> TODAY'S SUMMARY (14 articles)
Today's cybersecurity news highlights several significant threats and trends. A major cyberattack on French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa resulted in fraudulent transactions totaling $133 million, emphasizing the risks associated with third-party service providers. Scammers are increasingly impersonating trusted brands in fake gift card schemes, collecting personal information from unsuspecting consumers. The rise of IoT vulnerabilities is underscored by recent hacks affecting critical infrastructure, such as blood labs and grocery stores. Additionally, vulnerabilities in SonicWall's SonicOS have been exploited, prompting CISA to add these to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Developers are also reminded of security best practices, as sensitive credentials were found exposed in public GitHub repositories.
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Malware attack on third-party supplier leads to data breach at Canada Post
Kaspersky and Check Point team up to reveal latest espionage campaign
Leverage a bug in the AWS API to enumerate permissions for a role without logging to CloudTrail and alerting the Blue Team.
Imperva warns of gap between security and digital adoption
ITRC report claims many don’t have money for food or utilities
PR agency allegedly asked influencers to discredit Pfizer vaccine in exchange for payment
Scattered Canary shares 13-page tutorial on how to commit fraud via Texas Workforce Commission website
Nearly two dozen individuals charged with purchasing and using payment cards stolen from national retail chain
Sensitive data will be made available to academic and commercial third parties for research and planning
Lancashire Constabulary was the worst offender
Threat actors accessed sensitive personal information
Case could pave way for challenges to Snooper’s Charter
Department of Homeland Security to issue first cybersecurity regulations for pipelines after Colonial cyber-attack
Research into 2020 automated e-commerce fraud finds higher volume, frequency and sophistication
US Coast Guard to establish Cyber Operational Assessments Branch and form first red team
Splunk warns that cloud complexity is a major threat
GAO report warns of lower coverage limits for some verticals
90% of security leaders are concerned about data breach litigation because of GDPR
On third GDPR anniversary, widespread confusion still reigns
Intelligence analyst allegedly took secret national security documents home for more than a decade