> 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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// AI-powered summary generated at 20:00
Vast amount of data stored on Emerald Isle a lure for cyber-criminals, warns America’s National Security Division
The UK must react to China's attempts to control the global operating system
A nifty way for adversaries to acquire passwords during post-exploitation is to spoof credential dialogs and perform a local phishing attack. This means tricking a user on a compromised computer to enter their password.
Unfortunately, users are conditioned to enter their credentials frequently and t...
Notorious botnet will be removed from global machines at the weekend
Proofpoint claims half of UK hotels not using anti-phishing protocol
Maintain access to S3 resources by configuring Access Control Lists associated with S3 Buckets or Objects.
Sophos warns of increasing use of legitimate web services to hide malware
Membership-only big-box wholesaler tells Americans to be wary of 14 digital scams
Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in March:
Articles
Downgrade a Firebox from Fireware v12.7 Beta to Fireware v12.5.7
Security scanning tool by Qualys reports CWE-937: Use of JavaScript Library with Known...
Canadian court orders tech giant to reveal who is behind blog dishing out alleged online harassment
INTERPOL will work with the coalition to improve the abilities of police forces to tackle this growing issue
REvil group claims to have secret Macbook plans stolen from supplier
Advanced Intelligence will check to see if your assets are on dark web site
Crypto-mining botnet has been around since 2016
Boxing drama "Rocky" tops list of movie titles most often used in leaked passwords
Misconfigured data storage folders expose data of Eversource
Claim filed against TikTok on behalf of millions of children in Europe and the UK
The deal will allow Rapid7 to enhance its incident response capabilities
The law will impose new obligations on the manufacturers of smart devices
Investigators have reportedly already found hundreds of victim customers