NAB wants government-set security standards for cloud providers – Security – Cloud
NAB wants the governent to impose minimum cyber security standards on cloud providers, due to the power imbalance in trying to negotiate clauses into cloud…
Month: September 2023
Ongoing Webex malvertising campaign drops BatLoader
Corporate users performing Google searches for the popular conferencing software Webex are being targeted in a malvertising campaign. A new malvertising campaign is targeting corporate…
A Passwordless Future – Cyber Defense Magazine
By Sam Rehman, SVP, Chief Information Security Officer, at EPAM Systems, Inc. Using passwords is like carrying a large set of keys everywhere you go.…
Patch now! September Microsoft Patch Tuesday includes two actively exploited zero-days
Microsoft’s September 2023 Patch Tuesday is another important one. It patches two vulnerabilities which are known to be actively exploited. Microsoft’s September 2023 Patch Tuesday…
Tech Industry Leaders Endorse Regulating Artificial Intelligence at Rare Summit in Washington
The nation’s biggest technology executives on Wednesday loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence at an unusual closed-door meeting in the U.S.…
FBI Hacker Dropped Stolen Airbus Data on 9/11 – Krebs on Security
In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle “USDoD” had infiltrated the FBI‘s vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was…
Wonderlust scammers rear their heads
We take a look at a cryptocurrency scam riding on the coat tails of the Apple Wonderlust event. Yesterday, Apple launched its latest iPhone and Watch…
ALPHV Ransomware Used Vishing to Scam MGM Resorts Employee
Key Findings The responsibility for the MGM Resorts cyberattack has been claimed ALPHV ransomware group. The attackers apparently gained access to the company’s systems through…
ANZ stops 500 fraudulent digital accounts from being opened – Finance – Security – Software
ANZ Banking Group said it has stopped more than 500 attempts at opening a fraudulent digital bank account using stolen data in the past year-and-a-half.…
MECCA is building a new analytics platform – Software
MECCABrands has hired more data engineers, expanded its sales and marketing teams’ access to customers’ behavioural data, and plans to launch a new analytics platform…
Apple says iPhone 12 meets radiation rules – Hardware
Apple has defended its iPhone 12 model after a French watchdog ordered a halt to its sales citing breaches of European Union radiation exposure limits.…
EY rolls out AI-powered platform – Software
Professional services firm EY said it has invested US$1.4 billion ($2.2 billion) in artificial intelligence and was rolling out a platform offering AI-powered versions of…