> 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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FBI warns that extortion scams are increasing
Second annual survey will seek out areas for improvement
Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in April:
Articles
Report a Potential Security Issue
Firebox Remote Management Best Practices
T40 and T40-W models might have an internal LED light that is visible throug...
Avaddon group warns of more damage ahead
AI hacking has the potential to reshape the cybersecurity landscape for good or for evil, Schneier warns in a grim RSA Conference keynote
WatchGuard’s Support and Service team is continually looking for ways to improve how we provide support to our customers. We are pleased to announce several enhancements to our support case experience, starting on 11 May.
Panda corporate products cases now routed into WatchGuard systems
As part of o...
RSA Conference keynoter Theresa Payton outlines how misinformation works and what organizations can do to help combat it
There are several hard truths that need to be addressed in the industry
Recently Google’s FLoC proposal has been making the rounds in the news. FLoC stands for “federated learning of cohorts” and is Google’s vision how to perform user profiling in Chrome going forward.
Currently user tracking and profiling happens (mostly) via cookies, but many browser vendors have been...
RSA CEO Rohit Ghai kicks off the annual RSA Security conference with an inspirational keynote defining what resilience is really all about.
Cyber-stalking and perjury charges for deputy US marshal accused of framing his former girlfriend
Competition delegates share cyber-bullying experiences on video
Proofpoint’s "Voice of the CISO 2021 Report" reveals lack of attack-readiness
The DCMS has requested views on its proposals
New capabilities will boost SecureX platform
XSS complains of “too much PR” from recent incidents
Ransomware group said to have stolen over 700GB of data
Insurtech company says alleged lapse was merely customers sharing their quotes online
Hawaiian widower placed under 3-year supervision for cyber-stalking a Utah family
Cybersecurity company’s source code compromised during supply-chain attack on Codecov