How Often Should I Scan?
The time between a vulnerability being discovered and hackers exploiting it is narrower than ever – just 12 days. So it makes sense that organizations…
Month: October 2023
Post Office auditors presumed subpostmasters were ‘on the fiddle’ or ‘in a muddle’
Post Office branch auditors investigating financial discrepancies routinely presumed subpostmasters were either unable to do their accounts or were stealing money, and failed to consider…
Fake Israeli Data Breaches Surface On The Dark Web
After the Israel-Hamas conflict that started nearly 13 days ago, there has been a deliberate effort to spread news about fake Israeli data breaches. Alon…
US Government Releases Anti-Phishing Guidance
The US cybersecurity agency CISA along with the NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC have released a joint guide detailing commonly used phishing techniques and providing recommendations…
WhatsApp gets support for multiple accounts on the same phone
Meta announced today that it introduced support for multiple WhatsApp accounts on the same device, allowing users to switch between them without needing to log…
Google Play Protect Gets Real-Time Code Scanning
Google on Wednesday announced improved protections against malware for all Android devices with Google Play Services, in the form of real-time scanning at code level…
Casio discloses data breach impacting customers in 149 countries
Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio disclosed a data breach impacting customers from 149 countries after hackers gained to the servers of its ClassPad education platform. Casio…
Security Serious Unsung Heroes Winners 23
Eskenzi PR has today announced the winners of the eighth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards. The event took place last night at Balfour St…
Number of Cisco Devices Hacked via Unpatched Vulnerability Increases to 40,000
The number of Cisco devices hacked through the exploitation of an unpatched IOS XE vulnerability has reached approximately 40,000, according to multiple cybersecurity firms. The…
North Korea-linked APT groups actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaw
North Korea-linked APT groups actively exploit JetBrains TeamCity flaw Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2023 North Korea-linked threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability CVE-2023-42793…
Google Play Protect takes on malicious apps with code-level scanning
Google is enhancing Google Play Protect’s real-time scanning to include code-level scanning, to keep Android devices safe from malicious and unwanted apps, especially those downloaded…
Iran-Linked OilRig Targets Middle East Governments in 8-Month Cyber Campaign
Oct 19, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Cyber Espionage The Iran-linked OilRig threat actor targeted an unnamed Middle East government between February and September 2023 as part…