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This is #HUGE !!!!

#US is facing one of their biggest #databreach where #healthcare / #personal data (#pii) of over 10 million people have been stole by #hackers, targeting #IBM.
#infosec #informationsecurity #cybersecurity #cybercrime #privacy #dataprotection #VRM #TPRM

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Who'll break into #US #satellite first ? ? ?

Under #Hack-a-Sat" a #hacking #contest (at Las Vegas) administrated by the #Pentagon, #hackers are competing to be the first to crack into a U.S.

#infosec #informationsecurity #cybersecurity #nationalsecurity #cyberdefense

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Yesterday, #Fireblocks #Cryptography #Research Team, in their #BlackHat presentation, publicly disclosed their May 2023 discovery of multiple zero-day #vulnerabilities.

#infosec #informationsecurity #cybersecurity #vulnerabilitymanagement #btc #eth #cyberattack

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Big #Threat to #Tesla !!!

#Researchers from the #Technical #University of #Berlin managed to #jailbreak the #AMD-based infotainment systems used in new Tesla car models and make it run any software they choose. #vulnerabilitymanagement #automobile #TPRM #VRM #supplychainattacks

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While there were already few obligations on #reporting #cybersecurity #incidents in #US, the new rules adopted by U.S.
#databreach #regulatorycompliance #regulation

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#Ransomware continues to Worry
Few findings from Q2 2023 study done by #GuidePoint #Research and #Intelligence Team (#GRIT)
Ransomware growing at 100% YoY. #ransomwareattacks #cybercrime #cyberdefense #dataprotection #cyberresilience #vulnerabilitymanagement

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#Typosquatting!
Since 2013, millions of #US #military #emails (Emails intended for the US military's ".mil" domain) have been mistakenly sent to #Mali (which ends with the ".ml" suffix)
#awarenesstraining #emailsecurity #dataprotection #dataleakage #phishing #brandprotection

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Yesterday, Apple released an #emergency #patch to fix the #vulnerability, CVE-2023-37450, affecting the #iPhone and #iPad running #iOS 16.5.1 and computer #macOS #Ventura 13.4.1 (a) software.
#vulnerabilitymanagement #patchmanagement #cyberattack #applicationsecurity

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Starting in version 1.54, the Brave browser will prevent #websites to #snoop on visitors by #scanning their open #Internet #ports or accessing (#PII).

#infosec #informationsecurity #CyberSecurity #dataprotection #internetsafety #browsersecurity #accesscontrol #systemsecurity

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Influencing #business #decissionmaking is next stage!
#BlackCat, a #ransomware group, that #breached #Reddit infra & stole 80GB of internal data through a #phishing campaign targeting employees.
#cyberdefense #businessrisk #cyberattack #cyberresilience #databreach #dataprotection

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Several #Swiss #government websites are facing huge #DDoS #attacks from #Russia. Many of these websites went down because of this & few still haven't recovered.

#infosec #informationsecurity #cybersecurity #cyberwarfare #cyberresiliency #cyberattack #cybercrime

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#Microsoft has discovered & warning organization against a multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) #phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks they are tracking, against #banking and #financial services organizations.
#cyberattack #cybercrime #emailsecurity

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While #Microsoft was suspecting the #Clop #ransomware gang to be behind the #MOVEit Transfer #datatheft #attacks, now Clop gang has accepted this claim, where a #zeroday #vulnerability was exploited to #breach multiple companies and steal data.

#TPRM #VRM #supplychainattack

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#Warning !!! #Barracuda #emailsecurity appliances #hacked !!

#Hackers have exploited a #zeroday #vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) in Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances.

#infosec #informationsecurity #cybersecurity #vulnerabilitymanagement

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#Unbelievable !!!

People often try to #backup their data using portable drives but things can turn ugly if that device itself starts #erasing their #data.

#databackup #dataprotection #dataloss #media #supplychainsecurity #tprm #vrm

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After updating it's #policy, Google for #personalaccounts, now has set a limit for #inactivity of two years. This is applicable across its services.
#infosec #informationsecurity #cybersecurity #accounttakeover #cybercrime #dataprotection #breach

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Facing a cyber attack (likely a #ransomwareattack), the French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group had to shut down three of their facilities in #France, #Germany, and #Tunisia.

#dataprotection #privacy
#cybercrime #databreach #privacy #ransomware

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Another #Federal Department Got #Hacked !!!

While the #federalgovernment is asking the private sector to do more in terms of #cybersecurity, the government departments too need to work on the issued #guidelines religiously. #cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #dataprotection

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#Welcome step from #Google
Google at its annual #developer #conference, unveiled new #privacy, #safety, and #security features. Aim is to protect its users from various #cyberthreats.
#infosec #informationsecurity #cybersecurity #privacymanagement #cybercrime #cyberattack

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Eight #databreaches since 2018
Disclosing their second #databreach of 2023, #TMobile disclosed that #attackers had access to the personal information (#PII) of their customers for more than a month, starting late February 2023.
#infosec #cybersecurity #dataprotection #privacy