> TODAY'S SUMMARY (114 articles)
Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical concerns. The Warlock ransomware group has escalated its attacks on critical infrastructure, exploiting SharePoint vulnerabilities across various sectors. A significant breach at Frontline Education has exposed sensitive employee data from multiple school districts, raising alarms about third-party software vulnerabilities. Additionally, a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiMail is currently being exploited, prompting urgent calls for patches. On the legislative front, bipartisan efforts are underway to regulate automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and site-blocking measures, indicating growing scrutiny over surveillance technologies. As AI continues to advance, concerns about its misuse in cyberattacks are surfacing, with reports of AI agents attempting SQL injection on government sites. Overall, the interplay of AI advancements and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities remains a pressing issue in the cybersecurity domain.
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Memo requires national security systems to match or beat cybersecurity of federal civilian networks
Cloud services company acquired by managed infrastructure solutions provider
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TMT/Silver Terrier group may have 800,000 targets in its sights
One of your developers finds a bug in your codebase—an unhandled error code—and wonders whether there could be more. He combs through the code and finds unhandled error after unhandled error. One lone developer playing whack-a-mole. It’s not enough. And your undisciplined team of first-year Stanford...
International charity pleads with attackers not to leak information
“Devastating flaw” found in MY2022 app designed for use by Games attendees
Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in December:
Articles
Access Point cannot connect to WatchGuard Cloud or does not appear in your WatchGuard Cloud account
AuthPoint User Activity report does not show dat...
Luxury fashion brand confirms data breach caused by ransomware attack
CISA issues new advisory following cyber-attacks on Ukraine
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The proposals come in response to surging critical infrastructure and supply chain attacks
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The last weeks of 2021 got quite interesting for security professionals and software engineers.
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What makes Log4Shell scary is the wid...
US citizen broke sanctions with alleged purchases
Research shows healthcare organizations were hit hardest