Patching Policies Potentially Make Users' Security and Privacy Precarious
Apple's practices regarding security updates are frustrating and perplexing, and may endanger users.
Apple's Poor Patching Policies Potentially Make Users' Security and Privacy Precarious
Apple's practices regarding security updates are frustrating and perplexing, and may endanger users.
Microsoft ties Vice Society hackers to additional ransomware strains
Microsoft tied hackers with the Vice Society ransomware gang to several ransomware strains on Tuesday, noting that the group has been behind a wave of attacks on primary schools and colleges across the world.
Microsoft ties Vice Society hackers to additional ransomware strains
Microsoft tied hackers with the Vice Society ransomware gang to several ransomware strains on Tuesday, noting that the group has been behind a wave of attacks on primary schools and colleges across the world.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Crimson Kingsnake: BEC Group Impersonates…
Recently, we identified a new BEC group leveraging blind third-party impersonation tactics to swindle companies around the world. The group, which we call Crimson Kingsnake, impersonates real attorneys, law firms, and debt recovery services to deceive accounting professionals into quickly paying bogus invoices.
Exploiting Static Site Generators: When Static Is Not Actually Static
Over the last ten years, we have seen the industrialization of the content management space. A decade ago, it felt like every individual and business had a dynamic WordPress blog, loaded up with a hundred plugins to do everything from add widgets to improve performance. Over time, we realised this was a bad idea, as ensuring the security of third-party plugins seemed increasingly impossible.
Exploiting Static Site Generators: When Static Is Not Actually Static
Over the last ten years, we have seen the industrialization of the content management space. A decade ago, it felt like every individual and business had a dynamic WordPress blog, loaded up with a hundred plugins to do everything from add widgets to improve performance. Over time, we realised this was a bad idea, as ensuring the security of third-party plugins seemed increasingly impossible.
Black Basta Ransomware | Attacks Deploy Custom EDR Evasion Tools Tied to FIN7 Threat Actor
Black Basta operational TTPs are described here in full detail, revealing previously unknown tools and techniques and a link to FIN7.
Black Basta Ransomware | Attacks Deploy Custom EDR Evasion Tools Tied to FIN7 Threat Actor
Black Basta operational TTPs are described here in full detail, revealing previously unknown tools and techniques and a link to FIN7.
Malware on the Google Play store leads to harmful phishing sites
A family of malicious apps from developer Mobile apps Group are listed on Google Play and infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB. In total, four apps are listed, and together they have amassed at least one million downloads. Older versions of these apps have been detected in the past as different variants of Android/Trojan.HiddenAds. Yet, the developer is still on Google Play dispensing its latest HiddenAds malware.
Malware on the Google Play store leads to harmful phishing sites
A family of malicious apps from developer Mobile apps Group are listed on Google Play and infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB. In total, four apps are listed, and together they have amassed at least one million downloads. Older versions of these apps have been detected in the past as different variants of Android/Trojan.HiddenAds. Yet, the developer is still on Google Play dispensing its latest HiddenAds malware.
Malicious App Developer Remains on Google Play
A report shows four Bluetooth-centered apps by the same developer have been downloaded 1 million times combined while containing malicious code.
Malicious App Developer Remains on Google Play
A report shows four Bluetooth-centered apps by the same developer have been downloaded 1 million times combined while containing malicious code.
U.S. banks processed about $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021
* U.S. banks and financial institutions processed more than $1 billion in potential ransomware-related payments in 2021. * It’s a new record and almost triple the amount that was reported the previous year. * Over half the ransomware attacks are attributed to suspected Russian cyber hackers, according to a new report.
U.S. banks processed about $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021
- U.S. banks and financial institutions processed more than $1 billion in potential ransomware-related payments in 2021. * It’s a new record and almost triple the amount that was reported the previous year. * Over half the ransomware attacks are attributed to suspected Russian cyber hackers, according to a new report.
Nothing PUNY About OpenSSL (CVE-2022-3602)
The Splunk SURGe team shares an outline of their interpretation of the CVE-2022-3602 vulnerability and what you can do to detect it in your environment.