> 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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VMware warns of sophisticated counter incident response efforts
Exploitation could deny service or enable remote code execution
Maintain access to S3 resources by configuring Access Control Lists associated with S3 Buckets or Objects.
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Sporting stars step back from social media to raise awareness of online abuse
Each month we publish numerous new articles and known issues to the WatchGuard Knowledge Base. Here is the new content published in March:
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Israeli public media claims Israel was behind a cyber-attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex
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Criminals are increasingly leveraging digital tech in areas such as communication and finances
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FIDO Alliance warns that social media accounts are at risk
Check Point warns of MDM threats and chip-based bugs
Individual allegedly wanted to “kill off 70% of the internet”
Double intervention by UK watchdog prompts Facebook to axe groups trading in fake reviews
Florida man who cyberstalked survivor of murder attempt is sent to prison
Canadian medical laboratory teams up with Bugcrowd to boost cybersecurity
The survey found 15% of Brits use their pet's name as a password
Organizations need to ramp up their monitoring and detection capabilities